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SEC437lintai-ai-securitystablemarkdownwarn

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

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

Provider
lintai-ai-security
Surface
markdown
Scope
per_file
Tier
stable
Severity
warn
Confidence
high
Detection
structural
Remediation
message_only

Activation Model

Preset Membership

This rule is part of the builtin activation graph through these preset memberships.

previewmembership
skillsmembership

Lifecycle

Stable Lifecycle Contract

State

stable_gated

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

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SEC428AI markdown: unsafe Read path grantAI-native markdown frontmatter grants `Read(...)` over an unsafe repo-external pathmarkdownstable
SEC429AI markdown: unsafe Write path grantAI-native markdown frontmatter grants `Write(...)` over an unsafe repo-external pathmarkdownstable
SEC430AI markdown: unsafe Edit path grantAI-native markdown frontmatter grants `Edit(...)` over an unsafe repo-external pathmarkdownstable
SEC431AI markdown: unsafe Glob path grantAI-native markdown frontmatter grants `Glob(...)` over an unsafe repo-external pathmarkdownstable

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.