"""Native Windows trust boundary for Desktop SSH backend lifecycle.""" from __future__ import annotations import contextlib import importlib import json import os import re import subprocess import sys from pathlib import Path from types import SimpleNamespace from typing import Any from hermes_constants import get_default_hermes_root _HEX32 = re.compile(r"[0-9a-f]{32}\Z") _HEX16 = re.compile(r"[0-9a-f]{16}\Z") _HEX64 = re.compile(r"[0-9a-f]{64}\Z") _MAX_JSON = 1024 * 1024 _MAX_LOG = 512 * 1024 _OPEN_REPARSE_POINT = 0x00200000 _DELETE_ON_CLOSE = 0x04000000 _MOVE_REPLACE_EXISTING = 0x00000001 _MOVE_WRITE_THROUGH = 0x00000008 def _win32() -> Any: """Namespace of the pywin32 modules (ntsecuritycon, pywintypes, win32api, win32con, win32file, win32security); import is deferred so the module imports on non-Windows hosts.""" if sys.platform != "win32": raise RuntimeError("Windows SSH runtime is only available on Windows") names = ("ntsecuritycon", "pywintypes", "win32api", "win32con", "win32file", "win32security") return SimpleNamespace(**{name: importlib.import_module(name) for name in names}) def _check(pattern: re.Pattern, value: str, message: str) -> str: if not pattern.fullmatch(value or ""): raise ValueError(message) return value def _ownership(value: str) -> str: return _check(_HEX32, value, "invalid ownership ID") def _nonce(value: str) -> str: return _check(_HEX16, value, "invalid spawn nonce") def _root() -> Path: # The helper uploads the token before the child applies `--profile`; read_token() runs after # profile activation. Anchor both to the machine root so a named profile (or custom # HERMES_HOME) cannot move the reader away from the helper's token. return get_default_hermes_root() / "desktop-ssh" def _directory(ownership_id: str) -> Path: return _root() / _ownership(ownership_id) def _token_path(ownership_id: str, spawn_nonce: str) -> Path: return _directory(ownership_id) / f"{_nonce(spawn_nonce)}.token" def _log_path(ownership_id: str, spawn_nonce: str) -> Path: return _directory(ownership_id) / f"{_nonce(spawn_nonce)}.log" def _lock_path(ownership_id: str) -> Path: return _directory(ownership_id) / "backend.lock.json" def _current_sid(): w = _win32() token = w.win32security.OpenProcessToken(w.win32api.GetCurrentProcess(), w.win32con.TOKEN_QUERY) return w.win32security.GetTokenInformation(token, w.win32security.TokenUser)[0] def _system_sid(): return _win32().win32security.ConvertStringSidToSid("S-1-5-18") def _sid_str(sid) -> str: return _win32().win32security.ConvertSidToStringSid(sid) def _security_attributes(): win32security = _win32().win32security owner = _sid_str(_current_sid()) # D:P blocks inherited grants at creation. SDDL also avoids pywin32 311's # SetSecurityDescriptorControl argument-width bug on ARM64. descriptor = win32security.ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptor( f"O:{owner}D:P(A;;FA;;;{owner})(A;;FA;;;SY)", win32security.SDDL_REVISION_1) attributes = win32security.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES() attributes.SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR = descriptor return attributes def _allowed_sids(): return {_sid_str(_current_sid()), _sid_str(_system_sid())} def _verify_security(handle) -> None: win32security = _win32().win32security info = win32security.OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION | win32security.DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION descriptor = win32security.GetSecurityInfo(handle, win32security.SE_FILE_OBJECT, info) allowed = _allowed_sids() if _sid_str(descriptor.GetSecurityDescriptorOwner()) not in allowed: raise OSError("Windows SSH runtime object has the wrong owner") dacl = descriptor.GetSecurityDescriptorDacl() if dacl is None: raise OSError("Windows SSH runtime object has a null DACL") allow_types = { win32security.ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE, win32security.ACCESS_ALLOWED_OBJECT_ACE_TYPE, getattr(win32security, "ACCESS_ALLOWED_CALLBACK_ACE_TYPE", 9), getattr(win32security, "ACCESS_ALLOWED_CALLBACK_OBJECT_ACE_TYPE", 11)} for index in range(dacl.GetAceCount()): ace = dacl.GetAce(index) if ace[0][0] in allow_types and ace[1] and _sid_str(ace[-1]) not in allowed: raise OSError("Windows SSH runtime object has a permissive DACL") def _open(path: Path, access: int, creation: int, flags: int, share: int = 0): win32file = _win32().win32file handle = win32file.CreateFile(str(path), access, share, _security_attributes(), creation, flags, None) try: actual = win32file.GetFinalPathNameByHandle(handle, 0).removeprefix("\\\\?