openmoat_core/engine.rs
1//! The decision engine (docs/POLICY.md §4, docs/ARCHITECTURE.md §4).
2//!
3//! Per atomic action: `deny → allow → review → defaults`. Across the atomic
4//! actions of one tool call: strictest verdict wins. Deny rules are absolute;
5//! an allow rule can never override a deny, so "deny by default with holes"
6//! is expressed through per-kind `defaults`, never through a deny rule.
7
8use std::borrow::Cow;
9
10use crate::action::{Action, AtomicAction};
11use crate::kind::Kind;
12use crate::pattern::{GlobPattern, ShellPattern, any_match};
13use crate::policy::{Policy, PolicyError, RuleGroup};
14use crate::programs::{self, NoResolver, ProgramResolver};
15use crate::realpath::PathResolver;
16use crate::verdict::{Decision, Verdict};
17
18mod aliases;
19mod atoms;
20mod contents;
21mod context;
22mod egress;
23mod taint;
24
25use atoms::checked_atoms;
26pub use contents::HOLDS_PROTECTED_RULE;
27pub use taint::{Secret, TAINT_RULE, Taint};
28
29/// Everything the engine needs from the environment. Supplied by the caller.
30#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
31pub struct EvalContext {
32 /// The user's home directory, for `~` and `$HOME`.
33 pub home: String,
34 /// The trusted project root, for `${project}`. `None` when the session has
35 /// no project the caller is willing to trust (it would be the home directory,
36 /// one of its ancestors or a filesystem root): every pattern naming
37 /// `${project}` then matches nothing, so project-scoped allows do not apply.
38 pub project: Option<String>,
39 /// `home` with its symlinks resolved, when that differs (a home on a linked
40 /// volume, a Windows 8.3 short name). Patterns naming `~` match under both
41 /// spellings, since the caller's [`PathResolver`] reports paths in this one.
42 pub real_home: Option<String>,
43 /// `project` with its symlinks resolved, when that differs (macOS `/tmp` →
44 /// `/private/tmp`, `~/code` → `/Volumes/dev/code`). Patterns naming
45 /// `${project}` match under both spellings, exclusions included, so a file
46 /// in the project is the project's however its path is written. A link
47 /// *inside* the project changes nothing here: its target is checked as is.
48 pub real_project: Option<String>,
49 /// Directories an environment variable moved out of the home directory
50 /// (`MOAT_HOME`, `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR`, `CODEX_HOME`, `CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR`), as
51 /// `(default, moved)` pairs such as `("~/.claude", "/srv/claude")`. A
52 /// pattern naming `default` or a path below it also matches the same path
53 /// under `moved`, so rules about a host's directory follow it when it moves.
54 pub moved_dirs: Vec<(String, String)>,
55 /// The directory relative paths are taken from.
56 pub cwd: String,
57 /// Whether file paths compare case-insensitively, as on the default macOS
58 /// and Windows file systems. Host names always do; names never do.
59 pub case_insensitive_paths: bool,
60}
61
62/// A policy with all patterns compiled for one evaluation context.
63///
64/// Compile once per process (or per policy reload) and reuse for every tool
65/// call; compilation dominates the cost of a single decision. It borrows the
66/// policy ([`Self::compile`]) or owns it ([`Self::compile_owned`], for a caller
67/// such as `openmoat-sdk` that keeps one engine for as long as it likes).
68#[derive(Debug)]
69pub struct CompiledPolicy<'p> {
70 policy: Cow<'p, Policy>,
71 ctx: EvalContext,
72 deny: Vec<CompiledGroup>,
73 repo_review: Vec<CompiledGroup>,
74 allow: Vec<CompiledGroup>,
75 review: Vec<CompiledGroup>,
76 defer: Vec<CompiledGroup>,
77 /// Paths whose writes need review once the session read untrusted content (`taint`).
78 protected: Vec<GlobPattern>,
79 /// The folders deny rules' paths lie in, which reading or writing needs review for.
80 folders: contents::ProtectedFolders,
81}
82
83#[derive(Debug)]
84struct CompiledGroup {
85 /// The group's id, as decisions name it.
86 id: String,
87 /// The group's `reason`, which prefixes each of its reasons.
88 reason: Option<String>,
89 shell: Vec<ShellPattern>,
90 /// Glob patterns per kind, indexed by `Kind as usize`; the shell slot is empty.
91 globs: [Vec<GlobPattern>; Kind::ALL.len()],
92 /// For an allow group, its `net` and `fetch` patterns without the
93 /// `host:port` ones ([`crate::host::port_pattern`]), which a host without a
94 /// port is matched against: `*:8443` allows port 8443 of every host to the
95 /// proxy, and must not also match an IPv6 address whose text ends in
96 /// `:8443`. Deny and review rules keep them: there they only refuse more.
