Pwsh crash on JsonReaderException #11964
Description
Steps to reproduce
$ConfigPath = New-TemporaryFile
$mypath = Join-Path $env:SystemDrive MyDir
'{ "PSModulePath": "'+$mypath+'" }' | Out-File -Force $ConfigPath
pwsh -NoProfile -NonInteractive -settingsFile $ConfigPath -c "1+1"Expected behavior
Should not crash the process.
Actual behavior
Process terminated. Bad JSON escape sequence: \M. Path 'PSModulePath', line 1, position 23.
at System.Environment.FailFast(System.String, System.Exception)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.UnmanagedPSEntry.Start(System.String, System.String[], Int32)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ManagedPSEntry.Main(System.String[])
Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException: Bad JSON escape sequence: \M. Path 'PSModulePath', line 1, position 23.
at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader.ReadStringIntoBuffer(Char quote)
at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader.ParseValue()
at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader.Read()
at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonWriter.WriteToken(JsonReader reader, Boolean writeChildren, Boolean writeDateConstructorAsDate, Boolean writeComments)
at Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JTokenWriter.WriteToken(JsonReader reader, Boolean writeChildren, Boolean writeDateConstructorAsDate, Boolean writeComments)
at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonWriter.WriteToken(JsonReader reader, Boolean writeChildren)
at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.CreateJToken(JsonReader reader, JsonContract contract)
at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.CreateValueInternal(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, JsonContract contract, JsonProperty member, JsonContainerContract containerContract, JsonProperty containerMember, Object existingValue)
at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.Deserialize(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, Boolean checkAdditionalContent)
at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.DeserializeInternal(JsonReader reader, Type objectType)
at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize[T](JsonReader reader)
at System.Management.Automation.Configuration.PowerShellConfig.ReadValueFromFile[T](ConfigScope scope, String key, T defaultValue)
at System.Management.Automation.Configuration.PowerShellConfig.GetPowerShellPolicies(ConfigScope scope)
at System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary`2.GetOrAdd(TKey key, Func`2 valueFactory)
at System.Management.Automation.Utils.GetPolicySettingFromConfigFile[T](ConfigScope[] preferenceOrder)
at System.Management.Automation.Utils.GetPolicySetting[T](ConfigScope[] preferenceOrder)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.GetModuleLoggingInformation(IEnumerable`1& moduleNames)
at System.Management.Automation.PSSnapInReader.SetSnapInLoggingInformation(PSSnapInInfo psSnapInInfo)
at System.Management.Automation.PSSnapInReader.ReadCoreEngineSnapIn()
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.InitialSessionState.ImportCorePSSnapIn()
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.InitialSessionState.CreateDefault2()
at Microsoft.PowerShell.UnmanagedPSEntry.Start(String consoleFilePath, String[] args, Int32 argc)
Environment data
Name Value
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PSVersion 7.0.0-rc.3
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.0.0-rc.3
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.14393
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0