\\") if os.path.normcase(actual) != os.path.normcase(os.path.abspath(str(path))): raise OSError("Windows SSH runtime handle escaped its expected path") if win32file.GetFileInformationByHandle(handle)[0] & 0x400: # FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT raise OSError("Windows SSH runtime path contains a reparse point") _verify_security(handle) return handle except BaseException: win32file.CloseHandle(handle) raise def _open_existing(path: Path, access: int, extra_flags: int = 0, share: int = 0): """``_open`` an existing file (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL | reparse guard); None when it is missing.""" w = _win32() try: return _open(path, access, w.win32con.OPEN_EXISTING, w.win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL | _OPEN_REPARSE_POINT | extra_flags, share) except w.pywintypes.error as exc: if exc.winerror in (2, 3): return None raise def _read_shared(path: Path, limit: int, share: int) -> bytes | None: """Read up to ``limit`` bytes of ``path`` opened read-only with ``share``; None when missing.""" w = _win32() handle = _open_existing(path, w.win32con.GENERIC_READ | w.win32con.READ_CONTROL, share=share) if handle is None: return None try: return w.win32file.ReadFile(handle, limit)[1] finally: w.win32file.CloseHandle(handle) def _write_new(path: Path, data: bytes, share: int = 0) -> None: """Create ``path`` (CREATE_NEW), write ``data`` and flush.""" w = _win32() win32con, win32file = w.win32con, w.win32file handle = _open(path, win32con.GENERIC_WRITE | win32con.READ_CONTROL, win32con.CREATE_NEW, win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL | _OPEN_REPARSE_POINT, share) try: win32file.WriteFile(handle, data) win32file.FlushFileBuffers(handle) finally: win32file.CloseHandle(handle) def write_private_file(path: Path, data: bytes) -> None: """Create/replace ``path`` with an owner+SYSTEM-only protected DACL (Windows only). The repo's writer for any credential landing on a Windows disk: ``os.open(..., 0o600)`` sets no ACLs there at all, so a token written that way inherits whatever the parent directory grants. CreateFile ignores the security descriptor when the file already exists, so an existing file is removed first rather than re-opened — which also avoids ``os.replace`` failing against a reader that still holds the old file open. """ with contextlib.suppress(FileNotFoundError): os.unlink(str(path)) _write_new(path, data) def _ensure_directory(path: Path) -> None: w = _win32() pywintypes, win32con, win32file = w.pywintypes, w.win32con, w.win32file if path.parent not in (Path(path.anchor), path) and not path.parent.exists(): _ensure_directory(path.parent) if not path.exists(): try: win32file.CreateDirectory(str(path), _security_attributes()) except pywintypes.error as exc: if exc.winerror != 183: raise handle = _open(path, win32con.GENERIC_READ | win32con.READ_CONTROL, win32con.OPEN_EXISTING, win32con.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | _OPEN_REPARSE_POINT, win32con.FILE_SHARE_READ | win32con.FILE_SHARE_WRITE | win32con.FILE_SHARE_DELETE) win32file.CloseHandle(handle) def _ensure_scope(ownership_id: str) -> Path: _ensure_directory(_root()) directory = _directory(ownership_id) _ensure_directory(directory) return directory def upload_token(ownership_id: str, spawn_nonce: str, token: bytes) -> dict[str, Any]: if len(token) != 64 or not _HEX64.fullmatch(token.decode("ascii", errors="ignore")): raise ValueError("invalid session token") _ensure_scope(ownership_id) path = _token_path(ownership_id, spawn_nonce) try: _write_new(path, token) except BaseException: path.unlink(missing_ok=True) raise return {"path": str(path)} def read_token(path_value: str) -> str: w = _win32() win32con, win32file = w.win32con, w.win32file path = Path(path_value) try: relative = path.relative_to(_root()) except ValueError as exc: raise SystemExit("--ssh-session-token-file must be under the desktop-ssh directory") from exc if len(relative.parts) != 2 or not _HEX32.fullmatch(relative.parts[0]) or not re.fullmatch(r"[0-9a-f]{16}\.token", relative.parts[1]): raise SystemExit("--ssh-session-token-file has an invalid runtime path") flags = win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL | _OPEN_REPARSE_POINT | _DELETE_ON_CLOSE try: handle = _open(path, win32con.GENERIC_READ | win32con.READ_CONTROL | win32con.DELETE, win32con.OPEN_EXISTING, flags) except Exception as exc: raise SystemExit("--ssh-session-token-file is not accessible") from exc try: _, data = win32file.ReadFile(handle, 65) finally: win32file.CloseHandle(handle) token = data.decode("ascii", errors="ignore") if len(token) != 64 or not _HEX64.fullmatch(token): raise SystemExit("--ssh-session-token-file contains an invalid token") return token def _read_json_stdin() -> dict[str, Any]: raw = sys.stdin.buffer.read(_MAX_JSON + 1) if len(raw) > _MAX_JSON: raise ValueError("runtime payload is too large") parsed = json.loads(raw) if not isinstance(parsed, dict): raise ValueError("runtime payload must be an object") return parsed def read_lock(ownership_id: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None: win32con = _win32().win32con _ensure_scope(ownership_id) data = _read_shared(_lock_path(ownership_id), _MAX_JSON + 1, win32con.FILE_SHARE_READ) if data is None or len(data) > _MAX_JSON: return None try: parsed = json.loads(data) except (UnicodeDecodeError, json.JSONDecodeError): return None return parsed if isinstance(parsed, dict) else None def write_lock(ownership_id: str, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None: win32file = _win32().win32file directory = _ensure_scope(ownership_id) data = json.dumps(payload, separators=(",", ":")).encode() if len(data) > _MAX_JSON: raise ValueError("lock payload is too large") temporary = directory / f".{os.urandom(8).hex()}.lock.tmp" _write_new(temporary, data) win32file.MoveFileEx(str(temporary), str(_lock_path(ownership_id)), _MOVE_REPLACE_EXISTING | _MOVE_WRITE_THROUGH) def remove_artifact(path: Path) -> bool: w = _win32() handle = _open_existing(path, w.win32con.DELETE | w.win32con.READ_CONTROL, _DELETE_ON_CLOSE) if handle is None: return False w.win32file.CloseHandle(handle) return True def process_state(pid: int, creation_time_ns: int, hermes_path: str, spawn_nonce: str) -> dict[str, Any]: import psutil _nonce(spawn_nonce) try: process = psutil.Process(pid) actual_creation = int(process.create_time() * 1_000_000_000) argv = process.cmdline() except psutil.NoSuchProcess as exc: return {"alive": False, "owned": False, "indeterminate": False, "reason": type(exc).__name__} except psutil.AccessDenied as exc: return {"alive": True, "owned": False, "indeterminate": True, "reason": type(exc).__name__} if actual_creation != creation_time_ns: return {"alive": False, "owned": False, "indeterminate": False, "reason": "creation-time", "actualCreationTimeNs": str(actual_creation), "expectedCreationTimeNs": str(creation_time_ns)} if not argv: return {"alive": True, "owned": False, "indeterminate": True, "reason": "argv-unavailable"} expected = os.path.normcase(os.path.abspath(hermes_path)) arg0 = os.path.normcase(os.path.abspath(argv[0])) # argv[0] is the hermes exe or (normally) the base Python, whose path varies by venv/uv # layout — so match "a python running our module" (`-c` bootstrap or plain `-m`). Identity # is anchored by the unforgeable creation-time + secret owner-nonce below. is_python = os.path.basename(arg0).startswith("python") launches_module = ( argv[1:3] == ["-m", "hermes_cli.main"] or (len(argv) > 2 and argv[1] == "-c" and "hermes_cli.main" in argv[2])) executable_match = arg0 == expected or (is_python and launches_module) try: serve = argv.index("serve") owner = argv.index("--ssh-owner-nonce", serve + 1) owned = executable_match and "--isolated" in argv[serve + 1:] and argv[owner + 1] == spawn_nonce except (ValueError, IndexError): owned = False return {"alive": process.is_running(), "owned": owned, "indeterminate": False, "creationTimeNs": str(actual_creation), "reason": "owned" if owned else "argv", "argv": argv[:20], "expectedExecutable": expected} def terminate_owned(pid: int, creation_time_ns: int, hermes_path: str, spawn_nonce: str) -> bool: state = process_state(pid, creation_time_ns, hermes_path, spawn_nonce) if not state["alive"] or not state["owned"]: return False import psutil process = psutil.Process(pid) if int(process.create_time() * 1_000_000_000) != creation_time_ns: return False process.terminate() try: process.wait(5) except psutil.TimeoutExpired: process.kill() process.wait(5) return True def _resolve_direct_command(hermes_path: str) -> list[str]: """Ask the configured installation for its direct, boot-selecting command. The port owner must be the process we lock, not a console-launcher child. No assumption about python.exe beside an external bin launcher is valid. """ out = subprocess.run([hermes_path, "--print-runtime-command"], capture_output=True, text=True, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace", timeout=30) if out.returncode != 0: raise ValueError("could not resolve Hermes runtime; refresh this installation's launcher") try: command = json.loads(out.stdout) except ValueError as exc: raise ValueError("Hermes launcher did not report a runtime command") from exc if (not isinstance(command, list) or not command or not all(isinstance(part, str) and "\x00" not in part for part in command) or not os.path.isabs(command[0]) or not os.path.isfile(command[0])): raise ValueError("Hermes launcher reported an invalid runtime