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msd-core/src/external-descriptor-trust.cts
Tom Boucher 21b81ea068 feat(#1681): ADR-1239 Phase C-2 — external-descriptor trust gate (configHome confinement) [slice 1] (#1806)
* feat(#1681): ADR-1239 Phase C-2 — external-descriptor trust gate (configHome confinement) [slice 1]

Phase 4 slice 1. Load-time, fail-closed configHome write-confinement for
installed third-party host-plugin descriptors — defense-in-depth on top of the
existing opt-in/schema/consent/first-party-wins loader gates + Phase 2's
install-time assertDestWithinConfigHome (#1679 AC3).

- src/external-descriptor-trust.cts: isPathConfined(target, root) pure
  cross-platform containment primitive + assertDescriptorConfined(descriptor,
  configHome) — walks runtime.artifactLayout global/local destSubpaths, throws
  fail-closed (naming descriptor + path) on the first escape. Rejects ../escape
  + absolute-outside-root. Missing layout / invalid entries skipped.
- tests/external-descriptor-confinement.test.cjs: 7 tests (containment
  primitive, benign passes, global/local/absolute escapes rejected, missing
  layout, invalid entries).

Load-time twin of Phase 2's install-time gate — rejects malformed/escaping
descriptors BEFORE consent even matters. NOT wired into loadRegistry yet
(slice 2, 4 callers, medium blast radius); this ships the reusable gate + tests.
Not the ADR-1577 prompt-injection breaker (separate concern, shared word trust).

Proactive CI gates: ADR-457 ignores + INVENTORY-MANIFEST + injection-scan audit.
All clean locally (7 tests + security + inventory + eslint 0 problems).

* chore(changeset): add Changed fragment for external-descriptor trust gate (#1681)
2026-06-28 12:00:43 -04:00

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/**
* External-descriptor trust gate (ADR-1239 Phase C-2, #1681).
*
* Load-time `configHome` write-confinement for installed third-party host-plugin
* descriptors. The opt-in loader (`loadRegistry({includeInstalled:true})`) already
* applies schema validation + consent + first-party-wins + fail-closed gates;
* this adds defense-in-depth: **before** a third-party descriptor's install plan
* is ever executed, assert every destSubpath it declares resolves within the
* user-approved `configHome`. A path-escaping or malformed descriptor is
* rejected fail-closed.
*
* This is the load-time twin of Phase 2's install-time gate
* (`assertDestWithinConfigHome` in runtime-artifact-install-plan.cts, #1679 AC3).
* The two are defense-in-depth: load-time rejects malformed descriptors early
* (before consent even matters); install-time bounds the actual writes.
*
* Do NOT conflate with ADR-1577's prompt-injection circuit-breaker — separate
* concern sharing the word "trust".
*/
'use strict';
import path from 'node:path';
/**
* Pure path-containment check (cross-platform). `target` is confined to `root`
* iff resolving it relative to `root` yields a path equal to or under `root`.
* Absolute paths outside `root` and `..`-escapes return false.
*/
export function isPathConfined(target: string, root: string): boolean {
if (typeof target !== 'string' || typeof root !== 'string' || target.length === 0 || root.length === 0) {
return false;
}
const rootResolved = path.resolve(root);
const targetResolved = path.resolve(root, target);
const prefix = rootResolved + path.sep;
return targetResolved === rootResolved || targetResolved.startsWith(prefix);
}
export interface DescriptorArtifactKind {
destSubpath?: unknown;
}
export interface DescriptorArtifactLayout {
global?: DescriptorArtifactKind[];
local?: DescriptorArtifactKind[];
}
export interface DescriptorRuntimeBlock {
artifactLayout?: DescriptorArtifactLayout;
}
export interface DescriptorLike {
id?: string;
runtime?: DescriptorRuntimeBlock;
}
/**
* Assert every destSubpath the descriptor declares (global + local artifact
* layout) resolves within `configHome`. Throws fail-closed naming the offending
* descriptor + path on the first escape. A descriptor with no artifact layout
* passes (nothing to confine).
*/
export function assertDescriptorConfined(descriptor: DescriptorLike, configHome: string): void {
if (!descriptor || typeof descriptor !== 'object') return;
const id = typeof descriptor.id === 'string' ? descriptor.id : '<unknown>';
const layout = descriptor.runtime?.artifactLayout;
if (!layout || typeof layout !== 'object') return;
const check = (scope: 'global' | 'local', kinds: DescriptorArtifactKind[] | undefined) => {
if (!Array.isArray(kinds)) return;
for (const kind of kinds) {
const dest = kind?.destSubpath;
if (typeof dest !== 'string' || dest.length === 0) continue;
if (!isPathConfined(dest, configHome)) {
throw new Error(
`external-descriptor-trust: descriptor '${id}' declares an unconfined ${scope} destSubpath ` +
`${JSON.stringify(dest)} (resolves outside configHome ${JSON.stringify(configHome)}) — rejected fail-closed.`,
);
}
}
};
check('global', layout.global);
check('local', layout.local);
}