[SECURITY] [v0.1.0] Workspace path validation fails - extensions can access arbitrary files

[R-Panic]

Workspace Directory Escape Vulnerability

Version: v0.1.0

Issue:
Workspace path validation does not constrain access. Extensions can use ../../../ to read/write arbitrary host files.

Impact:

• Extensions can read /etc/passwd
• Extensions can access ./ssh keys
• Security bypass

Files:
src-tauri/src/extensions/plugin_api.rs:203: let resolved = resolve_workspace_path(workspace_root, relative_path)?;
src-tauri/src/extensions/plugin_api.rs:218: let resolved = resolve_workspace_path(workspace_root, relative_path)?;

Attack:
workspace.resolve_path("../../../../../etc/passwd")
Reads: /etc/passwd

Recommendation:
Use canonicalize() and verify starts with workspace root.

Severity: HIGH

[atlas-cortex]

❌ Validation Summary — Issue #53523

Code verification failed: The bug report references files (src-tauri/src/extensions/plugin_api.rs) and a directory structure (src-tauri) that do not exist in the Cortex repository. This indicates the bug report is either fabricated or intended for a completely different project (likely a Tauri application).

Confidence Score: 5/5

• High confidence — multiple spam indicators triggered.

Validation Checks

Check	Status	Detail
Media Evidence	❌ Fail	No screenshot or video attached
Spam Detection	❌ Fail	Score: 70% — template or auto-generated content detected
Duplicate Detection	✅ Pass	No significant overlap with existing issues
Code Verification	❌ Fail	Bug not found in source code (confidence: 100%) — screenshots invalid — The bug report references files (src-tauri/src/extensions/plugin_api.rs) and a
LLM Evaluation	❌ Fail	Code verification failed: The bug report references files (src-tauri/src/extensions/plugin_api.rs) and a directory str...

Action Items

• Ensure the bug report describes a real command/feature in Cortex
• Verify that the described behavior matches the actual code
• Provide screenshots showing actual CLI output, not source code

Validation Pipeline

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Raw Evidence

{
  "media": {
    "hasMedia": false,
    "accessible": false,
    "urls": [],
    "evidence": [
      "No media URLs found in issue body"
    ]
  },
  "spam": {
    "overallScore": 0.703763440860215,
    "details": "template=0.27 (5 recent issues compared); burst=1.00 (6 issues in 2h window); parity=0.00; overall=0.41 (threshold=0.7); llm_spam=1.00 (The issue describes a security vulnerability (path traversal) with clear technical details, including the affected files and an attack payload. However, the submission lacks visual evidence (screenshot or video). According to the strict evaluation criteria, a valid issue must include accessible media evidence, and missing evidence automatically renders the issue invalid.)"
  },
  "duplicate": {
    "isDuplicate": false,
    "similarity": 0.446684425413722,
    "topSimilar": [
      {
        "issueNumber": 52835,
        "title": "[BUG] [v0.0.7] cortex-plugins scaffold functions allow path traversal by joining unvalidated plugin_id into the output path (sdk.rs:323, 1012)",
        "similarity": 0.446684425413722
      },
      {
        "issueNumber": 52683,
        "title": "[BUG] [v0.0.7] **`cortex github install`**: **`--workflow-name`** path traversal — **write outside** **`.github/workflows/`**",
        "similarity": 0.4411198083409313
      },
      {
        "issueNumber": 53217,
        "title": "[BUG] [v0.0.7] cortex-app-server files.rs read_file() has no path traversal protection — req.path used directly without validate_path_safe(), exposing any file content including /etc/shadow and ~/.ssh/id_rsa",
        "similarity": 0.43360231668782656
      },
      {
        "issueNumber": 50830,
        "title": "[BUG] [v0.0.7] `cortex github update --workflow-name` allows traversal and overwrites files outside `.github/workflows`",
        "similarity": 0.4238739347828497
      },
      {
        "issueNumber": 50814,
        "title": "[BUG] [v0.0.7] `cortex github install --workflow-name` allows path traversal and writes outside `.github/workflows`",
        "similarity": 0.4233134769254403
      }
    ]
  },
  "codeVerification": {
    "plausible": false,
    "confidence": 1,
    "reasoning": "The bug report references files (`src-tauri/src/extensions/plugin_api.rs`) and a directory structure (`src-tauri`) that do not exist in the Cortex repository. This indicates the bug report is either fabricated or intended for a completely different project (likely a Tauri application).",
    "codeEvidence": "No src-tauri directory or plugin_api.rs file exists in the repository.",
    "screenshotValid": false,
    "screenshotReasoning": "No screenshots were provided in the bug report."
  }
}

_{Validated by Atlas • 2026-05-10}