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fix: security wave 3 — 12 fixes, 7 contributors (v0.16.4.0)#988

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fix: security wave 3 — 12 fixes, 7 contributors (v0.16.4.0)#988
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Summary

Security wave 3. 12 commits from 7 community contributors, cherry-picked with co-author credit.

Security Architecture (new)

Vulnerability Fixes

Housekeeping

Pre-Landing Review

CEO Review: CLEAR (SELECTIVE EXPANSION, 6 proposals accepted)
Eng Review: CLEAR (1 issue found, 0 critical gaps)
Outside Voice: Codex ran, 20+ findings, 3 tensions resolved

All vulnerabilities code-verified against the actual codebase before fixing.

Test plan

  • bun test passes (all free tests)
  • Eval tests pass (diff-based)
  • Systematic bin/ shell injection audit (only gstack-settings-hook vulnerable)
  • IPv6 hex-encoded bypass verified real via URL constructor test

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garrytan and others added 13 commits April 13, 2026 09:32
…ymlinks

validateOutputPath() previously only resolved symlinks on the parent directory.
A symlink at /tmp/evil.png → /etc/crontab passed the parent check (parent is
/tmp, which is safe) but the write followed the symlink outside safe dirs.

Add lstatSync() check: if the target file exists and is a symlink, resolve
through it and verify the real target is within SAFE_DIRECTORIES. ENOENT
(file doesn't exist yet) falls through to the existing parent-dir check.

Closes #921

Co-Authored-By: Yunsu <Hybirdss@users.noreply.github.com>
… of interpolation

gstack-settings-hook interpolated $SETTINGS_FILE directly into bun -e
double-quoted blocks. A path containing quotes or backticks breaks the JS
string context, enabling arbitrary code execution.

Replace direct interpolation with environment variables (process.env).
Same fix applied to gstack-team-init which had the same pattern.

Systematic audit confirmed only these two scripts were vulnerable — all
other bin/ scripts already use stdin piping or env vars.

Closes #858

Co-Authored-By: Gus <garagon@users.noreply.github.com>
Two fixes:
1. cookie-import relative path bypass (#707): path.isAbsolute() gated the
   entire validation, so relative paths like "sensitive-file.json" bypassed
   the safe-directory check entirely. Now always resolves to absolute path
   with realpathSync for symlink resolution, matching validateOutputPath().

2. Hardcoded /tmp in cookie-import-browser (#708): openDbFromCopy used
   /tmp directly instead of os.tmpdir(), breaking Windows support.

Also adds explicit imports for SAFE_DIRECTORIES and isPathWithin in
write-commands.ts (previously resolved implicitly through bundler).

Closes #852

Co-Authored-By: Toby Morning <urbantech@users.noreply.github.com>
…=password

Form redaction only applied to type="password" fields. Hidden and text
fields named csrf_token, api_key, session_id, etc. were exposed unredacted
in LLM context, leaking secrets.

Extend redaction to check field name and id against sensitive patterns:
token, secret, key, password, credential, auth, jwt, session, csrf, sid,
api_key. Uses the same pattern style as SENSITIVE_COOKIE_NAME.

Closes #860

Co-Authored-By: Gus <garagon@users.noreply.github.com>
Design session files written to /tmp with default umask (0644) were
world-readable on shared systems. Sessions contain design prompts and
feedback history.

Set mode 0o600 (owner read/write only) on both create and update paths.

Closes #859

Co-Authored-By: Gus <garagon@users.noreply.github.com>
bun install without --frozen-lockfile resolves ^semver ranges from npm on
every run. If an attacker publishes a compromised compatible version of any
dependency, the next ./setup pulls it silently.

Add --frozen-lockfile with fallback to plain install (for fresh clones
where bun.lock may not exist yet). Matches the pattern already used in
the .agents/ generation block (line 237).

