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CVE-2022-24725: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

March 3, 2022 (updated June 23, 2023)

Shescape is a shell escape package for JavaScript. An issue in versions 1.4.0 to 1.5.1 allows for exposure of the home directory on Unix systems when using Bash with the escape or escapeAll functions from the shescape API with the interpolation option set to true. Other tested shells, Dash and Zsh, are not affected. Depending on how the output of shescape is used, directory traversal may be possible in the application using shescape. The issue was patched in version 1.5.1. As a workaround, manually escape all instances of the tilde character (~) using arg.replace(/~/g, "\\~").

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-446w-rrm4-r47f
  • github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/issues/169
  • github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/170
  • github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-446w-rrm4-r47f

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.4.0 before 1.5.1

Fixed versions

  • 1.5.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.5.1 or above.

Impact 5.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Source file

npm/shescape/CVE-2022-24725.yml

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