CVE-2026-73414 (GCVE-0-2026-73414)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-12 19:42
Modified
2026-08-14 22:11
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CWE
Summary
Shescape is a simple shell escape library for JavaScript. Prior to 2.1.14 and 3.0.1, getEscapeFunction in src/internal/win/cmd.js does not escape `(` and `)` when applications use the escape or escapeAll APIs on Windows with shell set to cmd.exe, or with shell set to true when CMD is the default. An attacker-controlled argument can break out of a parenthesized CMD construct and inject shell syntax depending on the original command, resulting in arbitrary command execution. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.14 and 3.0.1.
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Impacted products
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| ericcornelissen | shescape |
Version: < 2.1.14 Version: >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.1 |
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