diff --git a/src/common/installHelper.ts b/src/common/installHelper.ts
index 9effcb4b5..68380ab5b 100644
--- a/src/common/installHelper.ts
+++ b/src/common/installHelper.ts
@@ -45,14 +45,11 @@ export async function installiOSApplication(project: AppLauncher, appPath: strin
 
     try {
         // Create dir to iOS app
-        await childProcess.execToString(
-            `mkdir ${project.getPackager().getProjectPath()}/expoApp.app`,
-        );
+        const appDir = `${project.getPackager().getProjectPath()}/expoApp.app`;
+        await childProcess.execFileToString("mkdir", [appDir]);
 
         // Unpack .tar.gz file
-        await childProcess.execToString(
-            `tar -xf ${appPath} -C ${project.getPackager().getProjectPath()}/expoApp.app`,
-        );
+        await childProcess.execFileToString("tar", ["-xf", appPath, "-C", appDir]);
     } catch (e) {
         throw e;
     }
diff --git a/src/extension/android/adb.ts b/src/extension/android/adb.ts
index 9a3a24fec..b4b5588d6 100644
--- a/src/extension/android/adb.ts
+++ b/src/extension/android/adb.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export class AdbHelper {
     }
 
     public installApplicationToEmulator(appPath: string): Promise<string> {
-        return this.childProcess.execToString(`adb install ${appPath}`);
+        return this.childProcess.execFileToString("adb", ["install", appPath]);
     }
 
     public executeQuery(deviceId: string, command: string): Promise<string> {
diff --git a/src/extension/commands/installExpoGoApplication.ts b/src/extension/commands/installExpoGoApplication.ts
index a35f4c01d..ab002425b 100644
--- a/src/extension/commands/installExpoGoApplication.ts
+++ b/src/extension/commands/installExpoGoApplication.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ export class InstallExpoGoApplication extends Command {
                 );
 
                 const targetUrl = expoUrlInfo.androidClientUrl;
-                const androidClientVersion = expoUrlInfo.androidClientVersion as string;
+                const androidClientVersion = validateVersion(
+                    expoUrlInfo.androidClientVersion as string,
+                );
                 const fileName = `${this.project
                     .getPackager()
                     .getProjectPath()}/expogo_${androidClientVersion}.apk`;
@@ -99,7 +101,9 @@ export class InstallExpoGoApplication extends Command {
                 );
 
                 const targetUrl = expoUrlInfo.iosClientUrl;
-                const iOSClientVersion = expoUrlInfo.iosClientVersion as string;
+                const iOSClientVersion = validateVersion(
+                    expoUrlInfo.iosClientVersion as string,
+                );
 
                 const tarFile = `${this.project
                     .getPackager()
@@ -147,10 +151,7 @@ export class InstallExpoGoApplication extends Command {
 
 async function fetchJson(url: string): Promise<string> {
     return new Promise<string>((fulfill, reject) => {
-        const requestOptions: https.RequestOptions = {};
-        requestOptions.rejectUnauthorized = false; // CodeQL [js/disabling-certificate-validation] Debug extension does not need to verify certificate
-
-        const request = https.get(url, requestOptions, response => {
+        const request = https.get(url, response => {
             let data = "";
             response.setEncoding("utf8");
             response.on("data", (chunk: string) => {
@@ -164,3 +165,12 @@ async function fetchJson(url: string): Promise<string> {
         request.end();
     });
 }
+
+const versionPattern = /^[0-9][0-9.]*$/;
+
+function validateVersion(version: string): string {
+    if (!versionPattern.test(version)) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid Expo Go version string: ${version}`);
+    }
+    return version;
+}
diff --git a/src/extension/ios/simctl.ts b/src/extension/ios/simctl.ts
index ad002e953..e8e38d4d6 100644
--- a/src/extension/ios/simctl.ts
+++ b/src/extension/ios/simctl.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export class SimctrlHelper {
         targetId: string,
         appPath: string,
     ): Promise<void> {
-        const installCommand = `xcrun simctl install ${targetId} ${appPath}`;
-        await childProcess.execToString(installCommand);
+        await childProcess.execFileToString("xcrun", ["simctl", "install", targetId, appPath]);
     }
 }