=== How to fix it in Java SE include::../../common/fix/code-rationale.adoc[] [cols="a"] |=== h| Non-compliant code example | [source,java] ---- @Controller public class ExampleController { @GetMapping(value = "/find") public void find(@RequestParam("filename") String filename) throws IOException { Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/usr/bin/find . -iname " + filename); // Noncompliant } } ---- h| Compliant solution | [source,java] ---- @Controller public class ExampleController { @GetMapping(value = "/find") public void find(@RequestParam("filename") String filename) throws IOException { String cmd1[] = new String[] {"/usr/bin/find", ".", "-iname", filename}; Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd1); // Compliant } } ---- |=== ++java.lang.Runtime++ is sometimes used over ++java.lang.ProcessBuilder++ due to ease of use. Flexibility in methods often introduces security issues as edge cases are easily missed. The compliant solution logic is also applied to ++java.lang.ProcessBuilder++. === How does this work? include::../../common/fix/introduction.adoc[] Here `java.lang.Runtime.exec(String[] cmdarray)` takes care of escaping the passed arguments and internally creates a single string given to the operating system to be executed.