fix(#150): add EvalSymlinks to validateDocmapPath — close dir-symlink bypass
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The previous implementation called os.Lstat(absPath) which only avoids
following the *final* path component. A PR committing .review-bot/ as a
directory symlink pointing outside the repo would pass the filepath.Rel
confinement check because the textual path was inside the root while
the resolved destination was not.

Fix: call filepath.EvalSymlinks after filepath.Abs to resolve ALL symlink
components before the confinement check. If EvalSymlinks fails (dangling
symlink, nonexistent target) the path is rejected. The filepath.Rel check
then operates on the fully-resolved path.

Semantic change: file-level in-repo symlinks (target also within root) are
now allowed — the invariant is about where the content lives, not whether
the entry is a symlink. The test TestValidateDocmapPath_Symlink is updated
to test an out-of-repo symlink target, which must still be rejected.

Tests:
- TestValidateDocmapPath_DirSymlinkBypass: reproduces the attack vector
  (dir symlink bypassing textual confinement check) and verifies it is
  now rejected
- TestValidateDocmapPath_Symlink: updated to test out-of-repo symlink

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2026-05-15 08:29:40 +00:00
parent 30fe48d265
commit 4dce8e4454
4 changed files with 92 additions and 23 deletions
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@@ -37,22 +37,33 @@ func validateDocmapPath(localPath, resolvedRoot string) error {
return fmt.Errorf("cannot resolve path: %w", err)
}
// Lstat: do NOT follow symlinks. We want to inspect the entry itself.
fi, err := os.Lstat(absPath)
// Resolve ALL symlink components, not just the final one.
// os.Lstat only avoids following the *final* path component; intermediate
// directory symlinks are still followed. EvalSymlinks resolves every
// component, closing the directory-symlink bypass: a PR that commits
// .review-bot/ as a directory symlink pointing outside the repo would
// otherwise pass the filepath.Rel confinement check because the textual
// path is inside the root while the actual destination is not.
resolvedPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(absPath)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("cannot resolve path (symlink): %w", err)
}
// Lstat the resolved path — at this point resolvedPath is symlink-free, so
// ModeSymlink will never be set. We keep the check as defense-in-depth.
fi, err := os.Lstat(resolvedPath)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("cannot stat file: %w", err)
}
// Reject symlinks outright — a symlink can point to /dev/zero or arbitrary
// host paths, bypassing both the confinement check and the size check.
// Defense-in-depth: reject any remaining symlink indicator.
if fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
return fmt.Errorf("symlinks are not allowed")
}
// Confine to resolvedRoot: the cleaned absolute path must be a descendant
// of the repo root. This catches paths that escaped via "..", absolute
// paths that happen to be outside the root, etc.
rel, err := filepath.Rel(resolvedRoot, absPath)
// Confine to resolvedRoot: use the fully-resolved path so that a directory
// symlink inside the repo cannot carry the path outside the root.
rel, err := filepath.Rel(resolvedRoot, resolvedPath)
if err != nil || rel == ".." || strings.HasPrefix(rel, ".."+string(os.PathSeparator)) {
return fmt.Errorf("path must be within --repo-root")
}