# shell-quote (npm) vulnerabilities

5 known vulnerabilities (3 high), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: 1.12.0 (Oct 2, 2026): no advisory affects it
- Newest unaffected release: 1.12.0 (Oct 2, 2026), the latest release
- Weekly downloads: 96.6M
- Dependents: 75.5K
- Releases: 34 since 0.0.0 (May 18, 2012)
- Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/shell-quote
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-102422: 1.8.4 to 1.10.0 (1.11.0 is outside it)
- CVE-2026-13311: 0.0.0 to 1.8.4 (1.9.0 is outside it)
- CVE-2026-9277: 1.1.0 to 1.8.3 (1.8.4 is outside it)
- CVE-2021-42740: 1.6.3 to 1.7.2 (1.7.3 is outside it)
- CVE-2016-10541: 0.0.0 to 1.6.0 (1.6.1 is outside it)

## Advisories (5)

### [CVE-2026-102422](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-102422): shell-quote \`quote()\` command injection via a line terminator in a token after a \`{ comment }\` token

- Severity: High 8.1
- Published: Sep 29, 2026
- Affected: from 1.8.4, fixed in 1.11.0.
- Fixed in 1.11.0 (released Sep 29, 2026, the day of disclosure).
- The latest release, 1.12.0, is not affected.
- 27% of shell-quote downloads last week were affected versions (29.2M).

### [CVE-2026-13311](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-13311): shell-quote parse() is quadratic in token count, enabling denial of service

- Severity: High 8.7
- Published: Jun 25, 2026
- Affected: through 1.8.4; fixed in 1.9.0.
- Fixed in 1.9.0 (released Jun 25, 2026, the day of disclosure).
- The latest release, 1.12.0, is not affected.
- 46% of shell-quote downloads last week were affected versions (50.2M).

### [CVE-2026-9277](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-9277): shell-quote \`quote()\` does not validate object-token shapes, allowing command injection via line terminators in \`.op\`

- Severity: High 8.1
- Published: May 22, 2026
- Affected: from 1.1.0, fixed in 1.8.4; from 1.1.0, fixed in 1.8.4.
- Fixed in 1.8.4 (released May 22, 2026, the day of disclosure).
- The latest release, 1.12.0, is not affected.
- 36% of shell-quote downloads last week were affected versions (39.7M).

### [CVE-2021-42740](https://cve.now/CVE-2021-42740): The shell-quote package before 1.7.3 for Node.js allows command injection.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Oct 21, 2021
- Affected: from 1.6.3, fixed in 1.7.3.
- Fixed in 1.7.3 (released Oct 21, 2021, the day of disclosure).
- The latest release, 1.12.0, is not affected.
- 1.5% of shell-quote downloads last week were affected versions (1.6M).

### [CVE-2016-10541](https://cve.now/CVE-2016-10541): The npm module "shell-quote" 1.6.0 and earlier cannot correctly escape "\>" and "\<" operator used for redirection in shell.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: May 31, 2018
- Affected: fixed in 1.6.1.
- Fixed in 1.6.1 (released Jun 17, 2016, 713 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 1.12.0, is not affected.
- 0.1% of shell-quote downloads last week were affected versions (110.4K).

---

Source: cve.now
Built by [Sazabi](https://www.sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=markdown), AI-native observability and security: automatic issue detection, plain-language log search and live dashboards.
Page: https://cve.now/packages/npm/shell-quote
Site guide for agents: https://cve.now/llms.txt
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.