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CVE-2022-31179

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-31179 is a critical code injection vulnerability affecting Shescape versions prior to 1.5.8 when used on Windows to escape arguments for cmd.exe. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this with low complexity by injecting a line feed character, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high CVSS score of 9.8 indicates severe potential impact. Users should upgrade to Shescape v1.5.8 immediately or implement manual mitigations.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:shescape_project:shescape:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.3
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: shescapeFixed in: 1.5.8

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-jjc5-fp7p-6f8whigh

Shescape prior to 1.5.8 vulnerable to insufficient escaping of line feeds for CMD

Jul 15, 2022

References

github.com / ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/332
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v1.5.8
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-jjc5-fp7p-6f8w
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory