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[LOC-7659] fix(setup-local): keep every value of multi-value local-args flags - #93
setup-local silently drops every value after the first for flags in local-args that take multiple values, most visibly --include-hosts / --exclude-hosts. With two hosts in --include-hosts, only the first is tunnelled. Swapping the order moves the failure to the other host.
Root cause
src/actionInput/inputValidator.js (unchanged since 2020-08-13):
minimist assigns only the first token after a flag to that flag. The rest land in _, which is then deleted:
local-args input
argv reaching the binary (before)
--include-hosts "A" "B"
--include-hosts A
--include-hosts A B (or multi-line YAML)
--include-hosts A
--folder "/path with spaces"
broken: an unbalanced " swallows the --local-identifier … --daemon start args appended after it
The Local binary itself accepts multiple values for list flags. The values were lost inside the Action, before the binary started.
Fix
Tokenise local-args with a quote-aware splitter (single and double quotes) instead of split(/\s+/) plus minimist.
Keep each flag together with all the values that follow it.
Drop restricted flags (RESTRICTED_LOCAL_ARGS) together with their values; the --flag=value form is handled too.
Pass the binary its arguments as an argv array (exec.exec(binary, args)) instead of building one command string that @actions/exec re-parses.
Values containing spaces, quotes or backslashes now reach the binary verbatim, with no escaping layer.
This also fixes a --log-file path that contains spaces.
Tokens before the first flag are still dropped, as before.
Negative numbers (-1) are treated as values, not flags.
minimist is no longer used and is removed; dist/ is rebuilt.
validateLocalArgs now returns Array<String>. BinaryControl#binaryArgs is now an array.
Behaviour change to note
The binary receives the same flags as before. --no-foo is now passed through as written, instead of being rewritten by minimist to --foo false.
Testing
npm test (lint + mocha): 72 passing. The new cases cover:
multiple values, quoted and unquoted / multi-line
restricted flags with multiple values, and the = form
stray leading tokens and negative numbers
quoted values with spaces, quotes and trailing backslashes kept verbatim
Ran the real @actions/exec against a stub binary that prints its argv. Input --include-hosts "hostA:443" "hostB:443" --folder "C:\my dir\" --key=leak arrived as --include-hosts hostA:443 hostB:443 --folder "C:\my dir\", with the user-supplied --key dropped.
CodeQL js/incomplete-sanitization, raised on the first revision's string re-quoting, is resolved by removing that code.
Not yet done: a live workflow run on a GitHub runner with a real tunnel.
…gs flags
validateLocalArgs split `local-args` on whitespace and parsed it with
minimist, then deleted `_`. minimist keeps only the first token after a
flag, so `--include-hosts hostA hostB` reached the binary as
`--include-hosts hostA` and every other host was silently dropped (same
for --exclude-hosts). Quoted values containing spaces were also broken
into unbalanced fragments that swallowed the args appended after them.
Tokenize `local-args` with a quote-aware splitter instead, keep each flag
together with all the values that follow it, drop restricted flags along
with their values, and re-quote values containing whitespace/double
quotes so @actions/exec splits them back into the intended argv.
minimist is no longer used and is removed; dist/ rebuilt.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Local argument validation no longer uses minimist. It tokenizes the input, drops tokens before the first flag, filters restricted flags and their values, and quotes preserved arguments as needed. Tests cover tokenization and parsing the output into an argument array.
Changes: Local argument validation
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Summary
Tokenize and filter local arguments setup-local/package.json, setup-local/src/actionInput/inputValidator.js
Removed minimist. Added tokenization and quoting helpers. validateLocalArgs now filters restricted flags and preserves other flag values.
Some local arguments containing backslashes or escaped quotes can reach the tunnel binary as different arguments. These are narrow input cases, but both should be fixed before relying on those values.
Security architecture risk: Moderate · up to ee452
The new quoting logic can turn text inside an argument value into additional binary options or absorb options that control tunnel identity and startup. Exposure requires control of the affected workflow input. Credential override, cross-account access and arbitrary code execution have not been established.
Retained concerns
Medium · security · observed: The new serializer does not preserve the token boundaries on which reserved-option filtering and action-owned command controls depend. A value containing a backslash immediately before an embedded double quote can expose a separate --key option after filtering. A single-quoted value containing whitespace and ending in one backslash can instead absorb the appended tunnel-identifier and daemon options. These argv effects are established statically; native-binary consequences and the effective security increase over related base behavior remain unresolved.