97 bare_hosts: Option<[Vec<GlobPattern>; Kind::ALL.len()]>,
98}
99
100/// Whether `pattern` is a `net` or `fetch` pattern written `host:port`, not an
101/// exclusion.
102fn names_port(pattern: &str) -> bool {
103 !pattern.starts_with('!') && crate::host::port_pattern(pattern).is_some()
104}
105
106impl<'p> CompiledPolicy<'p> {
107 /// Compile every pattern of `policy` for `ctx`. Fails on a pattern that does
108 /// not compile, and on a `moved_dirs` entry whose `default` could alias every
109 /// pattern (empty, bare `/`, or not an absolute or `~/`-rooted directory).
110 pub fn compile(policy: &'p Policy, ctx: &EvalContext) -> Result<Self, PolicyError> {
111 Self::build(Cow::Borrowed(policy), ctx)
112 }
113
114 /// [`Self::compile`] for a policy the result keeps, so it borrows nothing.
115 pub fn compile_owned(
116 policy: Policy,
117 ctx: &EvalContext,
118 ) -> Result<CompiledPolicy<'static>, PolicyError> {
119 CompiledPolicy::build(Cow::Owned(policy), ctx)
120 }
121
122 fn build(policy: Cow<'p, Policy>, ctx: &EvalContext) -> Result<Self, PolicyError> {
123 ctx.validate_moved_dirs()?;
124 let compile_list = |groups: &[RuleGroup], allow: bool| {
125 groups
126 .iter()
127 .map(|g| CompiledGroup::compile(g, ctx, allow))
128 .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
129 };
130 Ok(Self {
131 ctx: ctx.clone(),
132 deny: compile_list(&policy.deny, false)?,
133 repo_review: compile_list(&policy.repo_review, false)?,
134 allow: compile_list(&policy.allow, true)?,
135 review: compile_list(&policy.review, false)?,
136 defer: compile_list(&policy.defer, false)?,
137 protected: taint::compile_protected(&policy, ctx)?,
138 folders: contents::ProtectedFolders::compile(&policy.deny, ctx),
139 policy,
140 })
141 }
142
143 /// The policy this was compiled from.
144 #[must_use]
145 pub fn policy(&self) -> &Policy {
146 &self.policy
147 }
148
149 /// The context this was compiled for.
150 #[must_use]
151 pub fn context(&self) -> &EvalContext {
152 &self.ctx
153 }
154
155 /// Evaluate one atomic action: deny → allow → review → defer → default, with a
156 /// repository policy's review rules ([`Policy::repo_review`]) tried before allow.
157 ///
158 /// Returns `None` for a whole-pipeline atom that no rule mentions: pipelines
159 /// are only there so rules like `curl * | sh` can see across `|`; the
160 /// per-sub-command atoms carry the default verdict.
161 #[must_use]
162 pub fn evaluate_atomic(&self, action: &AtomicAction) -> Option<Decision> {
163 if let Some(hit) = self.matched_rules(action) {
164 return Some(hit);
165 }
166 if matches!(action, AtomicAction::Pipeline { .. }) {
167 return None;
168 }
169 let (verdict, rule_id) = self.policy.defaults.for_atom(action);
170 Some(Decision::single(
171 verdict,
172 &rule_id,
173 format!("no rule matched {}", action.describe()),
174 ))
175 }
176
177 /// The first of deny, repository review, allow, review and defer whose rules
178 /// match `action`, with every matching rule; `None` when no rule does.
179 fn matched_rules(&self, action: &AtomicAction) -> Option<Decision> {
180 for (groups, verdict) in [
181 (&self.deny, Verdict::Deny),
182 (&self.repo_review, Verdict::Review),
183 (&self.allow, Verdict::Allow),
184 (&self.review, Verdict::Review),
185 (&self.defer, Verdict::Defer),
186 ] {
187 let mut hit = Decision::new(verdict);
188 for g in groups {
189 if g.matches(action) {
190 let why = g.reason.as_ref().map_or_else(
191 || action.describe(),
192 |r| format!("{r}: {}", action.describe()),
193 );
194 hit.push(&g.id, why);
195 }
196 }
197 if !hit.rules.is_empty() {
198 return Some(hit);
199 }
200 }
201 None
202 }
203}
204
205impl CompiledGroup {
206 /// `allow` says whether the group is an allow rule ([`Self::bare_hosts`]).
