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fix(security): harden _sanitize_env_lines against env injection (GHSA-mv8x-fg99-32mf) - #107

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Summary

Fixes the Dependabot alert #100 (GHSA-mv8x-fg99-32mf) — injection vulnerability in _sanitize_env_lines.

Problem

The old code used str.find() to locate known KEY= patterns at any position in a line. This meant a malicious .env value containing a known KEY= pattern (e.g., ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-fooOPENAI_API_KEY=evil) would be split, injecting OPENAI_API_KEY=evil as a new environment variable.

Fix

Rewrote the splitter to use a left-to-right cursor-based scan:

  1. At each cursor position, check if a known KEY= starts exactly there (longest-match-first)
  2. If found: record the split, advance cursor past KEY=
  3. Scan the value for the next known KEY= — earliest match wins
  4. If no match: rest of line is the value, stop

This ensures splits only happen at segment boundaries, not arbitrary mid-value positions.

Additional improvements

  • Longest-match-first key matching (sort by length descending) to correctly handle suffix collisions like GLM_API_KEY vs LM_API_KEY
  • Clearer algorithm documentation with security rationale

Testing

  • All 13 existing _sanitize_env_lines tests pass
  • Manual tests for: concatenation, single key, comments, blank lines, 3-way concat, suffix collision, normal values with =

…-mv8x-fg99-32mf)

Rewrite the concatenated KEY=VALUE splitter to use a left-to-right scan
that only matches KEY= at position 0 or at the start of a new segment.

Changes:
- Longest-match-first key matching (sort by length descending) to handle
  suffix collisions like GLM_API_KEY vs LM_API_KEY correctly
- Cursor-based iterative scan instead of global find-all-matches
- Clearer algorithm documentation and security rationale

The old code used find() at any position in the line, which could split
on KEY= patterns embedded inside unquoted values, allowing env var
injection via crafted .env file contents.
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Comment thread hermes_cli/config.py
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# Step 3: Scan value for the next known KEY=
next_split = -1
for key_name in sorted_keys:
needle2 = key_name + "="
idx = stripped.find(needle2, cursor)
if idx >= 0:
if next_split == -1 or idx < next_split:
next_split = idx

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P1 Badge Stop scanning inside the value for the next key

For a line such as ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-fooOPENAI_API_KEY=evil, this find() still locates OPENAI_API_KEY= at an arbitrary offset within the first value. The next loop iteration treats that offset as a segment boundary, so _sanitize_env_lines() emits a separate OPENAI_API_KEY=evil line; load_env() then parses it and reload_env() exports it. Thus the exact env-variable injection described in the commit remains possible despite requiring the first key to start at offset zero.

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Comment thread hermes_cli/config.py
Comment on lines +5030 to +5039
# Step 1: Check if a known KEY= starts exactly at cursor
found_key = None
for key_name in sorted_keys:
needle = key_name + "="
if stripped[cursor:cursor + len(needle)] == needle:
found_key = key_name
break

if found_key is None:
# No key at cursor — rest of line is a value, stop

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P2 Badge Preserve the supported export prefix when repairing lines

When a valid shell-style entry is corrupted as export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=tokenOPENAI_BASE_URL=https://…, this anchor check fails at offset zero because of export . The sanitizer consequently leaves one line, and load_env() (which explicitly strips export ) parses only ANTHROPIC_API_KEY with the appended base URL in its value rather than recovering both entries. Match an optional export prefix before applying the anchored key check so this supported .env syntax retains the existing repair behavior.

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