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[WRONG BRANCH] fix(windows): use trusted ScheduledTasks module during elevated registration #284

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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions src/lib/windows-elevation.ts
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Expand Up @@ -622,15 +622,21 @@ export function runWindowsElevatedScheduledTaskRegistration(
xml: string,
): Promise<number> {
const xmlBase64 = Buffer.from(xml, "utf16le").toString("base64");
const powerShellPath = windowsPowerShell();
const powerShellDirectory = powerShellPath.replace(/[\\/][^\\/]+$/, "");
const scheduledTasksModule = `${powerShellDirectory}\\Modules\\ScheduledTasks\\ScheduledTasks.psd1`;
const inner = [
`$taskName = ${psSingleQuote(taskName)}`,
`$xmlBase64 = ${psSingleQuote(xmlBase64)}`,
"$xml = [Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetString([Convert]::FromBase64String($xmlBase64))",
"Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName $taskName -Xml $xml -Force -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null",
`$module = Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\\Import-Module -Name ${psSingleQuote(scheduledTasksModule)} -PassThru -Force -ErrorAction Stop`,
"$registerTask = $module.ExportedCommands['Register-ScheduledTask']",
"if ($null -eq $registerTask) { throw 'Trusted ScheduledTasks module does not export Register-ScheduledTask.' }",
"& $registerTask -TaskName $taskName -Xml $xml -Force -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null",
].join("; ");
const encodedCommand = Buffer.from(inner, "utf16le").toString("base64");
const script = [
`$p = Start-Process -FilePath ${psSingleQuote(windowsPowerShell())}`,
`$p = Start-Process -FilePath ${psSingleQuote(powerShellPath)}`,
` -ArgumentList ${psSingleQuote(buildWindowsElevatedArgumentList([
"-NoProfile",
"-NonInteractive",
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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion tests/windows-elevation-spawn.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -146,7 +146,13 @@ describe("runWindowsElevated spawn contract", () => {
const match = /-EncodedCommand ([A-Za-z0-9+/=]+)/.exec(commandScript);
expect(match).not.toBeNull();
const elevatedScript = Buffer.from(match![1]!, "base64").toString("utf16le");
expect(elevatedScript).toContain("Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName $taskName -Xml $xml -Force");
expect(elevatedScript).toContain(
"C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\Modules\\ScheduledTasks\\ScheduledTasks.psd1",
);
expect(elevatedScript).toContain("Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\\Import-Module");
expect(elevatedScript).toContain("$module.ExportedCommands['Register-ScheduledTask']");
expect(elevatedScript).toContain("& $registerTask -TaskName $taskName -Xml $xml -Force");
expect(elevatedScript).not.toMatch(/(^|[; ]+)Register-ScheduledTask\s+-TaskName/);

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject every unqualified Register-ScheduledTask invocation.

The assertion only matches the form followed by -TaskName. A regression such as Register-ScheduledTask -Xml $xml or Register-ScheduledTask @parameters`` would pass the test and could reintroduce ambient command resolution.

Proposed test fix 
-    expect(elevatedScript).not.toMatch(/(^|[; ]+)Register-ScheduledTask\s+-TaskName/);
+    expect(elevatedScript).not.toMatch(
+      /(?:^|[;{\n])\s*(?:&\s*)?Register-ScheduledTask\b/,
+    );

As per path instructions, “A behavior change in src/ should come with a focused regression test near the existing tests for that subsystem.”

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expect(elevatedScript).not.toMatch(/(^|[; ]+)Register-ScheduledTask\s+-TaskName/);
expect(elevatedScript).not.toMatch(
/(?:^|[;{\n])\s*(?:&\s*)?Register-ScheduledTask\b/,
);
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In `@tests/windows-elevation-spawn.test.ts` at line 155, Update the elevatedScript
assertion to reject every unqualified Register-ScheduledTask invocation,
regardless of which arguments follow it, while preserving matching for qualified
command references.

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expect(elevatedScript).toContain(Buffer.from(xml, "utf16le").toString("base64"));
expect(commandScript).not.toContain("/xml");
expect(commandScript).not.toContain("task.xml");
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