USN-8410-1: shell-quote vulnerability

Publication date

9 June 2026

Overview

shell-quote could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it received specially crafted input.


Packages

Details

Akshat Sinha discovered that shell-quote improperly validated object-token
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause shell-quote to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

Akshat Sinha discovered that shell-quote improperly validated object-token
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause shell-quote to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute node-shell-quote –  1.8.3+~1.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
25.10 questing node-shell-quote –  1.7.4+~1.7.1-1ubuntu0.25.10.1
24.04 LTS noble node-shell-quote –  1.7.4+~1.7.1-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
22.04 LTS jammy node-shell-quote –  1.7.3+~1.7.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 LTS bionic node-shell-quote –  1.6.1+20160617-git72fb5a8ce29b-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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