CVE-2021-21384

shescape is a simple shell escape package for JavaScript. In shescape before version 1.1.3, anyone using Shescape to defend against shell injection may still be vulnerable against shell injection if the attacker manages to insert a into the payload. For an example see the referenced GitHub Security Advisory. The problem has been patched in version 1.1.3. No further changes are required.

shescape is a simple shell escape package for JavaScript. In shescape before version 1.1.3, anyone using Shescape to defend against shell injection may still be vulnerable against shell injection if the attacker manages to insert a into the payload. For an example see the referenced GitHub Security Advisory. The problem has been patched in version 1.1.3. No further changes are required.

Impact

Anyone using Shescape to defend against shell injection may still be vulnerable against shell injection if the attacker manages to insert a null character into the payload. For example (on Windows):

const cp = require("child_process");
const shescape = require("shescape");

const nullChar = String.fromCharCode(0);
const payload = "foo\" && ls -al ${nullChar} && echo \"bar";
console.log(cp.execSync(`echo ${shescape.quote(payload)}`));
// foototal 3
// drwxr-xr-x 1 owner XXXXXX      0 Mar 13 18:44 .
// drwxr-xr-x 1 owner XXXXXX      0 Mar 13 00:09 ..
// drwxr-xr-x 1 owner XXXXXX      0 Mar 13 18:42 folder                                                                 
// -rw-r--r-- 1 owner XXXXXX      0 Mar 13 18:42 file

Patches

The problem has been patched in v1.1.3 which you can upgrade to now. No further changes are required.

Workarounds

Alternatively, null characters can be stripped out manually using e.g. arg.replace(/\u{0}/gu, "")

shescape is a simple shell escape package for JavaScript. In shescape before version 1.1.3, anyone using Shescape to defend against shell injection may still be vulnerable against shell injection if the attacker manages to insert a into the payload. For an example see the referenced GitHub Security Advisory. The problem has been patched in version 1.1.3. No further changes are required.

shescape is a simple shell escape package for JavaScript. In shescape before version 1.1.3, anyone using Shescape to defend against shell injection may still be vulnerable against shell injection if the attacker manages to insert a into the payload. For an example see the referenced GitHub Security Advisory. The problem has been patched in version 1.1.3. No further changes are required.

Impact

Anyone using Shescape to defend against shell injection may still be vulnerable against shell injection if the attacker manages to insert a null character into the payload. For example (on Windows):

const cp = require("child_process");
const shescape = require("shescape");

const nullChar = String.fromCharCode(0);
const payload = "foo\" && ls -al ${nullChar} && echo \"bar";
console.log(cp.execSync(`echo ${shescape.quote(payload)}`));
// foototal 3
// drwxr-xr-x 1 owner XXXXXX      0 Mar 13 18:44 .
// drwxr-xr-x 1 owner XXXXXX      0 Mar 13 00:09 ..
// drwxr-xr-x 1 owner XXXXXX      0 Mar 13 18:42 folder                                                                 
// -rw-r--r-- 1 owner XXXXXX      0 Mar 13 18:42 file

Patches

The problem has been patched in v1.1.3 which you can upgrade to now. No further changes are required.

Workarounds

Alternatively, null characters can be stripped out manually using e.g. arg.replace(/\u{0}/gu, "")