What is CVE-2023-40185?

CVE-2023-40185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ericcornelissen Shescape, classified under CWE-150. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2023-40185?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ericcornelissen Shescape

CVE-2023-40185

shescape is simple shell escape library for JavaScript. This may impact users that use Shescape on Windows in a threaded context. The vulnerability can result in Shescape escaping (or quoting) for the wrong shell, thus allowing attackers t…

EPSS: 0.001 (25.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Ericcornelissen Shescape — versions < 1.7.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-150

References

https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-j55r-787p-m549 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/1142 (x_refsource_MISC)
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/0b976dab645abf45ffd85e74a8c6e51ee2f42d63 (x_refsource_MISC)
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v1.7.4 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-40185?: CVE-2023-40185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ericcornelissen Shescape, classified under CWE-150. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2023-40185?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.