Shescape is a simple shell escape library for JavaScript. From 2.1.11 until 2.1.14 and 3.0.1, the flag-protection loop in compose in src/internal/compose.js repeatedly joins and slices flag fragments when flagProtection is enabled, which is the default, making processing quadratic in input size across the escape, escapeAll, quote, and quoteAll APIs. An attacker who can supply a large untrusted input containing many flag fragments can consume CPU and cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.14 and 3.0.1.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-gm3r-q2wp-hw87 Shescape: Quadratic-time denial of service in the flag-protection
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Description Shescape is a simple shell escape library for JavaScript. From 2.1.11 until 2.1.14 and 3.0.1, the flag-protection loop in compose in src/internal/compose.js repeatedly joins and slices flag fragments when flagProtection is enabled, which is the default, making processing quadratic in input size across the escape, escapeAll, quote, and quoteAll APIs. An attacker who can supply a large untrusted input containing many flag fragments can consume CPU and cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.14 and 3.0.1.
Title Shescape: Quadratic-time denial of service in flag-protection
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-407
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T19:40:46.046Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T14:32:11.795Z

Link: CVE-2026-73413

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T20:17:56.350

Modified: 2026-08-12T20:17:56.350

Link: CVE-2026-73413

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T21:15:09Z

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