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… install bunx (and therefore `bun create <pkg>`, which delegates to bunx) spawns `bun add` with cwd set to the bunx cache dir under $TMPDIR. The child install's bunfig discovery only ever saw the global ~/.bunfig.toml, so the project-directory [install] registry and [install.scopes] mappings were ignored. Walk up from the invoking cwd, take the first bunfig.toml found, and forward it to the child install as `--config=<abs path>`. On Unix the candidate is refused unless it is (or one symlink hop resolves to) a regular file owned by the current user, so a bunfig.toml planted in a world-writable ancestor cannot redirect the install. The bunx cache dir is namespaced by the bunfig path so projects pinning different registries do not share a cache entry. The forwarded bunfig's [install.security] scanner is skipped for the bunx-spawned install (it is not resolvable from the cache dir's empty package.json), and the BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL marker is dropped from the env before execing the tool so a scaffolder's own `bun install` still runs the scanner. Fixes #13247 Fixes #5361
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Suggested reviewers: Priority: ➖ Normal Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Resolve these security gaps before merging: another user with write access to a configuration path component can redirect bunx to attacker-provided packages, and ordinary installs can bypass a configured scanner through the internal environment flag. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
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✅ @robobun, your commit fb3d4b73c15dcca098c3f83919cef26eaa015dc6 passed in 🧪 To try this PR locally: bunx bun-pr 36696That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-36696 --bun |
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Reproduced with a local scoped registry and a cwd All 11 tests fail on 1.4.3-canary.1 ( Draft: the config discovery is under rework. The PR body lists the known gaps of the current diff. Supersedes #34110. |
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In `@src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.rs`:
- Around line 1659-1668: Update the bunx exception in run_security_scanner to
use a trusted, non-spoofable process-state marker instead of the externally
settable BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL environment variable. Preserve the existing
early return only for genuine bunx cache-package installs, while ensuring
ordinary bun add, update, install, and remove commands still invoke the
configured scanner.
In `@src/runtime/cli/bunx_command.rs`:
- Around line 617-648: The comments for is_trusted_local_bunfig and the bunfig
discovery loop are overly verbose; shorten both while preserving only the
non-obvious rationale. State why root-owned files are trusted in
is_trusted_local_bunfig, and why discovery starts from the invoking directory in
the loop comment, removing the remaining narrative and implementation details.
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No bugs found; both earlier inline comments are resolved (root-owned bunfig now accepted; relative-cafile limitation documented as a follow-up). Deferring to a human because this adds a new trust check, an unbounded ancestor walk for bunfig.toml, and an env-var gate on the security scanner — all security-relevant design choices worth a maintainer's eyes.
Checked: the walk-up loop terminates at root (bun_paths::dirname → None, without_trailing_slash("/") stays "/"); BoundedArray<_, 9> bound covers all 5 optional appends; BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL is removed from the env before the tool is exec'd on both the cache-hit and post-install paths (cache-hit run_binary calls happen before the marker is set); the uid hoist has no effect on the existing is_trusted_cache_root call ordering.
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Overview
Four files: bunx_command.rs gains an ancestor walk from the invoking cwd to find bunfig.toml, a new is_trusted_local_bunfig uid/root ownership check mirroring the existing is_trusted_cached_binary shape, a per-bunfig-path hash suffix on the bunx cache key, a bump of the install-args BoundedArray from 8→9, and removal of BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL from the env before exec'ing the installed tool. install_with_manager.rs gains an early return in run_security_scanner when BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL is set. Ten new tests across bunx.test.ts and bun-create.test.ts cover scope resolution, parent-dir discovery, workspace-root discovery, symlinked bunfig, per-project cache isolation, the untrusted-file warning, the scanner skip, and the env-var non-leak.
Security risks
This is squarely security-adjacent. The unbounded walk-up can reach world-writable ancestors (/tmp, /var/tmp); the new is_trusted_local_bunfig guard rejects anything that isn't a uid- or root-owned regular file (or one symlink hop to one), which matches the threat model in the doc comment and the neighbouring is_trusted_cache_root/is_trusted_cached_binary checks. The || st_uid == 0 relaxation (added after my earlier review) is sound — an unprivileged attacker cannot create uid-0 files. The env-var-gated scanner skip was flagged by CodeRabbit and defended (the scanner is defense-in-depth against packages, not a boundary against the invoking process, and BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL already gates dispatch in cli/mod.rs); I agree with that reasoning, but a maintainer should sign off on it. The env var is correctly stripped before the tool runs so a scaffolder's own bun install still runs the scanner.
