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vetkit.ruby.command-injection.interpolation

A shell command is built from request input (command injection). An attacker can append shell metacharacters to run arbitrary commands.

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Suite: Security

ruby

A shell command is built from request input (command injection). An attacker can append shell metacharacters to run arbitrary commands.

Category: SECURITY · Engine rule severity: ERROR

How to fix it

Pass the command and its arguments separately (system("ls", dir)) or use Open3 with an argument array.

References

Source: packages/engine/rules/sast/ruby.yml.

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