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process.env: keep the native accessors of TZ, NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED, BUN_CONFIG_VERBOSE_FETCH and the proxy keys away from every object but process.env - #42710
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…om every object but process.env TZ, NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED, BUN_CONFIG_VERBOSE_FETCH and the six proxy keys were CustomAccessor properties. Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor gave JS their native getter and setter, and JSC passed them the receiver of an access as `this`. The functions write onto `this` with putDirect. A WebAssembly GC reference as `this` aborted the process, and the proxy setter could leave a CustomValue property that holds a plain object. - Install the nine keys as CustomValue. Their descriptor is a data descriptor, like the other keys and like Node, and JSC passes the object that holds the property as `this`. - A Proxy with no getOwnPropertyDescriptor trap over process.env still reaches a CustomValue setter as `this` (JSObject::definePropertyOnReceiver reads the slot of the target). Each setter, and each getter that caches on `this`, checks that `this` holds its accessor. A setter with another `this` defines the property on it like CreateDataProperty, which such a Proxy forwards to process.env's defineOwnProperty: a real write. - JSEnvironmentVariableMap::put and JSSharedEnvMap::put delegate to JSObject::put when the receiver is not process.env, so Object.create(process.env).TZ = v defines TZ on the child and leaves the time zone alone.
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WalkthroughChangesThe change separates direct Environment receiver semantics
Suggested reviewers: Priority: ⬆️ High Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Inherited reads can reveal process.env-backed values through child objects, and rejected proxy writes can throw unexpectedly. Fix both receiver-semantics regressions before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
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In `@src/jsc/bindings/JSEnvironmentVariableMap.cpp`:
- Line 222: Update the createDataProperty call in the foreign-receiver property
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The child ran with no TZ, so the first time zone offset was the one of the machine. The macOS x64 agents are not on UTC.
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251-253: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winValidate ownership before reading native state.
After these properties changed to
CustomValue, an inherited read can invoke these getters with a child object asthis. The getters then expose theprocess.envvalue instead of returningundefined, unlikejsGetterEnvironmentVariableandjsTimeZoneEnvironmentVariableGetter.Add
holdsEnvAccessorchecks forjsGetterProxyEnvironmentVariable,jsNodeTLSRejectUnauthorizedGetter, andjsBunConfigVerboseFetchGetter.Proposed fix
auto* thisObject = dynamicDowncast<JSObject>(JSValue::decode(thisValue)); -if (!thisObject) [[unlikely]] +if (!thisObject || !holdsEnvAccessor(vm, thisObject, propertyName, jsGetterProxyEnvironmentVariable)) [[unlikely]] return JSValue::encode(jsUndefined()); auto* thisObject = dynamicDowncast<JSObject>(JSValue::decode(thisValue)); -if (!thisObject) [[unlikely]] +if (!thisObject || !holdsEnvAccessor(vm, thisObject, propertyName, jsNodeTLSRejectUnauthorizedGetter)) [[unlikely]] return JSValue::encode(jsUndefined()); auto* thisObject = dynamicDowncast<JSObject>(JSValue::decode(thisValue)); -if (!thisObject) [[unlikely]] +if (!thisObject || !holdsEnvAccessor(vm, thisObject, propertyName, jsBunConfigVerboseFetchGetter)) [[unlikely]] return JSValue::encode(jsUndefined());Also applies to: 396-398, 446-448
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In `@src/jsc/bindings/JSEnvironmentVariableMap.cpp`:
- Around line 251-253: Update jsGetterProxyEnvironmentVariable,
jsNodeTLSRejectUnauthorizedGetter, and jsBunConfigVerboseFetchGetter to validate
ownership with holdsEnvAccessor before reading native state, returning undefined
when invoked with an inherited child object. Match the existing ownership
behavior of jsGetterEnvironmentVariable and jsTimeZoneEnvironmentVariableGetter.
- Around line 210-214: Update defineEnvValueOnForeignThis to pass false as the
createDataProperty strictness argument, so rejected proxy property definitions
return false instead of throwing while direct environment writes remain
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Thanks — the host-timezone dependency in the Proxy-write test is now fixed ({ TZ: "Etc/UTC" } is passed explicitly). I re-reviewed after that commit and found no further issues. Because this changes JSC property-attribute semantics (CustomAccessor → CustomValue) on a path that gates NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED and the process proxy vars, a human pass on the bindings would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
- Exception-scope discipline on the new branches —
defineEnvValueOnForeignThisowns its own ThrowScope and the TZ setter has none to release, so the plainreturnthere is correct; the other three setters useRELEASE_AND_RETURN. holdsEnvAccessorusesgetDirect(own, non-throwing) and guardsisCustomGetterSetter()before the unchecked downcast, so a foreignthiscan't spoof it.- Both
putoverrides gate onisThisValueAlteredbefore the symbol-key TypeError / ToString, matching the JSCallbackObject pattern; theJSSharedEnvMapvariant is covered by the SHARE_ENV worker test cases.
Extended reasoning...
Overview
The PR switches nine process.env keys (TZ, NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED, BUN_CONFIG_VERBOSE_FETCH, and six proxy vars) from CustomAccessor to CustomValue in src/jsc/bindings/JSEnvironmentVariableMap.cpp, adds an isThisValueAltered short-circuit to both JSEnvironmentVariableMap::put and JSSharedEnvMap::put, and adds a holdsEnvAccessor receiver check to each custom getter/setter so a foreign this (Proxy, Object.create(process.env), wasm GC struct) never triggers the process-global side effect or the putDirect that aborted on non-transitionable Structures. A new 256-line test file exercises data-descriptor shape, foreign-receiver reads/writes, Proxy-with-no-traps write-through, and the SHARE_ENV worker class.
Security risks
The keys under change directly control TLS certificate verification (NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED) and outbound proxy routing. The change is a hardening — before it, Object.create(process.env).NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = "0" disabled cert checks process-wide, and the native accessor functions were extractable via getOwnPropertyDescriptor and callable on arbitrary receivers. After it, only writes whose receiver is process.env reach the native state. I did not find a path by which the new guards weaken an existing check: holdsEnvAccessor requires an own CustomGetterSetter whose getter pointer matches, which only process.env (or the Windows holder object) satisfies. The Proxy-with-no-traps case correctly forwards through createDataProperty → defineOwnProperty → put with process.env as receiver, so wrapper Proxies keep write-through.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is hand-written C++ against JSC internals (PutPropertySlot receiver semantics, CustomValue vs CustomAccessor dispatch, definePropertyOnReceiverSlow behavior with Proxy targets), and the properties gate security-relevant process state. REVIEW.md flags JSC bindings for exception-scope verification and re-entrancy hazards; the PR description claims BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 was run but a maintainer should confirm. The attribute flip also changes observable descriptor shape for these keys, which is user-facing API surface.
Other factors
My earlier inline finding (the Proxy-write test inherited the host machine's timezone because run() strips TZ from bunEnv) was addressed in commit 7223e4e — the test now passes { TZ: "Etc/UTC" } as set with an explanatory comment. No third-party CHANGES_REQUESTED reviews are outstanding; the coderabbit thread at line 214 was resolved by a non-author. The github-actions inline comments were self-resolved by the author with replies, and the subsequent commit plausibly addressed them. Given the security-sensitive surface and the subtlety of JSC receiver/holder semantics, deferring to a human reviewer rather than approving is the right call.
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TZ,NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED,BUN_CONFIG_VERBOSE_FETCHand the six proxy keys ofprocess.envhave a native getter and setter. They areCustomAccessorproperties (src/jsc/bindings/JSEnvironmentVariableMap.cpp:1091): a descriptor gives JS both functions, and JSC passes them the receiver asthis.thiswithputDirect(). A WebAssembly GC reference asthisaborts: releasepanic(main thread): abort() called, debugASSERTION FAILED: WebAssemblyGCStructure should not do transition. The proxy-key setter can segfault.Object.create(process.env).NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = "0"turns off the certificate check process-wide. Node.js defines the key on the child.Fix
CustomValue: a data descriptor as in Node.js, and JSC passes the holder asthis.process.envstill reaches a setter asthis. So each setter checks thatthisholds it, and else defines the property onthis.JSEnvironmentVariableMap::putandJSSharedEnvMap::putcallJSObject::putfirst when the receiver is notprocess.env, asJSCallbackObject::putdoes.test/js/node/process/process-env-native-keys.test.ts(new, 8 of 8 fail on main). Self-reviewed: 6 findings, 5 addressed (not the Windowssettrap, see Notes).Background
CustomAccessorgets the receiver asthis: the object the access starts from, the child inObject.create(process.env).TZ. Its descriptor exposes the functions. ACustomValuegets the holder: the object that has the property.putis the[[Set]]hook of both nativeprocess.envclasses.JSSharedEnvMapserves a thread that starts aSHARE_ENVworker.struct. Its Structure refuses every transition.Notes
Origin: found in a test of native accessors with unusual receivers, the same one that led to #42575 and #42518. There is no user report.