Level of scrutiny
High. New trust boundary, security-scanner gating, and a design decision (walk all ancestors vs. stop at the project root the way bun add's own bunfig discovery does; cache-key by config path rather than content). None of these are obviously wrong, but they're the kind of thing a maintainer should explicitly agree to rather than have auto-approved.
Other factors
My two prior inline findings are resolved. CodeRabbit's two findings were withdrawn after author responses. The one CI failure (bun-upgrade.test.ts on Windows aarch64) is unrelated to this diff. Test coverage is thorough and hermetic (local Bun.serve registries, isolated HOME/TMPDIR, pathWithout to strip PATH collisions). The known limitation (relative cafile resolves against the cache dir) is documented in the PR body and is not a regression.
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Related gap, same root cause: the project Covering both files at once would mean running the inner install with the invoking project's config context (the directory |
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…honor-local-bunfig # Conflicts: # src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.rs # src/runtime/cli/bunx_command.rs
With minimumReleaseAge in the project bunfig.toml, bun add refuses a version published an hour ago, but bunx fetched and ran it: the spawned install never saw the project file. The forwarded bunfig.toml carries this key too. The test takes the registry from the global bunfig, so only the gate depends on the project file.
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- Around line 881-891: Update the bunfig handling in the find_bunfig flow so the
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| if bun_sys::exists_z(path_z) { | ||
| if !Self::is_trusted_local_bunfig(path_z, uid) { | ||
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| "ignoring <b>{}<r> because it is not a regular file owned by the current user", | ||
| BStr::new(path_z.as_bytes()), | ||
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| Output::flush(); | ||
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Preserve the trusted bunfig contents before spawning the child.
This race is reachable when the candidate's parent or another replaceable path component is writable by another user. Sticky /tmp alone is not sufficient: it protects entries owned by the victim. An attacker-writable child directory under /tmp is sufficient.
is_trusted_local_bunfig checks the pathname with lstat and stat, but the child later reopens that pathname with bun_ast::to_source. The attacker can replace the checked file after the check. The replacement can set install.registry or a scoped registry, redirect package resolution and downloads, and cause bunx to execute attacker-provided package code. The internal bunx install also skips the security scanner.
Opening the file with O_NOFOLLOW and calling fstat in the parent is not sufficient while the child still receives the pathname. Pass the descriptor through a child-supported interface, or copy the verified contents into the uid-owned bunx cache directory and pass that private copy as --config.
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Review comment at @src/runtime/cli/bunx_command.rs around lines 881 - 891:
Update the bunfig handling in the find_bunfig flow so the child consumes the
trusted contents captured before spawning, rather than reopening path_z after
is_trusted_local_bunfig checks it. Pass a verified descriptor through a
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Confirmed from the code. I did not run an exploit.
- The parent checks the path with
lstat/statinis_trusted_local_bunfig. The child opens the same path later:load_bunfiginsrc/bunfig/arguments.rscallsbun_ast::to_source(config_path). Nothing ties the two steps together. - The swap needs a directory on the walk that the other user owns, or a shared-writable directory without the sticky bit. In sticky
/tmp, a different uid cannot rename over or remove a file that the victim or root owns. I tested that on Linux. - With that same access, the other user already runs code through
bunxtoday.bunxputs<ancestor>/node_modules/.binonPATHfor every ancestor of the cwd (configure_path_for_run_with_package_json_dirinsrc/runtime/cli/run_command.rs) and does no ownership check. On 1.4.3-canary.1,bunx planted-toolfromanc/proj/subrananc/node_modules/.bin/planted-tool, a file owned by a different uid.
A private copy closes this window, but the same directory stays trusted for binaries. The cause is one level up: bunx does its own config discovery and its own trust decision, and both differ from what bun add does in the same directory. I am reworking where that discovery lives. This thread stays open until that push.
