var cp = require("child_process"), http = require('http'), url = require('url'); var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) { let cmd = url.parse(req.url, true).query.path; cp.exec("foo"); // OK cp.execSync("foo"); // OK cp.execFile("foo"); // OK cp.execFileSync("foo"); // OK cp.spawn("foo"); // OK cp.spawnSync("foo"); // OK cp.fork("foo"); // OK cp.exec(cmd); // NOT OK cp.execSync(cmd); // NOT OK cp.execFile(cmd); // NOT OK cp.execFileSync(cmd); // NOT OK cp.spawn(cmd); // NOT OK cp.spawnSync(cmd); // NOT OK cp.fork(cmd); // NOT OK cp.exec("foo" + cmd + "bar"); // NOT OK // These are technically NOT OK, but they are more likely as false positives cp.exec("foo", {shell: cmd}); // OK cp.exec("foo", {env: {PATH: cmd}}); // OK cp.exec("foo", {cwd: cmd}); // OK cp.exec("foo", {uid: cmd}); // OK cp.exec("foo", {gid: cmd}); // OK let sh, flag; if (process.platform == 'win32') sh = 'cmd.exe', flag = '/c'; else sh = '/bin/sh', flag = '-c'; cp.spawn(sh, [ flag, cmd ]); // NOT OK let args = []; args[0] = "-c"; args[1] = cmd; // NOT OK cp.execFile("/bin/bash", args); let args = []; args[0] = "-c"; args[1] = cmd; // NOT OK run("sh", args); let args = []; args[0] = `-` + "c"; args[1] = cmd; // NOT OK cp.execFile(`/bin` + "/bash", args); cp.spawn('cmd.exe', ['/C', 'foo'].concat(["bar", cmd])); // NOT OK cp.spawn('cmd.exe', ['/C', 'foo'].concat(cmd)); // NOT OK let myArgs = []; myArgs.push(`-` + "c"); myArgs.push(cmd); cp.execFile(`/bin` + "/bash", args); // NOT OK - but no support for `[].push()` for indirect arguments [INCONSISTENCY] }); function run(cmd, args) { cp.spawn(cmd, args); // OK - the alert happens where `args` is build. } var util = require("util") http.createServer(function(req, res) { let cmd = url.parse(req.url, true).query.path; util.promisify(cp.exec)(cmd); // NOT OK }); const webpackDevServer = require('webpack-dev-server'); new webpackDevServer(compiler, { before: function (app) { app.use(function (req, res, next) { cp.exec(req.query.fileName); // NOT OK require("my-sub-lib").foo(req.query.fileName); // calls lib/subLib/index.js#foo }); } });