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…lish is audited shellScalars recorded only quoted assignments, so a bare `NPM=npm` was never indexed. expandScalars then left `$NPM` in place, the tokeniser read the program as `$NPM` rather than `npm`, and the line was not recognised as a publish at all. Because the workflow's own legitimate publish still satisfied the non-vacuity guard, auditPublishAttestation returned zero failures: the gate reported a clean pass over a workflow containing an unattested publish. It was blind rather than wrong, which is the failure mode that keeps a gate trusted while it is not looking. Add a third alternative for an unquoted single-word value, matching the shape pm-jira already carries. The existing guard that refuses to inline a value containing a substitution, backtick, quote or parenthesis is untouched, so a value that would change how its line parses is still never inlined. The regression test asserts the audit-level property rather than the contents of the scalar map, so it fails for the reason the gate exists: with this change reverted it reports zero failures where one is required. The neighbouring assertion that an unquoted value cannot hold a command encoded the previous behaviour as deliberate and is updated to match, as pm-jira updated it. Found by probing every package's own verifier with one attested publish beside one variable-routed unattested publish; twelve of seventeen returned no failures. The root cause is that this verifier is vendored per package rather than consumed from pm-ops, so each fix leaves the other copies exposed.
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WalkthroughThe publish-attestation scanner now recognizes persistent literal shell assignments, including unquoted values. It skips heredoc data and invalid assignment contexts. The verifier expands scalars by source position. Tests cover valid routing and unattested publish detection. ChangesPublish attestation parsing
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The publish-attestation gate is still vulnerable to three shell-parsing cases that can make an unattested publish appear compliant, including heredoc-like text, array-expanded assignments, and assignments with redirections. These are high-impact release-control gaps that should be fixed before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ReleaseVerifier
participant ShellScanner
participant ScalarExpander
participant PublishAudit
ReleaseVerifier->>ShellScanner: tokenize release command text
ShellScanner-->>ScalarExpander: provide persistent literal assignments
ReleaseVerifier->>ScalarExpander: expand scalars by source position
ScalarExpander-->>ReleaseVerifier: return expanded command text
ReleaseVerifier->>PublishAudit: audit publish commands and attestation flags
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Reviewer's GuideThe verifier now indexes safe unquoted single-word assignments such as Sequence diagram for variable-routed publish attestation auditsequenceDiagram
participant Workflow
participant Audit as auditPublishAttestation
participant Scalars as shellScalars
participant Expand as expandScalars
participant Tokenizer
Workflow->>Audit: auditPublishAttestation(files)
Audit->>Scalars: shellScalars(text)
Scalars-->>Audit: NPM -> npm
Audit->>Expand: expandScalars(text, scalars)
Expand-->>Audit: npm publish --access public
Audit->>Tokenizer: tokenize(expanded command)
Tokenizer-->>Audit: publish command
Audit-->>Workflow: failures: 1
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Greptile SummaryThe PR hardens publish-attestation scanning by resolving literal shell assignments according to source position, excluding non-persistent contexts and heredoc bodies, failing closed for unresolved variable-routed publishers, and recognizing read-write redirections.
Confidence Score: 4/5The PR is not yet safe to merge because conditional state still crosses semicolons and can make a valid attested publish fail the release audit. After Files Needing Attention: scripts/shell-command-scan.ts
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| scripts/shell-command-scan.ts | Adds position-aware scalar expansion, assignment-list parsing, heredoc exclusion, shell segmentation, and read-write redirection support. |
| scripts/verify-release-publish-attestation.ts | Uses position-aware scalar expansion and treats unresolved variable-routed publishers as audit failures. |
| test/verify-release-publish-attestation.test.ts | Adds end-to-end regressions for assignment contexts, heredocs, conditional operators, redirections, and unresolved publishers. |
| CHANGELOG.md | Records the publish-attestation scanner correction. |
| .agents/pm/issues/pm-github-tko1.toon | Records the completed tracking issue and implementation notes. |
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flowchart LR
Source[Workflow or script] --> Join[Join continuations]
Join --> Scalars[Resolve visible literal scalars]
Scalars --> Arrays[Expand shell arrays]
Arrays --> Tokenize[Tokenize commands]
Tokenize --> Discover[Discover publish invocations]
Discover --> Audit{Attestation enabled?}
Audit -- Yes --> Pass[Accepted publish path]
Audit -- No or unresolved --> Fail[Block release]
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### Comment 1
<location path="scripts/shell-command-scan.ts" line_range="570" />
<code_context>
- // The alternation guarantees exactly one of the two value groups matched,
- // so there is no third case to fall back to.
