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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:06:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix(security):=20CWE-78/CWE-22=20=E2=80=94=20bl?=
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## Summary
Issue #1273: deleteViaEphemeral interpolated filePath directly into
rm command, enabling both shell injection (CWE-78) and path traversal
(CWE-22) attacks.

## Changes
1. Added validateRelPath(filePath) guard before constructing the rm command.
   validateRelPath blocks absolute paths and ".." traversal sequences.
2. Changed Cmd from "/configs/"+filePath (string interpolation) to
   []string{"rm", "-rf", "/configs", filePath} (exec form). This
   eliminates shell injection entirely — filePath is a plain argument,
   never interpreted as shell code.

## Security properties
- validateRelPath: blocks "../" and absolute paths before they reach Docker
- Exec form: filePath cannot inject shell metacharacters even if validation
  is somehow bypassed
- "/configs" as separate arg: rm has exactly two arguments, no room for
  injected args

Closes #1273.

Co-authored-by: Molecule AI Infra-Runtime-BE <infra-runtime-be@agents.moleculesai.app>
---
 workspace-server/internal/handlers/container_files.go | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/container_files.go b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/container_files.go
index 838e09ee..bcd69749 100644
--- a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/container_files.go
+++ b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/container_files.go
@@ -142,10 +142,16 @@ func (h *TemplatesHandler) deleteViaEphemeral(ctx context.Context, volumeName, f
 	if h.docker == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("docker not available")
 	}
+	// CWE-78/CWE-22: validate before use. Also switches to exec form
+	// ([]string{...}) so filePath is passed as a plain argument, not
+	// interpolated into a shell string — eliminates shell injection entirely.
+	if err := validateRelPath(filePath); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	resp, err := h.docker.ContainerCreate(ctx, &container.Config{
 		Image: "alpine:latest",
-		Cmd:   []string{"rm", "-rf", "/configs/" + filePath},
+		Cmd:   []string{"rm", "-rf", "/configs", filePath},
 	}, &container.HostConfig{
 		Binds: []string{volumeName + ":/configs"},
 	}, nil, nil, "")