207 fn compile(group: &RuleGroup, ctx: &EvalContext, allow: bool) -> Result<Self, PolicyError> {
208 let shell = group
209 .shell
210 .iter()
211 .map(|p| ShellPattern::compile(p))
212 .collect::<Result<_, _>>()?;
213 let mut globs: [Vec<GlobPattern>; Kind::ALL.len()] = Default::default();
214 let mut bare: [Vec<GlobPattern>; Kind::ALL.len()] = Default::default();
215 for kind in Kind::ALL.into_iter().filter(|k| *k != Kind::Shell) {
216 let case_insensitive = match kind {
217 Kind::FsRead | Kind::FsWrite => ctx.case_insensitive_paths,
218 Kind::Net | Kind::Fetch => true,
219 _ => false,
220 };
221 let compile = |patterns: &mut dyn Iterator<Item = &String>| {
222 patterns
223 .flat_map(|p| ctx.spellings(p))
224 .map(|p| GlobPattern::compile(&p, case_insensitive))
225 .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
226 };
227 let patterns = group.patterns(kind);
228 globs[kind as usize] = compile(&mut patterns.iter())?;
229 if matches!(kind, Kind::Net | Kind::Fetch) {
230 bare[kind as usize] = compile(&mut patterns.iter().filter(|p| !names_port(p)))?;
231 }
232 }
233 Ok(Self {
234 id: group.id.clone(),
235 reason: group.reason.clone(),
236 shell,
237 globs,
238 bare_hosts: allow.then_some(bare),
239 })
240 }
241
242 fn matches(&self, action: &AtomicAction) -> bool {
243 match (action, action.subject()) {
244 (AtomicAction::Shell { argv } | AtomicAction::Pipeline { argv }, _) => {
245 any_match(&self.shell, argv.as_slice())
246 }
247 (_, Some(subject)) => {
248 let globs = match &self.bare_hosts {
249 Some(bare)
250 if matches!(
251 action,
252 AtomicAction::Net { .. } | AtomicAction::Fetch { .. }
253 ) && crate::host::port_pattern(subject).is_none() =>
254 {
255 bare
256 }
257 _ => &self.globs,
258 };
259 action
260 .kind()
261 .rule_kinds()
262 .iter()
263 .any(|k| any_match(&globs[*k as usize], subject))
264 }
265 (_, None) => false,
266 }
267 }
268}
269
270impl CompiledPolicy<'_> {
271 /// Decide one host action without executable resolution.
272 ///
273 /// Unparseable input yields the policy's catch-all verdict (`review` or
274 /// `defer`) with the parser's reason, never `allow`.
275 #[must_use]
276 pub fn decide(&self, action: &Action) -> Decision {
277 self.decide_with(action, &NoResolver, &NoResolver)
278 }
279
280 /// The atomic actions [`Self::decide_with`] evaluates for `action`, with an
281 /// extra atom for every path an unquoted glob operand names in the
282 /// directories `paths` lists, and for every read or write `paths` resolves
283 /// through a symlink; and the reason when part of the action cannot be
284 /// classified or a glob not expanded in full (`review`).
285 #[must_use]
286 pub fn atoms(
287 &self,
288 action: &Action,
289 paths: &dyn PathResolver,
290 ) -> (Vec<AtomicAction>, Option<String>) {
291 let (atoms, unparsed) = self.all_atoms(action, paths);
292 (atoms, unparsed.map(|u| u.reason))
293 }
294
295 /// [`checked_atoms`] and the atoms of any token or placeholder they send
296 /// where it does not belong ([`egress`]), and of personal data they send
297 /// that a rule of this policy names (ADR-052).
298 fn all_atoms(
299 &self,
300 action: &Action,
301 paths: &dyn PathResolver,
302 ) -> (Vec<AtomicAction>, Option<crate::shell::Unparsed>) {
303 let (mut atoms, unparsed) = checked_atoms(action, &self.ctx, self.opens_as(), paths);
304 let egress = egress::atoms(action, &atoms, &self.policy.secrets)
305 .into_iter()
306 .filter(|atom| !egress::is_personal(atom) || self.matched_rules(atom).is_some());
307 atoms.extend(egress);
308 (atoms, unparsed)
309 }
310
311 /// How a read-only page open is decided under this policy (ADR-047).
312 fn opens_as(&self) -> atoms::Opens {
313 atoms::Opens {
314 as_fetch: self.policy.browser_open_is_fetch(),
315 }
316 }
317
318 /// The commands of `action` that publish local commits (`git push`, `gh pr
319 /// create`), each with the directories it may run in. Only a shell command
320 /// has any.
