GHSA-pqg4-j6r4-53mv
shell-quote: `quote()` command injection via a line terminator in a token after a `{ comment }` token
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-102422
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS_V4
- 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
Description
### Impact `quote()` emits a `{ comment }` token as `#` followed by its text, which comments out the rest of the shell line, including the opening quote of any later string token. A line terminator in that later string ends the comment, and the rest of the string is parsed as shell input: ```js quote(['echo', 'ok', { comment: 'x' }, 'a\nid;#']); // echo ok #x 'a // id;#' ``` Passed to `sh`, `bash`, `dash`, `ksh`, or `zsh`, this runs `id`. `parse()` emits a comment token for a `#` in the middle of a word (for example `http://example.com/#frag`), so callers that combine `parse()` output with another untrusted string, such as `quote(parse(untrustedCommand).concat(untrustedArg))`, are affected. The fix for CVE-2026-9277 rejected line terminators in the comment's own text, but not in the tokens after it. Exploitation requires an attacker-controlled string containing a line terminator that follows a `{ comment }` token in the same `quote()` call. ### Patches Fixed in v1.11.0: `quote()` throws a `TypeError` when a string after a `{ comment }` token contains a line terminator (`\n`, `\r`, U+2028, or U+2029). ### Workarounds Drop every token after a `{ comment }` token before calling `quote()`, or reject line terminators in untrusted strings. Separately, do not append other shell text after `quote()` output that contains a comment, since the comment swallows it.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · shell-quote | introduced 1.8.4, fixed 1.11.0 |
References
- https://github.com/ljharb/shell-quote/security/advisories/GHSA-pqg4-j6r4-53mv WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102422 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/ljharb/shell-quote/commit/6002b2ed90c6b83095eb272b6b0adaf3a172b0bc WEB
- https://github.com/ljharb/shell-quote PACKAGE
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |