CVE-2023-40185

HighCVSS 8.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

shescape is simple shell escape library for JavaScript. This may impact users that use Shescape on Windows in a threaded context. The vulnerability can result in Shescape escaping (or quoting) for the wrong shell, thus allowing attackers to bypass protections depending on the combination of expected and used shell. This bug has been patched in version 1.7.4.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 23, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-40185: High severity, CVSS 8.6 | Vulnix