From bc65f57473dbf8e1e3b3a078e8d4082efef0cc24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaac Connor <isaac@zoneminder.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:22:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] return early if daemon is invalid

---
 scripts/zmdc.pl.in | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/zmdc.pl.in b/scripts/zmdc.pl.in
index 66536312f..ee1d2b715 100644
--- a/scripts/zmdc.pl.in
+++ b/scripts/zmdc.pl.in
@@ -447,6 +447,10 @@ sub dPrint {
 
 sub start {
   my $daemon = shift;
+  if ( $daemon !~ /^$daemon_patt$/ ) {
+    Error("Invalid daemon '$daemon' specified");
+    return;
+  }
   my @args = @_;
 
   my $command = join(' ', $daemon, @args);