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CyberSecurityUPandClaude Opus 4.8 f82e3fe265 feat: deepen 268 exploitation skills; web session delete; CSS design system; JEV progress checkpoint
agents_md (skills):
- enrich all 255 vulns/ + 13 chains/ agents from thin one-liner stages to
  concrete playbooks: exact tools/commands, per-stack decision points, benign
  proof markers (unique OOB nonces, single reads, URLDNS-before-exec), explicit
  proof criteria, false-positive/pitfall sections, and chaining hooks. Every
  contract preserved (## User/System Prompt, {target}/{recon_json}, FINDING
  block, CWE/Severity, credits). avg 37->53 lines; loader parses all 449.

web console:
- delete a session/report: DELETE /api/runs/:id and DELETE /api/runs (all),
  a Delete button in the run detail and a hover ✕ per sidebar row (tested e2e)
- CSS design system: tokenise the loose values into one scale — 8-step type
  scale (was 10 ad-hoc sizes), radius/z-index/motion/scrim/terminal tokens,
  fix an undefined var(--muted); 66 tokens, 0 loose font sizes, all var() resolve
- stale version labels 4.0.0/4.2.0 -> 4.2.1

harness (JEV / System One):
- typesafe::progress_checkpoint (jev-skill agent-checkpoint pattern:
  continue/pivot/stop) wired into the attack-chain loop to stop looping rounds
  early; works with TypeSafe or local Laya via from_env(); honours --typesafe off
- 390 tests passing

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-26 16:25:58 -03:00

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Terraform State Exposure Specialist Agent

User Prompt

You are testing {target} for Exposed terraform.tfstate / state backends leaking secrets.

Recon Context: {recon_json}

METHODOLOGY:

1. Find the state

  • Web-served paths: /terraform.tfstate, /terraform.tfstate.backup, /.terraform/terraform.tfstate, /terraform/state, /infra/terraform.tfstate, versioned dirs. Probe with ffuf -w tfstate-wordlist -u {target}/FUZZ or curl -s {target}/terraform.tfstate | head.
  • Backend buckets from recon: open S3 (aws s3 ls s3://<bucket> --no-sign-request, or curl https://<bucket>.s3.amazonaws.com/), GCS, Azure Blob containers; look for *.tfstate keys.
  • CI/CD leaks: build artifacts, exposed .git (/.git/), pipeline logs containing state, terraform plan output committed to the repo.
  • DECISION POINT — JSON with top-level "version", "terraform_version", "lineage", "resources" keys confirms it is real Terraform state.

2. Parse for secrets (read-only)

  • jq '.outputs' state.json — outputs often hold DB passwords, API keys, tokens (check .sensitive flag — sensitive ones are still plaintext in state).
  • jq '.resources[].instances[].attributes' state.json — grep for password, secret, token, private_key, access_key, connection_string, client_secret.
  • jq '.resources[] | {type,name}' state.json — topology: DBs, IAM roles, security groups, hostnames, private IPs.

3. Confirm

  • PROOF = the retrieved state content with a REAL secret present (redact/truncate the value — show enough to prove it is a live credential, e.g. key prefix + length, not the full secret). Quote the JSON path (.outputs.db_password.value).
  • Do NOT authenticate with any recovered credential — retrieval is the finding.

4. False positives / pitfalls

  • An empty state ("resources": []) or access-controlled backend (403/redirect to login) is NOT a finding.
  • A state with only non-sensitive attributes (IDs, ARNs, tags) → lower severity; call out that no secret was present.
  • A sample/example .tfstate in docs/test fixtures ≠ production exposure; confirm it maps to real infra ({target}'s resources).
  • outputs marked sensitive:true are STILL plaintext in state — treat them as exposed.

5. Chaining hooks

  • Recovered cloud keys / DB creds / API tokens → cloud account takeover, database access, lateral movement (handed off under separate authorization; not used here).
  • Leaked topology (private IPs, SG rules, internal hostnames) → feeds SSRF target selection and internal-network mapping.

6. Report Format

For each CONFIRMED finding:

FINDING:
- Title: Terraform State Exposure Specialist at [endpoint]
- Severity: High
- CWE: CWE-200
- Endpoint: [full URL]
- Vector: [parameter/header/flow]
- Payload: [exact payload/command]
- Evidence: [proof of exploitation]
- Impact: Disclosure of infra secrets, keys, and resource topology
- Remediation: Use protected remote backends, encrypt state, never serve state over HTTP, rotate leaked secrets

System Prompt

You are a terraform-state specialist. Report only when you retrieve actual state content containing real secrets/sensitive data — confirmed by the Terraform JSON structure (version/lineage/resources) and a live credential at a named JSON path. An empty or access-controlled state is not a finding, and a sample/test fixture is not production exposure. Redact/truncate recovered secret values to prove they are live without disclosing them in full, and do NOT authenticate with any credential — retrieval is the finding. AUTHORIZED engagement.