Read-only diagnostic commands ethtool, lsmod, lspci, modinfo, and dkms were missing from the readOnlyLeadPattern in the command classifier, causing compound diagnostic commands (e.g. 'uname -r && ethtool -i eno1 && lsmod | grep r8169') to be misclassified as config_mutation instead of read_only. This forced operator approval for simple hardware/driver inspection during the 2026-08-12 hubris NIC cutover session. Added regression test with the exact compound command from that session.
333 lines
14 KiB
Go
333 lines
14 KiB
Go
package policy
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import (
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"regexp"
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"strings"
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)
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// Risk class names, in escalation order (index = severity). A command's final
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// risk class is the MAX of what the rules compute and what the caller
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// declared — classification can only escalate, never de-escalate, mirroring
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// the signal classifier's "policy can only lower autonomy, never raise it."
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const (
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RiskReadOnly = "read_only"
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RiskReversibleLow = "reversible_low"
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RiskConfigMutation = "config_mutation"
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RiskDestructive = "destructive"
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)
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var riskOrder = map[string]int{
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RiskReadOnly: 0,
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RiskReversibleLow: 1,
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RiskConfigMutation: 2,
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RiskDestructive: 3,
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}
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func riskRank(r string) int {
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if n, ok := riskOrder[r]; ok {
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return n
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}
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return riskOrder[RiskConfigMutation] // unknown declared risk: assume the safer-to-gate default
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}
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// destructivePatterns match commands that must always be treated as
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// destructive, regardless of what the caller declares. Irreversible,
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// data-loss, or fleet-wide-impact operations. Matched against the raw
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// command text, case-insensitive.
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var destructivePatterns = []*regexp.Regexp{
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\brm\s+.*-[a-zA-Z]*r[a-zA-Z]*f|\brm\s+.*-[a-zA-Z]*f[a-zA-Z]*r`), // rm -rf / rm -fr (any flag order)
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bdd\s+.*of=`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bmkfs(\.\w+)?\b`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bwipefs\b`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bshred\b`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bpct\s+destroy\b`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bqm\s+destroy\b`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bzpool\s+destroy\b`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\blvremove\b|\bvgremove\b|\bpvremove\b`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bdrop\s+(table|database|schema)\b`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\btruncate\s+table\b`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)>\s*/dev/(sd|nvme|vd|hd)`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bshutdown\b|\breboot\b|\bhalt\b|\bpoweroff\b`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bformat\b.*\b(disk|partition|volume)\b`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`:\(\)\s*\{.*:\|:.*\}\s*;\s*:`), // fork bomb
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bchmod\s+-R\s+000\b|\bchmod\s+000\s+/`),
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\biptables\s+-F\b|\bufw\s+disable\b`), // wipes firewall
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// secret/credential exfiltration — reading private keys, shadow, or age
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// keys is always destructive. (Piping a remote script into a shell via
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// curl|sh was previously here too, but that pattern is common for
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// legitimate installs — get.docker.com, convenience scripts — and
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// demoting it to config_mutation means loose assent can grant it without
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// a typed confirmation. The assent window covers the deploy case.)
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regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bcat\s+.*(id_rsa|id_ed25519|\.pem|shadow|\.age)\b`),
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}
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// readOnlyLeadPattern matches the leading command word (after env-var
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// prefixes and a leading sudo) against a small allowlist of verbs that are
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// safe to auto-run unattended: they inspect state and cannot mutate it.
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// Compound commands (&&, ;, |, $(), backticks) are excluded from this fast
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// path below — only a single simple command can qualify.
