diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc6a92fc8..b19cfe345 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### [1.10.23] 2021-10-05
+
+  * Security: Fixed command injection vulnerability on Windows (GHSA-frqg-7g38-6gcf / CVE-2021-41116)
+
 ### [1.10.22] 2021-04-27
 
   * Security: Fixed command injection vulnerability in HgDriver/HgDownloader and hardened other VCS drivers and downloaders (GHSA-h5h8-pc6h-jvvx / CVE-2021-29472)
@@ -938,6 +942,7 @@
 
   * Initial release
 
+[1.10.23]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/1.10.22...1.10.23
 [1.10.22]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/1.10.21...1.10.22
 [1.10.21]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/1.10.20...1.10.21
 [1.10.20]: https://github.com/composer/composer/compare/1.10.19...1.10.20
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/HomeCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/HomeCommand.php
index b7d907066..c22128d46 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/HomeCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/HomeCommand.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ EOT
 
         $process = new ProcessExecutor($this->getIO());
         if (Platform::isWindows()) {
-            return $process->execute('start "web" explorer "' . $url . '"', $output);
+            return $process->execute('start "web" explorer ' . $url, $output);
         }
 
         $linux = $process->execute('which xdg-open', $output);
diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/ProcessExecutor.php b/src/Composer/Util/ProcessExecutor.php
index 658c2a136..7cb83e39b 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/ProcessExecutor.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/ProcessExecutor.php
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class ProcessExecutor
     }
 
     /**
-     * Copy of ProcessUtils::escapeArgument() that is deprecated in Symfony 3.3 and removed in Symfony 4.
+     * Copy of Symfony's Process::escapeArgument() which is private
      *
      * @param string $argument
      *
@@ -163,40 +163,21 @@ class ProcessExecutor
      */
     private static function escapeArgument($argument)
     {
-        //Fix for PHP bug #43784 escapeshellarg removes % from given string
-        //Fix for PHP bug #49446 escapeshellarg doesn't work on Windows
-        //@see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43784
-        //@see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49446
-        if ('\\' === DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
-            if ((string) $argument === '') {
-                return escapeshellarg($argument);
-            }
-
-            $escapedArgument = '';
-            $quote = false;
-            foreach (preg_split('/(")/', $argument, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY | PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE) as $part) {
-                if ('"' === $part) {
-                    $escapedArgument .= '\\"';
-                } elseif (self::isSurroundedBy($part, '%')) {
-                    // Avoid environment variable expansion
-                    $escapedArgument .= '^%"'.substr($part, 1, -1).'"^%';
-                } else {
-                    // escape trailing backslash
-                    if ('\\' === substr($part, -1)) {
-                        $part .= '\\';
-                    }
-                    $quote = true;
-                    $escapedArgument .= $part;
-                }
-            }
-            if ($quote) {
-                $escapedArgument = '"'.$escapedArgument.'"';
-            }
-
-            return $escapedArgument;
+        if ('' === $argument || null === $argument) {
+            return '""';
         }
+        if ('\\' !== \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
+            return "'".str_replace("'", "'\\''", $argument)."'";
+        }
+        if (false !== strpos($argument, "\0")) {
+            $argument = str_replace("\0", '?', $argument);
+        }
+        if (!preg_match('/[\/()%!^"<>&|\s]/', $argument)) {
+            return $argument;
+        }
+        $argument = preg_replace('/(\\\\+)$/', '$1$1', $argument);
 
-        return "'".str_replace("'", "'\\''", $argument)."'";
+        return '"'.str_replace(array('"', '^', '%', '!', "\n"), array('""', '"^^"', '"^%"', '"^!"', '!LF!'), $argument).'"';
     }
 
     private static function isSurroundedBy($arg, $char)
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/GitDownloaderTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/GitDownloaderTest.php
index cd446a73b..3bc9686c5 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/GitDownloaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/GitDownloaderTest.php
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ composer https://github.com/old/url (push)
 
     public function testUpdateDoesntThrowsRuntimeExceptionIfGitCommandFailsAtFirstButIsAbleToRecover()
     {
-        $expectedFirstGitUpdateCommand = $this->winCompat("(git remote set-url composer -- '' && git rev-parse --quiet --verify 'ref^{commit}' || (git fetch composer && git fetch --tags composer)) && git remote set-url composer -- ''");
+        $expectedFirstGitUpdateCommand = $this->winCompat("(git remote set-url composer -- \"\" && git rev-parse --quiet --verify 'ref^{commit}' || (git fetch composer && git fetch --tags composer)) && git remote set-url composer -- \"\"");
         $expectedSecondGitUpdateCommand = $this->winCompat("(git remote set-url composer -- 'https://github.com/composer/composer' && git rev-parse --quiet --verify 'ref^{commit}' || (git fetch composer && git fetch --tags composer)) && git remote set-url composer -- 'https://github.com/composer/composer'");
 
         $packageMock = $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\Package\PackageInterface')->getMock();
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Util/SvnTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Util/SvnTest.php
index ada3818ae..8e1db31ec 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Util/SvnTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Util/SvnTest.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class SvnTest extends TestCase
         return array(
             array('http://till:test@svn.example.org/', $this->getCmd(" --username 'till' --password 'test' ")),
             array('http://svn.apache.org/', ''),
-            array('svn://johndoe@example.org', $this->getCmd(" --username 'johndoe' --password '' ")),
+            array('svn://johndoe@example.org', $this->getCmd(" --username 'johndoe' --password \"\" ")),
         );
     }