Real catalog pins from the 2026-09-20 intake batch scored on text that cannot run on
the installing host:
1. `.github/workflows/*.yml` — a CI step's own `os.environ['RUNNER_TEMP']` read scored
`python_os_environ/high` and made a clean plugin `caution` (remarkable). A workflow
runs on the forge's runner; it now takes the README prose cap (one step down,
agent-facing shapes like `curl | sh` keep full severity).
2. "pip install" inside a user-facing message literal (`"... no pip install is needed"`,
image-utils) scored `unpinned_pip_install/medium`; mid-literal, non-command position,
no exec verb on the line → low. `"pip install x"`, `python -m pip install`, `uv pip`,
`subprocess.run("pip install …")` keep medium.
3. `desktop_surface_findings()` was being run by batch tooling over every `*.js`/`*.mjs`
in a repo and flagged a Node sidecar's lazy `import('jszip')` (remarkable). The
product check was already scoped to `desktop/`; expose that scope as
`is_desktop_surface()` / `desktop_surface_hits()` so tooling shares it.
4. `127.0.0.1:<port>` (README, .mcp.json, client defaults) scored `hardcoded_ip_port` as
network egress; a line whose every IP:port is loopback → low. A routable address on
the line keeps medium.
Every finding stays in the report. PLUGIN_SCANNER_VERSION → plugin-guard-v8 so cached
verdicts on quarantined pins are re-evaluated.
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292 lines
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Python
"""Context demotions for plugin install-scan findings (``tools.plugin_guard``).
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The threat regexes in ``tools.skills_guard`` are written for a SKILL.md the agent will execute
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verbatim. A plugin repository is a codebase: the same text sits in READMEs, test fixtures, JSON
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scenery, denylists and regex literals, where it cannot run on the host at install time. Each
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helper here recognises one such *class* of inert context and lowers the finding one step or to
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informational. Nothing is deleted — every finding stays in the report with file and line — and
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nothing here applies to a bundled skill's own ``SKILL.md`` / ``skills/`` tree, which the agent
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does read as instructions. Every function is a pure predicate on (finding, line, path).
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"""
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from __future__ import annotations
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import base64
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import binascii
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import re
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from pathlib import Path
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from typing import Optional
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from tools.skills_guard import _COMPILED_THREAT_PATTERNS, Finding
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# pattern id -> compiled regex, to locate a finding's token on its full source line.
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_PATTERN_BY_ID = {pid: rx for rx, pid, *_ in _COMPILED_THREAT_PATTERNS}
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# One severity step down; ``medium``/``low`` are already informational (verdict-neutral).
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STEP_DOWN = {"critical": "high", "high": "medium"}
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# ── (1) documentation prose ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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# A README/AGENTS.md/docs page describing a command, a refused path (``~/.ssh`` in a denylist
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# table) or an uninstall step is not the plugin's runtime behaviour. Command- and path-shaped
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# findings there step down once (critical→high, high→medium): a doc line can never on its own
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# hard-block an install. Agent-facing shapes keep full severity because the prose IS the
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# payload for them: every ``injection`` pattern, the Markdown exfil/context patterns, the
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# agent-config edits, ``curl | sh`` install one-liners (a README is where those live), an
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# ``authorized_keys`` append, and a leaked provider key (a real secret is a real leak anywhere).
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DOC_PROSE_EXTENSIONS = {".md", ".txt", ".rst", ".html"}
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_PROSE_KEEPS_FULL_SEVERITY_CATEGORIES = {"injection", "credential_exposure"}
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_PROSE_KEEPS_FULL_SEVERITY_IDS = {
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"context_exfil", "send_to_url", "md_image_exfil", "md_link_exfil", "ssh_backdoor",
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"curl_pipe_shell", "wget_pipe_shell", "curl_pipe_python",
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"agent_config_mod", "agent_config_mod_shell", "agent_config_contract", "agent_config_ref",
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"hermes_config_mod", "hermes_config_mod_shell", "hermes_config_ref",
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"other_agent_config_mod", "other_agent_config_mod_shell", "other_agent_config_ref",
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}
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# Agent instruction surfaces inside a plugin — a bundled skill tree and the post-install note
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# the agent is shown — are executed as instructions, so they get no prose cap.