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@robobun, thanks for the clarification. The pathname-check/reopen race remains valid. Your reported ancestor-binary test changes the impact assessment: with the same directory access, an attacker already has a code-execution path through bunx.
A private copy would close this config-specific window. It would not establish a security boundary for the ancestor directory. Reworking shared config discovery is a reasonable direction.
The finding remains open pending your push. I will not describe the config race as an exploit you demonstrated.
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Learning: In Bun, the security scanner is defense-in-depth against malicious packages and is not a security boundary against the process that invokes Bun. `BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL` is the established cross-process marker for bunx-spawned installs, including dispatch logic in `src/runtime/cli/mod.rs`. Do not flag its use to skip scanning the internal bunx cache-package install solely because callers can set the environment variable; those callers can also control registry and bunfig configuration inputs.
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src/runtime/cli/bunx_command.rs— Users whose registry token lives in the project's.envget a 401 frombunx/bun createwhere the base branch installed fine from npm. The forwarded bunfig saystoken = "$npm_token", but the childbun addspawned at bunx_command.rs:1457 runs with cwd = the cache dir and loads.env*and./.npmrcfrom there, never from the project. The unexpanded literal is then sent as the bearer token (npm.rs:502). Fix: make the spawned install see the project's auth sources — load the project's.env.production.local/.env.local/.env.production/.envand.npmrcfor the child (e.g. preload them into its envp, or run it with the project dir as its env/npmrc root) without leaking them into the exec'd tool's env. [also at: src/runtime/cli/bunx_command.rs:890 - pre-existing: projects that pin a private registry in.npmrc, or keep the$NPM_TOKENtheir bunfig references in.env, still get bunx fetching from the wrong registry or failing auth.]Why this was flagged
A project has
bunfig.tomlwith[install] registry = { url = "https://registry.myorg.com/", token = "$npm_token" }andnpm_token=...in.env.local, the documented pattern (docs/guides/install/custom-registry.mdx:23-27).bun add xin the project works because PackageManager::init loads.env*from its top_level_dir (src/install/PackageManager.rs:1908-1913) and./.npmrc(PackageManager.rs:1924). After this PR,bunx prettierforwards that bunfig as--config=(bunx_command.rs:1420-1422) and spawns the child withcwd: Box::from(bunx_cache_dir)(bunx_command.rs:1462), so the child's top_level_dir is the cache dir, which has no.env*or.npmrc.Scope::from_apithen callsenv.get_auto(®istry.token)(src/install/npm.rs:502), which returns the key itself when the variable is unset (src/dotenv/env_loader.rs:522), so the request carriesAuthorization: Bearer $npm_tokenand the private mirror answers 401. On the base branch the project bunfig was ignored, the child used the default npm registry, and public tools installed.Verification: Triggers when a project's bunfig.toml references an env var for the registry token supplied by the project's
.env*. The childbun addis spawned withcwd: Box::<[u8]>::from(bunx_cache_dir)(bunx_command.rs:1462).PackageManager::initloads.env*only from the cache dir (PackageManager.rs:1908-1913). None of the new tests exercise an env-var-referencing token.
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🔴 Users who configured an [install.security] scanner now have bunx <pkg> download and execute packages with no scan and no notice. The early return at install_with_manager.rs:2096-2101 skips run_security_scanner whenever BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL is set, for every bunx-spawned bun add. On the base branch a global scanner made the bunx install abort, so the tool never ran unscanned. Fix: keep the scanner's coverage for bunx fetches, e.g. resolve the scanner package from the invoking project's or global install and run it on the fetched package, or at minimum print a warning naming the skipped scanner so the bypass is visible; the PR text calls this intended, but silently turning a hard stop into an unscanned execution widens exposure. [also at: src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.rs:2096 - Operators who enforce [install.security] scanner in the global bunfig can now have it switched off by one environment variable, which the base never allowed. install_with_manager.rs:2096 returns before any scan whenever BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL is set in the process env.; src/runtime/cli/bunx_command.rs:1452 - Lifecycle scripts of the tool bunx installs run with BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL=true, so a postinstall that itself runs bun install skips the operator's configured security scanner, where the base ran it.]
