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Call to 'Runtime.exec()' with non-constant string

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Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports calls to java.lang.Runtime.exec() which take a dynamically-constructed string as the command to execute.

Constructed execution strings are a common source of security breaches. By default, this inspection ignores compile-time constants.

Example:

Use the inspection settings to consider any static final fields as constant. Be careful, because strings like the following will be ignored when the option is enabled: