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 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.
Published:Aug 15, 2026
Last Modified:Aug 31, 2026
EPS:Aug 15, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00207
CVSS Score:4.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Ericcornelissen
Product
Shescape
Ericcornelissen
Shescape
Vendor
Shescape Project
Product
Shescape
Shescape Project
Shescape
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
