Weakness (CWE)
CWE-88: Argument Injection
The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component
in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the
intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string.
How to prevent it (8 mitigations)
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Implementation
Where possible, avoid building a single string that contains the command and its arguments. Some languages or frameworks have functions that support specifying independent arguments, e.g. as an array, which is used to automatically perform the appropriate quoting or escaping while building the command. For example, in PHP, escapeshellarg() can be used to escape a single argument to system(), or exec() can be called with an array of arguments. In C, code can often be refactored from using system() - which accepts a single string - to using exec(), which requires separate function arguments for each parameter.
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Architecture and Design
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your product: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, request headers as well as content, URL components, e-mail, files, databases, and any external systems that provide data to the application. Perform input validation at well-defined interfaces.
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Implementation
Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, "boat" may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as "red" or "blue."
Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code's environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
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Implementation
Directly convert your input type into the expected data type, such as using a conversion function that translates a string into a number. After converting to the expected data type, ensure that the input's values fall within the expected range of allowable values and that multi-field consistencies are maintained.
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Implementation
Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180, CWE-181). Make sure that your application does not inadvertently decode the same input twice (CWE-174). Such errors could be used to bypass allowlist schemes by introducing dangerous inputs after they have been checked. Use libraries such as the OWASP ESAPI Canonicalization control.
Consider performing repeated canonicalization until your input does not change any more. This will avoid double-decoding and similar scenarios, but it might inadvertently modify inputs that are allowed to contain properly-encoded dangerous content.
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Implementation
When exchanging data between components, ensure that both components are using the same character encoding. Ensure that the proper encoding is applied at each interface. Explicitly set the encoding you are using whenever the protocol allows you to do so.
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Implementation
When your application combines data from multiple sources, perform the validation after the sources have been combined. The individual data elements may pass the validation step but violate the intended restrictions after they have been combined.
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Testing
Use dynamic tools and techniques that interact with the product using large test suites with many diverse inputs, such as fuzz testing (fuzzing), robustness testing, and fault injection. The product's operation may slow down, but it should not become unstable, crash, or generate incorrect results.
Source: MITRE CWE-88
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Critical 9.4
Arbitrary file write and code execution via excluded node roles in Kubernetes special agent
Argument injection in the Kubernetes special agent in Checkmk <2.5.0p19, <2.4.0p40, and 2.3.0 (EOL) allows a user with permission to edit rules in at least one folder to write files to arbitrary locations writable by the site user via crafted node roles in th…
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Critical 9.9
OS Command Injection in Progress WS_FTP Server
An OS command injection vulnerability in Progress Software WS_FTP Server versions prior to 2024.0.7 and 2025.0.4 on Windows could allow arbitrary command execution under certain configurations.
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Critical 9.0
Command Injection via FTP Notification Variables in Progress WS_FTP Server
An OS command injection vulnerability in Progress Software WS_FTP Server versions prior to 2024.0.7 and 2025.0.4 on Windows could allow arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges under certain configurations.
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Critical 10.0
Apache Traffic Server: magick plugin passes client query strings unfiltered to ImageMagick convert in the default configuration
Apache Traffic Server's experimental magick plugin lets an unauthenticated client control ImageMagick convert arguments in its default (unsigned) configuration. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.1 through 8.1.11, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.15, fr…
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Critical 9.9
Argo CD: A Kustomize remote ref can run commands in the repo-server
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. From 2.7.0 until 3.3.15, 3.4.10, 3.5.4, and 3.6.0-rc2, Kustomize passes ref or version query values from remote resource, base, or component URLs to git fetch without an end-of-options …
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Critical 9.2CVE-2026-112900 Public exploit
Pillow: Argument Injection in Ghostscript call, potentially leading into RCE
Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 2.6.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow is vulnerable to argument injection when invoking Ghostscript for EPS input. EpsImagePlugin.Ghostscript passes a caller-controlled input filename after -f without converting it to a safe abso…
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Critical 9.2
Claude Agent SDK: Argument Injection via resume Option Allows Arbitrary Command Execution
Claude Agent SDK is a Python SDK for Claude Code. Prior to 0.2.121, the resume option is passed to the Claude CLI as a separate token without validation, so a dash-leading value is parsed as an independent CLI flag. An attacker can inject the --mcp-config fla…
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Critical 9.9
HestiaCP Low-Privileged User to Root via Config-Field Injection and PATH Hijacking
Hestia Control Panel is a lightweight and powerful control panel for the modern web. From version 1.9.7 through 1.10.4, update_object_value() in func/main.sh does not escape single quotes when writing a custom document-root value to a user's web.conf file, al…
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Critical 9.0
Potential command execution on the host running JFrog CLI.