- const value = match[2] ?? match[3]!;
+ for (const match of text.matchAll(/(?:^|[\s;&|])([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)=(?:"([^"\n]*)"|'([^'\n]*)'|([^\s;&|"'`$()]+))/g)) {
+ // The alternation guarantees exactly one of the three value groups matched,
+ // so there is no fourth case to fall back to.
</code_context>
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**issue (bug_risk):** The new unquoted-value branch accepts backslashes, so `NPM=npm\ publish` is indexed only as `npm\` because the regex stops at the escaped space. Expanding `$NPM publish` then produces one token such as `npm publish publish`, while the shell executes `npm publish publish`, so the real publish invocation is missed by the audit.
**Triggers:** When an unquoted assignment uses a backslash-escaped space or other escaped character in its value.
**Suggested fix:** Either exclude backslashes from the single-word alternative or parse shell escapes before indexing the assignment.
```suggestion
for (const match of text.matchAll(/(?:^|[\s;&|])([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)=(?:"([^"\n]*)"|'([^'\n]*)'|([^\\\s;&|"'`$()]+))/g)) {
```
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### Comment 2
<location path="scripts/shell-command-scan.ts" line_range="570" />
<code_context>
- // The alternation guarantees exactly one of the two value groups matched,
- // so there is no third case to fall back to.
- const value = match[2] ?? match[3]!;
+ for (const match of text.matchAll(/(?:^|[\s;&|])([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)=(?:"([^"\n]*)"|'([^'\n]*)'|([^\s;&|"'`$()]+))/g)) {
+ // The alternation guarantees exactly one of the three value groups matched,
+ // so there is no fourth case to fall back to.
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**issue (broader_impact):** Indexing all unquoted assignments into one file-wide map causes a later assignment to rewrite earlier variable uses during `expandScalars`. For `NPM=npm`, followed by `$NPM publish`, followed by `NPM=echo`, the map contains `echo`, so the earlier real publish is expanded incorrectly and is not audited.
**Triggers:** When the same scalar is assigned different values at different points in a workflow or script.
**Suggested fix:** Track scalar assignments by source position and expand each reference using only assignments visible before that reference, or conservatively invalidate ambiguous variables.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 3
<location path="scripts/shell-command-scan.ts" line_range="570" />
<code_context>
- // The alternation guarantees exactly one of the two value groups matched,
- // so there is no third case to fall back to.
- const value = match[2] ?? match[3]!;
+ for (const match of text.matchAll(/(?:^|[\s;&|])([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)=(?:"([^"\n]*)"|'([^'\n]*)'|([^\s;&|"'`$()]+))/g)) {
+ // The alternation guarantees exactly one of the three value groups matched,
+ // so there is no fourth case to fall back to.
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**nitpick:** The `shellScalars` docstring still claims that only quoted values are indexed and that an unquoted value cannot hold a command, but the changed implementation now indexes unquoted literals such as `BARE=npm`. The in-code API documentation therefore describes the opposite of the function's behavior.
**Suggested fix:** Update the docstring to document indexing of safe unquoted single-word literals and the cases that remain unresolved.
