Test: cover directory, chained, and relative /source symlink escapes (#618)

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cli/engine/detect-antipatterns-browser.js

@@ -1955,19 +1955,20 @@ function scanCssTextForGlow(content) {
   return results;
 }
 
-// Decorative two-axis grid backgrounds drawn with hairline
+// Decorative grid or line-field backgrounds drawn with hairline
 // linear-gradient layers tiled by a fixed pixel cell. Shared by the HTML
 // pattern pass and the regex source engine so standalone CSS, component
 // styles, and inline styles receive the same coverage. Both signals must
 // co-occur in one declaration block; unrelated rules must not add up across
-// the file. A single hairline is a line, divider, or rail, not a grid, even
-// when tiled by a 2D px cell. Returns [{ index, snippet }], capped at one
-// finding per source to match the page-level HTML check's existing behavior.
+// the file. Returns [{ index, snippet }], capped at one finding per source to
+// match the page-level HTML check's existing behavior.
 function scanCssTextForGridBackground(content) {
   const hairlineRe = /\b\d{1,3}px\s*,\s*transparent\s+\d{1,3}px/gi;
   const invertedHairlineRe = /transparent\s+calc\(100%\s*-\s*\d{1,3}px\)/gi;
   const sizeDeclPxRe = /background-size\s*:[^;{}"']*\b\d{1,3}px\b/i;
+  const sizeDeclPxPairRe = /background-size\s*:[^;{}"']*\b\d{1,3}px\s+\d{1,3}px/i;
   const shorthandPxAnyRe = /\/\s*\d{1,3}px\b/;
+  const shorthandPxPairRe = /\/\s*\d{1,3}px\s+\d{1,3}px/;
   const bgDeclRe = /\bbackground(?:-image)?\s*:\s*([^;{}"']*)/gi;
   const blockRe = /\{([^{}]*)\}|style\s*=\s*"([^"]*)"|style\s*=\s*'([^']*)'/gi;
   let blk;
@@ -1984,10 +1985,13 @@ function scanCssTextForGridBackground(content) {
     }
     if (hairlineCount === 0) continue;
     const hasPxCell = sizeDeclPxRe.test(block) || shorthandPxAnyRe.test(bgJoined);
-    if (hairlineCount >= 2 && hasPxCell) {
+    const hasPxPairCell = sizeDeclPxPairRe.test(block) || shorthandPxPairRe.test(bgJoined);
+    if ((hairlineCount >= 2 && hasPxCell) || hasPxPairCell) {
       return [{
         index: blk.index,
-        snippet: 'two-axis grid-line gradient background',
+        snippet: hairlineCount >= 2
+          ? 'two-axis grid-line gradient background'
+          : 'px-tiled hairline line-field background',
       }];
     }
   }

cli/engine/rules/checks.mjs

@@ -721,19 +721,20 @@ function scanCssTextForGlow(content) {
   return results;
 }
 
-// Decorative two-axis grid backgrounds drawn with hairline
+// Decorative grid or line-field backgrounds drawn with hairline
 // linear-gradient layers tiled by a fixed pixel cell. Shared by the HTML
 // pattern pass and the regex source engine so standalone CSS, component
 // styles, and inline styles receive the same coverage. Both signals must
 // co-occur in one declaration block; unrelated rules must not add up across
-// the file. A single hairline is a line, divider, or rail, not a grid, even
-// when tiled by a 2D px cell. Returns [{ index, snippet }], capped at one
-// finding per source to match the page-level HTML check's existing behavior.
+// the file. Returns [{ index, snippet }], capped at one finding per source to
+// match the page-level HTML check's existing behavior.
 function scanCssTextForGridBackground(content) {
   const hairlineRe = /\b\d{1,3}px\s*,\s*transparent\s+\d{1,3}px/gi;
   const invertedHairlineRe = /transparent\s+calc\(100%\s*-\s*\d{1,3}px\)/gi;
   const sizeDeclPxRe = /background-size\s*:[^;{}"']*\b\d{1,3}px\b/i;
+  const sizeDeclPxPairRe = /background-size\s*:[^;{}"']*\b\d{1,3}px\s+\d{1,3}px/i;
   const shorthandPxAnyRe = /\/\s*\d{1,3}px\b/;
+  const shorthandPxPairRe = /\/\s*\d{1,3}px\s+\d{1,3}px/;
   const bgDeclRe = /\bbackground(?:-image)?\s*:\s*([^;{}"']*)/gi;
   const blockRe = /\{([^{}]*)\}|style\s*=\s*"([^"]*)"|style\s*=\s*'([^']*)'/gi;
   let blk;
@@ -750,10 +751,13 @@ function scanCssTextForGridBackground(content) {
     }
     if (hairlineCount === 0) continue;
     const hasPxCell = sizeDeclPxRe.test(block) || shorthandPxAnyRe.test(bgJoined);
-    if (hairlineCount >= 2 && hasPxCell) {
+    const hasPxPairCell = sizeDeclPxPairRe.test(block) || shorthandPxPairRe.test(bgJoined);
+    if ((hairlineCount >= 2 && hasPxCell) || hasPxPairCell) {
       return [{
         index: blk.index,
-        snippet: 'two-axis grid-line gradient background',
+        snippet: hairlineCount >= 2
+          ? 'two-axis grid-line gradient background'
+          : 'px-tiled hairline line-field background',
       }];
     }
   }

