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SEC444lintai-ai-securitystablemarkdownwarn

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

AI-native markdown frontmatter grants `Bash(git apply:*)` 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.

Lifecycle

Stable Lifecycle Contract

State

stable_gated

Graduation rationale

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

Deterministic signal basis

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

Malicious corpus
skill-git-apply-allowed-tools
Benign corpus
skill-git-apply-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

SEC444 / MD-GIT-APPLY-ALLOWED-TOOLS

SEC444 flags AI-native markdown frontmatter when allowed-tools grants the exact token Bash(git apply:*).

Why It Matters

Blanket git apply authority lets an agent apply arbitrary patch content by default. In shared AI instruction frontmatter, that is broader than most reviewed patch workflows should be.

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 apply:*)

Clean Cases

These stay clean:

  • more specific reviewed commands such as Bash(git apply fix.patch)
  • frontmatter that does not grant git apply
  • fixture-like examples under test or fixture paths

Example Trigger

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

Safer Example

md
---
allowed-tools:
  - Bash(git apply fix.patch)
  - Read
---

How To Fix

Replace Bash(git apply:*) with a narrower reviewed command pattern, or remove broad patch-application authority from shared frontmatter entirely.