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CVE-2024-58266: Multiple issues involving quote API in shlex

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-07-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-116

Description

The shlex crate before 1.2.1 for Rust allows unquoted and unescaped instances of the { and \xa0 characters, which may facilitate command injection.

Affected products

• comex shlex: before 1.2.1 — fixed in 1.2.1
• Crates.Io Shlex: from 0.0.0-0 before 1.3.0 — fixed in 1.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: comex shlex 1.2.1; Crates.Io Shlex 1.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://crates.io/crates/shlex
• https://github.com/comex/rust-shlex/security/advisories/GHSA-r7qv-8r2h-pg27
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0006.html

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