CVE-2022-25918 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The package shescape from 1.5.10 and before 1.6.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the escape function in index.js, due to the usage of insecure regex in the escapeArgBash function.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0033.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Shescape Project	Shescape

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:shescape_project:shescape:1.5.10:::::node.js::
	cpe:2.3:a:shescape_project:shescape:1.6.0:::::node.js::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7081	The package shescape from 1.5.10 and before 1.6.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the escape function in index.js, due to the usage of insecure regex in the escapeArgBash function.
Github GHSA	GHSA-cr84-xvw4-qx3c	Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in shescape

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/blob/main/src/unix.js%23L52
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/552e8eab56861720b1d4e5474fb65741643358f9
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v1.6.1
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SHESCAPE-3061108

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2022-10-27T05:05:09.944Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T18:24:44.572Z

Reserved: 2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-25918

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T04:49:44.464Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-27T10:15:10.637

Modified: 2025-05-05T19:15:53.727

Link: CVE-2022-25918

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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