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CARD TITLE (intent, not commit subject): validate target_remote at the install API boundary: hostile strings flow into backend daemon URLs across ALL resolve_*_url helpers

Autonomous build of board card tsk-3rontv.

An authenticated caller could pass a hostile target_remote (e.g.
'attacker.example.com:9999/x') that flowed unchecked into resolve_rkllama_url
and LXC <target_remote>: addressing, enabling SSRF-shaped daemon URL
injection or silent mis-routing to unregistered workers via a degenerate stub
capability.

Add a single boundary check in install_app before any capability resolution
or installer construction: target_remote must be None/empty/"local", a
registered cluster worker id, or a bare hostname matching ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$.
Anything else returns HTTP 400 with reason "invalid_target_remote".

Docs-Reviewed: agent-coordination.md documents parallel workflow discipline, not
API input validation; no doc change needed for this security hardening.

Files:
changelog.d/tsk-3rontv-validate-target-remote.md | 2 +
tests/routes/test_store_install_v2.py | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++
tinyagentos/routes/store_install.py | 34 +++++++
3 files changed, 159 insertions(+)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Added validation for installation targets.
    • Invalid, malformed, or non-string targets now return HTTP 400 errors.
    • Prevented malformed targets from reaching backend routing or triggering installations.
    • Valid local targets, registered workers, and bare hostnames continue to work as expected.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for accepted and rejected installation target values.

An authenticated caller could pass a hostile target_remote (e.g.
'attacker.example.com:9999/x') that flowed unchecked into resolve_rkllama_url
and LXC <target_remote>:<name> addressing, enabling SSRF-shaped daemon URL
injection or silent mis-routing to unregistered workers via a degenerate stub
capability.

Add a single boundary check in install_app before any capability resolution
or installer construction: target_remote must be None/empty/"local", a
registered cluster worker id, or a bare hostname matching ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$.
Anything else returns HTTP 400 with reason "invalid_target_remote".

Docs-Reviewed: agent-coordination.md documents parallel workflow discipline, not
API input validation; no doc change needed for this security hardening.
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The /api/store/install-v2 route now validates target_remote before installation. Invalid types and hostname formats return HTTP 400 with invalid_target_remote. Tests cover rejected and accepted target values.

Changes

Target remote validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Target remote validation implementation
tinyagentos/routes/store_install.py
The route validates string values, permits local, registered workers, and bare hostnames, and rejects invalid values with structured HTTP 400 responses.
Validation coverage and changelog
tests/routes/test_store_install_v2.py, changelog.d/tsk-3rontv-validate-target-remote.md
Integration tests cover invalid target values and accepted local, registered-worker, and bare-hostname targets. The changelog records the API behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to a021e

The install boundary still accepts target names with a trailing newline, allowing malformed values to pass validation and potentially reach backend daemon addressing. Merge should wait for the validation to require a complete hostname match; coverage for null and empty local targets should also be added.

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VERDICT: Minor test coverage gaps found.

  • tests/routes/test_store_install_v2.py:638: missing test for target_remote=None and empty string
  • tests/routes/test_store_install_v2.py:638: missing test for missing cluster_manager scenario

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Comment thread tinyagentos/routes/store_install.py Outdated
@@ -738,6 +746,32 @@ async def install_app(request: Request):
target_remote = body.get("target_remote") or None

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WARNING: Missing type validation for target_remotebody.get("target_remote") can return any JSON type (int, bool, list, etc.). A truthy non-string value (e.g. 123 or true) passes the target_remote and target_remote != "local" gate and crashes _HOSTNAME_RE.match() with TypeError, producing a 500 instead of a clean 400 rejection.

Coerce or validate the type before applying the regex, e.g. if target_remote is not None and not isinstance(target_remote, str): return JSONResponse({...}, status_code=400).


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mock_get.assert_not_called()

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_target_remote_with_port_and_path_rejected(self, client, fake_registry):

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SUGGESTION: Test name and docstring are misleading. test_target_remote_with_port_and_path_rejected and its docstring reference a path separator (/), but the actual input "10.0.0.1:443@attacker.com" contains : and @ — no /. Consider renaming to test_target_remote_with_port_and_at_sign_rejected and updating the docstring to mention the @ character, which is also listed in the PR's rejection criteria.


