= Command Injection Some Ruby core methods accept string data that includes text to be executed as a system command. They should not be called with unknown or unsanitized commands. These methods include: - Kernel.exec - Kernel.spawn - Kernel.system - {\`command` (backtick method)}[rdoc-ref:Kernel#`] (also called by the expression %x[command]). - IO.popen (when called with other than "-").