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🛡️ Sentinel: [CRITICAL] Fix command injection in unix id lookups #163

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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions .jules/sentinel.md
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**Vulnerability:** The daemon configuration file (`~/.agor/config.yaml`) and its parent directory (`~/.agor`) were created with default file permissions (e.g., `0o755`/`0o644`), which made them readable by other users on the system. This file stores extremely sensitive information such as API keys and master JWT secrets.
**Learning:** Default Node.js filesystem operations (`fs.writeFile` and `fs.mkdir`) do not enforce strict permissions unless explicitly specified with a `mode` parameter. When handling sensitive files, relying on the system `umask` is insufficient.
**Prevention:** Always specify `mode: 0o600` for sensitive files and `mode: 0o700` for their parent directories. Additionally, use `fs.chmod` to retroactively secure existing files and directories that might have been created with permissive defaults.
## 2025-07-31 - [Command Injection Risk via execSync in ID Lookups]
**Vulnerability:** Command injection vulnerability in `packages/core/src/unix/id-lookups.ts`. Functions looking up user and group IDs used `execSync` with string interpolation for dynamic arguments (`username`, `groupName`). Even with double quotes, this allowed potential shell command injection.
**Learning:** Using `execSync` with dynamic arguments is inherently unsafe because it spawns a shell which evaluates metacharacters. Double quotes do not prevent execution of backticks or properly escaped commands.
**Prevention:** Always use `execFileSync` (or `spawn`/`execFile`) instead of `execSync` for dynamic arguments to avoid shell execution. Explicitly cast arguments to strings and use `--` to prevent argument injection vulnerabilities.
10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions packages/core/src/unix/id-lookups.ts
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* Supports both Linux (using getent) and macOS (parsing /etc/group and /etc/passwd)
*/

import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
import fs from 'node:fs';

/**
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try {
// Try getent first (Linux, some BSD)
try {
const result = execSync(`getent group "${groupName}"`, {
const result = execFileSync('getent', ['group', '--', String(groupName)], {
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: 'pipe',
timeout: 2000,
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try {
// Try `id -u username` first (most reliable)
try {
const result = execSync(`id -u "${username}"`, {
const result = execFileSync('id', ['-u', '--', String(username)], {
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: 'pipe',
timeout: 2000,
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// Try getent (Linux, some BSD)
try {
const result = execSync(`getent passwd "${username}"`, {
const result = execFileSync('getent', ['passwd', '--', String(username)], {
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: 'pipe',
timeout: 2000,
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try {
// Try getent first (Linux, some BSD)
try {
const result = execSync(`getent passwd "${username}"`, {
const result = execFileSync('getent', ['passwd', '--', String(username)], {
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: 'pipe',
timeout: 2000,
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