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9.2 CriticalCWE-78
CVE-2026-9277

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  • Not in CISA KEV
  • Vendor fix available
Exploit probabilityEPSSchecked 16 Oct
0.8%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Higher than 56% of scored CVEs

SeverityCVSS
9.2Critical

Description NVD

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`.

Coverage 1 article · 1 outlet

First in our coverage: SecurityOnline, 28 MayRSS feed
  1. CVE-2026-9277 exposes npm shell-quote command injection attacksSecurityOnline · first in our coverage

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