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Security Blast Radius
inferred — The demonstrated boundary failure is reachable by someone able to supply local-args, including through workflow interpolation if a consuming workflow allows it. Its immediate scope is one runner's native-binary invocation using that workflow's access key. No unauthenticated input source, additional operating-system authority or cross-account access is established.
Security Findings and Attack Paths
inferred — For raw input --proxy-pass 'x" --key attacker --proxy-user "y', the tokenizer treats the quoted content as one value. Serialization adds another backslash before each embedded quote. The exec parser then exposes --key attacker as separate argv entries, with the surrounding fragments becoming proxy credential values. This establishes reserved-option reachability, not effective credential override: duplicate-key precedence is unavailable.
inferred — A related restriction weakness predates this PR: at the base, --force-local "--key=attacker" is reconstructed with the quoted value intact, and exec removes those quotes to produce a separate --key=attacker argv entry. Consequently, the head's distinct injection mechanism does not by itself prove increased account authority. Establishing that delta requires the native binary's equals-form and duplicate-option semantics.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — The relevant boundary is validated value data becoming native-binary options during command-string parsing. The ordinary binary path uses child.spawn with an argument array, not shell evaluation. Shell metacharacters alone therefore do not establish arbitrary-command execution.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
observed — START generates its command once and reuses it across retries, so retries do not repair malformed boundaries. The identifier is exported before startup, while STOP later uses the environment identifier and excludes local-args. These lifecycle mechanisms are unchanged by the PR; whether malformed START arguments can create a tunnel inconsistent with that identifier is unresolved without native-binary behavior.
Hardening Proposals
proposed — Keep validated arguments as an argv array through command construction, passing action-owned options as separate entries rather than reparsing a serialized string. Validate reserved-option policy against the native binary's actual option grammar.
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A rabbit checks each flag in line, Then keeps its values neat and fine. Quotes hold spaces safe and tight, Tests trace the argv into sight. The bunny hops through tokens bright.
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Address CodeQL js/incomplete-sanitization on _quoteArg: re-quoting
tokens into a command string for @actions/exec's argStringToArray cannot
represent every value (e.g. a backslash right before a closing quote,
as in a Windows path ending in '\').
Drop the string round-trip entirely: validateLocalArgs returns an array
of tokens, _generateArgsForBinary builds an argv array, and
_triggerBinary calls exec.exec(binary, args). Values now reach the
binary verbatim with no escaping, which also fixes a --log-file path
containing spaces.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Review comments at @setup-local/src/actionInput/inputValidator.js:
- Around line 131-134: Update `_quoteArg` to double each run of backslashes only
when it precedes an embedded quote or the closing quote, while leaving other
backslashes unchanged so tokens round-trip through `argStringToArray`. Add
round-trip tests for a token with whitespace and a trailing backslash, and for a
literal backslash immediately before an embedded quote.
- Around line 86-122: Update _tokenizeArgs to recognize a backslash-escaped
matching quote inside a quoted section, include that quote in the token without
ending the section, and preserve backslashes that do not escape the active
quote.
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setup-local/src/actionInput/inputValidator.js
[failure] 133-133: Incomplete string escaping or encoding
This does not escape backslash characters in the input.
Additional comments: 3
setup-local/src/actionInput/inputValidator.js: 2
148-148: Treat a lone - as a value, and review the effect on flags such as -1x.
isFlag requires a character that is neither - nor a digit after the dashes. The token -- and a lone - are therefore values, which is acceptable. The token -1x is also a value, which is acceptable.
A restricted flag with a numeric first character is not a concern, because no restricted name starts with a digit.
The current logic matches the retrieved learning that signed values are valid operands.
155-156: Compare restricted flag names case-sensitively only if the binary does the same.
RESTRICTED_LOCAL_ARGS.includes(flagName) is case-sensitive. The check is the same as before the change, so this is not a regression.
A group such as -k=value is handled, because the code strips the =value suffix.
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Supported by static analysis
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sed -n '83,165p' setup-local/src/actionInput/inputValidator.js
sed -n '80,140p' setup-local/test/actionInput/inputValidator.test.js
sed -n '6221,6267p' setup-local/dist/index.js
For --proxy-pass "a\"b c", the tokenizer closes the value at \". The binary receives a\b and c as separate arguments instead of a"b c. Handle escaped quotes before ending the quoted section, while preserving other backslashes.