Potential arbitrary code execution under specific configurations. Updated October 22, 2026: Affected versions now include JFrog CLI v2.127.0. For remediation, update to v2.128.0 or later.
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Critical 9.9
Netcore NR268 DDNS DDNSset.cgi execvp argument injection
A flaw has been found in Netcore NR268 1.7.121109. The affected element is the function execvp of the file /router/DDNSset.cgi of the component DDNS. Executing a manipulation of the argument Hostname can lead to argument injection. The attack can be launched …
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Critical 9.1
Authenticated argument injection in NIOS command line leading to privilege escalation
An authenticated high privilege user can inject arguments in troubleshooting commands resulting in privilege escalation.
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Critical 9.1
Froxlor before 2.3.12 Command Injection via letsencryptchallengepath
Froxlor before 2.3.12 does not restrict or escape the system.letsencryptchallengepath setting: unlike sibling settings hardened in GHSA-33mp, the field has no string_regexp or required_otp guard, and its value is concatenated unescaped into the acme.sh comman…
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Critical 9.4
Argument injection in WP Toolkit for cPanel 6.11.2-10794 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrar…
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Critical 9.9
Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: project scm_url argument injection into `git ls-remote --upload-pack` yields rce on the controller-task control-plane pod
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The Project scm_url field is not validated against values that begin with a dash and is stored and passed verbatim to the git SCM module. Because the module runs git ls-remote w…
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Critical 9.4
Browsertrix: Arbitrary Command Injection due to Improper Command Sanitization in Git URLs specified as Custom Behaviors
Browsertrix is a high-fidelity, browser-based crawling service for web archiving that can be self-hosted or used through Webrecorder's hosted instance. From 1.15.0 until 1.22.8, Browsertrix improperly sanitizes Git URLs specified as Custom Behaviors, allowing…
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Critical 9.8CVE-2026-54337 Public exploit
Fireshare has Unauthenticated Argument Injection to Arbitrary File Write/Overwrite
Fireshare facilitates self-hosted media and link sharing. Prior to version 1.6.14, an argument Injection in the video upload function allows unauthenticated attacker to write/overwrite system files. Version 1.6.14 fixes the issue.
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Critical 9.8
Command Argument Injection Vulnerability in Cosminexus Component Container
Command Argument Injection Vulnerability in Cosminexus Component Container. This issue affects Cosminexus Component Container: from 11-70-01 before 11-70-03, from 11-60 before 11-60-03, from 11-50 through 11-50-03, from 11-40 through 11-40-03, from 11-30 thro…
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Critical 9.2
SSH session privilege manipulation via a crafted username in Mikrotik RouterOS
RouterOS contains an argument-handling flaw in the SSH login path involving usernames that begin with a prohibited character, allowing for the trusted RouterOS policy mask to be changed, leading to privilege escalation. Exploitation requires an unauthenticate…
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Critical 9.8
NLTK before 3.10.3 JVM Argument Injection via Per-Call Options
NLTK before 3.10.3 fails to validate JVM options passed through the per-call options parameter in the java() function, allowing attackers to inject dangerous JVM flags. Attackers can supply malicious options like -agentpath, -javaagent, or @argfile to Stanfor…
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Critical 9.8
GitPython before 3.1.59 Remote Code Execution via Config Injection
GitPython before 3.1.59 fails to safely re-serialize multi-line git-config values during write operations, corrupting dormant quoted values into injected directives like core.hooksPath. Attackers can craft config files with embedded newlines that become live …
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Critical 9.9
Incus has an argument injection in storage volume block.create_options that leads to arbitrary command execution
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.3.0, improper validation of user-provided `block.create_options` in storage volume configuration leads to argument injection in the constructed filesystem creation command line. This …
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Critical 10.0
Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Improper neutralization of argument delimiters in a command ('argument injection') in Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
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Critical 9.3
CodeWhale before 0.8.64 Argument Injection via git_show
CodeWhale versions >= 0.3.27 and < 0.8.64 (published as deepseek-tui >= 0.3.27 and < 0.8.41 on npm and 0.3.27 through 0.8.41 on crates.io, and as codewhale / codewhale-tui >= 0.8.41 and < 0.8.64) contain an argument injection vulnerability in the git_show too…
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Critical 9.8
PDF::WebKit versions through 1.2 for Perl allow argument injection into wkhtmltopdf via meta tags in the source document
PDF::WebKit versions through 1.2 for Perl allow argument injection into wkhtmltopdf via meta tags in the source document. For an HTML string or file source, the constructor collects every <meta name="pdf-webkit-KEY" content="VALUE"> element in the document he…
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Critical 9.8
Apache Allura: Git command injection
Specifically crafted inputs may lead to git argument injection in Apache Allura. This issue affects Apache Allura: before 1.19.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.19.1, which fixes the issue.