Closes #614

Co-Authored-By: Alberto Martinez <halbert04@users.noreply.github.com>
chmod -R 1777 /tmp recursively sets sticky bit on files (no defined
behavior), not just the directory. Deduplicate to single chmod 1777 /tmp.

Closes #747

Co-Authored-By: Maksim Soltan <Gonzih@users.noreply.github.com>
Three fixes to the learnings system:

1. Input validation in gstack-learnings-log: type must be from allowed list,
   key must be alphanumeric, confidence must be 1-10 integer, source must
   be from allowed list. Prevents injection via malformed fields.

2. Prompt injection defense: insight field checked against 10 instruction-like
   patterns (ignore previous, system:, override, etc.). Rejected with clear
   error message.

3. Cross-project trust gate in gstack-learnings-search: AI-generated learnings
   from other projects are filtered out. Only user-stated learnings cross
   project boundaries. Prevents silent prompt injection across codebases.

Also adds trusted field (true for user-stated source, false for AI-generated)
to enable the trust gate at read time.

Closes #841

Co-Authored-By: Ziad Al Sharif <Ziadstr@users.noreply.github.com>
Foundation for origin-pinned JS execution (#616). Tracks which domains
cookies were imported from so the JS/eval commands can verify execution
stays within imported origins.

Changes:
- BrowserManager: new cookieImportedDomains Set with track/get/has methods
- cookie-import: tracks imported cookie domains after addCookies
- cookie-import-browser: tracks domains on --domain direct import
- cookie-import-browser --all: new explicit opt-in for all-domain import
  (previously implicit behavior, now requires deliberate flag)

Closes #615

Co-Authored-By: Alberto Martinez <halbert04@users.noreply.github.com>
When cookies have been imported for specific domains, block JS execution
on pages whose origin doesn't match. Prevents the attack chain:
1. Agent imports cookies for github.com
2. Prompt injection navigates to attacker.com
3. Agent runs js document.cookie → exfiltrates github cookies

assertJsOriginAllowed() checks the current page hostname against imported
cookie domains with subdomain matching (.github.com allows api.github.com).
When no cookies are imported, all origins allowed (nothing to protect).
about:blank and data: URIs are allowed (no cookies at risk).

Depends on #615 (cookie domain tracking).

Closes #616

Co-Authored-By: Alberto Martinez <halbert04@users.noreply.github.com>
Append-only JSONL audit trail for all browse server commands. Unlike
in-memory ring buffers, the audit log persists across restarts and is
never truncated. Each entry records: timestamp, command, args (truncated
to 200 chars), page origin, duration, status, error (truncated to 300
chars), hasCookies flag, connection mode.

All writes are best-effort — audit failures never block command execution.
Log stored at ~/.gstack/.browse/browse-audit.jsonl.

Closes #617

Co-Authored-By: Alberto Martinez <halbert04@users.noreply.github.com>
URL constructor normalizes ::ffff:169.254.169.254 to ::ffff:a9fe:a9fe
(hex form), which was not in the blocklist. Similarly, ::169.254.169.254
normalizes to ::a9fe:a9fe.

Add both hex-encoded forms to BLOCKED_METADATA_HOSTS so they're caught
by the direct hostname check in validateNavigationUrl.

Closes #739

Co-Authored-By: Osman Mehmood <mehmoodosman@users.noreply.github.com>
Security wave 3: 12 fixes, 7 contributors.
Cookie origin pinning, command audit log, domain tracking.
Symlink bypass, path validation, shell injection, form redaction,
learnings injection, IPv6 SSRF, session permissions, frozen lockfile.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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E2E Evals: ✅ PASS

7/7 tests passed | $.99 total cost | 12 parallel runners

Suite Result Status Cost
e2e-browse 3/3 $0.15
e2e-deploy 2/2 $0.35
e2e-qa-workflow 1/1 $0.47
llm-judge 1/1 $0.02

12x ubicloud-standard-2 (Docker: pre-baked toolchain + deps) | wall clock ≈ slowest suite

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