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_AGENT_INSTRUCTION_DIRS = {"skills", "optional-skills"}
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_AGENT_INSTRUCTION_FILES = {"skill.md", "after-install.md"}
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def is_doc_prose(rel_path: str) -> bool:
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"""A documentation file that the loader never executes and the agent never runs as a skill."""
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p = Path(rel_path)
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if p.suffix.lower() not in DOC_PROSE_EXTENSIONS or p.name.lower() in _AGENT_INSTRUCTION_FILES:
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return False
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return not any(part.lower() in _AGENT_INSTRUCTION_DIRS for part in p.parts[:-1])
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# A repository's CI pipeline (``.github/workflows/*.yml``) runs on the forge's runner, never on the
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# host that installs the plugin, and the agent never reads it as instructions. Its ``os.environ``
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# reads (``RUNNER_TEMP``, ``GITHUB_ENV``) and ``pip install`` steps are the CI's own plumbing, so
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# it takes the same one-step prose cap as a README: visible, confirmable, never a hard block on
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# its own. Only the workflow directory proper — a ``.github/scripts/*.py`` is real code.
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_CI_WORKFLOW_SUFFIXES = {".yml", ".yaml"}
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def is_ci_workflow(rel_path: str) -> bool:
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"""A forge CI workflow definition (``.github/workflows/<name>.yml``)."""
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p = Path(rel_path)
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return (len(p.parts) == 3 and p.parts[0].lower() == ".github" and p.parts[1].lower() == "workflows"
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and p.suffix.lower() in _CI_WORKFLOW_SUFFIXES)
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def is_agent_facing(finding: Finding) -> bool:
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"""A shape whose prose IS the payload (injection, agent-config edit, install one-liner, leaked key)."""
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return (finding.category in _PROSE_KEEPS_FULL_SEVERITY_CATEGORIES
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or finding.pattern_id in _PROSE_KEEPS_FULL_SEVERITY_IDS)
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def prose_cap(finding: Finding) -> Optional[str]:
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"""Stepped-down severity for a command/path-shaped finding in documentation, else None."""
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return None if is_agent_facing(finding) else STEP_DOWN.get(finding.severity)
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# A README "Uninstall" section removing the plugin's OWN install directory
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# (``rm -rf "$HOME/.hermes/plugins/<name>"``) is the one destructive shape that is harmless by
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# construction: one ``rm``, one argument rooted at ``$HOME/.hermes/plugins/`` or ``skills/``
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# with a plain leaf — no glob, no ``..``, nothing chained. It lands at medium (a note). Any
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# wider target (``$HOME``, ``$HOME/.hermes``, ``$HOME/.hermes/plugins/*``) only gets the
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# generic prose step (high, caution) and the same line in a ``.sh`` stays critical (#115353).
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_SELF_UNINSTALL_RM = re.compile(
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r'^(?:\$\s*)?rm\s+(?:-[a-zA-Z]+\s+)*'
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r'(?P<q>["\']?)\$HOME/\.hermes/(?:plugins|skills)/[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]*/?(?P=q)'
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r'\s*(?:#.*)?$'
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)
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def is_self_uninstall_doc(finding: Finding, line: str) -> bool:
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return finding.pattern_id == "destructive_home_rm" and _SELF_UNINSTALL_RM.match(line.strip()) is not None
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# ── (2) test trees and fixtures ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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# Test code and fixtures deliberately hold hostile strings (``rm -rf /`` in a DENY table,
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# ``/etc/passwd`` in a traversal probe, a fake ``sk-`` key in a redaction corpus) to prove the
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# plugin rejects them. They are still scanned — ``from .tests import evil`` would run — but a
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# finding there steps down once, so a fixture cannot hard-block and a string-only fixture is
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# a note. A root-level test dir (``tests/``, ``fixtures/``) or the unambiguous dunder names at any
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# depth (``src/__tests__/``), plus test-file naming (``foo.test.js``, ``test_foo.py``, and the
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# plural ``tests_state.py`` / ``state_tests.py`` a single-module plugin uses when it has no
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# ``tests/`` dir); a nested ``src/spec/handler.py`` is runtime code and gets no cap.