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Critical 9.9
Semaphore U: OS Command Injection
Semaphore UI is a web interface for managing DevOps tools. Prior to 2.18.17 and 2.19.5-beta2, repository git_url handling passes an attacker-controlled --upload-pack option to CmdGitClient.GetLastRemoteCommitHash through POST /api/project/{id}/repositories an…
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Critical 9.9
Wekan: Shell Injection via Avatar Upload
Wekan is open source kanban built with Meteor. Prior to 9.07, Wekan avatar upload functionality embeds user-supplied filenames into paths later passed to child_process.exec() for MIME-type detection. Because models/avatars.js and models/fileValidation.js used…
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Critical 9.8CVE-2026-61459 Public exploit
MCP Server Kubernetes < 3.9.0 Argument Injection via kubectl Structured Tools
MCP Server Kubernetes before 3.9.0 contains an argument injection vulnerability in structured tools (kubectl_get, kubectl_describe, kubectl_delete) that allows attackers to bypass the assertNoDangerousFlags security check by supplying resourceType and name pa…
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Critical 10.0
Crawl4AI: Unauthenticated RCE via Chromium launch-argument injection in browser_config.extra_args
Crawl4AI is an open-source LLM-friendly web crawler and scraper. Prior to 0.9.0, the Docker API server accepted request-supplied browser_config.extra_args, which flowed into Chromium's launch arguments. An attacker could inject Chromium switches that replace …
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Critical 9.1CVE-2026-40047 Public exploit
Apache Camel: Camel-Docling: Insufficient validation of custom CLI arguments enables argument injection and path traversal in DoclingProducer
Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') vulnerability in Apache Camel Docling component. The camel-docling component invokes the external `docling` command-line tool by assembling an argument list in DoclingProducer …
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Critical 9.3CVE-2026-54088 Public exploit
File Browser: Command Injection via Authentication Hook Shell Substitution (Pre-Authentication RCE)
File Browser is a file managing interface for uploading, deleting, previewing, renaming, and editing files within a specified directory. Prior to 2.63.6, the Hook Authentication feature in File Browser allows administrators to delegate login verification to a…
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Critical 9.4
n8n: Arbitrary File Read via Git Node
n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.43, 2.22.1, and 2.20.7, an authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows could inject CLI flags on the Git node's Push operation allowing an attacker to read arbitrary files…
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Critical 9.9
Argument injection vulnerability in WordPress Toolkit before 6.11.0 as used in cPanel & WHM, allows remote authenticate…
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Critical 9.1
Lumiverse: SMB `exists()` basename injection via smbclient `!cmd` escape
Lumiverse is a full-featured AI chat application. Prior to 0.9.7, when the primary toSmbPath(fullPath) call throws, the method falls back to a dirname/basename split and only validates the directory prefix. The basename is concatenated directly into the smbcl…
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Critical 9.9
Lumiverse: RCE via MCP stdio argument injection
Lumiverse is a full-featured AI chat application. Prior to 0.9.7, the MCP server creation endpoint validates the command field against an allowlist of binary names but forwards the args array to the child process without any validation. Every binary on the al…
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Critical 9.1
OPNsense: Command Injection via Attacker-Controlled DHCP Config
OPNsense is a FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform. Prior to 26.1.8, unsanitized user input is passed to the DHCP configuration of the configured interface, which is processed by a shell script, allowing remote code execution as root on the underlying …
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Critical 9.1
OPNsense: RCE via XMLRPC endpoint using `opnsense.restore_config_section` method
OPNsense is a FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform. Prior to 26.1.7, the XMLRPC method opnsense.restore_config_section fails to sanitize user supplied input leading to Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 26.1.7.
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Critical 9.8
The Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART) thru 1.20.1 contains a command-line argument injection vulnerability in its Ku…
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Critical 9.3
ArchiveBox Vulnerable to RCE via unvalidated per-crawl config overrides in AddView
ArchiveBox is an open source self-hosted web archiving system. In versions 0.8.6rc0 and prior, the /add/ endpoint (AddView in core/views.py) accepts a config JSON field that gets merged into the crawl config without validation. This config is exported as envi…
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Critical 9.6
Unvalidated shell.openExternal in electerm allows arbitrary protocol execution via terminal link click
electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. In versions 3.8.15 and prior, Electerm's terminal hyperlink handler passes any URL clicked in the terminal directly to shell.openExternal without any protocol validation…