shell-quote `quote()` command injection via a line terminator in a token after a `{ comment }` token
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.
CVE-2026-102422
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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-102422
shell-quote
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[
{
"repo": "https://github.com/ljharb/shell-quote",
"product": "shell-quote",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.8.4",
"lessThan": "1.11.0",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"packageName": "shell-quote",
"programFiles": [
"quote.js"
],
"collectionURL": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/shell-quote",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"programRoutines": [
{
"name": "quote"
}
]
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-102422
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critical
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- #4463 · Revision 1
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