Security Risk pcntl Package Allows Code Execution in Production

[Raza9798]

Vulnerability and Risk of Code Execution in Production

The pcntl package (Process Control Functions) provides functionality for creating and managing processes, and can execute arbitrary code. This poses a significant risk when deployed in production environments, as it can be exploited to execute malicious code, potentially compromising the server.

I noticed it can impact on following factors:

• Allows execution of arbitrary code.
• Could lead to remote code execution vulnerabilities.
• Poses a serious risk in production deployments.

[tnorthcutt]

The install instructions clearly indicate this should be used as a dev dependency:

composer require aaronfrancis/solo --dev

Please close this issue.

[aarondfrancis]

Travis is correct, this is a dev dependency.

Also, Laravel itself suggests ext-pcntl.