Weakness (CWE)
CWE-78: OS Command Injection
The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command before it is sent to a downstream component.
How to prevent it (8 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
If at all possible, use library calls rather than external processes to recreate the desired functionality.
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Architecture and Design, Operation
Run the code in a "jail" or similar sandbox environment that enforces strict boundaries between the process and the operating system. This may effectively restrict which files can be accessed in a particular directory or which commands can be executed by the software.
OS-level examples include the Unix chroot jail, AppArmor, and SELinux. In general, managed code may provide some protection. For example, java.io.FilePermission in the Java SecurityManager allows the software to specify restrictions on file operations.
This may not be a feasible solution, and it only limits the impact to the operating system; the rest of the application may still be subject to compromise.
Be careful to avoid CWE-243 and other weaknesses related to jails.
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Architecture and Design
For any data that will be used to generate a command to be executed, keep as much of that data out of external control as possible. For example, in web applications, this may require storing the data locally in the session's state instead of sending it out to the client in a hidden form field.
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Architecture and Design
For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks entirely. Then, these modified values would be submitted to the server.
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Architecture and Design
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
For example, consider using the ESAPI Encoding control [REF-45] or a similar tool, library, or framework. These will help the programmer encode outputs in a manner less prone to error.
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Implementation
While it is risky to use dynamically-generated query strings, code, or commands that mix control and data together, sometimes it may be unavoidable. Properly quote arguments and escape any special characters within those arguments. The most conservative approach is to escape or filter all characters that do not pass an extremely strict allowlist (such as everything that is not alphanumeric or white space). If some special characters are still needed, such as white space, wrap each argument in quotes after the escaping/filtering step. Be careful of argument injection (CWE-88).
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Implementation
If the program to be executed allows arguments to be specified within an input file or from standard input, then consider using that mode to pass arguments instead of the command line.
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Architecture and Design
If available, use structured mechanisms that automatically enforce the separation between data and code. These mechanisms may be able to provide the relevant quoting, encoding, and validation automatically, instead of relying on the developer to provide this capability at every point where output is generated.
Some languages offer multiple functions that can be used to invoke commands. Where possible, identify any function that invokes a command shell using a single string, and replace it with a function that requires individual arguments. These functions typically perform appropriate quoting and filtering of arguments. For example, in C, the system() function accepts a string that contains the entire command to be executed, whereas execl(), execve(), and others require an array of strings, one for each argument. In Windows, CreateProcess() only accepts one command at a time. In Perl, if system() is provided with an array of arguments, then it will quote each of the arguments.
Source: MITRE CWE-78
5,327 results · Feed
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High 7.2
Emissary has a Command Injection via PLACE_NAME Configuration in Executrix
Emissary is a P2P based data-driven workflow engine. Prior to 8.39.0, the Executrix utility class constructed shell commands by concatenating configuration-derived values — including the PLACE_NAME parameter — with insufficient sanitization. Only spaces were …
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High 8.8
Pi-hole FTL affected by Remote Code Execution (RCE) via dhcp.hosts Newline Injection
FTLDNS (pihole-FTL) provides an interactive API and also generates statistics for Pi-hole's Web interface. From 6.0 to before 6.6, the Pi-hole FTL engine contains a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the DHCP hosts configuration parameter (dhcp.host…
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High 8.8
Pi-hole FTL affected by Remote Code Execution (RCE) via dhcp.leaseTime Newline Injection
FTLDNS (pihole-FTL) provides an interactive API and also generates statistics for Pi-hole's Web interface. From 6.0 to before 6.6, the Pi-hole FTL engine contains a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the DHCP lease time configuration parameter (dhcp…
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High 8.8
Pi-hole FTL affected by Remote Code Execution (RCE) via dns.hostRecord Newline Injection
FTLDNS (pihole-FTL) provides an interactive API and also generates statistics for Pi-hole's Web interface. From 6.0 to before 6.6, the Pi-hole FTL engine contains a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the DNS host record configuration parameter (dns.…
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High 8.8
Pi-hole FTL affected by Remote Code Execution (RCE) via dns.cnameRecords Newline Injection
FTLDNS (pihole-FTL) provides an interactive API and also generates statistics for Pi-hole's Web interface. From 6.0 to before 6.6, the Pi-hole FTL engine contains a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the DNS CNAME records configuration parameter (dn…
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High 8.8CVE-2026-35517 Public exploit
Pi-hole FTL affected by Remote Code Execution (RCE) via dns.upstreams Newline Injection
FTLDNS (pihole-FTL) provides an interactive API and also generates statistics for Pi-hole's Web interface. From 6.0 to before 6.6, the Pi-hole FTL engine contains a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the upstream DNS servers configuration parameter …
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High 8.0
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in Nokia MantaRay NM
Nokia MantaRay NM is vulnerable to an OS command injection vulnerability due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command in Symptom Collector application.
