diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-078/ExecTainted.ql b/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-078/ExecTainted.ql
index 17d5a62b2716..894212cd4cf9 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-078/ExecTainted.ql
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-078/ExecTainted.ql
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *              to command injection.
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity error
- * @precision high
+ * @precision low
  * @id cpp/command-line-injection
  * @tags security
  *       external/cwe/cwe-078