fix(setup): checksum-verified just install instead of curl|bash (CWE-494) by hyperpolymath · Pull Request #117 · hyperpolymath/panoply

hyperpolymath · 2026-10-01T11:12:38Z

This replaces #115. The tree is byte-identical (git diff origin/fix/verified-just-install HEAD is empty). The only change is that every commit is now signed.

#115 could not merge because main enforces required_signatures. CodeRabbit's docstring commit (6fea002) was pushed unsigned. That commit could only be removed by rewriting the branch with a force-push, so this branch instead cherry-picks it signed. The branch also carries 0e25fc8 (ci: skip instant-sync dispatch cleanly when FARM_DISPATCH_TOKEN is absent), keeping CodeRabbit as the author (64c0a7d).

The content is unchanged from #115, which CodeRabbit approved. It installs just from a pinned release binary checked against a SHA-256 digest, instead of piping curl https://just.systems/install.sh into bash (CWE-494).

The open code-scanning note on build/setup.sh (download_then_run_shell) points at a comment that quotes the old one-liner. It is not live code. Hypatia's comment-line fix is in hyperpolymath/hypatia#883.

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Both just.systems/install.sh | bash fallbacks are replaced with install_just_verified: a pinned just 1.58.0 release binary per platform, fetched over TLS1.2+ into mktemp and sha256-checked before install (ported from hyperpolymath/standards setup.sh 3079bc12; macOS shasum fallback added). Unknown platforms fail rather than guess a target. Verified locally: real download installs just 1.58.0; a tampered digest is rejected; sh -n + shellcheck clean; hypatia scan reports no shell_download_then_run in setup.sh. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QFphKkDVB9pUDSCD4bkz65

The advertised rsr-template-repo URL no longer exists (setup.sh was removed there in 162b02a), and the pattern is the one this script now refuses to use for just. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QFphKkDVB9pUDSCD4bkz65

Co-authored-by: coderabbitai[bot] <136622811+coderabbitai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan D.A. Jewell <6759885+hyperpolymath@users.noreply.github.com>

…is absent secrets is not available in step if:, so the token is mapped to job env and both steps gate on it (the standards instant-sync.yml pattern). Without the PAT the dispatch falls back to GITHUB_TOKEN and 401s. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QFphKkDVB9pUDSCD4bkz65

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Improvements
- The setup script can install just version 1.58.0 on supported Linux and macOS systems, verifying the downloaded archive before installation. Unsupported platforms are reported.
- Workflow propagation and confirmation steps are skipped when the dispatch token is not set.
- The setup script’s instructions now show how to run the checked-out script.

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The instant-sync workflow now runs propagation and confirmation steps only when the dispatch token is non-empty. The setup script adds a pinned, checksum-verified just installer for supported Linux and macOS targets, and uses it as a fallback to package-manager installation.

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Dispatch token gating

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Gate dispatch steps `.github/workflows/instant-sync.yml`	The job sets `FARM_DISPATCH_TOKEN` from the secret. `Trigger Propagation` and `Confirm` run only when the token is non-empty.

Verified just installation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Select and install a verified release `build/setup.sh`	The script maps supported Linux and macOS targets to pinned release metadata. It checks the downloaded archive digest before installing `just` under `/usr/local/bin`.
Use the verified fallback `build/setup.sh`	The script uses the verified installer when `apt-get install` fails or no supported package-manager branch applies. The usage example points to the checked-out script.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 64c0a

The verified just installer ignores archive extraction failures, so a partial binary could be installed in rare out-of-space situations. This is a small, easily fixed edge case; the rest of the change looks safe to merge.

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Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 64c0a

The changed surface does not map to a changed system, dependency edge, entrypoint, or external dependency.

Changed systems: None identified.

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observed — Modified behavior in .github/workflows/instant-sync.yml: The job now sets FARM_DISPATCH_TOKEN from the secret and gates Trigger Propagation on it being non-empty; previously the step had no condition.
observed — Modified behavior in .github/workflows/instant-sync.yml: Confirm now runs only when FARM_DISPATCH_TOKEN is non-empty; previously it had no condition.
observed — Modified behavior in build/setup.sh: The usage example now points to ./build/setup.sh after cloning and removes the curl-to-shell invocation and previous ./setup.sh example.
observed — Modified behavior in build/setup.sh: Adds pinned just release metadata and helpers that map four Linux/macOS architecture combinations to release targets and SHA-256 digests; unsupported targets produce empty output. sha256_of uses sha256sum when available and otherwise invokes shasum.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: replacing the curl\|bash installation with checksum-verified installation of just.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 …
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The token guards the steps in line,
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+    # PAT the dispatch falls back to GITHUB_TOKEN and fails 401 cross-repo, so
+    # skip cleanly where FARM_DISPATCH_TOKEN has not been propagated.
+    env:
+      FARM_DISPATCH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FARM_DISPATCH_TOKEN }}


 }

+# ── Verified just install ──
+# Replaces `curl https://just.systems/install.sh | bash`: piping a remote script


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- Line 190: In the `just` archive installation flow, check the `tar` extraction
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+                      rm -rf "$jv_tmp"
+                      return 1
+                  fi
+                  tar -xzf "$jv_tmp/just.tar.gz" -C "$jv_tmp" just

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