command") return command def spawn_backend(payload: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]: ownership_id = _ownership(str(payload["ownershipId"])) spawn_nonce = _nonce(str(payload["spawnNonce"])) configured_path = str(payload["hermesPath"]) if not os.path.isabs(configured_path): raise ValueError("Hermes path must be absolute") hermes_path = os.path.abspath(configured_path) token_path = str(_token_path(ownership_id, spawn_nonce)) profile = str(payload.get("profile") or "") if len(profile) > 256 or any(ch in profile for ch in "\x00\r\n"): raise ValueError("invalid profile") args = _resolve_direct_command(hermes_path) if profile: args.extend(["--profile", profile]) args.extend(["serve", "--isolated", "--host", "127.0.0.1", "--port", "0", "--ssh-session-token-file", token_path, "--ssh-owner-nonce", spawn_nonce]) env = dict(os.environ) env.pop("VIRTUAL_ENV", None) env.pop("PYTHONPATH", None) _ensure_scope(ownership_id) log_path = _log_path(ownership_id, spawn_nonce) win32con = _win32().win32con log_handle = _open(log_path, win32con.GENERIC_WRITE | win32con.READ_CONTROL, win32con.CREATE_NEW, win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL | _OPEN_REPARSE_POINT, win32con.FILE_SHARE_READ | win32con.FILE_SHARE_WRITE) import msvcrt log_fd = msvcrt.open_osfhandle(int(log_handle), os.O_WRONLY) with os.fdopen(log_fd, "wb", buffering=0) as log_stream: # DETACHED_PROCESS | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP | CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB process = subprocess.Popen(args, stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdout=log_stream, stderr=log_stream, close_fds=True, creationflags=0x00000008 | 0x00000200 | 0x01000000, env=env) creation_time_ns = int(__import__("psutil").Process(process.pid).create_time() * 1_000_000_000) return {"pid": process.pid, "creationTimeNs": str(creation_time_ns), "logPath": str(log_path), "tokenPath": token_path} def inspect_hermes(hermes_path: str) -> dict[str, Any]: path = os.path.abspath(hermes_path) if not os.path.isabs(hermes_path) or not os.path.isfile(path): raise ValueError("Hermes path is not an executable file") version = subprocess.run([path, "--version"], capture_output=True, text=True, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace", timeout=20) help_result = subprocess.run([path, "serve", "--help"], capture_output=True, text=True, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace", timeout=20) help_text = help_result.stdout + help_result.stderr return { "path": path, "version": (version.stdout + version.stderr).splitlines()[0] if version.returncode == 0 else "", "supported": "--ssh-session-token-file" in help_text and "--ssh-owner-nonce" in help_text} def _probe(*_: str) -> dict[str, Any]: import platform return {"os": "Windows", "arch": platform.machine(), "hermesHome": str(get_default_hermes_root()), "python": sys.executable} def _read_log(ownership_id: str, spawn_nonce: str) -> dict[str, Any]: win32con = _win32().win32con data = _read_shared(_log_path(ownership_id, spawn_nonce), _MAX_LOG, win32con.FILE_SHARE_READ | win32con.FILE_SHARE_WRITE) return {"content": "" if data is None else data.decode(errors="replace")} def _write_lock_op(ownership_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]: write_lock(ownership_id, _read_json_stdin()) return {"ok": True} # operation -> (argument count or None for "any", handler(*args)). _OPERATIONS: dict[str, tuple[int | None, Any]] = { "probe": (None, _probe), "upload-token": (2, lambda o, n: upload_token(o, n, sys.stdin.buffer.read(65))), "read-lock": (1, read_lock), "write-lock": (1, _write_lock_op), "remove-lock": (1, lambda o: {"removed": remove_artifact(_lock_path(o))}), "remove-token": (2, lambda o, n: {"removed": remove_artifact(_token_path(o, n))}), "read-log": (2, _read_log), "remove-log": (2, lambda o, n: {"removed": remove_artifact(_log_path(o, n))}), "spawn": (None, lambda *_: spawn_backend(_read_json_stdin())), "inspect": (1, inspect_hermes), "process-state": (4, lambda p, c, h, n: process_state(int(p), int(c), h, n)), "terminate": (4, lambda p, c, h, n: {"terminated": terminate_owned(int(p), int(c), h, n)})} def dispatch(argv: list[str]) -> Any: if not argv: raise ValueError("missing operation") operation, args = argv[0], argv[1:] entry = _OPERATIONS.get(operation) if entry is None or (entry[0] is not None and len(args) != entry[0]): raise ValueError("invalid operation") return entry[1](*args) def main() -> None: try: print(json.dumps(dispatch(sys.argv[1:]), separators=(",", ":"))) except Exception as exc: print(json.dumps({"error": str(exc)}, separators=(",", ":")), file=sys.stderr) raise SystemExit(1) if __name__ == "__main__": main()