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@mattjoyce mattjoyce commented May 30, 2026

This PR fixes two security vulnerabilities/robustness issues:

  1. Critical: Replaced a potentially unsafe fmt.Sprintf-based PRAGMA statement in internal/storage/sqlite.go with the parameterized table-valued function pragma_table_info(?) to protect against SQL injection.
  2. Medium: Fixed ignored json.Marshal errors in internal/api/handlers.go to ensure failing requests are appropriately rejected instead of failing silently or proceeding with null payloads.
    Both learnings are documented as instructed in .jules/sentinel.md.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Enhanced error handling during command payload processing to ensure system failures are properly logged and reported, preventing silent failures that could occur during data serialization operations.

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- Fixes SQL injection in `internal/storage/sqlite.go` (`sqliteColumnExists`) by replacing `fmt.Sprintf` with a parameterized `pragma_table_info(?)` query.
- Fixes unhandled `json.Marshal` errors in `internal/api/handlers.go` to prevent silent failures and empty enqueued payloads.
- Added corresponding documentation in `.jules/sentinel.md` journal.

Co-authored-by: mattjoyce <278869+mattjoyce@users.noreply.github.com>
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This PR adds explicit error handling for json.Marshal calls in API handlers. Previously, marshalling errors in the "handle" command payload construction were silently discarded in both pipeline and plugin trigger handlers, risking null or empty payloads. The fix now logs the error and returns HTTP 500 on failure, and the change is documented in the sentinel log.

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Handle json.Marshal errors in API handlers

Layer / File(s) Summary
json.Marshal error handling in pipeline and plugin triggers
.jules/sentinel.md, internal/api/handlers.go
Pipeline and plugin trigger handlers now validate json.Marshal results instead of silently discarding errors. Marshalling failures are logged and return HTTP 500 responses. The vulnerability and prevention guidance are documented in the sentinel log.

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🐰 A marshal once stumbled and fell,
Errors hidden—oh what a spell!
Now handlers take care,
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- Line 1: Update the incident heading string "## 2025-05-30 - Silent JSON
Marshal failure in API Handlers" to the correct date in 2026 (i.e., change
2025-05-30 to 2026-05-30) so the sentinel entry's timestamp matches the PR and
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the incident date to match the actual timeline.

The heading date is 2025-05-30, but this PR and incident context are dated May 30, 2026. Please correct the year to avoid an incorrect security journal chronology.

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In @.jules/sentinel.md at line 1, Update the incident heading string "##
2025-05-30 - Silent JSON Marshal failure in API Handlers" to the correct date in
2026 (i.e., change 2025-05-30 to 2026-05-30) so the sentinel entry's timestamp
matches the PR and incident timeline.

mattjoyce added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 7, 2026
github_repo_sync et al are vault-native + ready but exit 127 under enforce: uv run --script needs
uv on PATH + writable HOME/cache and walks config up-tree into the 0700 cwd. Affects the 4 git
plugins; disabled for now. Fix: account-friendly uv (UV_CACHE_DIR/HOME + cwd off 0700) or de-uv to
plain python3. Found during the #107 push.
mattjoyce added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 7, 2026
…on + fail-closed proven live

Recipe step 1 generalized: name the vault secret via a config key (salt_secret/token_secret) so a
shared base plugin stays reusable across instances. Status: discord_notify + ap_canary vault-native
+ live (B form: snake instance + vault_principal + requires_vault); fail-closed PROVEN live (bogus
principal → refused spawn). Plugin code @ ductile-plugins a1934e5. git/uv plugins → #109.
mattjoyce added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 7, 2026
… not uv

exit-127 fixed (system uv); real failure is exit-2: confined plugins get NO writable HOME and cannot
reach their own state_dir (0700 /var/lib/ductile blocks traversal) — affects EVERY plugin (proven by
github_repo_sync mkdir). Frame: privsep silently changed the plugin runtime contract. Fix = C (tmpfiles
0711 + gateway HOME/XDG=state_dir at spawn). Revised B = urllib + drop the spurious downstream mkdir
(works today). A rejected (cache poisoning). + design norm.
mattjoyce added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 7, 2026
Under enforce a dropped account had no writable HOME and could not even
reach its own 0700 state_dir (the 0700 on /var/lib/ductile blocked
traversal) — so any plugin writing state, or a runtime needing a cache,
failed closed. Two-part fix:

- tmpfiles: /var/lib/ductile + .../accounts -> 0711 (traverse-only, not
  listable; per-account dirs stay 0700). The /home pattern: an account
  reaches the dir it owns, secret files inside stay 0600-unreadable. The
  boot fs-reconcile gate tightens the db FILE to 0600 and never touches
  the dir mode, so 0711 survives boot.
- spawn: for a confined account, withAccountRuntimeEnv drops inherited
  HOME/XDG_CACHE_HOME and re-points both at the account state_dir, and
  cmd.Dir is set there. Env carries it because Go drops uid before chdir;
  with the 0711 floor the dropped uid can now also chdir into its own dir.
  Unconfined plugins untouched.

Tests in env_test.go (rebases home+cache; no gateway-home leak).
mattjoyce added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 7, 2026
Codify the runtime contract privsep made explicit, and give authors a
copy-me Tier-1 pattern so the exemplar rewrite is "clone and fill in".

- ADR docs/adr/confined-plugin-runtime-contract.md: guaranteed (writable
  HOME/cache/cwd = state_dir, secrets over stdin) vs forbidden (writes
  outside state_dir, ambient home, deps fetched at spawn) + the 3-tier
  decision rule (stdlib default / sys_exec floor / fetch-at-spawn advanced).
- plugins/_template/: a real, runnable, tested stdlib plugin embodying the
  contract (run.py, manifest.yaml, test_run.py 3/3, vendored _lib helpers,
  README with operator wiring + node/TS build-ahead appendix).
- PLUGIN_DEVELOPMENT.md: fix the now-misleading defaults — the "canonical"
  example cargo-culted `uv run --script` with empty deps; §9/§10 claimed
  plugins inherit the dispatcher cwd and run as the gateway user (both
  false under enforce). Add §10.6 Runtime contract + extend the §11
  checklist with contract items.
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