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1 vulnerability found for shell-quote by ljharb

CVE-2026-13311 (GCVE-0-2026-13311)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 04:48 – Updated: 2026-06-25 12:49
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Title
shell-quote parse() is quadratic in token count, enabling denial of service
Summary
shell-quote prior to 1.8.5 finalizes parsed tokens in parse() using Array.prototype.concat as a reduce accumulator, which reallocates and copies the entire growing array on every iteration. As a result parse() runs in O(n^2) time relative to the number of input tokens. An attacker who can supply an attacker-controlled string to any code path that calls parse() (no shell metacharacters are required; plain space-separated words suffice) can block the single-threaded Node.js event loop for an extended period with a small input, resulting in a denial of service. There is no code execution or data disclosure; impact is to availability only. Fixed in 1.8.5.
CWE
  • CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ljharb shell-quote Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.8.4 (semver)
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Credits
bibu123456 Kayiz-PT ljharb
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