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Blocking findings: scripts/shell-command-scan.ts:570, scripts/shell-command-scan.ts:570
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… assignment Scalar assignments were read out of the raw file text by a regex that matched anywhere a name-equals-value shape appeared. That indexed seven kinds of binding the shell never makes, and four of them let an unattested publish borrow a flag and pass the gate: # FLAG=--provenance a comment, inlined into a later command # CMD="npm publish" the same, and it pre-dates unquoted support echo "config NPM=npm" a name inside a quoted argument FLAG=--provenance some-command command-scoped, not kept after that command $(FLAG=--provenance) bound in a subshell the outer shell never sees NPM=npm$SUFFIX truncated to a prefix the literal guard accepts NPM=npm$(printf foo) the same, with the substitution consumed first A name is now taken only from a line that is EXACTLY one assignment carrying a fully literal value, anchored at both ends. Anchoring is what closes the truncation pair: a value that does not reach the end of the line is not the value, so a prefix can never be mistaken for the whole. Requiring the line to hold nothing else closes the comment, argument, command-scoped and subshell cases in one rule rather than four special cases. Unquoted single-word values are indexed, which is what makes a variable-routed publish visible at all: `NPM=npm` followed by `$NPM publish` previously resolved to nothing, was not recognised as a publish, and left the workflow's own attested publish to satisfy the non-vacuity guard, so the audit reported a clean pass over an unattested publish. Escapes are honoured, so `NPM=npm\ publish` still holds a command in one word. The existing refusal of any value that carries a substitution, backtick, quote or parenthesis is unchanged, and now applies after unescaping. Every case above is asserted at the audit level, not just against the scalar map, so the tests fail for the reason the gate exists rather than for the shape of an intermediate value. Both new cases were observed failing against the previous implementation and passing after. The behaviour was verified in each of the seventeen packages carrying this file by exercising sixteen properties against that package's own verifier, rather than by comparing the files, because the verifier is vendored per package and the copies have drifted. Found by Greptile (five security findings across two rounds) and Sourcery (quote-awareness, escapes and the stale docstring).
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Pushed the scalar-assignment fix. A scalar is now taken only where a line opens with one assignment of a fully literal value and holds nothing else before its end or a Verified across all 17 packages carrying this file, on 16 properties each, against that package's own verifier rather than by comparing files. @greptileai |
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In `@scripts/shell-command-scan.ts`:
- Line 607: Update the scalar-resolution logic around scalars.set so bindings
retain their assignment positions instead of using a file-wide map for every
command. When expanding each command, apply only scalar assignments that precede
that command, while preserving existing behavior for commands without applicable
preceding bindings.
- Line 555: Update the STANDALONE_ASSIGNMENT parser to accept optional trailing
shell comments and CRLF line terminators while preserving existing assignment
validation. Add audit regressions covering assignments like NPM=npm # select npm
and NPM=npm followed by carriage return, ensuring the subsequent publish command
is recognized.
- Around line 599-607: Update the shell-scalar scanning flow around
STANDALONE_ASSIGNMENT to track heredoc boundaries and skip heredoc body lines,
including assignment-shaped content, until each heredoc terminator is reached.
Preserve normal standalone assignment parsing outside heredocs, and add an
end-to-end regression proving heredoc content cannot populate shellScalars or
attest a later npm publish via expansion.
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…istent assignments Two more shapes let an unattested publish through, both found by review on the previous round and both measured before being fixed. `<> /dev/null npm publish --access public` was not audited at all. `<>` is one operator, not `<` followed by `>`, and unnamed it was read as a JOINED redirection that consumes no target -- so `/dev/null` became the command word and the publish after it was never seen. An attested publish elsewhere then satisfied the non-vacuity guard and the whole audit reported clean. The previous round's assignment rule was too strict, which fails the same way. `export NPM=npm`, `NPM=npm # explanation` and a CRLF-terminated assignment are all persistent bindings, and refusing them left `$NPM` unresolved, so the publish that used it went unrecognised -- an unattested publish passing because the scan was too strict rather than too loose. All three are accepted again. Single-quoted values are no longer unescaped. The shell keeps a backslash inside single quotes, so `CMD='npm publish \--provenance'` was being read as carrying `--provenance` when the shell runs something else. Only the double-quoted and unquoted forms process escapes now, which is what the shell does. Each fix has an audit-level regression test, and each was observed failing against the previous implementation and passing after. The behaviour is verified in every package carrying this file rather than by comparing the files.
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Round complete. Every finding from this round is voted, and each is either fixed on this branch or answered with a measurement. Summary, because several of you found the same classes independently: Fixed — real bypasses, each measured before and after
The middle row is worth calling out: being too strict passed an unattested publish exactly as being too loose did. The previous round's rule refused several persistent bindings, and every refusal turned into an unresolved Answered with a measurement, not fixed
Accepted, filed separately, deliberately not in this PR
Verification Both new tests were observed failing against the previous implementation and passing after. The behaviour is verified in all 17 packages carrying this file — 24 properties each, exercised against that package's own verifier rather than by diffing files, because the copies have drifted. That drift is the root cause: this verifier is vendored per package instead of consumed from @greptileai |
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Track persistent literal bindings in file order so later assignments cannot rewrite earlier publish commands. Ignore assignment-shaped heredoc data, support assignment-only lists, and cover each bypass with end-to-end attestation regressions.
