CVE-2022-36064 is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the Shescape JavaScript package, affecting versions prior to v1.5.10 (or v1.5.9 for Dash shell users). This flaw allows an attacker to cause polynomial backtracking or quadratic runtime, leading to a denial of service, when Shescape is used to escape arguments for Unix shells like Bash and Dash, or when the interpolation option is enabled in the escape or escapeAll functions. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.5.1, < 1.5.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shescape_project:shescape:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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