OS Command Injection

Critical Severity Technical Guide

Vulnerability Description

OS Command Injection allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands on the hosting server by tricking the application into running shell commands with unsanitized user inputs.

Remediation Guide

To resolve this vulnerability, follow these config changes or developer practices:

Avoid executing system shell commands. Use language-native APIs (such as Python's subprocess with lists of arguments rather than shell=True) and validate/sanitize inputs strictly.

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