Vulnerability in Comex Shlex
CVE-2024-58266
The shlex crate before 1.2.1 for Rust allows unquoted and unescaped instances of the { and \xa0 characters, which may facilitate command injection.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.2 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Comex Shlex — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0006.html (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/comex/rust-shlex/security/advisories/GHSA-r7qv-8r2h-pg27 (Vendor Advisory)
- crates.io/crates/shlex (Product)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-58266?
- CVE-2024-58266 is a low-severity vulnerability in Comex Shlex, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 3.2/10. Published 2025-07-27.
- How severe is CVE-2024-58266?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.2 out of 10.