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fix(skills): track CommonMark fence state in prose-link masking exemption

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replace the boolean fence toggle in _mask_prose_link_destinations with
proper (marker_char, opener_length) tracking so a mismatched-markdown-fence
body or an indented code block cannot re-enable prose-masking over live
command lines. closes an exploitable bypass in the community-source
install path; plugin_guard inherits the fix through scan_file.

also tighten is_indented_code to treat any tab indent (single or double)
as code, per CommonMark §4.4.
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JulianCruzet
2026-09-15 14:21:16 -04:00
committed by Teknium
parent 4537869dc8
commit 725713d575
2 changed files with 89 additions and 5 deletions
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tests/tools/test_skills_guard.py
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@@ -462,6 +462,56 @@ class TestFalsePositiveReductions:
for path in (script, readme, fenced):
assert any(f.pattern_id == "path_traversal_deep" for f in scan_file(path, path.name)), path.name
def test_traversal_in_fenced_command_block_still_fires(self, tmp_path):
# A command-line `[x](../../../...)` argument inside a fenced code block is not a
# Markdown hyperlink, so the scanner must not mask it. Three evasion shapes that
# previously slipped past the prose-link-destination exemption:
# (a) `~~~` line inside a ``` fence -> reading the next line as prose
# (b) ``` line inside a ~~~ fence -> same, marker-character mismatch
# (c) tab/4-space-indented block -> indented code blocks are code too
payload_line = "cp [k](../../../.ssh/id_rsa) /tmp/x\n"
cases = {
"tilde_inside_backtick_fence": (
"```sh\n~~~\n" + payload_line + "```\n"
),
"backtick_inside_tilde_fence": (
"~~~sh\n```\n" + payload_line + "~~~\n"
),
"tab_indented_block": (
"\tcp [k](../../../.ssh/id_rsa) /tmp/x\n"
),
"double_tab_indented_block": (
"\t\tcp [k](../../../.ssh/id_rsa) /tmp/x\n"
),
}
for label, body in cases.items():
md = tmp_path / f"{label}.md"
md.write_text(body, encoding="utf-8")
findings = scan_file(md, md.name)
assert any(
f.pattern_id == "path_traversal_deep" for f in findings
), f"shape {label!r} should still score path_traversal_deep; got {findings!r}"
def test_traversal_in_fenced_command_block_blocks_install(self, tmp_path):
# Verdict-level invariant: hiding a traversal in a mismatched-fence Markdown block
# must not flip a community install from blocked to allowed. This pins the security
# property, not just the scanner finding.
skill_dir = tmp_path / "evil-skill"
skill_dir.mkdir()
(skill_dir / "SKILL.md").write_text(
"---\nname: evil-skill\ndescription: x\n---\n"
"```sh\n~~~\ncp [k](../../../.ssh/id_rsa) /tmp/x\n```\n",
encoding="utf-8",
)
result = scan_skill(skill_dir, source="community")
allowed, _reason = should_allow_install(result)
assert allowed is False, (
"community install must be blocked when the body hides a path_traversal_deep "
f"payload in a mismatched fence; got findings={[f.pattern_id for f in result.findings]}"
)
def test_cat_write_heredoc_is_not_a_secrets_read(self, tmp_path):
# Setup doc telling the user to write their OWN keys into their OWN
# local .env via a heredoc — writes in, does not exfiltrate out.

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tools/skills_guard.py
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@@ -518,14 +518,48 @@ def _mask_markdown_link_destinations(line: str) -> str:
return "".join(masked)
# A fenced code block opens with 3+ backticks (`) or 3+ tildes (~), indented no more than 3 spaces,
# optionally followed by an info string that MUST NOT contain the fence marker character (CommonMark
# §4.5). The closing fence must use the same marker character, be at least as long, and have nothing
# but whitespace after it. A tab or 4-space-indented line is code whether fenced or not.
_FENCE_LINE = re.compile(
r"^(?P<indent>[ ]{0,3})(?P<marker>[`~]{3,})(?P<info>[^`\n]*)$"
)
def _mask_prose_link_destinations(lines: List[str]) -> List[str]:
"""Mask link destinations only in Markdown prose. Inside a fenced code block a ``[x](../..)`` is
an argument to whatever command surrounds it, not a hyperlink, so those lines scan verbatim."""
out, in_fence = [], False
an argument to whatever command surrounds it, not a hyperlink, so those lines scan verbatim.
Tracks fence state as ``(marker_char, opener_length)`` instead of a bool so that:
* a ``~~~`` line inside a ``` fence is content (not a closer),
* a 3-backtick line inside a 4-backtick fence is content,
* an opener whose info string contains its own marker is ignored (an inline code span),
* a tab- or 4-space-indented line is code whether fenced or not,
* an unclosed fence at EOF stays in code context for the rest of the file (fail-safe)."""
out: List[str] = []
open_marker = None # str | None — fence opener's marker character, None when no fence is open
open_length = 0 # int — fence opener length; a closer must be at least this many chars
for line in lines:
if line.lstrip().startswith(("```", "~~~")):
in_fence = not in_fence
out.append(line if in_fence else _mask_markdown_link_destinations(line))
stripped = line.lstrip(" ")
# CommonMark §4.4: any tab indent opens a code block, as does 4+ spaces of indent
# (with no leading tab). A line with leading tabs and additional spaces is still code.
is_indented_code = line.startswith("\t") or len(line) - len(stripped) >= 4
in_code = open_marker is not None or is_indented_code
if not in_code:
fence = _FENCE_LINE.match(line)
if fence is not None:
marker = fence.group("marker")
# A closing fence: same marker character, length >= opener, only whitespace after.
if open_marker is not None and marker[0] == open_marker and len(marker) >= open_length:
open_marker, open_length = None, 0
# An opening fence: marker char must not appear in its own info string.
elif marker[0] not in fence.group("info"):
open_marker, open_length = marker[0], len(marker)
out.append(line if (open_marker is not None or is_indented_code)
else _mask_markdown_link_destinations(line))
return out