Repro, bun 1.4.3-canary.1 (b993710, Linux x64) and main (3f7f046, Windows x64).
bun env.js TZ, also withNODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZEDandBUN_CONFIG_VERBOSE_FETCH:Reflect.get(process.env, "TZ", ref)aborts the same way whenTZis in the environment: theTZgetter caches the value onthiswithputDirect().Reflect.set(process.env, "BUN_CONFIG_VERBOSE_FETCH", "1", ref)aborts too. No descriptor is needed.The segmentation fault in
jsSetterProxyEnvironmentVariable(exit code 139 on Linux). The setter deletes aDontEnumproperty of that name onthisand adds it again withputDirectCustomAccessor(), which sets theCustomValueattribute on any value.JSObject::putInlineSlowthen casts the plain object toCustomGetterSetterand calls itssetter():Writes with another receiver, before this change, on Linux (
TZ=UTCat launch):Object.create(process.env)is a common way to build theenvof a child process. Node.jschild_processreadsenvwithfor...infor that reason. Theputoverride came with #31831 (first release: 1.4.0). Since thenputalso ran its ToString, its DEP0104 warning and its symbol-keyTypeErrorfor a write with another receiver, for every key:Object.create(process.env)[Symbol()] = 1threw.After this change, for all nine keys and with every receiver I tried (plain object, child object, frozen object, frozen child in strict mode,
Proxywith traps, primitive, WebAssembly GC reference),Reflect.get,Reflect.setand assignment give the same results as Node.js v26.3.0. This holds forJSSharedEnvMaptoo (checked afternew Worker(..., { env: SHARE_ENV })). One engine difference stays:Reflect.set(process.env, key, value, wasmRef)returnsfalsein JSC, and V8 throwsTypeError: WebAssembly objects are opaque.Why
CustomValueand also a check in each function:CustomAccessor, JS keeps the native functions. WithCustomValueno JS operation returns them:getOwnPropertyDescriptorcomputes a value, and__lookupGetter__/__lookupSetter__returnundefined. The other keys ofprocess.envareCustomValuealready (jsGetterEnvironmentVariable).CustomValueproperty with another receiver,JSObject::putInlineSlowgoes todefinePropertyOnReceiver, which is theCreateDataPropertystep of OrdinarySet. The receiver accepts or rejects the property through its own[[DefineOwnProperty]].definePropertyOnReceiverSlowasks the receiver for its own property slot. AProxywith nogetOwnPropertyDescriptortrap answers with the slot of its target, and JSC then calls theCustomValuesetter with the Proxy asthis. Fix type confusion assigning onmessage/onerror through a Proxy of globalThis #37053 fixed the same case foronmessageon a Proxy ofglobalThis(globalObjectForEventHandlerinZigGlobalObject.cpp). With only the attribute change,new Proxy(process.env, {}).NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = "0"turned the certificate check off whileprocess.envkept its old value.holdsEnvAccessor:thishas an own property of that name that is thisCustomGetterSetter. It works for the POSIX class and for the plain object that holds the properties on Windows. The two getters that cache onthis(jsGetterEnvironmentVariable,jsTimeZoneEnvironmentVariableGetter) have it too. I know no path that gives them anotherthis.thiscallscreateDataProperty(this, ...). A Proxy with no traps forwards that toJSEnvironmentVariableMap::defineOwnProperty, which callsputwithprocess.envas the receiver: a complete write. Sonew Proxy(process.env, { get })wrappers (public code has many) keep their write-through for these keys. Node.js does the same when the key is not set, and throwsERR_INVALID_OBJECT_DEFINE_PROPERTYwhen it is set, as it does for every key that exists. Bun also throws for the other keys that exist, before and after this change.Other effects of the data descriptor:
