// vulnerable.js

import { exec } from "node:child_process";
import { Worker, isMainThread } from 'node:worker_threads';

import * as shescape from "shescape";

if (isMainThread) {
  // 1. Something like a worker thread must be used. The reason being that they
  // unexpectedly change environment variable names on Windows.
  new Worker("./vulnerable.js");
} else {
  // 2. Example configuration that's problematic. In this setup example the
  // expected default system shell is CMD. We configure the use of PowerShell.
  // Shescape will fail to look up PowerShell and default to escaping for CMD
  // instead, resulting in the vulnerability.
  const options = {
    shell: "powershell",
    interpolation: true,
  };

  // 3. Using shescape to protect against attacks, this is correct.
  const escaped = shescape.escape("&& ls", options);

  // 4. Invoking a command with the escaped user input, this is vulnerable in
  // this case.
  exec(`echo Hello ${escaped}`, options, (error, stdout) => {
    if (error) {
      console.error(`An error occurred: ${error}`);
    } else {
      console.log(stdout);
    }
  });
}