🔒 Fix command injection vulnerability in subprocess shell=True usage#473
🔒 Fix command injection vulnerability in subprocess shell=True usage#473IAmSoThirsty wants to merge 5 commits intomainfrom
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…shell=True with shell=False Co-authored-by: IAmSoThirsty <[email protected]>
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This pull request improves security by replacing shell=True with shell=False in subprocess.run calls across the WiFi controller and VPN backends, and introduces a new test suite to verify these changes. Feedback suggests maintaining consistency in backends.py by either explicitly setting shell=False or relying on the default value across all subprocess.run calls in the file to improve maintainability.
| if self.platform == "Windows": | ||
| cmd = ["where", "openvpn"] | ||
| result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, timeout=5, shell=True) | ||
| result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, timeout=5, shell=False) |
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While replacing shell=True with shell=False is a significant security improvement, there is now an inconsistency in how subprocess.run is called within this file. In the else block (line 250), shell=False is implicit, whereas here it is explicit. For better maintainability and clarity of security intent, it is recommended to either make it explicit everywhere or rely on the default False consistently when no shell features are required.
…shell=True with shell=False Co-authored-by: IAmSoThirsty <[email protected]>
…shell=True with shell=False Co-authored-by: IAmSoThirsty <[email protected]>
…shell=True with shell=False Co-authored-by: IAmSoThirsty <[email protected]>
🎯 What: Fixed command injection vulnerability in
⚠️ Risk: Allowing
src/app/infrastructure/vpn/backends.pyandsrc/app/infrastructure/networking/wifi_controller.pycaused by the use ofshell=Trueinsubprocess.run().subprocess.run()to execute commands withshell=Trueusing untrusted input enables shell command injection, allowing arbitrary code execution.🛡️ Solution: Replaced
shell=Truewithshell=Falsein all cases wheresubprocess.runexecutes standard binaries/executables (e.g.,where,wireguard,openvpn,rasdial,netsh).shell=Falseis inherently secure as it bypasses the shell entirely and uses the list-based argument passing mechanism directly, preventing injection. A new test suite was added intests/test_subprocess_shell_fix.pyto continuously verify these changes.PR created automatically by Jules for task 11088542195727080879 started by @IAmSoThirsty