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CWE-78 (OS命令中使用的特殊元素转义处理不恰当(OS命令注入)) — Vulnerability Class 3523

3523 vulnerabilities classified as CWE-78 (OS命令中使用的特殊元素转义处理不恰当(OS命令注入)). AI Chinese analysis included.

CWE-78 represents a critical input validation weakness where software constructs operating system commands using untrusted external data without proper sanitization. Attackers typically exploit this by injecting malicious shell metacharacters, such as semicolons or pipes, into user-supplied fields like form inputs or URL parameters. This manipulation allows the attacker to alter the intended command structure, enabling arbitrary code execution, data exfiltration, or complete system compromise. To mitigate this risk, developers must strictly avoid passing user input directly to OS command interpreters. Instead, they should utilize safe, language-specific APIs that do not invoke the shell, or implement rigorous input validation and parameterization techniques. By treating all external data as inherently untrusted and applying strict allow-list filtering, organizations can effectively neutralize special elements and prevent command injection vulnerabilities.

MITRE CWE Description
The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This weakness can lead to a vulnerability in environments in which the attacker does not have direct access to the operating system, such as in web applications. Alternately, if the weakness occurs in a privileged program, it could allow the attacker to specify commands that normally would not be accessible, or to call alternate commands with privileges that the attacker does not have. The problem is exacerbated if the compromised process does not follow the principle of least privilege, because the attacker-controlled commands may run with special system privileges that increases the amount of damage. There are at least two subtypes of OS command injection: The application intends to execute a single, fixed program that is under its own control. It intends to use externally-supplied inputs as arguments to that program. For example, the program might use system("nslookup [HOSTNAME]") to run nslookup and allow the user to supply a HOSTNAME, which is used as an argument. Attackers cannot prevent nslookup from executing. However, if the program does not remove command separators from the HOSTNAME argument, attackers could place the separators into the arguments, which allows them to execute their own program afte…
Common Consequences (1)
Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Non-Repudiation Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, Read Files or Directories, Modify Files or Directories, Read Application Data, Modify Application Data, Hide Activities
Attackers could execute unauthorized operating system commands, which could then be used to disable the product, or read and modify data for which the attacker does not have permissions to access directly. Since the targeted application is directly executing the commands instead of the attacker, any…
Mitigations (5)
Architecture and Design If at all possible, use library calls rather than external processes to recreate the desired functionality.
Architecture and Design, Operation Run the code in a "jail" or similar sandbox environment that enforces strict boundaries between the process and the operating system. This may effectively restrict which files can be accessed in a particular directory or which commands can be executed by the software. OS-level examples include the Unix chroot jail, AppArmor, and SELinux. In general, managed code may provide some protection. For ex…
Effectiveness: Limited
Architecture and Design For any data that will be used to generate a command to be executed, keep as much of that data out of external control as possible. For example, in web applications, this may require storing the data locally in the session's state instead of sending it out to the client in a hidden form field.
Architecture and Design For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks entirely. Then, these modified values would be submitted to the server.
Architecture and Design Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid. For example, consider using the ESAPI Encoding control [REF-45] or a similar tool, library, or framework. These will help the programmer encode outputs in a manner less prone to error.
Examples (2)
This example code intends to take the name of a user and list the contents of that user's home directory. It is subject to the first variant of OS command injection.
$userName = $_POST["user"]; $command = 'ls -l /home/' . $userName; system($command);
Bad · PHP
;rm -rf /
Attack