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High 8.8
pyLoad has Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. In 0.5.0b3.dev96 and earlier, the ADMIN_ONLY_OPTIONS protection mechanism restricts security-critical configuration values (reconnect scripts, SSL certs, proxy credentials) to admin-only acc…
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Critical 9.8
Tianxin Internet Behavior Management System Command Injection via toQuery.php
Tianxin Internet Behavior Management System contains a command injection vulnerability in the Reporter component endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands by supplying a crafted objClass parameter containing shell metacharac…
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High 8.8
Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ: Authenticated users could perform RCE via Jolokia MBeans
Improper Input Validation, Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ. Apache ActiveMQ Classic exposes the Jolokia JMX-HTTP bridge at /api/jolokia/ on the web console. The default Jolokia…
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High 7.3
Totolink A7100RU cstecgi.cgi setGameSpeedCfg os command injection
A vulnerability was found in Totolink A7100RU 7.4cu.2313_b20191024. This impacts the function setGameSpeedCfg of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. The manipulation of the argument enable results in os command injection. The attack may be performed from remote. T…
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High 7.3
Totolink A7100RU cstecgi.cgi setFirewallType os command injection
A vulnerability has been found in Totolink A7100RU 7.4cu.2313_b20191024. This affects the function setFirewallType of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. The manipulation of the argument firewallType leads to os command injection. The attack is possible to be carr…
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High 7.3
Totolink A7100RU cstecgi.cgi setRemoteCfg os command injection
A flaw has been found in Totolink A7100RU 7.4cu.2313_b20191024. The impacted element is the function setRemoteCfg of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. Executing a manipulation of the argument enable can lead to os command injection. The attack can be executed re…
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High 7.3
Totolink A7100RU cstecgi.cgi setNtpCfg os command injection
A vulnerability was detected in Totolink A7100RU 7.4cu.2313_b20191024. The affected element is the function setNtpCfg of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. Performing a manipulation of the argument tz results in os command injection. Remote exploitation of the at…
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High 7.3
Totolink A7100RU cstecgi.cgi setDdnsCfg os command injection
A security vulnerability has been detected in Totolink A7100RU 7.4cu.2313_b20191024. Impacted is the function setDdnsCfg of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument provider leads to os command injection. The attack may be launched rem…
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High 8.8
AWS Research and Engineering Studio (RES) FileBrowser Command Injection
Unsanitized input in the FileBrowser API in AWS Research and Engineering Studio (RES) version 2024.10 through 2025.12.01 might allow a remote authenticated actor to execute arbitrary commands on the cluster-manager EC2 instance via crafted input when using th…
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High 8.8
Command Injection via Virtual Desktop Session Name in AWS Research and Engineering Studio (RES)
Unsanitized input in an OS command in the virtual desktop session name handling in AWS Research and Engineering Studio (RES) version 2025.03 through 2025.12.01 might allow a remote authenticated actor to execute arbitrary commands as root on the virtual deskt…
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Medium 5.5
Totolink A3300R cstecgi.cgi vsetTr069Cfg os command injection
A security vulnerability has been detected in Totolink A3300R 17.0.0cu.557_B20221024. The impacted element is the function vsetTr069Cfg of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. The manipulation of the argument stun_pass leads to os command injection. The exploit has…
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High 7.3
Totolink A7100RU cstecgi.cgi setScheduleCfg os command injection
A weakness has been identified in Totolink A7100RU 7.4cu.2313_b20191024. The affected element is the function setScheduleCfg of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. Executing a manipulation of the argument mode can lead to os command injection. The attack may be la…
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High 7.3
Totolink A7100RU cstecgi.cgi CsteSystem os command injection
A security flaw has been discovered in Totolink A7100RU 7.4cu.2313_b20191024. Impacted is the function CsteSystem of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. Performing a manipulation of the argument resetFlags results in os command injection. The attack may be initiat…
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High 7.8
BentoML: command injection in cloud deployment setup script (deployment.py)
BentoML is a Python library for building online serving systems optimized for AI apps and model inference. Prior to 1.4.38, the cloud deployment path in src/bentoml/_internal/cloud/deployment.py was not included in the fix for CVE-2026-33744. Line 1648 interp…
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Critical 9.3
Aperi'Solve Affected by Unauthenticated RCE via JPSeek Analyzer Command
Aperi'Solve is an open-source steganalysis web platform. In versions 3.1.3 through 3.2.0, when uploading a JPEG, a user can specify an optional password to accompany the JPEG. This password is then directly passed into an expect command, which is then subsequ…
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High 8.7CVE-2026-34940 Public exploit
KubeAI has an OS Command Injection via Model URL in Ollama Engine startup probe allows arbitrary command execution in model pods
KubeAI is an AI inference operator for kubernetes. Prior to 0.23.2, the ollamaStartupProbeScript() function in internal/modelcontroller/engine_ollama.go constructs a shell command string using fmt.Sprintf with unsanitized model URL components (ref, modelParam…
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High 8.2
