comex shlex Crate up to 1.2.0 on Rust escape output

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in comex shlex Crate up to 1.2.0 on Rust and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in escape output. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-58266. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in comex shlex Crate up to 1.2.0 on Rust. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a escape output vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-116. The product prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The advisory is available at rustsec.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-58266 since 07/27/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 252227 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-58266), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (252227). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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CNA Base Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Escape output
CWE: CWE-116 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 252227
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-58266

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: shlex Crate 1.2.1

Timelineinfo

07/27/2025 CVE reserved
07/28/2025 +1 days Advisory disclosed
07/28/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/19/2025 +22 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-r7qv-8r2h-pg27
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-58266 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-58266
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-317874

Entryinfo

Created: 07/28/2025 07:47
Updated: 08/19/2025 16:01
Changes: 07/28/2025 07:47 (65), 08/19/2025 16:01 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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