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SCA: security update for shell-quote (GHSA-qg8p-v9q4-gh34)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423258

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The npm module "shell-quote" 1.6.0 and earlier cannot correctly escape ">" and "<" operator used for
 redirection in shell. Applications that depend on shell-quote may also be vulnerable. A malicious user
 could perform code injection. (CVE-2016-10541)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qg8p-v9q4-gh34

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423258

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10541

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10541