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TEST_TREE_DIRS = {"tests", "test", "testing", "spec", "specs", "fixtures"}
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_TEST_DIRS_ANY_DEPTH = {"__tests__", "__fixtures__", "__mocks__"}
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_TEST_FILE_NAME = re.compile(r"^(?:tests?_[^/]*|[^/]*_tests?\.[^./]+|[^/]*\.(?:test|spec)\.[^./]+)$", re.IGNORECASE)
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# In a test file, a hostile string that is only DATA — quoted, with no exec verb on the line
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# (``verdict_for("rm -rf /")``, ``("/etc/passwd", "DENY")``) — is a note; a fixture file that is
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# not code at all (``corpus.json``) likewise. ``os.system('rm -rf /')`` or ``open('/etc/passwd')``
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# in a test still steps down only once: the line executes when imported.
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_EXEC_ON_LINE = re.compile(
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r"\b(?:system|popen|run|call|check_output|check_call|Popen|exec|execv\w*|spawn\w*|eval|execSync|execFile\w*"
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r"|spawnSync|child_process|source|os\.startfile|open)\s*\(|\$\(|(?<![\w\\])`", re.IGNORECASE)
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def is_inert_fixture_line(finding: Finding, line: str, is_code: bool) -> bool:
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"""The finding's text is quoted test data on a line that does not execute anything."""
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if not is_code:
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return True
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if _EXEC_ON_LINE.search(line):
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return False
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rx = _PATTERN_BY_ID.get(finding.pattern_id)
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hits = list(rx.finditer(line)) if rx else []
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spans = [m.span() for m in _LITERAL_SPANS.finditer(line)]
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return bool(hits) and all(any(a <= h.start() and h.end() <= b for a, b in spans) for h in hits)
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def is_test_tree(rel_path: str) -> bool:
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p = Path(rel_path)
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return (
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(len(p.parts) > 1 and p.parts[0].lower() in TEST_TREE_DIRS)
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or any(part.lower() in _TEST_DIRS_ANY_DEPTH for part in p.parts[:-1])
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or _TEST_FILE_NAME.match(p.name) is not None
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)
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# ── (3) base64 media data ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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# ``encoded_exfil`` (``base64 … env``) fires on a data URI whose payload happens to contain the
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# letters "env" (PNG scenery, embedded fonts). Decode the head of the blob and sniff it: a
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# known image/font/audio/document magic number means the bytes are an asset, not an encoder
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# call, and the finding drops to informational (kept in the report).
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_BASE64_RUN = re.compile(r"(?:base64,)?([A-Za-z0-9+/]{24,}={0,2})")
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_MEDIA_MAGIC = (
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b"\x89PNG", b"\xff\xd8\xff", b"GIF8", b"RIFF", b"wOFF", b"wOF2", b"OTTO", b"\x00\x01\x00\x00",
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b"ttcf", b"BM", b"%PDF", b"\x00\x00\x01\x00", b"<svg", b"<?xml", b"ID3", b"OggS", b"fLaC", b"\x1a\x45\xdf\xa3",
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)
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def _decoded_head(blob: str) -> bytes:
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head = blob[:16]
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head = head[: len(head) - len(head) % 4]
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try:
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return base64.b64decode(head, validate=True)
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except (binascii.Error, ValueError):
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return b""
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def is_base64_media(line: str) -> bool:
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"""The line's first long base64 run decodes to a recognised media/document header."""