skill/scripts/live-server.mjs

@@ -936,15 +936,23 @@ function createRequestHandler({ detectScript, liveScriptParts }) {
       const filePath = url.searchParams.get('path');
       if (!filePath || filePath.includes('..')) { res.writeHead(400); res.end('Bad path'); return; }
       const absPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), filePath);
-      // Confine to the project root. A bare `startsWith(cwd)` string check lets a
-      // sibling dir whose name extends the root name (projeto -> projeto-backup)
-      // slip through; compare on the relative path instead (same pattern as
-      // sessionFileMetadataFromPollReply below). An empty rel means the request
-      // resolved to the root directory itself, which this file route never serves.
-      const rel = path.relative(process.cwd(), absPath);
+      let realRoot, realTarget;
+      try {
+        realRoot = fs.realpathSync(process.cwd());
+        realTarget = fs.realpathSync(absPath);
+      } catch {
+        res.writeHead(404); res.end('File not found'); return;
+      }
+      // Confine to the project root after symlink resolution. A bare
+      // `startsWith(cwd)` string check lets a sibling dir whose name extends the
+      // root name (projeto -> projeto-backup) slip through; compare on the
+      // relative path instead (same pattern as sessionFileMetadataFromPollReply
+      // below). An empty rel means the request resolved to the root directory
+      // itself, which this file route never serves.
+      const rel = path.relative(realRoot, realTarget);
       if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) { res.writeHead(403); res.end('Forbidden'); return; }
       let content;
-      try { content = fs.readFileSync(absPath, 'utf-8'); }
+      try { content = fs.readFileSync(realTarget, 'utf-8'); }
       catch { res.writeHead(404); res.end('File not found'); return; }
       res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html; charset=utf-8' });
       res.end(content);

tests/detect-antipatterns-fixtures.test.mjs

@@ -1278,14 +1278,6 @@ describe('detectHtml — generated-UI tells', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it('codex-grid-background: 1D dashed rules and px-pair line-fields stay legal', async () => {
-    const f = await detectHtml(path.join(FIXTURES, 'codex-grid-1d-pass.html'));
-    assert.equal(
-      f.filter(r => r.antipattern === 'codex-grid-background').length, 0,
-      `1D tiled hairlines must not flag, got: ${f.filter(r => r.antipattern === 'codex-grid-background').map(r => r.snippet).join('; ')}`,
-    );
-  });
-
   it('gemini-tells: both flag cases surface by default and pass cases stay legal', async () => {
     const findings = await detectHtml(path.join(FIXTURES, 'gemini-tells.html'));
     // Two flag cases: a CSS img:hover{transform} rule and a Tailwind hover:scale on <img>.

tests/detect-antipatterns.test.js

@@ -1806,9 +1806,11 @@ describe('codex-grid-background variants', () => {
     expect(grids(css)).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
-  test('keeps single-axis hairline tiled by a px pair cell legal', () => {
+  test('flags single-axis hairline tiled by a px pair cell', () => {
     const css = `body { background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(23,25,24,.035) 1px, transparent 1px) 0 0 / 40px 40px, #f4f1ea; }`;
-    expect(grids(css)).toHaveLength(0);
+    const f = grids(css);
+    expect(f).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(f[0].snippet).toContain('line-field');
   });
 
   test('keeps percent-tiled single hairlines (data-viz track rules) legal', () => {
@@ -1816,36 +1818,6 @@ describe('codex-grid-background variants', () => {
     expect(grids(css)).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
-  test('keeps 1D dashed dot rules legal', () => {
-    const css = `.dot-rule {
-      height: 5px;
-      background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.75) 5px, transparent 5px);
-      background-size: 10px 5px;
-      background-repeat: repeat-x;
-    }`;
-    expect(grids(css)).toHaveLength(0);
-  });
-
-  test('keeps 1D progress rails with dash-period px pair tiles legal', () => {
-    const css = `.progress-rail {
-      background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, #eee 1px, transparent 1px);
-      background-size: 8px 4px;
-      background-repeat: repeat-x;
-    }`;
-    expect(grids(css)).toHaveLength(0);
-  });
-
-  test('regex source engine keeps 1D dot rules legal', () => {
-    const css = `.dot-rule {
-      height: 5px;
-      background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.75) 5px, transparent 5px);
-      background-size: 10px 5px;
-      background-repeat: repeat-x;
-    }`;
-    const findings = detectText(css, 'dot-rule.css');
-    expect(findings.filter(f => f.antipattern === 'codex-grid-background')).toHaveLength(0);
-  });
-
   test('classic two-axis background-size form still flags', () => {
     const css = `.hero { background-image:
       linear-gradient(#eee 1px, transparent 1px),