Why this was flagged
An org sets [install.security] scanner = "@ acme/bun-security-scanner" in ~/.bunfig.toml or the project bunfig.toml to block known-malicious packages. A developer runs bunx some-cli (or bun create some-template), which spawns bun add with BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL=true (bunx_command.rs:1450-1453). In the child, run_security_scanner reads the flag at install_with_manager.rs:2096 and returns before perform_security_scan_after_resolution is called, then bunx executes the downloaded binary. On the base branch the global-scanner case aborted with SecurityScannerNotInDependencies and the project-scanner case was never read, so no bunx run ever executed a package after a scanner was configured and visible to the child; after the change the scanner is bypassed with nothing printed. No other gate covers this path: the subcommand check at 2080-2091 passes for Subcommand::Add, and the marker is only removed after the install (bunx_command.rs:1510).
Verification: bunx_command.rs:1450-1453 puts BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL=true in the child env before spawning bun add. install_with_manager.rs:2096-2101 returns from run_security_scanner before perform_security_scan_after_resolution is called, with no warning or log output. On base the bunx child aborted with SecurityScannerNotInDependencies, so the tool never executed unscanned.
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🔴 Users who change the registry in their project bunfig.toml keep running the tool bunx installed from the old registry. The cache namespace at bunx_command.rs:952 hashes only the bunfig path, not what it says, so the same <name>@<version> entry is a hit after the file's [install] registry or [install.scopes] changes. Fix: make the cache key cover the config content that shapes the install (hash the bunfig bytes, or its mtime+size, instead of or in addition to the path), so a pinned bunx tool@ 1.0.0 re-resolves after the registry changes. Pinned versions never cache-bust (do_cache_bust is only set for dist-tags), so the stale entry is served indefinitely. [also at: src/runtime/cli/bunx_command.rs:954 - Users who edit the registry or scopes inside an existing project bunfig.toml keep getting the tool installed from the old registry out of the bunx cache.]
Why this was flagged
A project has bunfig.toml with [install] registry = "https://a.example/"; the user runs bunx tool@ 1.0.0, which installs into <tmp>/bunx-<uid>-tool@ 1.0.0@<hash> where <hash> is hash(&arg[b"--config=".len()..]) of the bunfig path (bunx_command.rs:950-954). The user then edits the same file to point at https://b.example/, which publishes a different build under the same name and version (the private-mirror case this namespacing exists for). On the next bunx tool@ 1.0.0 the path hash is identical, the cache dir exists, and the warm-cache path at bunx_command.rs:1102 only sets do_cache_bust for VersionTag::DistTag, so no re-install happens and the binary from registry A runs. For @ latest the same happens until SECONDS_CACHE_VALID (24h, bunx_command.rs:265) elapses. The base branch never read the project bunfig at all, so this is a new half-keyed cache the change introduces; REVIEW.md asks file-keyed caches to include mtime/size or a content hash.
Verification: nit — triggers when a project edits its own bunfig.toml registry/scopes and re-runs the same bunx <name>@<version> within the 24h cache window. /home/claude/bun/src/runtime/cli/bunx_command.rs:950-954 hashes only the bunfig path bytes, so the cache dir is identical before and after the file's contents change. The new test only covers two distinct paths. Not a regression against base.
| if bun_sys::exists_z(path_z) { | ||
| if !Self::is_trusted_local_bunfig(path_z, uid) { | ||
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| BStr::new(path_z.as_bytes()), | ||
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| Output::flush(); | ||
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🟡 (optional) Users whose discovered bunfig.toml is root- or self-owned but not readable now get bunx / bun create exiting 1 where the base ran the tool. The walk at bunx_command.rs:881-890 checks only existence and ownership, then forwards --config=; the child loads it with auto_loaded=false, so an EACCES open fails hard at bunfig/arguments.rs:52-57, while the same file auto-discovered by bun install is silently ignored at arguments.rs:49-51. Fix: forward only a candidate the process can read (e.g. an access(R_OK) check in is_trusted_local_bunfig, unix and non-unix branches) and otherwise warn and skip like the untrusted case.
