B606: start_process_with_no_shell
- bandit.plugins.injection_shell.start_process_with_no_shell(context, config)[source]
B606: Test for starting a process with no shell
Python possesses many mechanisms to invoke an external executable. However, doing so may present a security issue if appropriate care is not taken to sanitize any user provided or variable input.
This plugin test is part of a family of tests built to check for process spawning and warn appropriately. Specifically, this test looks for the spawning of a subprocess in a way that doesn’t use a shell. Although this is generally safe, it maybe useful for penetration testing workflows to track where external system calls are used. As such a LOW severity message is generated.
See also:
../plugins/linux_commands_wildcard_injection
../plugins/subprocess_without_shell_equals_true
../plugins/start_process_with_a_shell
../plugins/start_process_with_partial_path
../plugins/subprocess_popen_with_shell_equals_true
Config Options:
This plugin test shares a configuration with others in the same family, namely shell_injection. This configuration is divided up into three sections, subprocess, shell and no_shell. They each list Python calls that spawn subprocesses, invoke commands within a shell, or invoke commands without a shell (by replacing the calling process) respectively.
This plugin specifically scans for methods listed in no_shell section.
shell_injection: no_shell: - os.execl - os.execle - os.execlp - os.execlpe - os.execv - os.execve - os.execvp - os.execvpe - os.spawnl - os.spawnle - os.spawnlp - os.spawnlpe - os.spawnv - os.spawnve - os.spawnvp - os.spawnvpe - os.startfile
- Example:
>> Issue: [start_process_with_no_shell] Starting a process without a shell. Severity: Low Confidence: Medium CWE: CWE-78 (https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html) Location: examples/os-spawn.py:8 7 os.spawnv(mode, path, args) 8 os.spawnve(mode, path, args, env) 9 os.spawnvp(mode, file, args)
See also
Added in version 0.10.0.
Changed in version 1.7.3: CWE information added