Shell Quote
Vendor:
First CVE: May 31, 2018 · Active for 8 years
3
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 64% of tracked products
1.0
Avg CVEs / Year
Bottom 1%
9.0
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 83% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Shell Quote over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
May 31, 2018
8 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 25, 2026
30 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Shell Quote3 CVEs
33%
67%
All CVEs352,294 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
HighCritical
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network3 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low3 (100.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
User Interaction
None3 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None3 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).
3 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-13311HIGH shell-quote prior to 1.8.5 finalizes parsed tokens in parse() using Array.prototype.concat as a reduce accumulator, which reallocates and copies the entire growing array on every i | Jun 25, 2026 | 7.5 | 36 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-10541CRITICAL The npm module "shell-quote" 1.6.0 and earlier cannot correctly escape ">" and "<" operator used for redirection in shell. Applications that depend on shell-quote may also be vulne | May 31, 2018 | 9.8 | 32 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-42740CRITICAL The shell-quote package before 1.7.3 for Node.js allows command injection. An attacker can inject unescaped shell metacharacters through a regex designed to support Windows drive l | Oct 21, 2021 | 9.8 | 31 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Shell Quote
Top CWEs
Versions
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