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for m in _BASE64_RUN.finditer(line):
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if _decoded_head(m.group(1)).startswith(_MEDIA_MAGIC):
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return True
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return False
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# ── (5)/(6) alternation tokens inside string or regex literals in code ──────────────────────
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# ``sudo`` in ``/clarify|approval|sudo|secret/.test(value)`` classifies an event name; ``env|``
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# in ``re.compile(r"(?:api[_-]?key|…|env|headers)")`` is a redaction regex; ``"printenv",`` in
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# ``_READ_ONLY_COMMANDS = frozenset({"pwd", "ls", …, "printenv"})`` is a denylist/allowlist entry.
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# The shape that is inert is narrow: the word sits inside a quoted string or regex literal AND is
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# either an alternation member (``|sudo|``, ``(sudo|``, ``|env|``) or the ENTIRE literal
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# (``"printenv"``, ``'sudo'``) on a line that executes nothing. A command string such as
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# ``"sudo apt install x"`` or ``"env | grep KEY"`` inside a ``subprocess.run(...)`` literal is how
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# an attack is written and never qualifies. Only word-shaped patterns are eligible.
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LITERAL_INERT_PATTERN_IDS = {"sudo_usage", "dump_all_env"}
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_LITERAL_SPANS = re.compile(
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r"""(?P<s>[rRbBuUfF]{0,2}"(?:[^"\\\n]|\\.)*"|[rRbBuUfF]{0,2}'(?:[^'\\\n]|\\.)*'|`(?:[^`\\\n]|\\.)*`)"""
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r"""|(?P<rx>(?<![\w)\]])/(?:[^/\\\n\[]|\\.|\[(?:[^\]\\\n]|\\.)*\])+/[dgimsuvy]*(?![A-Za-z]))""" # js regex literal
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)
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# The regex-literal branch accepts only real JS flags: with ``[a-z]*`` a bare Unix path lexed as a
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# literal (``/etc/`` + flags ``passwd``) and an unquoted ``cat /etc/passwd | curl …`` in a test
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# script scored as inert data.
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_PATTERN_TOKEN = {"sudo_usage": re.compile(r"\bsudo\b"), "dump_all_env": re.compile(r"printenv|env\s*\|")}
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def _is_alternation_member(line: str, start: int, end: int) -> bool:
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before = line[start - 1] if start > 0 else ""
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after = line[end] if end < len(line) else ""
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return before in "|(" or after in "|)"
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def _is_whole_literal(line: str, start: int, end: int, span: tuple[int, int]) -> bool:
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"""The token is the entire quoted content of the literal it sits in (``"printenv"``)."""
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a, b = span
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return start == a + 1 and end == b - 1 and line[a] in "\"'`" and not _EXEC_ON_LINE.search(line)
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def is_regex_alternation_token(finding: Finding, line: str) -> bool:
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"""Every occurrence of the finding's token sits inside a literal as an alternation member
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or as the whole literal (a list entry) on a line that executes nothing."""
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token = _PATTERN_TOKEN.get(finding.pattern_id)
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if token is None:
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return False
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spans = [m.span() for m in _LITERAL_SPANS.finditer(line)]
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hits = list(token.finditer(line))
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def inert(h: "re.Match[str]") -> bool:
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if " " in h.group(0):
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return False
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span = next(((a, b) for a, b in spans if a <= h.start() and h.end() <= b), None)
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if span is None:
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return False
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return _is_alternation_member(line, h.start(), h.end()) or _is_whole_literal(line, h.start(), h.end(), span)
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return bool(hits) and all(inert(h) for h in hits)
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# ── (6) base64 decode piped to a non-interpreter ────────────────────────────────────────────
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# ``base64_decode_pipe`` describes "decodes and pipes to execution". ``gh api … | base64 -d |
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# grep '^sha:'`` decodes data for a text filter; the shape is only execution when the consumer
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# is a shell/interpreter or ``eval``/``source``/``exec``. A data consumer steps down to medium.
