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feat(repo): owner-only DACL for .sc/local-key on Windows (#214) - #279
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Issue #214 requires Windows .sc/local-key protection, or cache disablement with a clear warning when ACL setup fails. The owner-only path and Windows ACL test satisfy the success path. On ACL failur… |
When Windows ACL setup fails, disable cache use or refuse to create and use the key. Emit the clear warning on that path. Keep the Windows CI test and threat-model documentation. |
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Most changes support issue #214. The sc keygen changes and keygen_overwrite.rs add refusal to overwrite existing identity files. Identity-file overwrite behavior is separate from .sc/local-key p… |
Remove the identity overwrite implementation and its test from this pull request, or move them to a separate pull request. Retain changes that implement or document the .sc/local-key Windows permission behavior. |
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Check name Status Explanation Description Check Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled. Title check The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: adding an owner-only Windows DACL for .sc/local-key.Docstring Coverage Docstring coverage is 87.50% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 24 functions across 7 files. (3 skipped: 3 … Full details: Docstring Coverage
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#214requires Windows.sc/local-keyprotection, or cache disablement with a clear warning when ACL setup fails. The owner-only path and Windows ACL test satisfy the success path. On ACL failure,cache.rscreates the key with default permissions, keeps the cache enabled, and only warns. This does not meet the failure-path requirement.Resolution
When Windows ACL setup fails, disable cache use or refuse to create and use the key. Emit the clear warning on that path. Keep the Windows CI test and threat-model documentation.
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#214. Thesc keygenchanges andkeygen_overwrite.rsadd refusal to overwrite existing identity files. Identity-file overwrite behavior is separate from.sc/local-keypermission handling and is not required by issue#214.Resolution
Remove the identity overwrite implementation and its test from this pull request, or move them to a separate pull request. Retain changes that implement or document the
.sc/local-keyWindows permission behavior.
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| # Owner-only DACL for .sc/local-key (#214); the only unsafe is in src/winacl.rs. | ||
| [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies] | ||
| windows-sys = { version = "0.61", features = ["Win32_Foundation", "Win32_Security", "Win32_Security_Authorization", "Win32_Storage_FileSystem", "Win32_System_Threading"] } |
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This makes windows-sys a direct dependency of scl-repo, but docs/security/third-party-inventory.md still lists only blake3, hex, libc, regex, serde, thiserror, and toml for that crate. The inventory's Maintenance section explicitly requires updating it in the same PR whenever a direct dependency is added, so include windows-sys and its Windows ACL role to keep the security inventory accurate.
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size_of::<SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES>()is not in scope incrates/repo/src/winacl.rs. The Windows module reaches this call when the repository creates a new cache key, so the Windows crate build fails with an unresolved-name error. Importstd::mem::size_of.Suggested fix
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When a Windows repository is stored on a filesystem without per-file security descriptors, such as FAT, CreateFileW can succeed while lpSecurityDescriptor has no effect; Microsoft documents that the descriptor only affects filesystems that support security. This path therefore returns success without setting ACL_FAILED, so the key is treated as owner-only and the fallback warning is suppressed even though .sc/local-key remains unrestricted. Check FILE_PERSISTENT_ACLS via GetVolumeInformationW or verify the resulting DACL before reporting that permissions were restricted. CreateFileW documentation
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size_ofinwinacl.rs.The Windows-only module calls
size_of::<SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES>()without importingstd::mem::size_of. The Windows build therefore fails beforecreate_new_owner_onlycan callCreateFileW.Suggested fix
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- Around line 156-158: Update the ACL-failure branch around ProtectedCache key
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| ACL_FAILED.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed); | ||
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Sensitive Data Exposure
Reachability: Internal
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Do not persist an unrestricted key after ACL creation fails.
The ACL-failure path creates .sc/local-key with inherited permissions, and ProtectedCache::open and save continue to use the cache. The warning does not disable it. Do not call create_key_file_default after ACL failure. Create the key with an owner-only ACL, or disable the persistent cache and emit a clear warning.
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Approved: independent review of the unsafe module (no memory-safety findings; fixes applied), Windows CI job proves the DACL on a real runner, CI + audit green. Follow-on #281 tracks the identity and TLS keys.
Closes #214
What
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.sc/local-keyis now created owner-only from its first byte:CreateFileWwith a protected DACL holding oneGENERIC_ALLACE for the current user's SID (no inherited entries).can_restrict_permissions()is true on Windows, so the one-time warning no longer fires there. If the ACL call fails, the key falls back to default permissions, the warning fires, and the repo operation does not fail.crates/repo/src/winacl.rs(#[cfg(windows)]): the onlyunsafeinscl-repo, behindcreate_new_owner_only(&Path) -> io::Result<File>; drop guards close the token handle andLocalFreeevery allocation on all paths.windows-sys0.61 (already inCargo.lock) is a direct dependency ofscl-repounder[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]with five features.cfgso the workspace checks on Windows (gitiobridge test,sc keygenunused variable, a dead-code variant in a repo test helper).Verification (Windows)
There is no local Windows host, so the new advisory CI job
windows (check + key ACL tests)is the evidence. It is not in branch protection. It runscargo check --workspace --all-targets --keep-going,cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings(both withRUSTFLAGS=-D warnings) andcargo test -p scl-repo --lib "cache::"onwindows-latest. The last includeslocal_key_dacl_is_owner_only_on_windows, which creates the key throughlocal_key(), reads the DACL back withicacls, and asserts exactly one ACE, an explicit(F)grant to the current user, nothing inherited.Result on the latest commit (run 39550133094): job passed (check, clippy, 9/9
cache::tests including the DACL test).Local:
cargo fmt --all,cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings,cargo test -p scl-repo -p scl-clion macOS.Limits
cargo auditfails on this PR and on main for RUSTSEC-2026-0382 (rustls-webpki0.103.15), published after the last green audit; unrelated to this change.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
.sc/local-keyfiles now receive owner-only protection when created on Windows.sc keygen --outnow refuses to overwrite an existing identity file.Bug Fixes
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