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var readOnlyLeadPattern = regexp.MustCompile(
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`^(cat|less|head|tail|ls|stat|file|du|df|free|uptime|uname|hostname|whoami|id|ip|ss|netstat|ping|` +
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`journalctl|dmesg|ps|top|htop|env|printenv|echo|which|whereis|` +
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`grep|egrep|fgrep|rg|wc|sort|uniq|cut|tr|tee|find|tree|locate|` +
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`dpkg\s+(-l|-s|--list|--status)\b|apt\s+(list|search|show)\b|` +
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`systemctl\s+(status|is-active|is-enabled|is-failed|list-units|list-unit-files|list-timers|show)\b|` +
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`ethtool|lsmod|lspci|modinfo|dkms|` +
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`timedatectl|hostnamectl|systemd-analyze|` +
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`docker\s+(ps|images|inspect|logs|version|info|stats)|` +
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`docker\s+compose\s+(logs|ps|top|config|images|port|cp)\b|` +
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`pct\s+(status|config|list)|qm\s+(status|config|list)|pvesh\s+get|` +
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`rclone\s+(ls|lsl|md5sum|check|cryptcheck)\b|` +
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`git\s+(status|log|diff|show|branch|remote))\b`)
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// envAssignRe matches leading FOO=bar env-var assignments so they can be
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// stripped before the read-only verb check.
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var envAssignRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\w+=\S+\s+)+`)
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// pctExecRe matches "pct exec <id> [--] <inner>" and captures <inner>. The
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// id is a decimal digit string (Proxmox CT ids). The "--" separator is
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// optional but recommended — without it, the rest of the line is the
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// command passed to exec. Case-insensitive.
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var pctExecRe = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^pct\s+exec\s+\d+\s+(?:--\s+)?(.+)$`)
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// qmGuestExecRe matches "qm guest exec <id> [--] <inner>" similarly.
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var qmGuestExecRe = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^qm\s+guest\s+exec\s+\d+\s+(?:--\s+)?(.+)$`)
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// shellDashCRe matches "bash -c 'cmd'", "sh -c \"cmd\"" etc., capturing
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// the quoted inner command. Handles single-quoted, double-quoted, and bare
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// (unquoted) forms.
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var shellDashCRe = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^(?:ba)?sh\s+-c\s+(?:"([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'|(\S+))\s*$`)
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// curlLeadRe matches a curl command (the verb alone, at the segment start).
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var curlLeadRe = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^curl\b`)
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// curlMutateRe matches curl flags that indicate mutation (POST/PUT/DELETE
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// method override, data payloads, form uploads, file uploads, file output).
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// When any of these appears, the curl command is no longer read-only.
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var curlMutateRe = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)(?:^|\s)-X\s+(?:post|put|delete|patch|connect|trace)\b|(?:^|\s)-(?:d|F|T|o)\b|(?:^|\s)--(?:data[-a-z]*|request|form|upload-file|output)\b`)
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// curlDevNullOutRe matches curl output redirected to /dev/null in any of curl's
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// argument forms (space, =, or attached). /dev/null is a no-op sink, so a GET
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// that discards its body — the canonical reachability idiom
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// `curl -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' URL` — is read-only. Output to any real
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// path (-o /tmp/x) stays a potential mutation. Stripped before curlMutateRe so
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// the remaining flags (-X, -d, ...) still classify correctly: a
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// `curl -o /dev/null -X POST` stays config_mutation.
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var curlDevNullOutRe = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)(^|\s)-o\s*/dev/null(\s|$)|(^|\s)--output[=\s]\s*/dev/null(\s|$)`)
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// redirectOutRe matches shell output redirection to a file (> or >> followed
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// by a path), but excludes the file-descriptor merge form `>&<digit>` (e.g.
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// `2>&1`) which only rearranges streams and writes nothing to disk. RE2 has
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// no lookahead, so we encode the exclusion by requiring the post-`>` char to
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// be neither `&` nor whitespace.
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var redirectOutRe = regexp.MustCompile(`(^|[^-])>>?\s*[^&\s]`)
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// compoundSplitRe splits a command on shell chaining operators (;, &&, ||, |)
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// so each segment can be individually classified. A piped or chained command
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// where EVERY segment is a recognized read-only inspection verb is safe to
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// auto-run — e.g. "systemctl status caddy; journalctl -u caddy -n 5" or
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// "docker ps | grep caddy".
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var compoundSplitRe = regexp.MustCompile(`\s*(?:&&|\|\||;|\|)\s*`)
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// subshellRe matches command substitution ($() or backticks) that can hide
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// arbitrary execution. A command using these never qualifies for the read-only
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// fast path — the substituted content could do anything.
