CVE-2026-73055 PUBLISHED

Shescape before 2.1.15 Home Directory Disclosure via BusyBox

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 10.08.2026 Published: 15.08.2026 Updated: 15.08.2026

Shescape before 2.1.15 (and 3.0.0 before 3.0.2) fails to properly escape tilde (~) characters in assignment contexts on Unix systems where the shell is explicitly configured to "sh" or true and /bin/sh points to BusyBox. Using the escape and escapeAll APIs with untrusted input in an assignment prefixed to a command, an attacker can inject a tilde payload to disclose the user's home directory location and, depending on usage, alter the location on which a command operates.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.3

Product Status

Vendor ericcornelissen
Product shescape
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.1.15 (excl.)
  • Version 2.1.15 is unaffected

Credits

  • alimony reporter
  • ericcornelissen finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output CWE