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Case-insensitive credential env name security fix

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116751 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #116751. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These items address a security issue where credential environment variable names with different letter casing could bypass blocklist filtering and child-environment scrubbing. The work involves matching credential env names case-insensitively to close this bypass.

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  • #116751 fix(security): case-variant credential env names no longer bypass the passthrough blocklist and child-env scrub (#116149, salvage #116150)

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_env_passthrough.py, tests/tools/test_local_env_blocklist.py, tools/env_passthrough.py, tools/environments/docker_egress.py, tools/environments/local.py, tools/environments/local_env_policy.py, tools/environments/remote_common.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · merged via another change 1

  • #116150 fix(security): match credential env names case-insensitively · merged via another change → 940c610, #116751, #116149, #116150
  • #116177 fix(security): close case-variant credential env bypass · done elsewhere → 940c610, #116751, #116149, #116150
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#116149Case-variant credential env names bypass the provider blocklist and child-env scrub
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20 Sep 2026

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