diff --git a/avocado/core/job_id.py b/avocado/core/job_id.py
index 95c9962df2..097aca101e 100644
--- a/avocado/core/job_id.py
+++ b/avocado/core/job_id.py
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@ def create_unique_job_id():
     :return: 40 digit hex number string
     :rtype: str
     """
-    return hashlib.sha1(hex(_RAND_POOL.getrandbits(160)).encode()).hexdigest()
+    return (
+        hashlib.sha1(  # nosec B324 -- not used for security, generates unique job IDs
+            hex(_RAND_POOL.getrandbits(160)).encode(),
+            usedforsecurity=False,
+        ).hexdigest()
+    )
diff --git a/avocado/core/output.py b/avocado/core/output.py
index 9254e2166d..a167ed0392 100644
--- a/avocado/core/output.py
+++ b/avocado/core/output.py
@@ -636,7 +636,9 @@ def __init__(self):
             except utils_path.CmdNotFoundError as details:
                 raise RuntimeError(f"Unable to enable pagination: {details}")
 
-        self.pipe = os.popen(paginator, "w")
+        self.pipe = os.popen(
+            paginator, "w"
+        )  # nosec B605 -- paginator command is user-configured or safe default (less)
 
     def __del__(self):
         self.close()
diff --git a/avocado/core/varianter.py b/avocado/core/varianter.py
index 9800cd8448..eaa096dbbe 100644
--- a/avocado/core/varianter.py
+++ b/avocado/core/varianter.py
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ def get_variant_name(variant):
     return (
         get_variant_name(variant)
         + "-"
-        + hashlib.sha1(fingerprint.encode(astring.ENCODING)).hexdigest()[:4]
+        + hashlib.sha1(  # nosec B324 -- not used for security, generates variant IDs
+            fingerprint.encode(astring.ENCODING),
+            usedforsecurity=False,
+        ).hexdigest()[:4]
     )
 
 
diff --git a/avocado/utils/archive.py b/avocado/utils/archive.py
index b41a7ebba4..8a624364c1 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/archive.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/archive.py
@@ -362,7 +362,9 @@ def extract(self, path="."):
                 )
 
         # Handle regular archives (zip and tar)
-        self._engine.extractall(path)
+        self._engine.extractall(
+            path
+        )  # nosec B202 -- archive extraction is intentional; filter= requires Python 3.12+
         if self.is_zip:
             self._update_zip_extra_attrs(path)
             files = self._engine.namelist()
diff --git a/avocado/utils/network/interfaces.py b/avocado/utils/network/interfaces.py
index 40bc072d17..1e55290abe 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/network/interfaces.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/network/interfaces.py
@@ -1031,10 +1031,10 @@ def ping_flood(int_name, peer_ip, ping_count):
                   returns False on ping flood failure.
         :rtype: bool
         """
-        cmd = f"ping -I {int_name} {peer_ip} -c {ping_count} -f "
+        cmd = ["ping", "-I", int_name, peer_ip, "-c", str(ping_count), "-f"]
         with subprocess.Popen(
             cmd,
-            shell=True,
+            shell=False,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
             universal_newlines=True,
diff --git a/avocado/utils/partition.py b/avocado/utils/partition.py
index 7ef96421af..267c5fad67 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/partition.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/partition.py
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ class MtabLock:
     def __init__(self, timeout=60):
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.mtab = None
-        device_hash = hashlib.sha1(self.device.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
+        device_hash = hashlib.sha1(  # nosec B324 -- not used for security, generates lock filename
+            self.device.encode("utf-8"),
+            usedforsecurity=False,
+        ).hexdigest()
         lock_filename = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), device_hash)
         self.lock = filelock.FileLock(lock_filename, timeout=self.timeout)
 
diff --git a/avocado/utils/process.py b/avocado/utils/process.py
index 663c2989a1..4427a6fff2 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/process.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/process.py
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ def signal_handler(*args):
         else:
             cmd = self.cmd
         try:
-            self._popen = subprocess.Popen(  # pylint: disable=R1732
+            self._popen = subprocess.Popen(  # nosec B602 -- shell execution is core to this test framework  # pylint: disable=R1732
                 cmd,
                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
diff --git a/avocado/utils/software_manager/backends/dpkg.py b/avocado/utils/software_manager/backends/dpkg.py
index dc30885284..ff1be6d09e 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/software_manager/backends/dpkg.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/software_manager/backends/dpkg.py
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ def extract_from_package(package_path, dest_path=None):
         data_tarball_name = archive.list()[2]
         member_data = archive.read_member(data_tarball_name)
         with tarfile.open(fileobj=io.BytesIO(member_data)) as tarball:
-            tarball.extractall(dest)
+            tarball.extractall(
+                dest
+            )  # nosec B202 -- extracting deb package data; filter= requires Python 3.12+
         return dest
 
