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Fix single-file classpath JAR resources being extracted onto the shared temp directory - #12088

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Closes #9423

Problem

When a single-file classpath resource is loaded from a JAR (e.g. MountableFile.forClasspathResource("nested/inside/jar/Dockerfile")), MountableFile strips the resource's internal JAR path before writing it to the extraction directory. For a single file this collapses the destination name to an empty string, so the file is written directly onto the temp directory's own path (tmpLocation) instead of into it.

Any caller that treats the resolved path's parent as a self-contained context then ends up scanning the shared system temp directory instead of a dedicated one. This is exactly what happens when building a Docker image from a Dockerfile loaded via a classpath resource: docker-java's Dockerfile.parse/withDockerfile(Path) scans the parent directory of the given path, and since the parent is now /tmp itself, the scan can fail (e.g. on files it doesn't have permission to read) with:

DockerClientException: Failed to read build context directory: /tmp

Credit to @ml-james for the original diagnosis and repro in #9423.

Fix

Rather than stripping the resource's internal JAR path (the approach in the issue's suggested patch, which just re-appends a suffix), this PR removes the now-unnecessary fromRoot-stripping entirely:

  • copyFromJarToLocation now copies each JAR entry to new File(toRoot, entry.getName()), i.e. it preserves the resource's own path within the JAR underneath the extraction directory.
  • extractClassPathResourceToTempLocation returns new File(tmpLocation, internalPath).getCanonicalPath(), pointing at the file/directory inside its own dedicated extraction directory rather than at the extraction directory itself.

This means a single extracted file now always lands inside a directory created specifically for that extraction, with the shared temp directory never used as anything's direct parent.

Tests

Added two tests to MountableFileTest:

  • forClasspathResourceFileInJarIsExtractedIntoItsOwnDirectory: builds a synthetic JAR with a single nested file resource, and asserts the extracted file is a real file, has the correct content, and its parent directory is neither the shared system temp directory nor contains anything besides the extracted file itself.
  • forClasspathResourceDirectoryInJarPreservesRelativeStructure: a regression guard confirming directory-tree extraction from a JAR still lays out files relative to the resolved path exactly as before this change.

Verification note

I wasn't able to run the full Gradle build/test suite in the environment I used to prepare this PR (no access to Maven Central / the Gradle wrapper distribution). To still get real confidence in the change, I compiled the actual patched MountableFile.java (with Lombok annotations manually expanded, since lombok itself isn't resolvable in that environment) together with the real PathUtils, Base58, Transferable, and UnstableAPI classes from this repo, and exercised it with a standalone harness that:

  • reproduces both new test scenarios above (single-file and directory JAR extraction) using javac/java directly against synthetic JARs, and
  • runs the same extraction logic against this repo's existing core/testlib fakejar fixture (fakejar-0.jar, containing META-INF/dummy_unique_name.txt and recursive/dir/content.txt) to confirm no regression against the fixture already used by the pre-existing JAR-based tests.

All checks passed in both cases. I'd still appreciate CI running the real test suite here, and I'm happy to make any changes needed based on that.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed extraction of classpath resources from JAR files so resolved paths retain their correct internal structure.
    • Ensured extracted files are placed in an isolated temporary directory without unrelated content.
    • Preserved relative paths when extracting directory resources.

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JAR-backed classpath extraction now returns the resource path inside its temporary extraction directory. JAR entries retain their relative paths. Regression tests cover single-file and directory resources loaded through the context class loader.

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JAR classpath resource extraction

Layer / File(s) Summary
Preserve extracted resource paths
core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/MountableFile.java
copyFromJarToLocation writes entries at their full JAR-relative paths. extractClassPathResourceToTempLocation returns the extracted resource path beneath the temporary directory.
Validate JAR-backed resources
core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/MountableFileTest.java
Added temporary-JAR helpers and regression tests for single-file extraction and directory resources with preserved relative structure.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: eddumelendez

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to ca1f8

Normal JAR resource extraction is covered, but malformed classpath JAR entries can write outside their temporary extraction directory. This bounded issue should be fixed before merge if feasible.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: fixing extraction of single-file classpath resources from JARs so they do not use the shared temporary directory.
Description check ✅ Passed The description is complete and relevant. It explains the broken behavior, the fix, the affected Docker build context, the linked issue, regression tests, and verification limits.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The change implements #9423 in core. extractClassPathResourceToTempLocation writes JAR entries below a dedicated temporary directory and returns the resource path below that directory. A JAR-backed …
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes are limited to core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/MountableFile.java and its core unit test. The production change handles classpath/JAR extraction. The tests provide regressi…
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- Line 293: Update copyFromJarToLocation to resolve entry.getName() against the
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log.debug("Copying resource {} from JAR file {}", fromRoot, jarFile.getName());
private void copyFromJarToLocation(final JarFile jarFile, final JarEntry entry, final File toRoot) throws IOException {
File newFile = new File(toRoot, entry.getName());

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Keep extracted JAR entries inside toRoot.

forClasspathResource(...) searches the context, system, and library classloaders. This API has no external JAR upload boundary, so classpath JARs are trusted application inputs rather than attacker-controlled request data. However, a malformed JAR entry such as assets/dir/../../../../etc/target can escape the temporary extraction directory. It can create a file and parent directories at any writable path. Files.copy does not replace an existing target by default.

Normalize the destination against the canonical extraction root and reject entries that escape it before creating parent directories or copying data.

Proposed fix
 private void copyFromJarToLocation(final JarFile jarFile, final JarEntry entry, final File toRoot) throws IOException {
-    File newFile = new File(toRoot, entry.getName());
+    Path extractionRoot = toRoot.getCanonicalFile().toPath();
+    Path destination = extractionRoot.resolve(entry.getName()).normalize();
+    if (!destination.startsWith(extractionRoot)) {
+        throw new IOException("JAR entry escapes extraction directory: " + entry.getName());
+    }
+    File newFile = destination.toFile();
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File newFile = new File(toRoot, entry.getName());
Path extractionRoot = toRoot.getCanonicalFile().toPath();
Path destination = extractionRoot.resolve(entry.getName()).normalize();
if (!destination.startsWith(extractionRoot)) {
throw new IOException("JAR entry escapes extraction directory: " + entry.getName());
}
File newFile = destination.toFile();
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In `@core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/MountableFile.java` at line
293, Update copyFromJarToLocation to resolve entry.getName() against the
canonical extraction root, normalize the destination, and reject it with an
IOException when it does not remain under that root. Perform this validation
before creating parent directories or copying data, then use the validated
destination for the existing extraction flow.

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