harden: sanitize child_process call in preflight.js - #4
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Detected calls to child_process from a function argument `codexBin` Addresses javascript.lang.security.detect-child-process.detect-child-process
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Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to A crafted Windows command candidate can still be altered during shell expansion and execute unintended code during installation. Reject percent characters before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@src/preflight.js`:
- Line 76: Update the hasShellMetacharacters predicate to include the percent
character, so Windows .cmd and .bat candidates containing environment-variable
expansion syntax are rejected before spawnSync execution.
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| const hasShellMetacharacters = value => /[;&|`$()<>^"'\n\r]/.test(value); |
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sed -n '1,180p' src/preflight.jsRepository: phd-peter/gstack-codex
Length of output: 4250
Injection
Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-78 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Reject % in Windows shell candidates.
For .cmd and .bat candidates, spawnSync uses cmd.exe with shell: true. A candidate such as C:\...\codex%NAME%.cmd can pass validation, then have %NAME% expanded before execution. Reject % in this predicate.
Proposed fix
- const hasShellMetacharacters = value => /[;&|`$()<>^"'\n\r]/.test(value);
+ const hasShellMetacharacters = value => /[;&|`$()<>^%"'\n\r]/.test(value);📝 Committable suggestion
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| const hasShellMetacharacters = value => /[;&|`$()<>^"'\n\r]/.test(value); | |
| const hasShellMetacharacters = value => /[;&|`$()<>^%"'\n\r]/.test(value); |
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In `@src/preflight.js` at line 76, Update the hasShellMetacharacters predicate to
include the percent character, so Windows .cmd and .bat candidates containing
environment-variable expansion syntax are rejected before spawnSync execution.
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Summary
Harden input handling in
src/preflight.js(flagged by semgrep).Vulnerability
javascript.lang.security.detect-child-process.detect-child-processsrc/preflight.js:79Description: Detected calls to child_process from a function argument
codexBin. This could lead to a command injection if the input is user controllable. Try to avoid calls to child_process, and if it is needed ensure user input is correctly sanitized or sandboxed.Threat Model Context
This is a Node.js command-line tool - exploitation requires the attacker to control the arguments, input files or environment the tool is run with.
Changes
src/preflight.jsBehavior Preservation
The change is scoped to 1 file on the vulnerable path.
This patch removes an exploit primitive — a code pattern that, while not independently exploitable today, could be chained with other weaknesses by automated exploit-development tooling. Proactive removal of such primitives raises the bar against increasingly capable automated attack tools.
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