CVE-2026-30916 PUBLISHED

Shescape has possible misidentification of shell due to link chains

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 07.03.2026 Published: 09.03.2026 Updated: 09.03.2026

Shescape is a simple shell escape library for JavaScript. Prior to 2.1.9, an attacker may be able to bypass escaping for the shell being used. This can result, for example, in exposure of sensitive information. This impacts users of Shescape that configure their shell to point to a file on disk that is a link to a link. The precise result of being affected depends on the actual shell used and incorrect shell identified by Shescape. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.9.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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/E:P
CVSS Score: 2.9

Product Status

Vendor ericcornelissen
Product shescape
Versions
  • Version < 2.1.9 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE