def METHOD_NAME(exe_name: str) -> bytes:
    """Execute the given executable and return its stdout output."""
    logging.info("Executing: %s", exe_name)
    exec_result = subprocess.run(
        exe_name,
        capture_output=True,
        check=True,
        timeout=CSMITH_TIMEOUT)
    expected_output = exec_result.stdout
    logging.info("Execution finished: %s", expected_output)
    return expected_output