C1-A01 — Harden operation resolution against prototype poisoning

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Finding

C1-A01 — P2 CURRENT at parent baseline
9287467860a84ac2554b5d3f3d0e188f9fb8c4da

Protected parent:
PR #14 — Cockpit C1

This is an isolated stacked validation PR targeting:

cockpit/c1-job-authority

It does NOT target main.

Original failure

resolveJobOperation used an uncaptured runtime:

OPERATION_LOOKUP.get(value)

Map.prototype.get is looked up at call time, so a hostile replacement installed after module initialization could map forbidden or unknown names to source.edit.

Independently reproduced baseline consequence:

merge
→ source.edit
→ ALLOW_ONCE
→ WITHIN_JOB_ENVELOPE
→ execution permit issued.

Observed directly against the parent baseline:

RESOLUTION UNDER POISON: {"merge":"source.edit","autoMerge":"source.edit",
                          "shellExec":"source.edit","sourceEdit":"source.edit"}
MERGE DECISION UNDER POISON: {"operation":"source.edit","decision":"ALLOW_ONCE",
                              "reason":"WITHIN_JOB_ENVELOPE","mayExecuteOnce":true,"permit":true}

The same corruption applied to auto-merge and unknown operation strings when valid source-edit operands were supplied.

Repair

Remove the Map lookup entirely.

Operation resolution now uses exact membership against the existing trusted frozen vocabularies (REPAIR_AUTHORIZABLE_OPERATIONS, FORBIDDEN_OPERATIONS) via the module's existing prototype-free containsValue primitive, which reads only length and own indices of Object.freezed arrays.

The resolver can return only:

• the exact requested string when it is modeled; or
• UNKNOWN_JOB_OPERATION.

The value returned on a hit is the caller's own string, never a value produced by a container. No container lookup can substitute one requested operation name for another.

Scope

Changed files only:

• src/domain/job-operation.ts
• tests/domain/job-authorization-invariants.test.ts

C1-A02 is NOT repaired here.
C1-A03 is NOT repaired here.

No unrelated C1 changes. repair-job.ts, execution-permit.ts, job-authorization.ts, and the C1 architecture doc are untouched.

Independent validation

A separate validator that did not implement the repair:

• independently reproduced the original A01 bypass from the parent baseline;
• independently confirmed merge → ALLOW_ONCE + permit under poisoned Map.prototype.get;
• confirmed the repair removes Map.prototype.get from the operation-resolution path;
• audited containsValue as used with the trusted frozen operation vocabularies;
• confirmed merge remains OPERATOR_REQUIRED;
• confirmed auto-merge remains denied;
• confirmed unknown operations remain unknown/denied;
• confirmed legitimate source.edit remains usable;
• confirmed the new regression tests reach operation resolution;
• made zero edits.

Independent validation result:

PASS

Validation

Re-run at this commit (7575192d0ea8a808401a5f8eff873fa7bf465609):

Check	Result
Focused C1-A01 tests	11 passed (41 skipped by filter)
npm run typecheck	PASS (exit 0)
npm run lint	PASS (exit 0)
npm test	850 passed / 15 files
npm run build	PASS (exit 0)
npm audit	0 vulnerabilities
git diff --check	clean (exit 0)

Regression value

The new coverage was demonstrated against the starting implementation by temporarily restoring only src/domain/job-operation.ts to the parent baseline with the new tests in place: 7 of the 10 assertions failed, e.g.

expected 'source.edit' to be 'merge'
expected 'source.edit' to be 'auto_merge.enable'
expected 'source.edit' to be 'unknown'

The three that passed on the vulnerable code are exactly the ones that should — the poison payload is source.edit, so the positive control, source.edit → source.edit, and the legitimate-edit case coincide. That is the expected signature, not a gap.

What the regression pins

Under actively poisoned Map.prototype.get (original descriptor captured and restored in a finally, so tests cannot contaminate one another):

• a positive control proving the poisoning is genuinely in effect, so the section cannot pass vacuously;
• merge → merge;
• auto_merge.enable → auto_merge.enable;
• shell.exec → unknown;
• source.edit → source.edit;
• all 19 modeled operations resolve to themselves and nothing else;
• a merge request → OPERATOR_REQUIRED, no permit;
• an auto-merge request → DENY, no permit;
• an unmodeled request → DENY / OPERATION_UNKNOWN, no permit;
• a legitimate source.edit still reaches ALLOW_ONCE, byte-identical to its unpoisoned baseline;
• Map.prototype.get is restored afterwards.

The denial requests carry valid source.edit operands, so nothing earlier in the evaluator can refuse them on an operand ground — the tests genuinely reach operation resolution rather than passing on an earlier envelope rejection.

Reviewer note

The brief's suggested direction was to capture Map.prototype.get and invoke it through captured Reflect.apply. This PR takes a smaller route: it removes the poisonable surface rather than routing around it, reusing the boundary's already-audited containsValue. Both close A01; if consistency with the captured-intrinsic form used elsewhere is preferred, that is a style decision and the regression suite pins the invariant either way.

Quarantine

This PR must pass external review and CI before it can be considered for integration into protected parent PR #14.

MERGE IS OPERATOR-ONLY.

No AI agent is authorized to merge this repair PR.

No auto-merge.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved job-operation recognition for authorized, forbidden, and unknown operations.
  • Preserved the exact operation value when valid, ensuring consistent authorization results.
  • Strengthened behavior in environments where standard runtime collection methods may be altered or unavailable.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for operation resolution and authorization outcomes, including unexpected runtime conditions.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The job operation resolver no longer uses a Map. It checks operation arrays directly. New tests replace Map.prototype.get and verify resolution, authorization, and method restoration.

Changes

Job operation resolution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Replace Map lookup with membership checks src/domain/job-operation.ts	resolveJobOperation uses authorizable and forbidden operation arrays. Recognized strings return unchanged. Other values resolve to unknown.
Validate resolution under a poisoned Map method tests/domain/job-authorization-invariants.test.ts	Tests replace Map.prototype.get, verify operation and authorization results, and restore the original method descriptor.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 75751

The PR replaces the vulnerable operation lookup with exact operation matching and includes passing focused and full validation checks. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains; the optional assertion cleanup can be handled separately.

Poem

I’m a rabbit checking jobs in the queue,
No poisoned map can change what they do.
Allowed and forbidden stay clear,
Unknown operations disappear.
Hop, tests restore the runtime too!

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: hardening operation resolution against prototype poisoning.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

tests/domain/job-authorization-invariants.test.ts (1)

846-853: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider toStrictEqual instead of comparing JSON strings.

JSON.stringify equality passes only when key order matches. Both objects come from the same code path here, so the assertion is correct today. However, a failure reports one long string diff, and keys with undefined values are dropped from both sides. toStrictEqual compares structure and reports the differing field.

♻️ Proposed refactor

-    expect(JSON.stringify(poisoned)).toBe(JSON.stringify(baseline));
+    expect(poisoned).toStrictEqual(baseline);

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In `@tests/domain/job-authorization-invariants.test.ts` around lines 846 - 853,
Replace the JSON.stringify comparison between poisoned and baseline in the
authorization invariant test with a toStrictEqual assertion, preserving the
existing field-specific assertions and comparing the complete object structure
directly.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@tests/domain/job-authorization-invariants.test.ts`:
- Around line 846-853: Replace the JSON.stringify comparison between poisoned
and baseline in the authorization invariant test with a toStrictEqual assertion,
preserving the existing field-specific assertions and comparing the complete
object structure directly.

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