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Security fix: /root SSH path approval bypass

Cluster 84639 · agent. Data as of

3 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

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1open issue
2open PRs
4items grouped
Known?
Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 1 PR closed without merging; see the attempts below.
Tracker
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Still open
1 issue and 2 PRs.

A bug where single-segment POSIX home directories like /root could bypass sensitive-path approval checks for SSH key writes. Multiple related fixes address the detection and flagging of these depth-1 paths in dangerous-command and persistence approval logic.

Open issues1

  • Issue#84639[Bug]: SSH sensitive-path approval bypass for single-segment POSIX home (e.g. /root)

Open PRs2

  • PR#84674fix(security): stop absolute /root SSH key writes from bypassing persistence approval
  • PR#98868fix(security): fold single-segment POSIX homes so /root writes are flagged

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: other 1

  • #112281 fix(approval): fold a depth-1 user home (e.g. /root) in dangerous-command detection · other → eaef523, de36b82, 7d44a78
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: 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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