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var subshellRe = regexp.MustCompile("\\$\\(|`")
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// compoundOpPattern is retained for compatibility — matches any compound
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// operator. (Previously used to block ALL compound commands from the read-only
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// path; now the per-segment check is more precise.)
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var compoundOpPattern = regexp.MustCompile("[;&|`]|\\$\\(")
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// ClassifyCommand scores an arbitrary shell command for the general `run`
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// primitive. It combines a rule-based verdict (destructive denylist first,
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// then a read-only allowlist for simple inspection commands) with the
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// caller's declared risk, and returns the more severe of the two — the
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// classifier may only escalate, never de-escalate, so a model that
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// under-declares risk (or an adversarial prompt) cannot talk its way past a
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// genuinely dangerous command. Anything not matched by either rule defaults
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// to config_mutation (escalate), per "when in doubt, escalate."
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func ClassifyCommand(command, declaredRisk string) string {
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computed := computeCommandRisk(command)
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if declaredRisk == "" {
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return computed // no declaration to escalate with; computed's own escalate-by-default already applies
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}
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declared := normalizeRisk(declaredRisk)
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if riskRank(declared) > riskRank(computed) {
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return declared
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}
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return computed
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}
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func normalizeRisk(r string) string {
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if _, ok := riskOrder[r]; ok {
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return r
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}
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return RiskConfigMutation
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}
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func computeCommandRisk(command string) string {
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cmd := strings.TrimSpace(command)
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if cmd == "" {
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return RiskConfigMutation
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}
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// Unwrap known wrappers (pct exec <id> --, qm guest exec <id> --,
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// bash -c '…', sh -c '…', sudo, env assignments) so the classifier
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// scores the *actual* command, not the wrapper. Without this, every
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// `pct exec 132 systemctl status rclone-backup.timer` escalates to
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// config_mutation even though the inner command is read-only inspection.
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// See plans/2026-07-20-session-review-ten-sessions.md P0.1 — three
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// sessions bounced off the classifier because read-only `pct exec` and
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// `curl` were gated as config_mutation.
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inner := unwrapCommand(cmd)
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for _, p := range destructivePatterns {
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// Match on both the raw and unwrapped forms so that
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// `pct exec 121 -- rm -rf /` is still destructive even if the
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// unwrapping somehow hid it.
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if p.MatchString(inner) || p.MatchString(cmd) {
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return RiskDestructive
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}
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}
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// Subshell substitution ($(), backticks) can hide arbitrary execution —
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// never auto-run, even if the visible verbs look read-only.
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if !subshellRe.MatchString(inner) {
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if allSegmentsReadOnly(inner) {
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return RiskReadOnly
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}
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}
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// Not obviously destructive, not a recognized read-only inspection —
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// default to the gated tier rather than guessing it's safe.
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return RiskConfigMutation
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}
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// unwrapCommand peels known command wrappers to expose the inner command
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// for classification. It repeatedly strips:
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// - leading sudo
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// - leading FOO=bar env-var assignments
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// - `pct exec <id> [--] <inner>` → <inner>
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// - `qm guest exec <id> [--] <inner>` → <inner>
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// - `bash -c 'cmd'` / `sh -c "cmd"` → <cmd>
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//
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// When no wrapper is detected, the input is returned unchanged. The peel
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// is iterative so "sudo pct exec 121 -- bash -c 'echo hi'" reduces to
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// "echo hi" after a few passes. Compound commands (containing ;, &&, ||,
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// |) are returned unchanged — they need per-segment classification, which
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// the caller handles.
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func unwrapCommand(cmd string) string {
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probe := strings.TrimSpace(cmd)
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// A compound command cannot be unwrapped as a whole — the inner
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// command of "pct exec 121 -- foo; rm -rf /" depends on which side of
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// the ";" you're on. The caller splits compounds before classifying
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// each segment, and each segment is unwrapped independently. Bail out
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// here so we don't unwrap "pct exec 121 -- foo" and lose the rest.
