Resource exhaustion in Ericcornelissen Shescape
CVE-2022-36064
Shescape is a shell escape package for JavaScript. An Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability impacts users that use Shescape to escape arguments for the Unix shells `Bash` and `Dash`, or any not-officially-supported Unix s…
Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.006 (68.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Ericcornelissen Shescape — versions >= 1.5.1, < 1.5.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-gp75-h7j6-5pv3 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/373 (x_refsource_MISC)
- github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v1.5.10 (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-36064?
- CVE-2022-36064 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ericcornelissen Shescape, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2022-09-06.
- How severe is CVE-2022-36064?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-36064 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.