Medium severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-73055
Shescape before 2.1.15 and 3.0.2 Home Directory Disclosure via BusyBox
4.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Shescape before 2.1.15 (and 3.0.0 before 3.0.2) fails to properly escape tilde (~) characters in assignment contexts on Unix systems where the shell is explicitly configured to "sh" or true and /bin/sh points to BusyBox. Using the escape and escapeAll APIs with untrusted input in an assignment prefixed to a command, an attacker can inject a tilde payload to disclose the user's home directory location and, depending on usage, alter the location on which a command operates.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SH
shescape · ericcornelissen
before 2.1.15; 3.0.0 before 3.0.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73055
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73055
github.com
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/7cba30594c16a21524706efe2f6c6c9d8923f411
github.com
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/d86bf2ae22961c73458bddf70dd06adf9dadb36c
github.com
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-j44h-fqhh-fh28
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/shescape-before-home-directory-disclosure-via-busybox
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