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shell-quote NPM Package
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quote and parse shell commands

Critical MIT v1.8.4
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shell-quote

v1.8.4 · MIT · 54,016,352 dl/wk

Advisory Breakdown

Critical 2
High 0
Moderate 0
Low 0

Severity Rating

Critical

2 advisories

Critical

Weekly downloads

54,016,352

Total advisories

2

Latest version

1.8.4

License

MIT

Known advisories

OSV records for the npm ecosystem

2
GHSA-g4rg-993r-mgx7 CVE-2021-42740 critical

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command in Shell-quote

Affected: >=1.6.3 <1.7.3 Fixed in: 1.7.3 Updated Feb 4, 2026
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GHSA-qg8p-v9q4-gh34 CVE-2016-10541 critical

Potential Command Injection in shell-quote

Affected: >=0 <1.6.1 Fixed in: 1.6.1 Updated May 4, 2026
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Checked Jun 6, 2026, 5:23 AM from npm and OSV.dev

Package metadata

From the npm registry

Package name
shell-quote
Ecosystem
npm
Latest version
1.8.4
License
MIT
Weekly downloads
54,016,352

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