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Code Review Summary

Status: No Issues Found | Recommendation: Merge

Files Reviewed (3 files)
  • changelog.d/tsk-3rontv-validate-target-remote.md
  • tests/routes/test_store_install_v2.py
  • tinyagentos/routes/store_install.py
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Previous review (commit a021edc)

Status: No Issues Found | Recommendation: Merge

Files Reviewed (2 files)
  • tests/routes/test_store_install_v2.py
  • tinyagentos/routes/store_install.py

Previous review (commit 5b6429e)

Status: 2 Issues Found | Recommendation: Address before merge

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CRITICAL 0
WARNING 1
SUGGESTION 1
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File Line Issue
tinyagentos/routes/store_install.py 746 Missing type validation for target_remote — non-string truthy values (e.g. 123, true) crash _HOSTNAME_RE.match() with TypeError, producing a 500 instead of a clean 400 rejection.

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File Line Issue
tests/routes/test_store_install_v2.py 670 Test name/docstring are misleading. test_target_remote_with_port_and_path_rejected references a path separator (/), but the input "10.0.0.1:443@attacker.com" contains : and @ — no /.
Files Reviewed (3 files)
  • changelog.d/tsk-3rontv-validate-target-remote.md
  • tests/routes/test_store_install_v2.py - 1 issue
  • tinyagentos/routes/store_install.py - 1 issue

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Reviewed vs card tsk-3rontv contract + Kilo 2 findings. One confirmed and fixed forward (a021edc).

Contract: delivered. ONE boundary validation in install_app before capability resolution: None/empty/"local" pass through, registered worker id (cluster.get_worker() non-None) passes, bare hostname matching ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$ passes (registry-less installs preserved), everything carrying / : ? # @ → 400 with named reason invalid_target_remote. Tests assert 400 AND get_installer never called (both hostile shapes), with local/registered-worker/bare-hostname controls.

Sweep verified (fix-the-class): git grep target_remote across routes/installers on current dev — /api/store/resolve (store.py:300) passes it only to get_device_capability, whose remote branch reads the worker registry's last-known capacity (no URL interpolation, read-only) — not an SSRF site. cluster_migrate.py resolves the worker by registry name equality (_resolve_host) — safe. resolve_rkllama_url, resolve_ollama_url, and lxc <target_remote>:<name> addressing are all downstream of install_app, so the single boundary covers every interpolation site.

Kilo dispositions:

  1. Non-string target_remote → 500 (WARNING): CONFIRMED by measurement and FIXED. Probe on the merge tree: target_remote: 123TypeError at store_install.py:763 (_HOSTNAME_RE.match(123)) — unhandled → 500. Red proof: probe test FAILED (TypeError) pre-fix. Fix a021edc rejects non-string non-None with a clean 400 invalid_target_remote before the regex; new test test_nonstring_target_remote_rejected_cleanly (red-provable by the same probe). Note falsy non-strings (0, false) are also rejected rather than silently meaning "local" — only null/""/omitted keep that meaning.
  2. Test name mentions path but input has :/@ (SUGGESTION): applied — renamed to test_target_remote_with_port_and_at_sign_rejected, docstring fixed.

Measured on the true merge tree (branch+origin/dev): 22 passed (21 existing incl. the 5 new boundary tests + my non-string test).

Replay-check: branch is 1 ahead / 10 behind origin/dev, merge-tree clean (rc=0), no semantic overlap with tonight's merges (#2455#2466 touched decisions/gates/DecisionsApp; this touches store_install only).

APPROVED pending green on a021edc. Merge chain: on green, read any new bot output, merge, ancestor+control verify, close tsk-3rontv.

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In `@tests/routes/test_store_install_v2.py`:
- Around line 702-721: Parametrize test_local_target_remote_not_rejected over
“local”, None, and an empty string, passing each value as target_remote in the
request and preserving the existing success assertions.

In `@tinyagentos/routes/store_install.py`:
- Line 777: Update the target validation condition using _HOSTNAME_RE so
unregistered target_remote values must fully match the hostname pattern,
rejecting trailing newlines and other extra characters. Add a regression test
covering a target such as edge-host followed by a newline while preserving
acceptance of valid hostnames and registered workers.
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Comment on lines +702 to +721
async def test_local_target_remote_not_rejected(self, client, fake_registry, pi_capability):
"""'local' / None / empty bypass the host validation entirely."""
client._transport.app.state.registry = fake_registry
with patch(
"tinyagentos.routes.store_install.get_device_capability",
new=AsyncMock(return_value=pi_capability),
), patch(
"tinyagentos.routes.store_install.get_installer"
) as mock_get:
backend_inst = MagicMock()
backend_inst.install = AsyncMock(return_value={"success": True, "method": "script"})
model_inst = MagicMock()
model_inst.install = AsyncMock(return_value={"success": True})
mock_get.side_effect = [backend_inst, model_inst]
r = await client.post("/api/store/install-v2", json={
"manifest_id": "qwen2.5-3b",
"variant_id": "q4_k_m",
"target_remote": "local",
})
assert r.status_code == 200

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Cover None and empty local targets.

