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SEC473lintai-ai-securitysupply-chainhardeningstablemarkdownwarn

AI markdown: git inline sslVerify false

AI-native markdown disables Git TLS verification with `git -c http.sslVerify=false`

Public lane
supply-chain
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

Reproducibility, provenance, and dependency hardening 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.

Lifecycle

Stable Lifecycle Contract

State

stable

Graduation rationale

Checks AI-native markdown for exact `git -c` examples that disable Git TLS verification inline through `http.sslVerify=false`.

Deterministic signal basis

MarkdownSignals exact `git -c http.sslVerify=false` token analysis inside parsed markdown regions, excluding safety-warning phrasing.

Malicious corpus
skill-git-inline-sslverify-false
Benign corpus
skill-git-inline-sslverify-true-safe
structured evidence required remediation reviewed
Canonical note

Structural stable rule positioned as a supply-chain hardening control: high-precision and actionable, but not a blanket claim of direct repository compromise.

Nearby Signals

Related Rules

SEC473 flags AI-native markdown when an exact Git command example disables transport verification inline through git -c http.sslVerify=false ....

Why this matters

Inline http.sslVerify=false disables normal TLS verification for that Git command. In shared AI-native instructions, that turns a risky trust-bypass workaround into copy-pastable setup guidance.

What triggers it

  • a parsed markdown region contains the exact token git -c http.sslVerify=false

The finding points to the -c http.sslVerify=false token.

What does not trigger it

  • git -c http.sslVerify=true ...
  • safety guidance such as Do not use git -c http.sslVerify=false ...
  • unrelated prose that mentions Git without the exact inline config form

Example

bash
git -c http.sslVerify=false clone https://github.com/acme/demo.git

Better

bash
git clone https://github.com/acme/demo.git

Remediation

Remove inline http.sslVerify=false and keep Git transport verification enabled instead of teaching a shared TLS-bypass workflow.