const replaceCharactersWithSpaces = (text) => {
  const re = new RegExp(`[${settings.CHARACTERS_TO_REPLACE_WITH_SPACES}]`, 'g');
  const newText = text.replace(re, ' ').trim();
  return newText;
};
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.