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fix(sanitize): redact alphabetic password values #60

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41 changes: 29 additions & 12 deletions crates/tinyinference-core/src/sanitize.rs
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Expand Up @@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ pub fn scrub_secret_patterns(input: &str) -> String {
/// [`scrub_credentials`] drops `==` comparisons and asks [`looks_like_secret`]
/// whether the value is a credential or ordinary code.
///
/// Groups: 1 = operator, 2 = double-quoted value, 3 = single-quoted value,
/// 4 = bare value.
/// Groups: `key` = sensitive key, 2 = operator, 3 = double-quoted value,
/// 4 = single-quoted value, 5 = bare value.
static SENSITIVE_KV_REGEX: LazyLock<Regex> = LazyLock::new(|| {
Regex::new(r#"(?i)\b[a-z0-9_\-]*(?:token|api[_-]?key|password|secret|user[_-]?key|bearer|credential)["']?[ \t]*(:=|==|[:=])[ \t]*(?:"((?:\\.|[^"\\])*)"|'((?:\\.|[^'\\])*)'|([a-zA-Z0-9_+./=\-]+))"#).unwrap()
Regex::new(r#"(?i)\b(?P<key>[a-z0-9_\-]*(?:token|api[_-]?key|password|secret|user[_-]?key|bearer|credential))["']?[ \t]*(:=|==|[:=])[ \t]*(?:"((?:\\.|[^"\\])*)"|'((?:\\.|[^'\\])*)'|([a-zA-Z0-9_+./=\-]+))"#).unwrap()
});

/// Value prefixes issued by credential providers. A labelled value starting
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ fn has_known_secret_prefix(value: &str) -> bool {
///
/// `quoted` says whether the value was a string literal; `rest` is the text
/// right after the whole match (closing quote included).
fn looks_like_secret(value: &str, quoted: bool, rest: &str) -> bool {
fn looks_like_secret(value: &str, quoted: bool, rest: &str, key: &str) -> bool {
if has_known_secret_prefix(value) {
return true;
}
Expand All @@ -179,9 +179,11 @@ fn looks_like_secret(value: &str, quoted: bool, rest: &str) -> bool {
}
_ => {}
}
// A string literal is data, so `"short"` stays redacted; a bare word with
// no digit is a reference (`None`, `self.vocab`, `api_key`).
quoted || !DIGITLESS_IDENTIFIER_REGEX.is_match(value)
// A string literal is data, so `"short"` stays redacted. A bare word that
// is exactly the sensitive key is a common source-code reference
// (`api_key=api_key`); other identifier-shaped values under a sensitive
// key, including `password=correcthorse`, are data and must be redacted.
quoted || !DIGITLESS_IDENTIFIER_REGEX.is_match(value) || !value.eq_ignore_ascii_case(key)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Preserve identifier references in source code.

If the input contains api_key: str, this rule changes it to api_key: *[REDACTED]. It also changes api_key=local_key to api_key=loca*[REDACTED]. Both inputs can be ordinary Python source, and the sanitized output is no longer valid source. Distinguish source-code identifiers from credential values before redacting bare identifiers. The PR objective explicitly calls for avoiding damage to ordinary source code.

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Review comment at @crates/tinyinference-core/src/sanitize.rs at line 186:
Update the bare-identifier redaction condition using DIGITLESS_IDENTIFIER_REGEX
so ordinary source-code identifiers, such as type annotations and variable
assignments, remain unchanged; redact only values identified as credentials,
without partially replacing identifier text.

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}

/// Bare AWS access-key IDs — `AKIA…`/`ASIA…` followed by 16 base32 chars — which
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -256,17 +258,32 @@ pub fn scrub_credentials(input: &str) -> String {
let stage_kv = SENSITIVE_KV_REGEX.replace_all(input, |caps: &regex::Captures<'_>| {
let full_match = &caps[0];
// `token == other` compares; it does not assign.
if &caps[1] == "==" {
if &caps[2] == "==" {
return full_match.to_string();
}
let quoted = caps.get(4).is_none();
let quoted = caps.get(5).is_none();
let value = caps
.get(2)
.or(caps.get(3))
.get(3)
.or(caps.get(4))
.or(caps.get(5))
.expect("sensitive key-value match has a value");
let rest = &input[caps.get(0).expect("full match").end()..];
if !looks_like_secret(value.as_str(), quoted, rest) {
let key = caps.name("key").expect("sensitive key capture");
// `api_key: String` is a type annotation, not a credential
// assignment. Uppercase type names make this unambiguous while
// lowercase alphabetic values such as `password: correcthorse`
// remain protected.
if &caps[2] == ":"
&& value
.as_str()
.chars()
.next()
.is_some_and(char::is_uppercase)
&& DIGITLESS_IDENTIFIER_REGEX.is_match(value.as_str())
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Detected with Advanced Tier | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Sensitive Data Exposure

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Do not treat quoted credentials as type annotations.

If scrub_credentials receives {"password":"Hunter"}, this branch returns the full match. The quoted flag does not affect the branch, so the returned text exposes the complete password to anyone who can read the sanitized output. Unquoted password: Hunter has the same result. Restrict the exception to established type-annotation contexts. Add quoted and unquoted uppercase password cases to the tests.

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Review comment at @crates/tinyinference-core/src/sanitize.rs around lines 276 -
282:
Update the type-annotation exception in scrub_credentials so uppercase
credential values, including quoted and unquoted password values, are still
redacted unless the surrounding text establishes a valid type-annotation
context. Add tests covering both quoted and unquoted uppercase password cases.

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{
return full_match.to_string();
}
if !looks_like_secret(value.as_str(), quoted, rest, key.as_str()) {
return full_match.to_string();
}
// Already redacted: an unquoted value stops at `*`, so a second pass
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Expand Up @@ -277,6 +277,13 @@ fn plain_password_assignment_is_redacted() {
assert_eq!(out, "password=hunt*[REDACTED]");
}

#[test]
fn alphabetic_password_assignment_is_redacted() {
let out = scrub_credentials("password=correcthorse");
assert_eq!(out, "password=corr*[REDACTED]");
assert!(!out.contains("correcthorse"));
}

#[test]
fn member_access_on_a_literal_is_code_but_a_full_stop_is_not() {
assert_unchanged(r#"token = "<pad>".strip()"#);
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