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@C4illin C4illin commented Dec 14, 2025

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:

  • Import the Node.js fs module at the top of the file: import { readFile } from "node:fs";
  • Replace the exec("cat /etc/os-release", ...) call with readFile("/etc/os-release", "utf8", ...). This ensures stdout in the function becomes the file content as expected.
  • The callback can remain unchanged, as the second parameter continues to be the file contents.

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.

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@C4illin C4illin marked this pull request as ready for review December 14, 2025 19:32
@C4illin C4illin merged commit 4598745 into main Dec 14, 2025
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@C4illin C4illin deleted the alert-autofix-6 branch December 14, 2025 19:32
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