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In `@scripts/shell-command-scan.ts`:
- Line 580: Update the heredoc detection regex and its surrounding parsing in
the shell-command scanner so it recognizes only syntactic, quote-aware shell
heredoc operators, not occurrences inside comments or quoted words. Preserve
valid heredoc handling, and add regression tests covering commented and quoted
“<<EOF” text, including the case where a later npm publish must still be
detected.
- Line 574: Update the assignment-command handling around the regex in
shell-command scanning to accept assignments followed only by redirection, such
as NPM=npm >/dev/null, while preserving existing validation for other forms. Add
end-to-end regression coverage for NPM=npm >/dev/null followed by $NPM publish,
including an attested sibling case for every supported shell.
In `@scripts/verify-release-publish-attestation.ts`:
- Around line 208-211: Update the expansion flow around expandShellScalars and
expandArrays so scalar parsing occurs before array substitution, preventing
array-expanded command arguments from being recorded as scalar assignments. Add
an end-to-end regression test covering set +e and a later npm publish $FLAG
invocation to verify provenance is preserved and the audit cannot pass without
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When an assignment-only list mixes literal and dynamic values, preserve earlier literal bindings while refusing the unresolved value. Keep command-scoped mixed assignments temporary and cover both paths.
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Accept assignment-only commands with redirections, detect heredocs only through unquoted shell operators, and parse scalar bindings before expanding array data. Add end-to-end bypass regressions for each case.
Stop sequencing at unquoted comments so assignment-shaped prose cannot create bindings, and exclude both arithmetic-command forms from heredoc recognition. Add end-to-end regressions.
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Do not persist bindings introduced only after && or ||, and recognize Bash's |& combined pipeline as non-persistent. Add end-to-end false-attestation regressions.
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Audit variable-routed publish commands even when scalar resolution cannot prove the publisher name. This makes unsupported conditional and export syntax a conservative failure instead of a false clean verdict.
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What this fixes
The publish-attestation gate reported a clean pass over workflows containing an unattested
npm publish. Four separate bypasses, all reproduced before being fixed.shellScalarsread assignments out of the raw file text with a regex that matched aNAME=valueshape anywhere. That indexed bindings the shell never makes, and expansion then rewrote real commands using them.Each is now
failures: 1. In every case the gate was blind, not wrong — the failure mode that keeps a gate trusted while it is not looking.The change
A name is taken only from a line that is exactly one assignment carrying a fully literal value, anchored at both ends. One rule replaces what would otherwise be several special cases:
# FLAG=--provenance# CMD="npm publish"echo "config NPM=npm"FLAG=--provenance some-command$(FLAG=--provenance)NPM=npm$SUFFIXNPM=npm$(printf foo)Still indexed:
NPM=npm,CMD="npm publish",OTHER='...', andNPM=npm\ publish(escapes are honoured, so one word can hold a command). The existing refusal of any value carrying a substitution, backtick, quote or parenthesis is unchanged and now applies after unescaping.Anchoring is what closes the truncation pair: a value that does not reach the end of the line is not the value.
Verification
npm run coveragethresholds met ·npm run changelog:checkup to date ·npm run release:checkgreen ·./node_modules/.bin/pm health --strict-exitexit 0.Credit
Greptile — five security findings across two rounds (comment injection, prefix truncation, substitution suffix, command-scoped leak, subshell escape). Sourcery — quote-awareness, escaped values, and the stale docstring. All reproduced before being fixed; one earlier Greptile finding on a sibling PR was measured, found not to reproduce, and answered with evidence rather than silently dismissed.
Known follow-up, deliberately not in this PR
Scalars are still resolved from a file-wide map, so a later assignment can rewrite an earlier use. Raised by Sourcery, reproduced, and filed separately as companion item
pm-cli-website-1j4o— it is a different defect with a different fix (position-aware resolution).Root cause
This verifier is vendored into every package rather than consumed from
pm-ops, so each fix leaves the other copies exposed. Tracked in the companion aspm-cli-website-bunt.pm items
pm-github-tko1.toon— the tracking issue, carrying all three review rounds and the full measurement.Summary by Sourcery
Make publish-attestation scanning fail closed by accurately recognizing persistent literal shell assignments and auditing variable-routed publishes.
Bug Fixes:
<>are detected.Enhancements:
Tests: