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SCA: security update for shescape (GHSA-j55r-787p-m549)
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416140
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- shescape is simple shell escape library for JavaScript. This may impact users that use Shescape on Windows
in a threaded context. The vulnerability can result in Shescape escaping (or quoting) for the wrong shell,
thus allowing attackers to bypass protections depending on the combination of expected and used shell.
This bug has been patched in version 1.7.4. (CVE-2023-40185)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 416140
Version: Revision 1.8
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.3
Percentile: 51.16
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40185
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.6
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-40185
cwe: CWE-150