321 #[must_use]
322 pub fn pushes(&self, action: &Action) -> Vec<crate::shell::push::Push> {
323 let Action::Shell { command } = action.shown() else {
324 return Vec::new();
325 };
326 crate::shell::push::pushes(
327 command,
328 &crate::shell::ShellContext {
329 home: &self.ctx.home,
330 cwd: &[Some(self.ctx.cwd.clone())],
331 },
332 )
333 }
334
335 /// The files `action` runs as code (ADR-039): a script an interpreter or a
336 /// shell runs (`python3 x.py`, `bash x.sh`, `source x`), a file it loads
337 /// first (`node -r ./x.js`) and a program named by a path (`./x`), through
338 /// every wrapper the classifier unwraps (`env`, `time`, `bash -c '…'`), as
339 /// canonical paths, each also as `paths` resolves it through a symlink.
340 /// Only a shell command runs any; a test runner, build tool or package
341 /// script (`pytest`, `npm test`, `go run .`) names none.
342 #[must_use]
343 pub fn executed(&self, action: &Action, paths: &dyn PathResolver) -> Vec<String> {
344 let Action::Shell { command } = action.shown() else {
345 return Vec::new();
346 };
347 atoms::executed_files(command, &self.ctx, paths)
348 }
349
350 /// Decide one host action, resolving shell programs through `resolver` so
351 /// that `executables` pins and installation pins are enforced, and paths
352 /// through `paths` so a symlink cannot move a read or write past a rule.
353 #[must_use]
354 pub fn decide_with(
355 &self,
356 action: &Action,
357 resolver: &dyn ProgramResolver,
358 paths: &dyn PathResolver,
359 ) -> Decision {
360 let (atoms, unparsed) = self.all_atoms(action, paths);
361 let pins = atoms.iter().filter_map(|atom| match atom {
362 AtomicAction::Shell { argv } => {
363 programs::check(&argv[0], &self.policy.executables, resolver)
364 }
365 _ => None,
366 });
367 // Another spelling of a command (OpenMoat's binary under another name
368 // or case) adds the deny or review its rules give, and nothing else.
369 let aliased = aliases::aliases(&atoms, &self.ctx, resolver, paths)
370 .into_iter()
371 .filter_map(|atom| self.matched_rules(&atom))
372 .filter(|hit| matches!(hit.verdict, Verdict::Deny | Verdict::Review));
373 // A part that could not be parsed, or arguments the adapter did not
374 // search, may name anything: never allow (defer or review, ADR-025), and let
375 // a deny on the rest still win. A line not read in full, or one past a
376 // classifier limit, needs review: a deny in what was not read must not defer.
377 let verdict = self.policy.defaults.unclassified();
378 let unparsed = unparsed.map(|u| {
379 let verdict = if u.needs_review {
380 Verdict::Review
381 } else {
382 verdict
383 };
384 unparseable(
385 verdict,
386 format!("could not parse action safely: {}", u.reason),
387 )
388 });
389 let unchecked = match action.shown() {
390 Action::McpTool {
391 unchecked: Some(limit),
392 ..
393 } => Some(unparseable(
394 verdict,
395 format!("mcp arguments not fully checked: {limit}"),
396 )),
397 _ => None,
398 };
399 // What the payload does not show may be anything: at least `review`.
400 let partial = match action {
401 Action::Unchecked { reason, .. } => Some(Decision::single(
402 Verdict::Review,
403 crate::action::UNCHECKED_RULE,
404 reason.clone(),
405 )),
406 _ => None,
407 };
408 // A folder holding paths a deny rule names needs review, whatever allows it (ADR-038).
409 let folders = atoms.iter().filter_map(|atom| self.folders.decide(atom));
410 atoms
411 .iter()
412 .filter_map(|atom| self.evaluate_atomic(atom))
413 .chain(folders)
414 .chain(aliased)
415 .chain(pins)
416 .chain(unparsed)
417 .chain(unchecked)
418 .chain(partial)
419 .reduce(|mut acc, next| {
420 acc.merge(next);
421 acc
422 })
423 .unwrap_or_else(|| unparseable(verdict, "action has no evaluable parts".to_owned()))
424 }
425}
426
427/// Input that cannot be classified: the policy's catch-all, never `allow` (ADR-025).
428fn unparseable(verdict: Verdict, reason: String) -> Decision {
429 Decision::single(verdict, "unparseable", reason)
430}
431
432/// Compile `policy` for `ctx` and decide a single action.
433///
434/// Convenience for one-shot callers; long-lived callers should keep a
435/// [`CompiledPolicy`] instead.
436pub fn evaluate(
437 policy: &Policy,
438 ctx: &EvalContext,
439 action: &Action,
440) -> Result<Decision, PolicyError> {
441 Ok(CompiledPolicy::compile(policy, ctx)?.decide(action))
442}
443
444#[cfg(test)]
445mod tests;