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SCA: security update for shescape (GHSA-6v4m-fw66-8r4x)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445917

Description

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

 - Shescape is a simple shell escape library for JavaScript. Prior to 2.1.14 and 3.0.1, this impacts users of
 Shescape on Unix systems that explicitly configure shell to Zsh, or true when the default shell is Zsh,
 using the escape and escapeAll. The Zsh options EXTENDED_GLOB and MAGIC_EQUAL_SUBST exacerbate the
 problem. In certain case, an attacker can leverage home directory expansion and extended glob syntax to
 obtain lists of files and directories on the system. Depending on what the command does, this may be used
 to leak more information. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.14 and 3.0.1. (CVE-2026-73412)

Solution

Update the shescape library and its related packages to version 2.1.14 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6v4m-fw66-8r4x

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445917

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/13/2026

Updated: 8/13/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-73412

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-73412