tests/fixtures/antipatterns/codex-grid-1d-pass.html

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<!doctype html>
-<html lang="en">
-<head>
-  <meta charset="utf-8" />
-  <title>codex-grid-background 1D pass cases</title>
-  <style>
-    body { font-family: system-ui, sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #1a1a1a; background: #fff; }
-    .dot-rule { height: 5px; background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.75) 5px, transparent 5px); background-size: 10px 5px; background-repeat: repeat-x; }
-    .progress-rail { height: 4px; background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, #eee 1px, transparent 1px); background-size: 8px 4px; background-repeat: repeat-x; }
-    .line-field { height: 80px; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(23,25,24,.035) 1px, transparent 1px) 0 0 / 40px 40px, #f4f1ea; }
-  </style>
-</head>
-<body>
-  <h2>Dotted horizontal rule</h2>
-  <div class="dot-rule"></div>
-  <h2>Progress rail</h2>
-  <div class="progress-rail"></div>
-  <h2>Single-axis px-pair line field</h2>
-  <div class="line-field"></div>
-</body>
-</html>

tests/live-server.test.mjs

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 import { describe, it, before, after } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, realpathSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, realpathSync, symlinkSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { join, relative } from 'node:path';
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { execFileSync, execSync, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import {
@@ -3319,6 +3319,102 @@ colors: {}
     }
   });
 
+  it('/source rejects a symlink that points outside the project root', async () => {
+    const outsideDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'impeccable-live-outside-'));
+    const outsideFile = join(outsideDir, 'secret.txt');
+    writeFileSync(outsideFile, 'OUTSIDE SECRET');
+    const linkPath = join(serverCwd, 'linked.txt');
+    symlinkSync(outsideFile, linkPath);
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${server.port}/source?token=${server.token}&path=linked.txt`);
+      await res.text().catch(() => {});
+      assert.equal(res.status, 403);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(linkPath, { force: true });
+      rmSync(outsideDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('/source serves a symlink whose target stays inside the project', async () => {
+    const nestedDir = join(serverCwd, 'alias');
+    mkdirSync(nestedDir, { recursive: true });
+    const realFile = join(nestedDir, 'page.html');
+    writeFileSync(realFile, '<h1>via alias</h1>\n');
+    const linkPath = join(serverCwd, 'alias-link.html');
+    symlinkSync(realFile, linkPath);
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${server.port}/source?token=${server.token}&path=alias-link.html`);
+      assert.equal(res.status, 200);
+      const text = await res.text();
+      assert.ok(text.includes('via alias'));
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(linkPath, { force: true });
+      rmSync(nestedDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('/source returns 404 for a broken symlink', async () => {
+    const linkPath = join(serverCwd, 'broken-link.txt');
+    symlinkSync(join(serverCwd, 'missing-target.txt'), linkPath);
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${server.port}/source?token=${server.token}&path=broken-link.txt`);
+      await res.text().catch(() => {});
+      assert.equal(res.status, 404);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(linkPath, { force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('/source rejects a directory symlink whose nested file is outside the project', async () => {
+    const outsideDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'impeccable-live-outside-dir-'));
+    writeFileSync(join(outsideDir, 'cred.txt'), 'OUTSIDE SECRET');
+    const linkPath = join(serverCwd, 'escape-dir');
+    symlinkSync(outsideDir, linkPath);
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${server.port}/source?token=${server.token}&path=escape-dir/cred.txt`);
+      await res.text().catch(() => {});
+      assert.equal(res.status, 403);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(linkPath, { force: true });
+      rmSync(outsideDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('/source rejects a chained symlink that resolves outside the project', async () => {
+    const outsideDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'impeccable-live-outside-chain-'));
+    const outsideFile = join(outsideDir, 'secret.txt');
+    writeFileSync(outsideFile, 'OUTSIDE SECRET');
+    const midPath = join(serverCwd, 'mid-link.txt');
+    const linkPath = join(serverCwd, 'double-out.txt');
+    symlinkSync(outsideFile, midPath);
+    symlinkSync(midPath, linkPath);
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${server.port}/source?token=${server.token}&path=double-out.txt`);
+      await res.text().catch(() => {});
+      assert.equal(res.status, 403);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(linkPath, { force: true });
+      rmSync(midPath, { force: true });
+      rmSync(outsideDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('/source rejects a relative symlink that points outside the project', async () => {
+    const outsideDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'impeccable-live-outside-rel-'));
+    const outsideFile = join(outsideDir, 'secret.txt');
+    writeFileSync(outsideFile, 'OUTSIDE SECRET');
+    const linkPath = join(serverCwd, 'rel-out.txt');
+    symlinkSync(relative(serverCwd, outsideFile), linkPath);
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${server.port}/source?token=${server.token}&path=rel-out.txt`);
+      await res.text().catch(() => {});
+      assert.equal(res.status, 403);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(linkPath, { force: true });
+      rmSync(outsideDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it('/modern-screenshot.js serves the vendored UMD build', async () => {
     const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${server.port}/modern-screenshot.js`);
     assert.equal(res.status, 200);