Vulnerability Details : 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 to bypass protections depending on the combination of expected and used shell. This bug has been patched in version 1.7.4.
Published 2023-08-23 21:15:09
Updated 2023-09-01 18:02:45
Source GitHub, Inc.
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Products affected by CVE-2023-40185

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-40185

EPSS FAQ
0.10%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 42 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2023-40185

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
8.6
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
3.9
4.0
 NIST
6.5
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
2.2
3.7
 GitHub, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2023-40185

  • The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as escape, meta, or control character sequences when they are sent to a downstream component.
    Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Primary)

References for CVE-2023-40185

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