fix(ssh): reject option-injection destinations (C1)

A remote destination's user@host token is passed to ssh in option
position, so a host beginning with '-' (e.g. -oProxyCommand=...) was
parsed by ssh as an option, allowing arbitrary command execution.

- config_parse_ssh_dest now validates the user@host prefix and returns
  -1 (with a clear logged error) for an empty host or a user/host that
  starts with '-'; config_parse_transport_dest propagates the failure.
- transport_ssh.c's parse_remote_dest applies the same validation as
  defense-in-depth, and ssh_build_client_argv inserts a '--'
  end-of-options marker before the destination token.
- Unit tests cover -oProxyCommand=... / -prefixed hosts / empty host
  rejection and the argv shape.
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2026-09-14 16:08:56 +02:00
parent df887c73b1
commit f75a69f96a
5 changed files with 104 additions and 20 deletions
+29 -10
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@@ -66,16 +66,18 @@ static void test_ssh_remote_command_argument_modes() {
free(command);
}
/* The build for a single-word argv is [prog, six -o args, user, command]. */
/* The build for a single-word argv is [prog, six -o args, "--", user, command]. */
static void test_ssh_build_client_argv_default_is_ssh() {
char** argv = ssh_build_client_argv(NULL, 0, "u@h", "'srv' --stdio");
EXPECT_NOT_NULL(argv);
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[0], "ssh");
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[1], "-o");
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[7], "u@h");
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[8], "'srv' --stdio");
EXPECT_NULL(argv[9]);
/* The "--" end-of-options marker precedes the destination token. */
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[7], "--");
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[8], "u@h");
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[9], "'srv' --stdio");
EXPECT_NULL(argv[10]);
ssh_free_client_argv(argv);
}
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ static void test_ssh_build_client_argv_uses_custom_rsh() {
char** argv = ssh_build_client_argv("myrsh", 0, "u@h", "rc");
EXPECT_NOT_NULL(argv);
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[0], "myrsh");
EXPECT_NULL(argv[9]);
EXPECT_NULL(argv[10]);
ssh_free_client_argv(argv);
}
@@ -96,21 +98,37 @@ static void test_ssh_build_client_argv_whitespace_command_and_port() {
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[0], "ssh");
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[1], "-p");
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[2], "2222");
EXPECT_NULL(argv[11]);
EXPECT_NULL(argv[12]);
ssh_free_client_argv(argv);
argv = ssh_build_client_argv("ssh", 2222, "u@h", "rc");
EXPECT_NOT_NULL(argv);
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[0], "ssh");
/* Flat [prog, -o x6, -p, port, user, command]. */
/* Flat [prog, -o x6, -p, port, "--", user, command]. */
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[7], "-p");
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[8], "2222");
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[9], "u@h");
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[10], "rc");
EXPECT_NULL(argv[11]);
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[9], "--");
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[10], "u@h");
EXPECT_EQ_STR(argv[11], "rc");
EXPECT_NULL(argv[12]);
ssh_free_client_argv(argv);
}
/* C1: a destination host/user beginning with '-' would be parsed by ssh as an
* option (argument injection: -oProxyCommand=...), and an empty host is never
* valid. These are refused before any child is forked, so no Client is
* returned and no command can run. */
static void test_ssh_connect_rejects_option_host() {
/* cppcheck-suppress constVariablePointer */
Client* client = client_connect_ssh("-oProxyCommand=touch /tmp/pwned:/remote", 22, NULL, false,
NULL, false, NULL, 0);
EXPECT_NULL(client);
client = client_connect_ssh("-evil:/remote", 22, NULL, false, NULL, false, NULL, 0);
EXPECT_NULL(client);
client = client_connect_ssh("user@:/remote", 22, NULL, false, NULL, false, NULL, 0);
EXPECT_NULL(client);
}
/* --remote-option=OPT appends OPT to the remote command line after " --stdio",
* each escaped as its own single-quoted shell word. Metacharacters that could
* break out of the quoting are neutralized (never injected), matching the
@@ -162,6 +180,7 @@ void test_transport_ssh() {
test_ssh_connect_invalid_dest_empty();
test_ssh_connect_malformed();
test_ssh_connect_unreachable();
test_ssh_connect_rejects_option_host();
test_ssh_remote_command_argument_modes();
test_ssh_build_client_argv_default_is_ssh();
test_ssh_build_client_argv_uses_custom_rsh();