CVE-2016-10541: Shell-Quote Project Shell-Quote

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Shell-Quote Project Shell-Quote: before 1.6.1 (fixed in 1.6.1)

Published 2018-05-31. Last modified 2026-06-17.