Symlink Attack The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package shescape (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published8 Mar 2026
- disclosed7 Mar 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 7 Mar 2026
CVE-2026-30916 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
This was deemed not a vulnerability.
Overview
shescape is a simple shell escape library
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack in resolving shells in unix.js.
UPDATE: This issue has been found to be outside of the security scope of the project, and is not considered a vulnerability in the package. See https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/7206