Normalize Full gh api URLs Before Rules 3 and 5 by ptr727 · Pull Request #1061 · ptr727/ProjectTemplate

ptr727 · 2026-08-28T16:15:35Z

Fixes a real bug the promotion PR #1053's own fresh review found (verified
live against the real gh binary): gh api accepts a full absolute URL in
place of a bare path (gh api https://api.github.com/graphql works exactly
like gh api graphql, same for a full REST URL). _gh_api_path preserved
the URL untouched, so a URL-wrapped cross-owner REST write bypassed Rule 3
and a URL-wrapped resolveReviewThread mutation bypassed Rule 5.

The scheme and host are now stripped before both checks, at both scan sites
(_gh_api_path and _gh_write_targets's own independent token scan).
Regression tests added for both.

Part of #757.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved safety checks for API requests using complete HTTP or HTTPS URLs.
- Added protection for REST and GraphQL requests targeting different repository owners.
- Enhanced validation of GraphQL mutation requests, including URL fragments.
- Improved compatibility with GitHub Enterprise API URL formats and common API path prefixes.
- Reduced incorrect request handling when URLs include hostnames, fragments, or Enterprise-specific routing.

Fixes a real bug CodeRabbit's review of PR #1053 found: gh api accepts a full absolute URL in place of a bare path (verified live: gh api https://api.github.com/graphql -f query=... works exactly like gh api graphql, same for a full REST URL). _gh_api_path preserved the URL untouched, so _REPOS_PATH_TOKEN never matched a full REST URL (bypassing the cross-owner target check) and path == "graphql" never matched a full GraphQL URL (bypassing the resolveReviewThread denial). _gh_api_path now strips a leading scheme+host before returning the path, and _gh_write_targets applies the same normalization to each argv token before matching it against _REPOS_PATH_TOKEN (a second, independent scan site the first fix did not reach). Regression tests added for both the full-URL REST write and the full-URL GraphQL mutation.

qodo-code-review · 2026-08-28T16:16:10Z

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Normalize full gh api URLs before safety rules

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AI Description

• Normalize absolute gh api URLs before REST owner and GraphQL mutation checks.
• Add regressions blocking cross-owner writes and review-thread resolution through full URLs.

Diagram

graph TD
A["gh api command"] --> B["Argument scans"] --> C["URL normalization"]
C --> D["Rule 3 target"] --> F{"Allow or deny"}
C --> E["Rule 5 mutation"] --> F

High-Level Assessment

The approach is proportional and correct: both independent scan paths normalize through the same compiled pattern before applying existing rules. Centralizing this into another helper would add indirection without changing behavior or materially reducing risk for this small fix.

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Bug fix (1) +23 / -5

gh-write-guard.pyNormalize absolute API URLs before write-safety checks+23/-5

Normalize absolute API URLs before write-safety checks

• Adds shared scheme-and-host stripping for API path extraction and explicit REST target scanning, closing bypasses in Rules 3 and 5. Adds regression cases denying a full-URL cross-owner REST write and a full-URL 'resolveReviewThread' mutation.

host-setup/agent-safety/gh-write-guard.py

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The guard normalizes full GitHub and GitHub Enterprise URLs, including fragments, queries, and API prefixes, before checking repository scope and API endpoints. Self-tests cover GraphQL mutations and foreign-owner REST targets.

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Normalize and test API targets `host-setup/agent-safety/gh-write-guard.py`	The parser normalizes URL schemes, hosts, fragments, queries, and GitHub Enterprise API prefixes. Self-tests verify GraphQL mutation detection and denial of foreign-owner REST targets across GitHub and GitHub Enterprise URLs.

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The change closes full-URL bypasses for protected gh api writes, but query-bearing GraphQL URLs may still evade the exact mutation check; merge is reasonable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up confirmation.

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1. ~~GraphQL fragment bypasses Rule 5~~✓ Resolved🐞 Bug⛨ Security

Description

_gh_api_path strips only the scheme and authority, so `gh api 'https://api.github.com/graphql#x'
-f query='mutation{resolveReviewThread(...)}' produces graphql#x`; the field makes it a write, but
the exact path == "graphql" check fails and the prohibited resolve mutation is allowed. URL
fragments are not part of the HTTP request target, so this invokes the same /graphql endpoint
despite the guard treating it as a different path.

