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diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 4effc1d..8579d3f 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -1407,7 +1407,23 @@ class Popen(object):
if shell:
startupinfo.dwFlags |= _winapi.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
startupinfo.wShowWindow = _winapi.SW_HIDE
- comspec = os.environ.get("COMSPEC", "cmd.exe")
+ if not executable:
+ # gh-101283: without a fully-qualified path, before Windows
+ # checks the system directories, it first looks in the
+ # application directory, and also the current directory if
+ # NeedCurrentDirectoryForExePathW(ExeName) is true, so try
+ # to avoid executing unqualified "cmd.exe".
+ comspec = os.environ.get('ComSpec')
+ if not comspec:
+ system_root = os.environ.get('SystemRoot', '')
+ comspec = os.path.join(system_root, 'System32', 'cmd.exe')
+ if not os.path.isabs(comspec):
+ raise FileNotFoundError('shell not found: neither %ComSpec% nor %SystemRoot% is set')
+ if os.path.isabs(comspec):
+ executable = comspec
+ else:
+ comspec = executable
+
args = '{} /c "{}"'.format (comspec, args)
if cwd is not None: