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Fix potential OS command injection in async.js #1945

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Change shell option to false in async functions
DongZifan Apr 20, 2026
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Update async.js
DongZifan May 14, 2026
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Fix: safe shell defaults and exec(file, args) API
DongZifan Jul 31, 2026
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Merge branch 'main' into main
v-Kaniska244 Aug 7, 2026
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30 changes: 24 additions & 6 deletions build/src/utils/async.js
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Expand Up @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const mkdirpCb = require('mkdirp');
const copyFilesCb = require('copyfiles');
const spawnCb = require('child_process').spawn;
const execCb = require('child_process').exec;
const execFileCb = require('child_process').execFile;
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module.exports = {

Expand All @@ -25,7 +26,11 @@ module.exports = {
spawn: async (command, args, opts) => {
console.log(`(*) Spawn: ${command}${args.reduce((prev, current) => `${prev} ${current}`, '')}`);

opts = opts || { stdio: 'inherit', shell: true };
opts = Object.assign({}, opts || { stdio: 'inherit' });
if (opts.shell === undefined) {
opts.shell = false;
}

let echo = false;
if (opts.stdio === 'inherit') {
opts.stdio = 'pipe';
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -70,13 +75,27 @@ module.exports = {
});
},

exec: async (command, opts) => {
console.log(`(*) Exec: ${command}`);
exec: async (file, args, opts) => {
console.log(`(*) Exec: ${file} ${args.join(' ')}`);
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opts = Object.assign({}, opts || { stdio: 'inherit' });
if (opts.shell === undefined) {
opts.shell = false;
}

let proc;
if (opts.shell) {
// Explicit shell opt-in: reconstruct command string for exec
const command = [file, ...args].join(' ');
proc = execCb(command, opts);
} else {
// Default safe path: execFile directly (no shell, no string parsing)
proc = execFileCb(file, args, opts);
}

opts = opts || { stdio: 'inherit', shell: true };
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let result = '';
const proc = execCb(command, opts);
// proc already created above
proc.on('close', (code, signal) => {
if (code !== 0) {
console.log(result);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -211,4 +230,3 @@ module.exports = {
});
}
};

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