{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including shell-quote. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10541 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade shell-quote to 1.6.1 or later.","what":"CVE-2016-10541 is a critical command injection vulnerability in HackerOne shell-quote node module, published on 31 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-10541 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-10541 is a critical command injection vulnerability in HackerOne shell-quote node module, published on 31 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10541 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- shell-quote (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 1.6.1\n- shell-quote (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 1.6.1\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10541/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10541/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-10541","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10541/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-10541","record":{"aliases":["CLSA-2026-1773274563","GHSA-qg8p-v9q4-gh34"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Node.js shell-quote library","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via improper escaping of redirection operators in the shell-quote library.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"command_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"hackerone","cpe":[{"product":"shell-quote","vendor":"shell-quote_project"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-94","name":"Improper Control of Generation of Code"},{"id":"CWE-78","name":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command"}],"description":"The npm module \"shell-quote\" 1.6.0 and earlier cannot correctly escape \"\u003e\" and \"\u003c\" operator used for redirection in shell. Applications that depend on shell-quote may also be vulnerable. A malicious user could perform code injection.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Potential Command Injection in shell-quote","id":"CVE-2016-10541","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":"command_injection","year":"2016"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"DoS due to excessively large websocket message in ws","id":"CVE-2016-10542"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["1.6.1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"shell-quote","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-qg8p-v9q4-gh34"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["1.6.1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"shell-quote","purl":"pkg:npm/shell-quote","source":"GHSA-qg8p-v9q4-gh34"}],"prev":{"headline":"Regular Expression Denial of Service in minimatch","id":"CVE-2016-10540"},"products":["shell-quote node module"],"published":"2018-05-31","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command in Shell-quote","id":"CVE-2021-42740","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-10-21"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"shell-quote parse() is quadratic in token count, enabling denial of service","id":"CVE-2026-13311","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-06-25"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-17","vendors":["HackerOne"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via improper escaping of redirection operators in the shell-quote library.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10541/"}