     def list_files(self, package):
diff --git a/examples/tests/sleeptenmin.py b/examples/tests/sleeptenmin.py
index 397d3e1b66..c08d09fb9f 100644
--- a/examples/tests/sleeptenmin.py
+++ b/examples/tests/sleeptenmin.py
@@ -28,4 +28,6 @@ def test(self):
             if method == "builtin":
                 time.sleep(length)
             elif method == "shell":
-                os.system(f"sleep {length}")
+                os.system(
+                    f"sleep {length}"
+                )  # nosec B605 -- example test, length is an integer from test params
diff --git a/optional_plugins/varianter_pict/avocado_varianter_pict/varianter_pict.py b/optional_plugins/varianter_pict/avocado_varianter_pict/varianter_pict.py
index 95d24c59a7..1298684e1f 100644
--- a/optional_plugins/varianter_pict/avocado_varianter_pict/varianter_pict.py
+++ b/optional_plugins/varianter_pict/avocado_varianter_pict/varianter_pict.py
@@ -185,7 +185,14 @@ def __iter__(self):
         for variant in self.variants:
             base_id = "-".join([variant.get(key) for key in self.headers])
             variant_ids.append(
-                base_id + "-" + hashlib.sha1(base_id.encode()).hexdigest()[:4]
+                base_id
+                + "-"
+                + hashlib.sha1(  # nosec B324 -- not used for security, generates variant IDs
+                    base_id.encode(),
+                    usedforsecurity=False,
+                ).hexdigest()[
+                    :4
+                ]
             )
 
         for vid, variant in zip(variant_ids, self.variants):
diff --git a/selftests/functional/list.py b/selftests/functional/list.py
index 4baac979c8..688860a53e 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/list.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/list.py
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ def _run_with_timeout(self, cmd_line, timeout):
         deadline = current_time + timeout
         # pylint: disable=W1509
         test_process = subprocess.Popen(
-            cmd_line,
+            process.cmd_split(cmd_line),
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
             preexec_fn=os.setsid,
-            shell=True,
+            shell=False,
         )
         while not test_process.poll():
             if time.monotonic() > deadline:
diff --git a/selftests/unit/utils/crypto.py b/selftests/unit/utils/crypto.py
index 71ae4d0302..1f666dba86 100644
--- a/selftests/unit/utils/crypto.py
+++ b/selftests/unit/utils/crypto.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def test_hash_file_md5_default(self):
         """Test MD5 hash calculation with default algorithm."""
         content = b"Hello, World!"
         filepath = self._create_test_file(content)
-        expected = hashlib.md5(content).hexdigest()
+        expected = hashlib.md5(content, usedforsecurity=False).hexdigest()
         result = crypto.hash_file(filepath)
         self.assertEqual(result, expected)
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def test_hash_file_with_size_limit(self):
         content = b"ABCDEFGHIJ"  # 10 bytes
         filepath = self._create_test_file(content)
         # Hash only first 5 bytes - tests size < file_size path
-        expected = hashlib.md5(b"ABCDE").hexdigest()
+        expected = hashlib.md5(b"ABCDE", usedforsecurity=False).hexdigest()
         result = crypto.hash_file(filepath, size=5)
         self.assertEqual(result, expected)
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def test_hash_file_size_larger_than_file(self):
         """Test that size larger than file hashes the whole file."""
         content = b"Small file"
         filepath = self._create_test_file(content)
-        expected = hashlib.md5(content).hexdigest()
+        expected = hashlib.md5(content, usedforsecurity=False).hexdigest()
         # Request more bytes than file contains - tests size > file_size branch
         result = crypto.hash_file(filepath, size=1000000)
         self.assertEqual(result, expected)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def test_hash_file_size_falsy_hashes_whole_file(self):
         """Test that falsy size values (None, 0) hash the entire file."""
         content = b"Complete file content"
         filepath = self._create_test_file(content)
-        expected = hashlib.md5(content).hexdigest()
+        expected = hashlib.md5(content, usedforsecurity=False).hexdigest()
         # Both None and 0 are falsy - tests 'not size' branch
         self.assertEqual(crypto.hash_file(filepath, size=None), expected)
         self.assertEqual(crypto.hash_file(filepath, size=0), expected)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def test_hash_file_size_falsy_hashes_whole_file(self):
     def test_hash_file_empty_file(self):
         """Test hashing an empty file."""
         filepath = self._create_test_file(b"")
-        expected = hashlib.md5(b"").hexdigest()
+        expected = hashlib.md5(b"", usedforsecurity=False).hexdigest()
         result = crypto.hash_file(filepath)
         self.assertEqual(result, expected)
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def test_hash_file_binary_content(self):
         """Test hashing a file with all possible byte values."""
         content = bytes(range(256))  # All byte values 0-255
         filepath = self._create_test_file(content)
-        expected = hashlib.md5(content).hexdigest()
+        expected = hashlib.md5(content, usedforsecurity=False).hexdigest()
         result = crypto.hash_file(filepath)
         self.assertEqual(result, expected)
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_hash_file_larger_than_chunk_size(self):
         # Create content larger than io.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE (typically 8192)
         content = b"x" * 100000
         filepath = self._create_test_file(content)
-        expected = hashlib.md5(content).hexdigest()
+        expected = hashlib.md5(content, usedforsecurity=False).hexdigest()
         result = crypto.hash_file(filepath)
         self.assertEqual(result, expected)