CVE-2026-73413 PUBLISHED

Shescape: Quadratic-time denial of service in flag-protection

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 12.08.2026 Published: 12.08.2026 Updated: 13.08.2026

Shescape is a simple shell escape library for JavaScript. From 2.1.11 until 2.1.14 and 3.0.1, the flag-protection loop in compose in src/internal/compose.js repeatedly joins and slices flag fragments when flagProtection is enabled, which is the default, making processing quadratic in input size across the escape, escapeAll, quote, and quoteAll APIs. An attacker who can supply a large untrusted input containing many flag fragments can consume CPU and cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.14 and 3.0.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor ericcornelissen
Product shescape
Versions
  • Version >= 2.1.11, < 2.1.14 is affected
  • Version >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE
  • CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity CWE