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    CVE-2022-25918

    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.

    Published:Oct 27, 2022
    Last Modified:May 5, 2025
    EPS:Oct 27, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.00268
    CVSS Score:5.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Shescape Project
    Product
    Shescape

    Exploits

    https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SHESCAPE-3061108https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SHESCAPE-3061108

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-492 Regular Expression Exponential Blowup

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