fix: use spawnSync to avoid command injection risks

Replace execSync with shell string interpolation with spawnSync and
array arguments. This eliminates potential command injection if paths
contain special characters.

scripts/smart-install.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
-import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+import { execSync, spawnSync } from 'child_process';
 import { join, dirname } from 'path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
@@ -270,13 +270,15 @@ async function main() {
         const pm2Command = existsSync(localPm2Cmd) ? localPm2Cmd : 'pm2';
         const ecosystemPath = join(PLUGIN_ROOT, 'ecosystem.config.cjs');
 
-        // shell: true required for Windows to handle quoted paths correctly
+        // Using spawnSync with array args to avoid command injection risks
-        execSync(`"${pm2Command}" start "${ecosystemPath}"`, {
+        const result = spawnSync(pm2Command, ['start', ecosystemPath], {
           cwd: PLUGIN_ROOT,
           stdio: 'pipe',
-          encoding: 'utf-8',
+          encoding: 'utf-8'
-          shell: true
         });
+        if (result.status !== 0) {
+          throw new Error(result.stderr || 'PM2 start failed');
+        }
 
         log('✅ Worker service started', colors.green);
       } catch (error) {

src/shared/worker-utils.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import path from "path";
 import { homedir } from "os";
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "fs";
-import { execSync } from "child_process";
+import { spawnSync } from "child_process";
 import { getPackageRoot } from "./paths.js";
 
 // Named constants for health checks
@@ -63,13 +63,15 @@ async function startWorker(): Promise<boolean> {
 
     // Start using PM2 with the ecosystem config
     // CRITICAL: Must set cwd to pluginRoot so PM2 starts from marketplace directory
-    // shell: true required for Windows to handle quoted paths correctly
+    // Using spawnSync with array args to avoid command injection risks
-    execSync(`"${pm2Command}" start "${ecosystemPath}"`, {
+    const result = spawnSync(pm2Command, ['start', ecosystemPath], {
       cwd: pluginRoot,
       stdio: 'pipe',
-      encoding: 'utf-8',
+      encoding: 'utf-8'
-      shell: true
     });
+    if (result.status !== 0) {
+      throw new Error(result.stderr || 'PM2 start failed');
+    }
 
     // Wait for worker to become healthy
     for (let i = 0; i < WORKER_STARTUP_RETRIES; i++) {