v1.91.212.0 fix(careful): mask git commit's own message before the MEDIUM checks (#1060, port of #3221) (#3389)

* fix(careful): mask git commit -m content to prevent MEDIUM-tier false positives (#1060)

MEDIUM-tier checks matched the full command string including quoted -m text.
A commit like 'git commit -m fix: prevent drop table in migration' triggered
the SQL DROP warning even though no SQL was being executed.

Build CMD_MEDIUM by stripping -m quoted content from git commit commands
before MEDIUM checks. Real destructive commands outside the quoted string
still match, so true positives are unaffected.

Add tests: commit message patterns do not warn; chained real DROP/TRUNCATE still warns.

* fix(careful): replace sed masking with quote-aware awk scanner (#1060)

The sed-based -m content masker had two bypass paths that capy-ai identified:

  1. Single-quoted message containing a double-quote boundary:
       git commit -m 'note -m "' && rm -rf build && echo '"'
     The double-quote pass matched '-m "' inside the single-quoted string,
     swallowing '&& rm -rf build && echo '; the rm vanished from CMD_MEDIUM.

  2. Double-quoted message with a command substitution:
       git commit -m "$(rm -rf build)"
     sed replaced the content including the $(...), so the substitution
     — which executes in the shell — was masked away.

Replace the sed substitution with a quote-aware awk scanner that:
- Walks the command string tracking single-quote, double-quote, and
  backslash state, so it only treats a delimiter as a message boundary
  when the shell would.
- Masks single-quoted messages (always literal) and double-quoted messages
  that contain no $, backtick, or backslash (safe to mask — no expansion).
- Leaves double-quoted messages with $, backtick, or backslash unmasked
  so command substitutions stay visible to the MEDIUM checks.
- Handles -m, -am, --message, and --message= forms.

Four new tests added as requested (alongside the original six):
- single-quoted message with embedded double-quote + chained rm → warns
- commit message with $(rm -rf build) → warns
- git push --force chained after commit → warns
- git commit -am "drop table notes" → silent (message masked)

* fix(careful): read the commit-message masker from a file, so bash 3.2 can parse the hook (#1060)

Co-authored-by: capy-ai[bot] <230910855+capy-ai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix(careful): scan the command as one string, so a newline still separates commands from the message (#1060)

Co-authored-by: capy-ai[bot] <230910855+capy-ai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix(careful): mask only git commit's own message; a piped commit or another command's -m stays visible (#1060)

Co-authored-by: capy-ai[bot] <230910855+capy-ai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix(careful): mask a quoted-delimiter heredoc message; any other substitution or heredoc leaves the command unmasked (#1060)

Co-authored-by: capy-ai[bot] <230910855+capy-ai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix(careful): a pipe, process substitution or parameter expansion after the message unmasks it; redirections and comments parse like bash (#1060)

Co-authored-by: capy-ai[bot] <230910855+capy-ai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

* docs(changelog): careful masks git commit's own message (#1060, port of #3221)