Code

host-setup/agent-safety/gh-write-guard.py[563]
+ return _URL_SCHEME_HOST.sub("", t, count=1)

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Recent accepted security-bypass fixes show the team accepts deterministic normalization and
fail-closed guard hardening.
PR-#1041
PR-#1046
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Evidence
The new regex removes only https://api.github.com/, leaving graphql#x unchanged after the
replacement. Both write classification and Rule 5 enter their GraphQL branches only for exact
equality with graphql; the Go URL documentation distinguishes fragments from the request URI and
states that fragments are stripped before transmission, so the suffix does not change the server
endpoint.
host-setup/agent-safety/gh-write-guard.py[139-166]
host-setup/agent-safety/gh-write-guard.py[541-563]
host-setup/agent-safety/gh-write-guard.py[837-857]
🌐 Go's URL API stores fragments separately, and RequestURI returns only the encoded path and query; the documentation also notes that fragments are stripped before a request is sent.

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## Issue description
Absolute URL normalization leaves query/fragment suffixes attached to the API path. A quoted fragment such as `https://api.github.com/graphql#x` is omitted from the HTTP request but makes `_gh_api_path` return `graphql#x`, bypassing GraphQL-specific mutation inspection and Rule 5.
## Issue Context
Normalize absolute endpoints by parsing the URL and returning only its path component, with the existing leading-slash convention handled consistently. Also ensure bare `graphql` endpoints with URL suffixes cannot evade endpoint classification, and add a regression test using a quoted fragment.
## Fix Focus Areas
- host-setup/agent-safety/gh-write-guard.py[541-563]
- host-setup/agent-safety/gh-write-guard.py[1303-1308]

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546-563: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Remove query and fragment components before GraphQL endpoint matching.
_gh_api_path returns graphql?x=1 for a full GraphQL URL with a query. The field argument makes the request write-shaped, but Rule 5 only handles the exact value graphql, so it skips the mutation check. Parse the URL path separately, then add regression cases for query and fragment suffixes.
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In `@host-setup/agent-safety/gh-write-guard.py` around lines 546 - 563, Update
_gh_api_path to parse URL arguments and return only the path component,
excluding query and fragment suffixes before GraphQL endpoint matching; preserve
existing flag-skipping and normalization behavior, and add regression cases
covering GraphQL URLs with query strings and fragments.
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In `@host-setup/agent-safety/gh-write-guard.py`:
- Around line 533-543: Update the API-path normalization used before Rule 3 and
Rule 5 so GitHub Enterprise Server REST prefixes (/api/v3/) and GraphQL prefixes
(/api/graphql) are removed after applying _URL_SCHEME_HOST, allowing
_REPOS_PATH_TOKEN and _gh_api_path to recognize targets consistently. Preserve
existing GitHub.com behavior and add regression coverage for both bare paths and
full URL forms.
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In `@host-setup/agent-safety/gh-write-guard.py`:
- Around line 546-563: Update _gh_api_path to parse URL arguments and return
only the path component, excluding query and fragment suffixes before GraphQL
endpoint matching; preserve existing flag-skipping and normalization behavior,
and add regression cases covering GraphQL URLs with query strings and fragments.

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Fixes two real bugs found reviewing PR #1061 (verified live against the real gh binary before fixing): - The prior fix stripped only the URL scheme and host, so a quoted fragment (gh api 'https://api.github.com/graphql#x') left "graphql#x" attached, defeating the exact path == "graphql" comparison even though gh drops the fragment before the request reaches the wire. Confirmed live that gh does this identically whether the fragment is part of a full URL or appended straight onto the bare "graphql" endpoint. _normalize_api_path now uses urlsplit unconditionally, which correctly strips both the query string and the fragment for either input shape. - Neither the bare-path nor the full-URL form recognized a GitHub Enterprise Server host's /api/v3/ REST prefix or /api/graphql endpoint, so a cross-owner REST write or a resolveReviewThread mutation against a GHES host bypassed both checks. Both prefixes are now reduced to the same bare form api.github.com uses. Both _gh_api_path and _gh_write_targets's own independent token scan now share the single _normalize_api_path helper, closing the gap where a fix to one previously missed the other. Regression tests added for all three shapes (fragment on a full URL, fragment on a bare endpoint, and both GHES prefixes).

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In `@host-setup/agent-safety/gh-write-guard.py`:
- Around line 534-535: The Rule 3 target-detection condition should check for
“&lt;” in the normalized path returned by _normalize_api_path, not the raw token
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Fixes a real bug CodeRabbit's review of PR #1061 found: the "<" placeholder guard (protecting a doc example like --repo <owner>/<repo> from being read as a real target) checked the raw, un-normalized token, which for a quoted gh api URL still carries a query string or fragment even after _normalize_api_path strips them for matching. A real cross-owner target whose URL happened to carry a "<" anywhere in its discarded query or fragment was therefore wrongly treated as a placeholder and skipped, letting the write through unnoticed. The check now runs on the normalized path instead. Regression tests added for both the query-string and fragment shapes.

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