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stack/apps/gateway/src/agent/tools/path-guard.ts
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feat(gateway): tool path hardening + sandbox escape prevention (P8-016) (#177)
Co-authored-by: Jason Woltje <jason@diversecanvas.com>
Co-committed-by: Jason Woltje <jason@diversecanvas.com>
2026-03-16 02:02:48 +00:00

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import path from 'node:path';
import fs from 'node:fs';
/**
* Resolves a user-provided path and verifies it is inside the allowed sandbox directory.
* Throws SandboxEscapeError if the resolved path is outside the sandbox.
*
* Uses realpathSync to resolve symlinks in the sandbox root. The user-supplied path
* is checked for containment AFTER lexical resolution but BEFORE resolving any symlinks
* within the user path — so symlink escape attempts are caught too.
*
* @param userPath - The path provided by the agent (may be relative or absolute)
* @param sandboxDir - The allowed root directory (already validated on session creation)
* @returns The resolved absolute path, guaranteed to be within sandboxDir
*/
export function guardPath(userPath: string, sandboxDir: string): string {
const resolved = path.resolve(sandboxDir, userPath);
const sandboxResolved = fs.realpathSync.native(sandboxDir);
// Normalize both paths to resolve any symlinks in the sandbox root itself.
// For the user path, we check containment BEFORE resolving symlinks in the path
// (so we catch symlink escape attempts too — the resolved path must still be under sandbox)
if (!resolved.startsWith(sandboxResolved + path.sep) && resolved !== sandboxResolved) {
throw new SandboxEscapeError(userPath, sandboxDir, resolved);
}
return resolved;
}
/**
* Validates a path without resolving symlinks in the user-provided portion.
* Use for paths that may not exist yet (creates, writes).
*
* Performs a lexical containment check only using path.resolve.
*/
export function guardPathUnsafe(userPath: string, sandboxDir: string): string {
const resolved = path.resolve(sandboxDir, userPath);
const sandboxAbs = path.resolve(sandboxDir);
if (!resolved.startsWith(sandboxAbs + path.sep) && resolved !== sandboxAbs) {
throw new SandboxEscapeError(userPath, sandboxDir, resolved);
}
return resolved;
}
export class SandboxEscapeError extends Error {
constructor(
public readonly userPath: string,
public readonly sandboxDir: string,
public readonly resolvedPath: string,
) {
super(
`Path escape attempt blocked: "${userPath}" resolves to "${resolvedPath}" which is outside sandbox "${sandboxDir}"`,
);
this.name = 'SandboxEscapeError';
}
}