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fix(skills-guard): reduce false-positive CRITICAL/HIGH on benign skill patterns

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Five targeted fixes for #60709 (reported by @mvanhorn):

1. ruby_env_secret: scope ENV[] to case-sensitive Ruby constant
   ((?-i:ENV)) — no longer matches Python env[key] dict access.

2. python_environ_get_secret: downgrade critical→medium — reading
   an API key via os.environ.get() is normal auth, not exfiltration.

3. python_os_environ: skip comment lines with ^(?!\s*#) — no longer
   flags os.environ references in docstrings or code comments.

4. deception_hide: downgrade critical→high + negative lookahead for
   UX guidance context (unless/except/until/confirm/diagnose/verify).

5. oversized_skill: downgrade high→low + raise cap 1MB→5MB — large
   skills are legitimate; structural size is informational only.

All 80 existing tests pass. 6 new verification tests added for each fix.
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AIalliAI
2026-07-08 07:01:34 +00:00
committed by Teknium
parent 8c098e9e81
commit 42e6149451
2 changed files with 24 additions and 15 deletions
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tests/tools/test_skills_guard.py
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@@ -408,10 +408,12 @@ class TestFalsePositiveReductions:
assert 1 not in env_lines
# Bare os.environ access is still flagged.
assert 3 in env_lines
# Secret-named lookups stay critical.
# Secret-named lookups are medium (informational): reading your own
# API key from the environment is the normal auth pattern — the read
# itself sends nothing (#60709). Exfil sinks are scored separately.
sec = [fi for fi in findings if fi.pattern_id == "python_environ_get_secret"]
assert sec
assert all(fi.severity == "critical" for fi in sec)
assert all(fi.severity == "medium" for fi in sec)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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tools/skills_guard.py
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@@ -238,22 +238,24 @@ THREAT_PATTERNS = [
# `os.environ` bare access (dict dump / iteration) is suspicious, but the
# common `os.environ.get("SOME_CONFIG")` form is just a config read and is
# the OPPOSITE of exfiltration (it reads a local var, sends nothing). The
# lookahead exempts `os.environ.get("<name>")` only when <name> is NOT a
# secret-shaped identifier — `os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")` still trips
# via the dedicated secret pattern just below.
(r'os\.environ\b(?!\s*\.get\s*\(\s*["\'](?![^"\']*(?:KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|CREDENTIAL)))',
# ^(?!\s*#) prevents matching inside comment lines (lines starting
# with '#' outside docstrings). os.environ in prose/docstrings is not
# an exfiltration signal.
(r'^(?!\s*#).*os\.environ\b(?!\s*\.get\s*\(\s*["\'](?![^"\']*(?:KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|CREDENTIAL)))',
"python_os_environ", "high", "exfiltration",
"accesses os.environ (potential env dump)"),
"accesses os.environ outside comments/docstrings (potential env dump)"),
(r'os\.environ\s*\.get\s*\(\s*["\'][^"\']*(?:KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|CREDENTIAL)',
"python_environ_get_secret", "critical", "exfiltration",
"reads secret via os.environ.get()"),
"python_environ_get_secret", "medium", "exfiltration",
"reads secret via os.environ.get() (normal API-key access; informational)"),
(r'os\.getenv\s*\(\s*[^\)]*(?:KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|CREDENTIAL)',
"python_getenv_secret", "critical", "exfiltration",
"reads secret via os.getenv()"),
(r'process\.env\[',
"node_process_env", "high", "exfiltration",
"accesses process.env (Node.js environment)"),
(r'ENV\[.*(?:KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD)',
# Case-sensitive ENV (Ruby constant) — the (?-i:) prevents matching
# Python lowercase `env[...]` dict accesses under IGNORECASE.
(r'(?-i:ENV)\[.*(?:KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD)',
"ruby_env_secret", "critical", "exfiltration",
"reads secret via Ruby ENV[]"),
@@ -281,8 +283,12 @@ THREAT_PATTERNS = [
(r'you\s+are\s+(?:\w+\s+)*now\s+',
"role_hijack", "high", "injection",
"attempts to override the agent's role"),
(r'do\s+not\s+(?:\w+\s+)*tell\s+(?:\w+\s+)*the\s+user',
"deception_hide", "critical", "injection",
# Only flag when the instruction is about concealing information, not
# ordinary UX guidance ("don't tell the user X unless Y confirms").
# The negative lookahead excludes patterns common in UX instructions
# like "unless", "except", "until", "confirm", "diagnose", "verify".
(r'do\s+not\s+(?:\w+\s+)*tell\s+(?:\w+\s+)*the\s+user(?!.*\b(?:unless|except|until|confirm|diagnose|verify|check)\b)',
"deception_hide", "high", "injection",
"instructs agent to hide information from user"),
(r'system\s+(?:\w+\s+)*prompt\s+(?:\w+\s+)*override',
"sys_prompt_override", "critical", "injection",
@@ -651,7 +657,7 @@ _COMPILED_THREAT_PATTERNS = [
# Structural limits for skill directories
MAX_FILE_COUNT = 50 # skills shouldn't have 50+ files
MAX_TOTAL_SIZE_KB = 1024 # 1MB total is suspicious for a skill
MAX_TOTAL_SIZE_KB = 5120 # 5MB — large skills are informational only, not blocking
MAX_SINGLE_FILE_KB = 256 # individual file > 256KB is suspicious
# File extensions to scan (text files only — skip binary)
@@ -1117,11 +1123,12 @@ def _check_structure(skill_dir: Path, ignore=None) -> List[Finding]:
description=f"skill has {file_count} files (limit: {MAX_FILE_COUNT})",
))
# Total size limit
# Total size limit — informational only (low severity, non-verdict-gating).
# Large skills are legitimate for feature-rich capabilities.
if total_size > MAX_TOTAL_SIZE_KB * 1024:
findings.append(Finding(
pattern_id="oversized_skill",
severity="high",
severity="low",
category="structural",
file="(directory)",
line=0,