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fix(security): Command injection via remote marketplace LSP plugin command reaching which ${command} with shell:true #2420

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24 changes: 15 additions & 9 deletions src/utils/which.ts
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import { execa } from 'execa'
import { execSync_DEPRECATED } from './execSyncWrapper.js'
import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process'

async function whichNodeAsync(command: string): Promise<string | null> {
if (process.platform === 'win32') {
// On Windows, use where.exe and return the first result
const result = await execa(`where.exe ${command}`, {
shell: true,
const result = await execa('where.exe', [command], {

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Major · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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git diff --unified=80 5ff58c4ff9807b48a093a3154abb3be5e180fd3b b929d63894a7c7cc629b59bf7149051a8e3358a1 -- src/utils/which.ts
printf '\n--- current source ---\n'
sed -n '1,140p' src/utils/which.ts
printf '\n--- lookup tests and callers ---\n'
rg -n --glob '!node_modules' --glob '!dist' 'from ["'\''].*utils/which|utils/which|whichSync|which\(|where\.exe|execSync_DEPRECATED|spawnSync' src test tests 2>/dev/null || true
printf '\n--- candidate test files ---\n'
git ls-files '*which*' '*utils*.test*' | sort

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Length of output: 27291

Add regression tests for shell-free lookups.

Add tests for success, not-found results, and shell-metacharacter inputs across the asynchronous and synchronous Node paths. Cover POSIX and Windows branches where the test environment permits.

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Review comment at @src/utils/which.ts at line 7:
Add regression tests around the shell-free lookup using execa: cover successful
lookups, not-found results, and shell-metacharacter inputs for both asynchronous
and synchronous Node paths, exercising POSIX and Windows branches where the test
environment permits.

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stderr: 'ignore',
reject: false,
})
Expand All @@ -19,8 +18,7 @@ async function whichNodeAsync(command: string): Promise<string | null> {
// On POSIX systems (macOS, Linux, WSL), use which
// Cross-platform safe: Windows is handled above
// eslint-disable-next-line custom-rules/no-cross-platform-process-issues
const result = await execa(`which ${command}`, {
shell: true,
const result = await execa('which', [command], {
stderr: 'ignore',
reject: false,
})
Expand All @@ -33,23 +31,31 @@ async function whichNodeAsync(command: string): Promise<string | null> {
function whichNodeSync(command: string): string | null {
if (process.platform === 'win32') {
try {
const result = execSync_DEPRECATED(`where.exe ${command}`, {
const result = spawnSync('where.exe', [command], {
shell: false,
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'],
})
const output = result.toString().trim()
if (result.status !== 0 || !result.stdout) {
return null
}
const output = result.stdout.toString().trim()
return output.split(/\r?\n/)[0] || null
} catch {
return null
}
}

try {
const result = execSync_DEPRECATED(`which ${command}`, {
const result = spawnSync('which', [command], {
shell: false,
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'],
})
return result.toString().trim() || null
if (result.status !== 0 || !result.stdout) {
return null
}
return result.stdout.toString().trim() || null
} catch {
return null
}
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