The following simple program accepts a filename as a command line argument and displays the contents of the file back to the user. The program is installed setuid root because it is intended for use as a learning tool to allow system administrators in-training to inspect privileged system files without giving them the ability to modify them or damage the system.
int main(int argc, char** argv) { char cmd[CMD_MAX] = "/usr/bin/cat "; strcat(cmd, argv[1]); system(cmd); }
Bad · C
CVE ID Title CVSS Severity Published
CVE-2026-78327 SonicWall NSM命令注入致远程代码执行漏洞 — Network Security Manager (NSM) - - 2026-09-04
CVE-2026-85656 OS command injection in Amazon log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch — log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch 7.8 High 2026-09-04
CVE-2026-16826 IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Debug Server — i 5.3 Medium 2026-09-04
CVE-2026-17499 IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Debug Server — i 4.4 Medium 2026-09-04
CVE-2026-18073 IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Debug Server — i 4.4 Medium 2026-09-04
CVE-2026-85696 SadTalker OS Command Injection via Audio Filename — SadTalker 9.8 Critical 2026-09-04
CVE-2026-85672 zerox 1.1.20 OS Command Injection via Document URL File Extension — zerox 9.8 Critical 2026-09-04
CVE-2026-85660 cli-mcp-server 0.2.5 Command Allowlist Bypass via Shell Substitution — cli-mcp-server 8.1 High 2026-09-04
CVE-2026-62928 XING CPTrans-ME-X 未认证 OS 命令注入漏洞 — XING CPTrans-ME-X 9.3 Critical 2026-09-04
CVE-2026-85439 MOOS-IvP through 24.8.1 alogsplit Command Injection via Input Pathname — moos-ivp 7.8 High 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-85426 MOOS-IvP through 24.8.1 uMemWatch Command Injection via MOOS Client Names — moos-ivp 9.8 Critical 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-85425 MOOS-IvP through 24.8.1 iSay Command Injection via SAY_MOOS — moos-ivp 9.8 Critical 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-85224 D-Link DNS-320 ShareCenter File Sharing file_sharing.cgi os command injection — DNS-320 ShareCenter 9.1 Critical 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-85223 D-Link DNS-340L CGI dropbox.cgi os command injection — DNS-340L 9.9 Critical 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-85222 D-Link DNS-340L Add-On Center addon_center.cgi os command injection — DNS-340L 9.1 Critical 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-85012 OS command injection in the Amazon CodeCatalyst blueprints SDK — @amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint 8.0 High 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-71963 Hermes Agent 0.18.2 - 0.21.0 RCE via git core.fsmonitor Config Injection — hermes-agent 8.8 High 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-84967 Arbitrary command execution via shell-expanded connection string in Launch MongoDB Shell terminal — MongoDB for VS Code 4.3 Medium 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-35160 Dell SmartFabric OS10 Software 命令注入漏洞 — SmartFabric OS10 Software 5.0 Medium 2026-09-03
CVE-2025-12737 Arbitrary Code Execution via Administrative Operations in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows Remote Code Execution — WSO2 Open Banking AM 8.4 High 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-85168 n8n before 1.123.73 Remote Code Execution via Git Node — n8n 7.7 High 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-84830 OS command injection in privileged configuration handling — Secure Email Gateway 8.6 High 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-85040 ZhongBangKeJi CRMEB Custom Scheduled Task Feature save eval os command injection — CRMEB 4.7 Medium 2026-09-03
CVE-2026-52831 Nuclio: Unsanitized cron trigger event headers/body injected into CronJob shell command leads to persistent RCE — nuclio 8.0 High 2026-09-02
CVE-2026-79756 Nuclio: Unauthenticated OS command injection via namespace header in list-all resource path on local platform — nuclio 8.7 High 2026-09-02
CVE-2026-79755 Nuclio: Unauthenticated OS command injection via function namespace in docker ps --filter label (local Docker platform) — nuclio 8.0 High 2026-09-02
CVE-2026-53611 Looking Glass: Remote Code Execution via Unanchored Regular Expression in BGPASPath Input Validation — looking-glass 9.8 Critical 2026-09-02
CVE-2026-84838 Rpm: command injection in rpmuncompress via unescaped filenames passed to popen() — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 7.8 High 2026-09-02
CVE-2026-84837 Rpm: command injection in `rpmbuild -t*` (`gettarspec`) via unescaped tarball path — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 7.8 High 2026-09-02
CVE-2026-84694 Coolify before 4.2.0 Remote Code Execution via Environment Variable Key — coolify 8.8 High 2026-09-02

Vulnerabilities classified as CWE-78 (OS命令中使用的特殊元素转义处理不恰当(OS命令注入)) represent 3523 CVEs. The CWE taxonomy describes the weakness; review individual CVEs for product-specific impact.