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Review comment at @setup-local/src/actionInput/inputValidator.js around lines 86
- 122:
Update _tokenizeArgs to recognize a backslash-escaped matching quote inside a
quoted section, include that quote in the token without ending the section, and
preserve backslashes that do not escape the active quote.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Escape backslashes in _quoteArg or document why they are not escaped.
CodeQL flags that this function does not escape backslash characters. The current behavior follows the argStringToArray contract. Inside quotes, argStringToArray treats a backslash before a " as an escape, and it passes other backslashes through.
A token that ends in a backslash and contains whitespace is a trigger. An example is C:\my dir\. _quoteArg emits "C:\my dir\". The closing quote is then read as an escaped quote. The quote state stays open, and the following arguments merge into this one.
A token with a literal backslash directly before an embedded " also fails. For example, the token a\"b c becomes "a\\"b c". This does not round-trip.
Escape each run of backslashes that precedes a " or the closing quote. Double the run in those positions only. Do not double other backslashes, so Windows paths such as C:\my dir\site keep working.
Proposed fix
--- "a/setup-local/src/actionInput/inputValidator.js"+++ "b/setup-local/src/actionInput/inputValidator.js"@@ -128,10 +128,13 @@
* @param {String} token Single arg token
* @returns {String} Token safe to place in the command string
*/
static _quoteArg(token) {
if (!/[\s"]/.test(token)) return token;
- return `"${token.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"`;+ const escaped = token+ .replace(/(\\*)"/g, '$1$1\\"')+ .replace(/(\\+)$/, '$1$1');+ return `"${escaped}"`;
}
/**
* Validates the local-args input. Removes any args which might conflict with
Add round-trip tests for a trailing backslash and for a backslash before a quote.
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static_quoteArg(token){
if(!/[\s"]/.test(token))returntoken;
return`"${token.replace(/"/g,'\\"')}"`;
}
static_quoteArg(token){
if(!/[\s"]/.test(token))returntoken;
constescaped=token
.replace(/(\\*)"/g,'$1$1\\"')
.replace(/(\\+)$/,'$1$1');
return`"${escaped}"`;
}
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[failure] 133-133: Incomplete string escaping or encoding
This does not escape backslash characters in the input.
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Review comment at @setup-local/src/actionInput/inputValidator.js around lines
131 - 134:
Update `_quoteArg` to double each run of backslashes only when it precedes an
embedded quote or the closing quote, while leaving other backslashes unchanged
so tokens round-trip through `argStringToArray`. Add round-trip tests for a
token with whitespace and a trailing backslash, and for a literal backslash
immediately before an embedded quote.
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Summary
setup-localsilently drops every value after the first for flags inlocal-argsthat take multiple values, most visibly--include-hosts/--exclude-hosts. With two hosts in--include-hosts, only the first is tunnelled. Swapping the order moves the failure to the other host.Root cause
src/actionInput/inputValidator.js(unchanged since 2020-08-13):minimist assigns only the first token after a flag to that flag. The rest land in
_, which is then deleted:local-argsinput--include-hosts "A" "B"--include-hosts A--include-hosts A B(or multi-line YAML)--include-hosts A--folder "/path with spaces""swallows the--local-identifier … --daemon startargs appended after itThe Local binary itself accepts multiple values for list flags. The values were lost inside the Action, before the binary started.
Fix
local-argswith a quote-aware splitter (single and double quotes) instead ofsplit(/\s+/)plus minimist.RESTRICTED_LOCAL_ARGS) together with their values; the--flag=valueform is handled too.exec.exec(binary, args)) instead of building one command string that@actions/execre-parses.--log-filepath that contains spaces.-1) are treated as values, not flags.minimistis no longer used and is removed;dist/is rebuilt.validateLocalArgsnow returnsArray<String>.BinaryControl#binaryArgsis now an array.Behaviour change to note
The binary receives the same flags as before.
--no-foois now passed through as written, instead of being rewritten by minimist to--foo false.Testing
npm test(lint + mocha): 72 passing. The new cases cover:=form@actions/execagainst a stub binary that prints its argv. Input--include-hosts "hostA:443" "hostB:443" --folder "C:\my dir\" --key=leakarrived as--include-hosts hostA:443 hostB:443 --folder "C:\my dir\", with the user-supplied--keydropped.js/incomplete-sanitization, raised on the first revision's string re-quoting, is resolved by removing that code.Jira: LOC-7659
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