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Subprocess environment credential and proxy leakage concerns

Cluster 14372 · agent. Data as of

1 open item. Fix attempted, not merged.

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1open issue
0open PRs
3items grouped
Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 2 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
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1 issue and 0 PRs.

These issues and patches address subprocesses inheriting sensitive environment variables—including API keys, OAuth tokens, and proxy settings—from the parent process. Proposed fixes include centralized sanitization helpers, blocklists, and namespace isolation to prevent unintended credential exposure.

Open issues1

  • Issue#14372[Bug] Browser tool: subprocess inherits proxy env vars causing ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE

Open PRs0

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2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 2

  • #14393 fix(browser): strip proxy env from agent-browser subprocess · superseded by another PR
  • #15372 fix(tools): strip proxy env vars from browser subprocess to prevent ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE (#14372) · superseded by another PR → #14393, #14372
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  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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