High severity · published Sep 29, 2026
CVE-2026-102422
shell-quote `quote()` command injection via a line terminator in a token after a `{ comment }` token
8.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
shell-quote's `quote()` function emits a `{ comment }` token as `#` followed by its text, which comments out the rest of the shell line, including the opening quote of any later string token. A line terminator (\n, \r, U+2028, U+2029) in that later string therefore ends the comment, and the rest of the string is parsed as shell input: `quote(['echo', 'ok', { comment: 'x' }, 'a\nid;#'])` runs `id` in sh, bash, dash, ksh and zsh. `parse()` emits a comment token for a `#` in the middle of a word (for example `http://example.com/#frag`), so callers that combine `parse()` output with another untrusted string, such as `quote(parse(untrustedCommand).concat(untrustedArg))`, are affected. The fix for CVE-2026-9277 rejected line terminators in the comment's own text, but not in the tokens after it. Fixed in 1.11.0: `quote()` throws a `TypeError` when a string after a `{ comment }` token contains a line terminator.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SH
shell-quote ·
1.8.4 before 1.11.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102422
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102422
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/ljharb/shell-quote/security/advisories/GHSA-pqg4-j6r4-53mv
patch
https://github.com/ljharb/shell-quote/commit/6002b2ed90c6b83095eb272b6b0adaf3a172b0bc
product
https://github.com/ljharb/shell-quote
product
https://www.npmjs.com/package/shell-quote
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