pi-lens/rules/tree-sitter-queries/typescript/ts-command-injection.yml

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# JS/TS Security
# Detects command execution sinks via child_process APIs.
id: ts-command-injection
name: Command Injection Sink
severity: error
category: security
defect_class: injection
inline_tier: blocking
language: typescript

message: "Potential command injection sink — avoid child_process command execution with untrusted input"

description: |
  child_process command APIs (`exec`, `execSync`) execute shell commands and are
  vulnerable when command strings include untrusted input.

  ✅ FIX: prefer `spawn`/`execFile` with explicit argument arrays and strict allowlists.

query: |
  [
    (call_expression
      function: (member_expression
        object: (identifier) @MOD
        property: (property_identifier) @FN)
      arguments: (arguments) @ARGS
      (#eq? @MOD "child_process")
      (#match? @FN "^(exec|execSync)$"))
    (call_expression
      function: (member_expression
        object: (member_expression
          object: (identifier) @MOD
          property: (property_identifier) @NS)
        property: (property_identifier) @FN)
      arguments: (arguments) @ARGS
      (#eq? @MOD "child_process")
      (#match? @FN "^(exec|execSync)$"))
  ]

metavars:
  - MOD
  - NS
  - FN
  - ARGS

post_filter: ts_command_injection_sink

has_fix: false

tags:
  - javascript
  - typescript
  - security
  - command-injection
  - cwe-78
  - owasp-a03

examples:
  bad: |
    child_process.exec(userInput)

  good: |
    spawn("git", ["status"])