CVE-2026-73412: ericcornelissen shescape · OS Command Injection
Affects ericcornelissen shescapeSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.3 Medium : upgrade to 3.0.1 or 2.1.14 when convenient.
Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 49% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 3.0.1, 2.1.14
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade ericcornelissen shescape to 3.0.1 or 2.1.14.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| ericcornelissenshescape | Affected
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| ericcornelissenshescape | Affected
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AI-suggested
This vulnerability is fixed in Shescape versions 2.1.14 and 3.0.1. Users should upgrade to these or later versions to remediate the issue.
Description
Shescape is a simple shell escape library for JavaScript. Prior to 2.1.14 and 3.0.1, this impacts users of Shescape on Unix systems that explicitly configure shell to Zsh, or true when the default shell is Zsh, using the escape and escapeAll. The Zsh options EXTENDED_GLOB and MAGIC_EQUAL_SUBST exacerbate the problem. In certain case, an attacker can leverage home directory expansion and extended glob syntax to obtain lists of files and directories on the system. Depending on what the command does, this may be used to leak more information. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.14 and 3.0.1.
References
- github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-6v4m-fw66-8r4x (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/2649 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/2651 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/43d70b59d09bbe5c3fd02ef08b3a123e977ed9de (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/b4b34c394e7f9da2775bb75381066b9a228c425f (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v2.1.14 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v3.0.1 (opens in a new tab)