CVE-2025-30222CWE-200

Shescape has potential environment variable exposure on Windows with CMD

Low · published March 25, 2025

CVSS v4.0
2.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Shescape is a simple shell escape library for JavaScript. Versions 1.7.2 through 2.1.1 are vulnerable to potential environment variable exposure on Windows with CMD. This impact users of Shescape on Windows that explicitly configure `shell: 'cmd.exe'` or `shell: true` using any of `quote`/`quoteAll`/`escape`/`escapeAll`. An attacker may be able to get read-only access to environment variables. This bug has been patched in v2.1.2. For those who are already using v2 of Shescape, no further changes are required. Those who are are using v1 of Shescape should follow the migration guide to upgrade to v2. There is no plan to release a patch compatible with v1 of Shescape. As a workaround, users can remove all instances of `%` from user input before using Shescape.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
2.1 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
EPSS
0.00193 · 8.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Published
2025-03-25T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 MAR 23:00Z
    Shescape has potential environment variable exposure on Windows with CMD
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