Authentication doesn't work when password contains the ampersand character (&)

[johnmcg12]

Description

The tool doesn't work when the user has a password with an ampersand character (&)

Expected Behavior

The command line should handle all special characters in a password

Actual Behavior

Authentication fails and the following error message is returned:
ERROR execution failed: could not authenticate with SAST API: authentication error - please confirm your user name and password

Reproduction

Try the tool with any user with a password containing the '&' character.
The screen shot shows a password ending in &F as an example (not my actual password):

Environment Details

CxSAST 9.4.3 HF16
CLI Export Tool 1.4.0