Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 6: Unnecessary use of cat process
#473
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Potential fix for https://github.com/C4illin/ConvertX/security/code-scanning/6
The problem is the use of
exec("cat /etc/os-release", callback)on line 7, which unnecessarily spawns a shell process to read a file.The correct fix is to replace this with
fs.readFile("/etc/os-release", "utf8", callback), which reads the file asynchronously using Node's standard library, improving efficiency and portability (and removing the need to spawn a shell command).Details:
fsmodule at the top of the file:import { readFile } from "node:fs";exec("cat /etc/os-release", ...)call withreadFile("/etc/os-release", "utf8", ...). This ensuresstdoutin the function becomes the file content as expected.All other lines in this file remain unchanged.
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Summary by cubic
Replace shell-based file read with Node’s fs.readFile to fix code scanning alert #6. This removes the unnecessary cat process, improves efficiency and portability, and keeps the callback behavior unchanged.
Written for commit c3bb5d6. Summary will update automatically on new commits.