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CVE-2026-9277

9.2 criticalEPSS 0.8%

Critical (9.2). EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in shell-quote 1.8.4.

shell-quote's `quote()` function did not validate object-token inputs against the operator model used by `parse()`. The `.op` field was backslash-escaped character by character using `/(.)/g`, which in JavaScript does not match line terminators (\n, \r, U+2028, U+2029). A line terminator in `.op` therefore passed through unescaped into the output; POSIX shells treat a literal newline as a command separator, so any content after it would execute as a second command. The vulnerable code path is reachable in two ways: (1) direct construction of `{ op: '...\n...' }` from external input, and (2) via `parse(cmd, envFn)` when `envFn` returns object tokens whose `.op` is attacker-influenced. Both are documented API surface. Fixed by replacing the per-character escape with strict shape validation: `.op` must match the parser's control-operator allowlist; `{ op: 'glob', pattern }` validates `pattern` and forbids line terminators; `{ comment }` validates `comment` and forbids line terminators; any other object shape throws `TypeError`.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

9.2 critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

8.1 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 56% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs
CWE-77, CWE-78
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-w7jw-789q-3m8pnpmshell-quote>=1.1.0 <1.8.41.8.4

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