Co-authored-by: capy-ai[bot] <230910855+capy-ai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: Bhumika-1432006 <guravbhumika808@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: capy-ai[bot] <230910855+capy-ai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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@@ -342,6 +342,215 @@ describe('check-careful.sh', () => {
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecisionReason).toContain(reason);
});
// --- Commit message false positives (#1060) ---
describe('commit message false positives (#1060)', () => {
// Quoted -m content describes destructive patterns but does not run them.
test.each([
'git commit -m "fix: prevent accidental drop table in migration"',
'git commit -m "docs: explain truncate vs delete semantics"',
'git commit -m "feat: add guard for recursive delete patterns"',
'git add . && git commit -m "fix: handle drop database edge case"',
])('does not warn on descriptive text in commit message: %s', (command) => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(CAREFUL_SCRIPT, carefulInput(command));
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBeUndefined();
});
// Real destructive commands chained with a commit still warn.
test('warns when a real DROP TABLE follows git commit in a chain', () => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(
CAREFUL_SCRIPT,
carefulInput('git commit -m "release" && psql -c "DROP TABLE staging"'),
);
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBe('ask');
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecisionReason).toContain('SQL DROP');
});
test('warns when a real TRUNCATE follows git commit in a chain', () => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(
CAREFUL_SCRIPT,
carefulInput('git commit -m "cleanup" && psql -c "TRUNCATE audit_log"'),
);
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBe('ask');
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecisionReason).toContain('SQL TRUNCATE');
});
// Quote-aware awk scanner: a single-quoted message whose content looks like
// a flag boundary must not swallow real commands that follow via &&.
test('warns when rm follows a single-quoted message that embeds a double-quote', () => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(
CAREFUL_SCRIPT,
carefulInput(`git commit -m 'note -m "' && rm -rf build && echo '"'`),
);
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBe('ask');
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecisionReason).toContain('recursive delete');
});
// A double-quoted message containing $(...) is not masked — the substitution
// content remains visible to the MEDIUM checks.
test('warns when a commit message contains a command substitution with rm', () => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(
CAREFUL_SCRIPT,
carefulInput('git commit -m "$(rm -rf build)"'),
);
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBe('ask');
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecisionReason).toContain('recursive delete');
});
// A force-push chained after a commit must still warn even after the message is masked.
test('warns on force-push chained after git commit', () => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(
CAREFUL_SCRIPT,
carefulInput('git commit -m "x" && git push --force'),
);
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBe('ask');
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecisionReason).toContain('force-push');
});
// -am shorthand: the message is masked, so "drop table" in the message text
// does not trigger the SQL DROP warning.
test('does not warn on drop-table text in -am commit message', () => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(
CAREFUL_SCRIPT,
carefulInput('git commit -am "drop table notes"'),
);
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBeUndefined();
});
// bash 3.2 (macOS /bin/bash) mis-parses quote characters in a heredoc
// inside $( ), so the awk program inline made the whole hook a syntax error
// there. It is a file beside the hook, read with awk -f.
test('the masking program is a file beside the hook, not a heredoc inside $( )', () => {
const source = fs.readFileSync(CAREFUL_SCRIPT, 'utf8');
expect(source).not.toMatch(/\$\(cat <</);
expect(source).toContain('awk -f "$_MASK_AWK"');
expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(path.dirname(CAREFUL_SCRIPT), 'mask-commit-message.awk'))).toBe(true);
});
// Newlines separate commands, and quote state carries across them. The
// per-line scanner joined lines (`-m xtruncate`) and restarted quote
// state on every line, so a quoted line break could hide a real command.
test.each([
['git commit -m x\ntruncate -s 0 f', 'SQL TRUNCATE'],
['git commit -m wip\nrm -rf build', 'recursive delete'],
["git commit -m \"a\n-m 'x\" && rm -rf build && echo '", 'recursive delete'],
])('a command on the next line still asks: %j', (command, reason) => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(CAREFUL_SCRIPT, carefulInput(command));
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBe('ask');
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecisionReason).toContain(reason);
});
