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#0006⬤ CRITICALREALAI FailureGeneral AI

[security] command injection in uploadMedia via shell concatenation (server.ts:665)

📋 Scenario

A malicious WhatsApp message achieving prompt injection can craft a files array entry that breaks out of a curl invocation and executes arbitrary shell commands as the user running Claude Code, due to string concatenation in execSync.

⚡ Impact

Remote code execution and credential exposure (WhatsApp Cloud API token leaks into /proc/cmdline and audit logs).

🔍 Root Cause

Use of execSync with string concatenation instead of native fetch or array-based spawn.

✅ Recommendation

Replace execSync + curl with native fetch + FormData, or use Bun.spawn with args array.

🔑 Key Pattern

Command injection via shell concatenation

📚 Transferable Lesson

Never use execSync with string concatenation for user-influenced input; prefer native APIs or array-based spawn.

Intelligence Scores
Severity Score98/100
Quality Score95/100
AI Confidence93/100
Case Metadata
IndustryGeneral AI
Failure TypeAI Failure
Risk PatternSecurity Risk
Case TypeREAL
PriorityHIGH
ValidationHigh Confidence
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