Why this was flagged
A container image does COPY --chmod=600 bunfig.toml . and then switches to USER node before RUN bunx some-tool. bunx_command.rs:881 exists_z is an access(F_OK) and succeeds; bunx_command.rs:882 is_trusted_local_bunfig lstat's the file, owner_ok passes via st_uid == 0 (bunx_command.rs:620), so the path is forwarded as --config=/app/bunfig.toml (bunx_command.rs:890, 1422-1424). The spawned bun add reaches PackageManager.rs:1843 load_config(InstallCommand, Some(path)); arguments.rs:239 calls load_config_path with auto_loaded=false, load_bunfig gets EACCES, and unreadable_config(false, ..) at arguments.rs:52-57 prints "while reading config" and Global::exit(1). bunx then exits 1 at bunx_command.rs:1527-1528. On the base branch the project bunfig was never consulted and the tool installed and ran. A plain bun install in the same directory auto-discovers the same unreadable file and returns Ok at arguments.rs:49-51. The ownership guard does not help because it never checks readability.
Verification: bunx_command.rs:881 exists_z is libc::access(path, F_OK), existence only. bunx_command.rs:617-636 is_trusted_local_bunfig only lstats and checks owner_ok; no R_OK/open check anywhere, so the path is forwarded as --config=<path>. unreadable_config(false, ..) at arguments.rs:49-57 prints the error and Global::exit(1); bunx exits 1 (bunx_command.rs:1527-1529). On the base branch the local bunfig was never read and the tool ran.
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🟡 (optional) Users running bunx or bun create inside a project get install settings from a bunfig.toml above the project root that bun add in the same directory never reads. The walk at bunx_command.rs:892-901 keeps climbing past the nearest package.json all the way to the filesystem root, while the spawned bun add only auto-loads <top_level_dir>/bunfig.toml (the nearest package.json or workspace root). Fix: stop the walk at the same project root bun add would pick (nearest package.json, or the workspace root when that package.json is a workspace member), and only keep climbing when no package.json exists at all, so bunx and bun add read the same file for the same cwd.
Why this was flagged
A user has ~/code/bunfig.toml pinning a private registry for one project and a separate project ~/code/scratch/ with its own package.json and no bunfig.toml; they run bunx some-tool or bun create pkg from ~/code/scratch. The loop in bunx_command.rs:866-902 starts at top_level_dir (the cwd), finds no ~/code/scratch/bunfig.toml, and at bunx_command.rs:892-898 moves to the parent and keeps going, so it picks ~/code/bunfig.toml and forwards it as --config= at bunx_command.rs:1422. The child bun add therefore resolves some-tool against the private registry. Running bun add some-tool in ~/code/scratch does not do this: PackageManager.rs:1833-1846 sets top_level_dir to the nearest package.json directory and load_config in src/bunfig/arguments.rs:201 only loads the relative "bunfig.toml" from that directory, never its ancestors. On the base branch bunx read no local bunfig, so the two commands agreed on the registry whenever no project bunfig existed; after merging they disagree whenever any ancestor directory above the project carries a bunfig.toml.
Verification: In src/runtime/cli/bunx_command.rs:860-903 the loop at :892-901 keeps climbing until the parent is None (filesystem root). There is no package.json / workspace-root boundary. The spawned bun add sets top_level_dir to the nearest package.json directory and load_config uses the literal "bunfig.toml" joined to getcwd (bunfig/arguments.rs:201), never an ancestor.
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🟡 nit (optional): the new bunx tests each build an isolated env via setup() but are declared with plain it, so they run serially while the file's other isolated subprocess tests use it.concurrent. Fix: switch the independent cases in this describe (and the bun-create ones) to it.concurrent per test/CLAUDE.md's preference for concurrent subprocess tests.
Why this was flagged
test/cli/install/bunx.test.ts:1244, 1268, 1290, 1321, 1350, 1399 and 1428 declare it(...) inside the new describe; each calls setup() for its own TMPDIR/cache and starts its own registry on port: 0, so nothing is shared. The file's header comment (bunx.test.ts:15-16) says isolated tests are made concurrent for that reason, and the existing network tests use it.concurrent. The consequence is slower wall-clock for the suite, not a correctness problem; no behavior differs from the base branch.
Verification: nit. Trigger: every run of test/cli/install/bunx.test.ts; the seven new subprocess tests run serially even though each is fully isolated. The new describe at line 1192 declares its cases with plain it( at lines 1246, 1277, 1302, 1371, 1426, 1457, so no state is shared. Root CLAUDE.md line 103: "Use test.concurrent for independent subprocess-spawning tests." No behavior differs from base, so nit.