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_DECODE_CONSUMER = re.compile(r"base64\s+(?:-d|--decode)\s*\|\s*(?:\w+=\S*\s+)*(?:\S*/)?(?P<cmd>[A-Za-z0-9_.+-]+)")
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_INTERPRETERS = re.compile(r"^(?:sh|bash|zsh|dash|ksh|fish|python[\d.]*|perl|ruby|node|nodejs|php|eval|source|exec|xargs|env|sudo)$")
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def is_data_decode(line: str) -> bool:
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"""``base64 -d`` whose pipe target is a non-interpreter command (grep, jq, tee, tar …)."""
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m = _DECODE_CONSUMER.search(line)
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return m is not None and _INTERPRETERS.match(m.group("cmd")) is None
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# ── (7) loopback address with port ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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# ``hardcoded_ip_port`` is the "network" family's egress tripwire, yet ``127.0.0.1:12306`` in a
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# README, an ``.mcp.json`` or a client default is a LOCAL service the plugin talks to on the same
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# machine — nothing leaves the host. When every IP:port on the line is loopback the finding is
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# informational; a routable address anywhere on the line keeps the pattern's severity.
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_LOOPBACK_IP_PORT = re.compile(r"\b127\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}:\d{2,5}")
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def is_loopback_only(finding: Finding, line: str) -> bool:
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"""Every ``hardcoded_ip_port`` hit on the line is a 127.0.0.0/8 address."""
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if finding.pattern_id != "hardcoded_ip_port":
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return False
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rx = _PATTERN_BY_ID.get(finding.pattern_id)
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hits = list(rx.finditer(line)) if rx else []
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return bool(hits) and all(_LOOPBACK_IP_PORT.match(line, h.start()) for h in hits)
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# ── (8) ``pip install`` as words inside a message string ─────────────────────────────────────
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# ``unpinned_pip_install`` describes a dependency the plugin pulls at runtime. In code, the same
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# two words inside a quoted literal at a NON-command position — ``"... no pip install is
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# needed"``, ``f"(no pip install is suggested)"`` — are prose the plugin shows a user. A literal
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# that starts with the command (``"pip install requests"``), or names it after ``python -m`` /
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# ``uv`` / ``pipx`` / ``sudo`` / a shell separator, is a command string and never qualifies, nor
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# does any line that executes something (``subprocess.run("pip install x", shell=True)``).
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_PIP_INSTALL_TOKEN = re.compile(r"pip\s+install\b", re.IGNORECASE)
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_PIP_COMMAND_POSITION = re.compile(r"(?:^|[;&|`(]|\b(?:uv|pipx|sudo|python[\d.]*\s+-m))\s*$", re.IGNORECASE)
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def is_pip_install_in_prose_literal(finding: Finding, line: str) -> bool:
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"""Every ``pip install`` on a code line sits mid-sentence inside a string literal, and the
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line executes nothing."""
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if finding.pattern_id != "unpinned_pip_install" or _EXEC_ON_LINE.search(line):
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return False
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spans = [m.span() for m in _LITERAL_SPANS.finditer(line)]
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hits = list(_PIP_INSTALL_TOKEN.finditer(line))
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def prose(h: "re.Match[str]") -> bool:
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span = next(((a, b) for a, b in spans if a <= h.start() and h.end() <= b), None)
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if span is None:
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return False
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content_start = next((i for i in range(span[0], span[1]) if line[i] in "\"'`/"), span[0]) + 1
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return _PIP_COMMAND_POSITION.search(line[content_start:h.start()]) is None
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return bool(hits) and all(prose(h) for h in hits)
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__all__ = [
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"STEP_DOWN", "DOC_PROSE_EXTENSIONS", "TEST_TREE_DIRS", "LITERAL_INERT_PATTERN_IDS",
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"is_doc_prose", "is_ci_workflow", "is_agent_facing", "prose_cap", "is_self_uninstall_doc", "is_test_tree",
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"is_inert_fixture_line", "is_base64_media",
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"is_regex_alternation_token", "is_data_decode", "is_loopback_only", "is_pip_install_in_prose_literal",
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]
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