Vim modeline bypass via various options affects Vim < 9.2.0276
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0276, a modeline sandbox bypass in Vim allows arbitrary OS command execution when a user opens a crafted file. The `complete`, `guitabtooltip` and `printheader` options are missing the `P_M…
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High 7.3
OFFIS DCMTK storescp storescp.cc executeOnEndOfStudy os command injection
A security flaw has been discovered in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.7.0. This impacts the function executeOnReception/executeOnEndOfStudy of the file dcmnet/apps/storescp.cc of the component storescp. Performing a manipulation results in os command injection. Remote e…
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Medium 5.3
ChrisChinchilla Vale-MCP HTTP index.ts os command injection
A vulnerability was found in ChrisChinchilla Vale-MCP up to 0.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file src/index.ts of the component HTTP Interface. The manipulation of the argument config_path results in os command injectio…
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Medium 5.3
Braffolk mcp-summarization-functions summarize_command mcp-server.ts os command injection
A flaw has been found in Braffolk mcp-summarization-functions up to 0.1.5. This impacts an unknown function of the file src/server/mcp-server.ts of the component summarize_command. Executing a manipulation of the argument command can lead to os command inject…
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Medium 6.8
A remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability in the /goform/formReleaseConnect component of UTT Aggressive 520W v3v1.…
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Medium 5.3
elgentos magento2-dev-mcp index.ts executeMagerun2Command os command injection
A vulnerability was identified in elgentos magento2-dev-mcp up to 1.0.2. The affected element is the function executeMagerun2Command of the file src/index.ts. Such manipulation leads to os command injection. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit…
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Medium 5.3
Nor2-io heim-mcp new_heim_application tools.ts registerTools os command injection
A vulnerability was determined in Nor2-io heim-mcp up to 0.1.3. Impacted is the function registerTools of the file src/tools.ts of the component new_heim_application/deploy_heim_application/deploy_heim_application_to_cloud. This manipulation causes os command…
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Medium 6.3
Tenda AC10 httpd formAddMacfilterRule os command injection
A vulnerability has been found in Tenda AC10 16.03.10.10_multi_TDE01. Affected is the function formAddMacfilterRule of the file /bin/httpd. Such manipulation leads to os command injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Multiple endpoints might…
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Medium 6.3
ScrapeGraphAI scrapegraph-ai GenerateCodeNode generate_code_node.py create_sandbox_and_execute os command injection
A vulnerability was found in ScrapeGraphAI scrapegraph-ai up to 1.74.0. The affected element is the function create_sandbox_and_execute of the file scrapegraphai/nodes/generate_code_node.py of the component GenerateCodeNode Component. The manipulation results…
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Medium 6.3
MoussaabBadla code-screenshot-mcp HTTP os command injection
A security vulnerability has been detected in MoussaabBadla code-screenshot-mcp up to 0.1.0. This affects an unknown part of the component HTTP Interface. Such manipulation leads to os command injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The explo…
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Medium 6.5
Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, on macOS, app.moveToApplicationsFolder() used an AppleScript fallback path that did not proper…
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High 8.8
PraisonAI: Sandbox Escape via shell=True and Bypassable Blocklist in SubprocessSandbox
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to version 4.5.97, SubprocessSandbox in all modes (BASIC, STRICT, NETWORK_ISOLATED) calls subprocess.run() with shell=True and relies solely on string-pattern matching to block dangerous commands. The blocklist d…
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Critical 9.8
ProSoft Technology ICX35-HWC Command Injection via Web Interface
ProSoft Technology ICX35-HWC versions 1.3 and prior cellular gateways contain an input validation vulnerability in the web user interface that allows remote attackers to inject and execute system commands by submitting malicious input through unvalidated fiel…
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High 7.8
PraisonAI: Shell Injection in run_python() via Unescaped $() Substitution
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to version 1.5.90, run_python() in praisonai constructs a shell command string by interpolating user-controlled code into python3 -c "<code>" and passing it to subprocess.run(..., shell=True). The escaping logic …
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Critical 9.8
PraisonAI: OS Command Injection in MCPHandler.parse_mcp_command()
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. From version 4.5.15 to before version 4.5.69, the --mcp CLI argument is passed directly to shlex.split() and forwarded through the call chain to anyio.open_process() with no validation, allowlist check, or sanitization…
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High 8.7CVE-2026-28797 Public exploit
RAGFlow: Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) in Agent "Text Processing" Component
RAGFlow is an open-source RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) engine. In versions 0.24.0 and prior, a Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability exists in RAGFlow's Agent workflow Text Processing (StringTransform) and Message components. These compo…
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High 7.8
OS command injection in Amazon Athena ODBC driver on Linux
OS command injection in the browser-based authentication component in Amazon Athena ODBC driver before 2.0.5.1 on Linux might allow a threat actor to execute arbitrary code by using specially crafted connection parameters that are loaded by the driver during …