CRITICAL 9.3 NVD
CVE-2026-73055
Shescape before 2.1.15 (and 3.0.0 before 3.0.2) fails to properly escape tilde (~) characters in assignment contexts on Unix systems where the shell is explicit
Shescape before 2.1.15 (and 3.0.0 before 3.0.2) fails to properly escape tilde (~) characters in assignment contexts on Unix systems where the shell is explicitly configured to "sh" or true and /bin/sh points to BusyBox. Using the escape and escapeAll APIs with untrusted input in an assignment prefixed to a command, an attacker can inject a tilde payload to disclose the user's home directory location and, depending on usage, alter the location on which a command operates.
References
- https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/7cba30594c16a21524706efe2f6c6c9d8923f41
- https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/d86bf2ae22961c73458bddf70dd06adf9dadb36
- https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-j44h-fqhh-fh28
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/shescape-before-home-directory-disclosure-via-busybox
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3 was published on 2026-08-15 via NVD.
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CVE Disclosed2026-08-15 · 0 days ago
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