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Fix deny rules bypassed by shell command prefixes

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2 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

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1open PR
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Yes. 4 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 1 PR.

These issues and PRs address a bug where approval deny rules could be evaded by prepending shell prefixes (e.g., 'cd repo &&') to commands, because fnmatch matching was anchored and did not check individual command segments.

Open issues1

  • Issue#76037[Bug]: approvals.deny rules are bypassed by any command prefix — fnmatch is anchored, so 'cd repo && git push --force' is allowed

Open PRs1

  • PR#76063fix(approval): enforce deny rules after command prefixes

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · duplicate 1

  • #76178 fix(tools): match deny-rule segments to bypass shell prefix evasion (#76037) · duplicate → #76063
  • #76551 fix(tools): deny rules now match command segments, not just full variants (#76037) · done elsewhere → #76063
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