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CVE-2026-73412: ericcornelissen shescape · OS Command Injection

Affects ericcornelissen shescapeSource CVE Database V5

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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

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
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:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

ProductAffectedFixed in
ericcornelissenshescapeAffected
  • >=3.0.0 <3.0.1
Fixed in
  • 3.0.1
ericcornelissenshescapeAffected
  • <2.1.14
Fixed in
  • 2.1.14

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.

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