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security(approval): close 4 pattern gaps found by source-grounded audit
Four gaps in DANGEROUS_PATTERNS found by running 10 targeted tests that
each mapped to a specific pattern in approval.py and checked whether the
documented defense actually held.
1. **Heredoc script injection** — `python3 << 'EOF'` bypasses the
existing `-e`/`-c` flag pattern. Adds pattern for interpreter + `<<`
covering python{2,3}, perl, ruby, node.
2. **PID expansion self-termination** — `kill -9 $(pgrep hermes)` is
opaque to the existing `pkill|killall` + name pattern because command
substitution is not expanded at detection time. Adds structural
patterns matching `kill` + `$(pgrep` and backtick variants.
3. **Git destructive operations** — `git reset --hard`, `push --force`,
`push -f`, `clean -f*`, and `branch -D` were entirely absent.
Note: `branch -d` also triggers because IGNORECASE is global —
acceptable since -d is still a delete, just a safe one, and the
prompt is only a confirmation, not a hard block.
4. **chmod +x then execute** — two-step social engineering where a
script containing dangerous commands is first written to disk (not
checked by write_file), then made executable and run as `./script`.
Pattern catches `chmod +x ... [;&|]+ ./` combos. Does not solve the
deeper architectural issue (write_file not checking content) — that
is called out in the PR description as a known limitation.
Tests: 23 new cases across 4 test classes, all in test_approval.py:
- TestHeredocScriptExecution (7 cases, incl. regressions for -c)
- TestPgrepKillExpansion (5 cases, incl. safe kill PID negative)
- TestGitDestructiveOps (8 cases, incl. safe git status/push negatives)
- TestChmodExecuteCombo (3 cases, incl. safe chmod-only negative)
Full suite: 146 passed, 0 failed.
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(r'\bnohup\b.*gateway\s+run\b', "start gateway outside systemd (use 'systemctl --user restart hermes-gateway')"),
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# Self-termination protection: prevent agent from killing its own process
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(r'\b(pkill|killall)\b.*\b(hermes|gateway|cli\.py)\b', "kill hermes/gateway process (self-termination)"),
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# Self-termination via kill + command substitution (pgrep/pidof).
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# The name-based pattern above catches `pkill hermes` but not
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# `kill -9 $(pgrep -f hermes)` because the substitution is opaque
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# to regex at detection time. Catch the structural pattern instead.
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(r'\bkill\b.*\$\(\s*pgrep\b', "kill process via pgrep expansion (self-termination)"),
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(r'\bkill\b.*`\s*pgrep\b', "kill process via backtick pgrep expansion (self-termination)"),
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# File copy/move/edit into sensitive system paths
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(r'\b(cp|mv|install)\b.*\s/etc/', "copy/move file into /etc/"),
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(r'\bsed\s+-[^\s]*i.*\s/etc/', "in-place edit of system config"),
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(r'\bsed\s+--in-place\b.*\s/etc/', "in-place edit of system config (long flag)"),
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# Script execution via heredoc — bypasses the -e/-c flag patterns above.
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# `python3 << 'EOF'` feeds arbitrary code via stdin without -c/-e flags.
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(r'\b(python[23]?|perl|ruby|node)\s+<<', "script execution via heredoc"),
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# Git destructive operations that can lose uncommitted work or rewrite
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# shared history. Not captured by rm/chmod/etc patterns.
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(r'\bgit\s+reset\s+--hard\b', "git reset --hard (destroys uncommitted changes)"),
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(r'\bgit\s+push\b.*--force\b', "git force push (rewrites remote history)"),
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(r'\bgit\s+push\b.*-f\b', "git force push short flag (rewrites remote history)"),
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(r'\bgit\s+clean\s+-[^\s]*f', "git clean with force (deletes untracked files)"),
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(r'\bgit\s+branch\s+-D\b', "git branch force delete"),
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# Script execution after chmod +x — catches the two-step pattern where
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# a script is first made executable then immediately run. The script
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# content may contain dangerous commands that individual patterns miss.
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(r'\bchmod\s+\+x\b.*[;&|]+\s*\./', "chmod +x followed by immediate execution"),
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]
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