test('a multi-line quoted message is masked as one message', () => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(CAREFUL_SCRIPT, carefulInput('git commit -m "fix: guard migrations\n\nNo more drop table in the seed script."'));
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBeUndefined();
});
// Only git commit's own message is masked: a -m argument of another
// command in the chain, a commit whose output is piped into a shell, and
// an escaped quote inside the message all stay visible.
test.each([
["git commit -m a && ls | parallel -m 'rm -rf build'", 'recursive delete'],
["git commit -m 'rm -rf build' | sh", 'recursive delete'],
["echo git commit -m 'drop table users'", 'SQL DROP'],
['git commit -m "a\\"b" && rm -rf build', 'recursive delete'],
["git commit -m wip \\\n&& rm -rf build", 'recursive delete'],
])('text outside commit\'s own message still asks: %j', (command, reason) => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(CAREFUL_SCRIPT, carefulInput(command));
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBe('ask');
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecisionReason).toContain(reason);
});
test.each([
'git -C repo commit --message="docs: truncate the changelog intro"',
"git commit --message 'chore: drop database fixtures from the seed'",
"git commit --amend -m 'fix: git reset --hard in the docs'",
])('commit\'s own message is masked in every flag form: %s', (command) => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(CAREFUL_SCRIPT, carefulInput(command));
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBeUndefined();
});
// The form agents use most: a quoted-delimiter heredoc inside "$( )". Its
// body is never expanded, so it is masked whole. Any other substitution,
// backtick, $'...' or heredoc leaves the command unmasked.
const heredocMessage = (body: string, delimiter = "'EOF'", end = 'EOF') =>
`git commit -m "$(cat <<${delimiter}\n${body}\n${end}\n)"`;
test.each([
heredocMessage('fix: guard the migration that could drop table users\n\nCo-Authored-By: A <a@example.com>'),
heredocMessage('docs: why we never truncate "audit" rows (see #12)'),
heredocMessage('chore: git reset --hard is documented', '"MSG"', 'MSG'),
heredocMessage('chore: rm -rf build in the clean script', "-'EOF'", '\tEOF'),
])('a quoted-delimiter heredoc message is masked: %j', (command) => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(CAREFUL_SCRIPT, carefulInput(command));
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBeUndefined();
});
test.each([
[heredocMessage('docs: drop table notes') + ' && git push --force', 'force-push'],
[heredocMessage('drop table $(rm -rf build)', 'EOF'), 'recursive delete'],
[`git commit -m "$(echo " -m 'x" ; rm -rf build ; echo ')"`, 'recursive delete'],
['git commit -m "\`rm -rf build\`"', 'recursive delete'],
["git commit -F - <<'EOF'\ndocs: drop table notes\nEOF", 'SQL DROP'],
["git commit -m $'drop table notes\\n'", 'SQL DROP'],
])('other substitutions and heredocs stay unmasked: %j', (command, reason) => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(CAREFUL_SCRIPT, carefulInput(command));
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBe('ask');
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecisionReason).toContain(reason);
});
// git prints the message on stdout, so any pipe after a masked message,
// a process substitution or a parameter expansion leaves it unmasked; a
// redirection's & is not a separator, and a comment's quote is not a quote.
test.each([
"git commit -m 'rm -rf build' 2>&1 | sh",
"(git commit -m 'rm -rf build') | sh",
"git commit -m 'rm -rf build' > >(sh)",
'git commit -m "${MSG:-rm -rf build}"',
])('a message that can reach a shell stays unmasked: %j', (command) => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(CAREFUL_SCRIPT, carefulInput(command));
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBe('ask');
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecisionReason).toContain('recursive delete');
});
test.each([
"git commit -m 'drop table notes' 2>&1 && git log -1 --oneline",
"git commit -m 'drop table notes' || echo failed",
"git commit -m 'drop table notes' # it's the docs commit",
])('redirections, || and comments keep the message masked: %j', (command) => {
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(CAREFUL_SCRIPT, carefulInput(command));
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBeUndefined();
});
test('a partial install without the masking program still asks on the message text', () => {
const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'gstack-careful-nomask-'));
try {
for (const file of ['check-careful.sh', 'hook-extract.sh']) {
fs.copyFileSync(path.join(path.dirname(CAREFUL_SCRIPT), file), path.join(dir, file));
}
const { exitCode, output } = runHook(path.join(dir, 'check-careful.sh'), carefulInput('git commit -m "drop table notes"'));
expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecision).toBe('ask');
expect(output.hookSpecificOutput?.permissionDecisionReason).toContain('SQL DROP');
} finally {
fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
}
});
});
// --- Shell obfuscation ---
describe('shell obfuscation', () => {