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SEC437lintai-ai-securitygovernancehardeningstablemarkdownwarn

AI markdown: `Bash(git branch:*)` tool grant

AI-native markdown frontmatter grants `Bash(git branch:*)` authority

Public lane
governance
Category
hardening
Provider
lintai-ai-security
Scope
per-file
Surface
markdown
Tier
stable
Severity
warn
Confidence
high
Detection
structural
Remediation
message only
How to read this lane

Shared authority and workflow policy review.

How to read this category

Least-privilege, provenance, or operational hygiene signal.

Activation Model

Preset Activation

These presets explain where this rule appears in the product experience.

governancesidecar lane

Lifecycle

Stable Lifecycle Contract

State

stable

Graduation rationale

Checks AI-native frontmatter for wildcard git branch grants in shared allowed-tools policy.

Deterministic signal basis

MarkdownSignals exact frontmatter token detection for `Bash(git branch:*)` inside allowed-tools or allowed_tools.

Malicious corpus
skill-git-branch-allowed-tools
Benign corpus
skill-git-branch-allowed-tools-specific-safe
structured evidence required remediation reviewed
Canonical note

Structural stable rule intended as a high-precision check with deterministic evidence.

Nearby Signals

Related Rules

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SEC424AI markdown: bare Write tool grantAI-native markdown frontmatter grants bare `Write` tool accessgovernancehardeningmarkdown
SEC425AI markdown: bare Edit tool grantAI-native markdown frontmatter grants bare `Edit` tool accessgovernancehardeningmarkdown
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SEC437 / MD-GIT-BRANCH-ALLOWED-TOOLS ​

SEC437 flags AI-native markdown frontmatter when allowed-tools grants the exact token Bash(git branch:*).

Why It Matters ​

Blanket git branch authority lets an agent create, rename, or remove branches as part of shared default policy. In AI-native instruction files, that broadens repository mutation authority beyond a narrow reviewed branch workflow.

Trigger Shape ​

The rule triggers only when all of these are true:

  • the file is an AI-native markdown instruction surface with parsed frontmatter
  • the path is not fixture-like
  • allowed-tools or allowed_tools contains the exact token Bash(git branch:*)

Clean Cases ​

These stay clean:

  • more specific reviewed commands such as Bash(git branch feature/test)
  • frontmatter that does not grant git branch
  • fixture-like examples under test or fixture paths

Example Trigger ​

md
---
allowed-tools:
  - Bash(git branch:*)
  - Read
---

Safer Example ​

md
---
allowed-tools:
  - Bash(git branch feature/test)
  - Read
---

How To Fix ​

Replace Bash(git branch:*) with a narrower reviewed command pattern, or remove broad branch mutation authority from shared frontmatter entirely.