CVE-2016-10541

Publication date 31 May 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

The npm module "shell-quote" 1.6.0 and earlier cannot correctly escape ">" and "<" operator used for redirection in shell. Applications that depend on shell-quote may also be vulnerable. A malicious user could perform code injection.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
node-shell-quote 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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