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shell-quote `quote()` command injection via a line terminator in a token after a `{ comment }` token

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

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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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