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I checked each finding against the code. I have not confirmed any of them with a run yet.
These findings and the open check/reopen thread have one cause. The PR forwards one file by path, so the spawned install still resolves every other project input ( What |
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Data for the design questions of the rework. I ran the first two blocks (npm 11.16.0, pnpm 12.8.1, Bun 1.4.3-canary.1+367d939d9, Linux x64, loopback registries). I checked the last block against the code and did not run it. Which registry does a package runner use? The user config names registry U. A file in the working directory names registry R.
Each row is the same with and without a In a terminal, Do the other project settings reach the tool install? With Two effects of this head that the list above does not have.
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Problem
bunxinstalls into a per-package cache directory under$TMPDIRand spawnsbun addwith that directory as its cwd. The child's bunfig discovery only ever saw the global~/.bunfig.toml; the project's localbunfig.tomlwas never read.bun create <pkg>delegates to the sameBunxCommand::exec, so it was affected identically.In a project that pins a private registry via
[install] registryor[install.scopes]:The same cause turns off
[install] minimumReleaseAgeforbunx. WithminimumReleaseAge = 86400in the projectbunfig.toml,bun addrefuses a version published one hour ago.bunxdownloads that version and runs it.Fix
Before building the cache key, walk up from the invoking cwd and take the first
bunfig.tomlfound, then:--config=<abs-path>to the spawnedbun add(the=form is required because--config's value is optional in the install arg parser; a space-separated path would be consumed as a positional package name);<name>@<version>;bunfig.tomlplanted by another local user in a world-writable ancestor (e.g./tmp) cannot redirect the install. This mirrors the existingis_trusted_cached_binaryhardening in the same file.run_security_scannernow returns early whenBUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALLis set: forwarding the whole bunfig also forwards[install.security] scanner, which the bunx-spawnedbun addcannot resolve from the cache dir's{}package.json. The marker is removed from the env before the installed tool is executed, so a scaffolder that runsbun installin the new project still runs the configured scanner.When no local
bunfig.tomlexists, nothing is forwarded and behavior is unchanged (global config / env vars still apply, cache key is unchanged).Verification
All eleven fail on the stock canary
1.4.3-canary.1+367d939d9and pass on this branch. The branch is merged withmainat 4b02e10.Supersedes #34110 (same fix, that branch no longer merges cleanly against the
is_trusted_cache_rootsignature change on main).Fixes #13247
Fixes #5361
Related to #30748. That issue is the
--minimum-release-ageflag onbunx, which #30751 forwards. This PR covers thebunfig.tomlkey.no test proof · iteration 2 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/cli/install/bunx.test.ts, test/cli/install/bun-create.test.ts
This also addresses the reported
bun create <npm-package>case of #31149 (global[install.security] scanneraborting the bunx-spawned install withSecurityScannerNotInDependencies). #31150 handles the remaining local-template / grandchild-install paths of that issue, which go throughCreateCommand::execrather than bunx.Known gaps of the current diff (draft, under rework)
bunfig.tomlruns in thebunxprocess on a path, and the spawnedbun addopens that path again later. A user who can replace entries in a directory on the walk can swap the file in between. A sticky directory such as/tmpblocks the swap.bunfig.tomlin any ancestor of the cwd.bun addreadsbunfig.tomlonly in the install root (the nearestpackage.json, then the workspace root), so the two can pick different files..npmrcis still not read by the spawned install.PackageManager::initloads./.npmrcrelative to the bunx cache directory.[install] cafile = "./certs/ca.pem") resolve against the bunx cache directory, not the project..env*files do not reach the spawned install. A forwarded bunfig withtoken = "$npm_token"whose value is in the project's.env.localsends the literal$npm_token, and the registry answers 401. Onmainthat project'sbunx <public tool>installs from npm, so this is a regression for those users.maina configured scanner aborts thebunxinstall. With this diffbunxruns the package without a scan and without a message. The env var that triggers the skip also reaches the lifecycle scripts of the installed package.bunfig.toml, not its content. A registry change inside the same file keeps the old cache entry for a pinned version.bunfig.tomlmakesbunxexit 1, because--configis explicit.bun installignores the same file.