The docstring states that "local", None, and "" bypass validation. This test sends only "local". Parametrize the request with all three values so JSON null and an empty string remain accepted.

Proposed fix
     `@pytest.mark.asyncio`
-    async def test_local_target_remote_not_rejected(self, client, fake_registry, pi_capability):
+    `@pytest.mark.parametrize`("target_remote", ["local", None, ""])
+    async def test_local_target_remote_not_rejected(
+        self, client, fake_registry, pi_capability, target_remote,
+    ):
@@
-                "target_remote": "local",
+                "target_remote": target_remote,
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async def test_local_target_remote_not_rejected(self, client, fake_registry, pi_capability):
"""'local' / None / empty bypass the host validation entirely."""
client._transport.app.state.registry = fake_registry
with patch(
"tinyagentos.routes.store_install.get_device_capability",
new=AsyncMock(return_value=pi_capability),
), patch(
"tinyagentos.routes.store_install.get_installer"
) as mock_get:
backend_inst = MagicMock()
backend_inst.install = AsyncMock(return_value={"success": True, "method": "script"})
model_inst = MagicMock()
model_inst.install = AsyncMock(return_value={"success": True})
mock_get.side_effect = [backend_inst, model_inst]
r = await client.post("/api/store/install-v2", json={
"manifest_id": "qwen2.5-3b",
"variant_id": "q4_k_m",
"target_remote": "local",
})
assert r.status_code == 200
@pytest.mark.parametrize("target_remote", ["local", None, ""])
async def test_local_target_remote_not_rejected(
self, client, fake_registry, pi_capability, target_remote,
):
"""'local' / None / empty bypass the host validation entirely."""
client._transport.app.state.registry = fake_registry
with patch(
"tinyagentos.routes.store_install.get_device_capability",
new=AsyncMock(return_value=pi_capability),
), patch(
"tinyagentos.routes.store_install.get_installer"
) as mock_get:
backend_inst = MagicMock()
backend_inst.install = AsyncMock(return_value={"success": True, "method": "script"})
model_inst = MagicMock()
model_inst.install = AsyncMock(return_value={"success": True})
mock_get.side_effect = [backend_inst, model_inst]
r = await client.post("/api/store/install-v2", json={
"manifest_id": "qwen2.5-3b",
"variant_id": "q4_k_m",
"target_remote": target_remote,
})
assert r.status_code == 200
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In `@tests/routes/test_store_install_v2.py` around lines 702 - 721, Parametrize
test_local_target_remote_not_rejected over “local”, None, and an empty string,
passing each value as target_remote in the request and preserving the existing
success assertions.

is_known_worker = False
if cluster is not None and hasattr(cluster, "get_worker"):
is_known_worker = cluster.get_worker(target_remote) is not None
if not is_known_worker and not _HOSTNAME_RE.match(target_remote):

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pattern = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$")
assert pattern.match("edge-host\n")
assert not pattern.fullmatch("edge-host\n")
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printf '%s\n' '--- target validation and regex ---'
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sed -n '730,805p' tinyagentos/routes/store_install.py
printf '%s\n' '--- related tests and route behavior ---'
rg -n -C 3 '_HOSTNAME_RE|target_remote|is_known_worker|HTTPException|status_code.*400|store_install' tinyagentos tests 2>/dev/null | head -n 300

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Reject target names with a trailing newline.

When target_remote is not a registered worker, _HOSTNAME_RE.match() accepts edge-host\n. Use fullmatch() and add a regression test.

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In `@tinyagentos/routes/store_install.py` at line 777, Update the target
validation condition using _HOSTNAME_RE so unregistered target_remote values
must fully match the hostname pattern, rejecting trailing newlines and other
extra characters. Add a regression test covering a target such as edge-host
followed by a newline while preserving acceptance of valid hostnames and
registered workers.

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