Shescape on Windows escaping may be bypassed in threaded context
CVE-2023-40185

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Key Information:

Vendor: Ericcornelissen
Status: Shescape
Vendor: CVE Published:; 23 August 2023

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What is 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.