Object.defineProperty(process.env, "TZ", descriptor)threwERR_INVALID_OBJECT_DEFINE_PROPERTYbecause the descriptor was an accessor descriptor.util.inspect(process.env)printedBUN_CONFIG_VERBOSE_FETCH: [Getter/Setter]andHTTP_PROXY: [Getter/Setter]. It now prints the values.undefined, as before. Its descriptor is now{ value: undefined, writable: true, enumerable: false, configurable: true }.Object.assign,JSON.stringify,structuredClone,Object.entries,for...in,Object.keys,in,hasOwnProperty, and a write, delete, write sequence give the same output before and after, on Linux and on Windows (compared with a script).Not in this PR:
process.envis a Proxy (windowsEnvinsrc/js/builtins/ProcessObjectInternals.ts). Itssettrap ignores the receiver for every key, soObject.create(process.env).TZ = vstill writes to the environment there. The receiver never reaches native code on that path. I did not change the trap here: with a receiver check, a write through anew Proxy(process.env, { get })wrapper throwsERR_INVALID_OBJECT_DEFINE_PROPERTYfor every key that exists (as in Node.js), and on Windows such a write works today. The nine keys always exist, so for them it throws where Node.js does not. That needs its own change. The two receiver tests skip the defaultprocess.envon Windows for that reason, and run there forJSSharedEnvMap.process.env.BUN_CONFIG_VERBOSE_FETCH = 1stores the number: the inline cache calls the setter and skipsput. Same before and after. process.env: coerce to string on every execution of an assignment, not just the first #38871 covers this.CustomValue, as one part of a larger change, with no check in the setters and noputguard. This PR is small and can land first. The constant has the same name,nativeBackedEnvKeyAttributes, so process.env: delete resets native state for proxy vars, BUN_CONFIG_VERBOSE_FETCH and launch-time TZ, and later writes stay live #35003 can drop its copy. process.env: make runtime-set TZ / NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED / BUN_CONFIG_VERBOSE_FETCH enumerable #35254 and process.env: fix assignment to a proxy var after its property is redefined #37054 (both closed) touched the same setters.thiswith putDirect: process.ppid, require.cache, StringDecoder, the native EventEmitter #42575 (process.ppid,StringDecoder, the nativeEventEmitter,require.cache), fs.Stats: make the date accessors define the property like Object.defineProperty #42518 (fs.Stats), worker_threads: do not abort when markAsUntransferable/markAsUncloneable gets a WebAssembly GC reference #42479 (markAsUntransferable), Error.captureStackTrace: honor the target's integrity level #33412 (Error.captureStackTrace).Suites run with the debug build on Linux:
process-env-native-keys.test.ts(also withBUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1),process.test.js(171 pass),test/cli/run/env.test.ts,test/cli/test/isolation.test.ts,fetch.tls.test.ts,test/js/bun/http/proxy.test.ts,worker_threads.test.ts(142 pass),worker.test.ts -t env, and intest/js/node/test/parallel/:test-process-env.js,test-process-env-tz.js,test-process-env-delete.js,test-process-env-symbols.js,test-process-env-deprecation.js,test-process-env-ignore-getter-setter.js,test-datetime-change-notify.js,test-child-process-env.js,test-icu-env.js,test-vm-access-process-env.js,test-worker-process-env-shared.js,test-process-load-env-file.js.On Windows x64 with a debug build: the new file (6 pass, 2 skip),
env-windows.test.ts,test/cli/run/env.test.ts,process.test.js(161 pass with--timeout 60000: one test,JIT inline-cache soundness, needs 5.9 s against the 5 s limit on a debug build, with and without this change),worker_threads.test.ts -t SHARE_ENV.Self-review findings: (1) a Proxy with no traps still reached the setters, (2)
JSSharedEnvMap::puthad no receiver guard, (3) the comment on the attribute and the test header claimed too much, (4) missing tests for the Proxy case,SHARE_ENVand the descriptor round trip, (5) links and the "Not in this PR" list in this text, (6) the Windowssettrap. 1 to 5 are addressed. 6 is not, for the reason above.no test proof · iteration 1 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/node/process/process-env-native-keys.test.ts