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if compoundOpPattern.MatchString(probe) {
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return probe
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}
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for i := 0; i < 8; i++ { // bounded unwrap depth
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next := peelOneWrapper(probe)
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if next == probe {
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return probe
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}
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probe = strings.TrimSpace(next)
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}
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return probe
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}
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// peelOneWrapper applies one peel step. Returns the input unchanged if no
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// wrapper matched.
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func peelOneWrapper(probe string) string {
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// sudo prefix
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if stripped := strings.TrimPrefix(probe, "sudo "); stripped != probe {
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return strings.TrimSpace(stripped)
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}
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// Env assignments: FOO=bar BAZ=qux <cmd>
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if envAssignRe.MatchString(probe) {
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return envAssignRe.ReplaceAllString(probe, "")
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}
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// pct exec <id> [--] <inner>
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if m := pctExecRe.FindStringSubmatch(probe); m != nil {
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return m[1]
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}
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// qm guest exec <id> [--] <inner>
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if m := qmGuestExecRe.FindStringSubmatch(probe); m != nil {
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return m[1]
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}
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// bash -c 'cmd' / sh -c "cmd" / sh -c cmd
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if m := shellDashCRe.FindStringSubmatch(probe); m != nil {
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// m[1] is the double-quoted form, m[2] is single-quoted, m[3] is bare.
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for _, g := range m[1:] {
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if g != "" {
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return g
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}
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}
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}
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return probe
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}
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// allSegmentsReadOnly splits a compound command on chaining operators
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// (;, &&, ||, |) and checks whether EVERY segment is a recognized read-only
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// inspection verb. If so, the whole command is safe to auto-run. Any segment
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// that isn't a recognized read-only verb disqualifies the whole command —
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// the classifier errs toward gating, not guessing.
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func allSegmentsReadOnly(cmd string) bool {
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segments := compoundSplitRe.Split(cmd, -1)
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for _, seg := range segments {
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seg = strings.TrimSpace(seg)
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if seg == "" {
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continue
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}
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// Unwrap wrappers per-segment too — "pct exec 121 -- systemctl
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// status caddy; pct exec 122 -- journalctl -u caddy" should reduce
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// to two read-only segments after unwrapping each.
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seg = unwrapCommand(seg)
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// Strip a leading sudo/env assignment so "sudo cat /x" still matches.
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probe := seg
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probe = strings.TrimPrefix(probe, "sudo ")
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probe = envAssignRe.ReplaceAllString(probe, "")
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probe = strings.TrimSpace(probe)
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// curl is handled by a dedicated check because GET (the default) is
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// read-only but POST/data/upload flags are not. The general
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// readOnlyLeadPattern can't distinguish these.
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if curlLeadRe.MatchString(probe) {
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if !curlIsReadOnly(probe) {
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return false
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}
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continue
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}
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// Any output redirection makes a verb non-read-only even if the
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// verb itself is (e.g. "curl url > /etc/passwd").
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if redirectOutRe.MatchString(probe) {
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return false
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}
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if !readOnlyLeadPattern.MatchString(probe) {
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return false
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}
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}
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return len(segments) > 0
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}
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// curlIsReadOnly returns true if a curl command performs a GET (or HEAD)
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// without data/upload/output flags. POST/PUT/DELETE method overrides, -d/--data
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// payloads, -F/--form uploads, -T/--upload-file transfers, and -o/--output
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// file writes all disqualify the read-only path.
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func curlIsReadOnly(curlCmd string) bool {
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if !curlLeadRe.MatchString(curlCmd) {
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return false
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}
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// -o /dev/null is a no-op sink: strip it before flag detection so the
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// canonical GET-and-discard reachability probe stays read-only.
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// A `curl -o /dev/null -X POST` still fails curlMutateRe after stripping.
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curlCmd = curlDevNullOutRe.ReplaceAllString(curlCmd, " ")
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if curlMutateRe.MatchString(curlCmd) {
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return false
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}
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if redirectOutRe.MatchString(curlCmd) {
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return false
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}
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return true
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}
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