CVE-2026-9277
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`.
Properties
- summary
- shell-quote quote() does not escape newlines in object .op values
- severity
- HIGH
- epss_score
- 0.00848
- cvss_score
- 8.1
- ghsa_published
- 2026-06-09T14:27:15Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w7jw-789q-3m8p
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-06-09T14:27:16Z
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-w7jw-789q-3m8p
- score
- 8.1
- cve_id
- CVE-2026-9277
- cvss_vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- is_ghsa_only
- false
- vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- published_at
- 2026-05-22T14:16:30.330
- last_modified
- 2026-09-09T13:20:46.243
- epss_percentile
- 0.55933
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