diff --git a/metagpt/environment/android/android_ext_env.py b/metagpt/environment/android/android_ext_env.py
index 63a421fa2f..6461f419a1 100644
--- a/metagpt/environment/android/android_ext_env.py
+++ b/metagpt/environment/android/android_ext_env.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # @Desc   : The Android external environment to integrate with Android apps
+import shlex
 import subprocess
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -136,7 +137,9 @@ def adb_prefix(self):
 
     def execute_adb_with_cmd(self, adb_cmd: str) -> str:
         adb_cmd = adb_cmd.replace("\\", "/")
-        res = subprocess.run(adb_cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
+        res = subprocess.run(
+            shlex.split(adb_cmd), shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True
+        )
         exec_res = ADB_EXEC_FAIL
         if not res.returncode:
             exec_res = res.stdout.strip()
diff --git a/tests/security/test_cwe78_android_ext_env.py b/tests/security/test_cwe78_android_ext_env.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4837ea842d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/security/test_cwe78_android_ext_env.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Regression tests for CWE-78 in AndroidExtEnv adb execution."""
+
+import ast
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ANDROID_EXT_ENV_PATH = (
+    Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent / "metagpt" / "environment" / "android" / "android_ext_env.py"
+)
+
+
+def _android_ext_env_ast() -> ast.Module:
+    return ast.parse(ANDROID_EXT_ENV_PATH.read_text())
+
+
+def _find_android_method(method_name: str) -> ast.FunctionDef:
+    for node in ast.walk(_android_ext_env_ast()):
+        if isinstance(node, ast.ClassDef) and node.name == "AndroidExtEnv":
+            for item in node.body:
+                if isinstance(item, ast.FunctionDef) and item.name == method_name:
+                    return item
+    raise AssertionError(f"Could not find AndroidExtEnv.{method_name}")
+
+
+def _is_subprocess_run(call: ast.Call) -> bool:
+    return (
+        isinstance(call.func, ast.Attribute)
+        and call.func.attr == "run"
+        and isinstance(call.func.value, ast.Name)
+        and call.func.value.id == "subprocess"
+    )
+
+
+def test_execute_adb_with_cmd_does_not_invoke_a_shell():
+    """ADB commands must not be executed through a host shell."""
+    method = _find_android_method("execute_adb_with_cmd")
+    run_calls = [node for node in ast.walk(method) if isinstance(node, ast.Call) and _is_subprocess_run(node)]
+
+    assert run_calls, "execute_adb_with_cmd must call subprocess.run"
+    for call in run_calls:
+        shell_keywords = [kw for kw in call.keywords if kw.arg == "shell"]
+        assert shell_keywords, "subprocess.run must set shell explicitly for this security-sensitive call"
+        for keyword in shell_keywords:
+            assert isinstance(keyword.value, ast.Constant)
+            assert keyword.value.value is False, "subprocess.run must use shell=False to prevent CWE-78"
+
+
+def test_execute_adb_with_cmd_passes_tokenized_argv():
+    """The subprocess command must be argv tokens, not a shell command string."""
+    method = _find_android_method("execute_adb_with_cmd")
+    run_calls = [node for node in ast.walk(method) if isinstance(node, ast.Call) and _is_subprocess_run(node)]
+
+    assert run_calls, "execute_adb_with_cmd must call subprocess.run"
+    for call in run_calls:
+        assert call.args, "subprocess.run must receive the command as its first positional argument"
+        command_arg = call.args[0]
+        assert (
+            isinstance(command_arg, ast.Call)
+            and isinstance(command_arg.func, ast.Attribute)
+            and command_arg.func.attr == "split"
+            and isinstance(command_arg.func.value, ast.Name)
+            and command_arg.func.value.id == "shlex"
+        ), "subprocess.run must receive shlex.split(adb_cmd) so shell metacharacters stay literal"
+
+
+def test_agent_user_input_reaches_adb_execution_sink():
+    """Document the external action path: agent input -> user_input -> execute_adb_with_cmd."""
+    execute_action = _find_android_method("_execute_env_action")
+    user_input = _find_android_method("user_input")
+
+    assert any(
+        isinstance(node, ast.Call)
+        and isinstance(node.func, ast.Attribute)
+        and node.func.attr == "user_input"
+        and any(kw.arg == "input_txt" for kw in node.keywords)
+        for node in ast.walk(execute_action)
+    ), "_execute_env_action must route EnvAction.USER_INPUT input text into user_input"
+
+    assert any(
+        isinstance(node, ast.Call)
+        and isinstance(node.func, ast.Attribute)
+        and node.func.attr == "execute_adb_with_cmd"
+        for node in ast.walk(user_input)
+    ), "user_input must pass the assembled adb command to execute_adb_with_cmd"