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SEC530lintai-ai-securitystableclaude_settingswarn

Claude settings: shared gh api PATCH permissions

Claude settings permissions allow `Bash(gh api --method PATCH:*)` in a shared committed config

Provider
lintai-ai-security
Surface
claude_settings
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
claudemembership

Lifecycle

Stable Lifecycle Contract

State

stable_gated

Graduation rationale

Checks shared Claude settings for exact GitHub API PATCH mutation authority through `permissions.allow`.

Deterministic signal basis

ClaudeSettingsSignals exact string detection for `Bash(gh api --method PATCH:*)` inside permissions.allow on parsed Claude settings JSON.

Malicious corpus
claude-settings-gh-api-patch-permission
Benign corpus
claude-settings-gh-api-patch-permission-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

SEC362Claude settings: wildcard Bash permissionsClaude settings permissions allow `Bash(*)` in a shared committed configclaude_settingsstable
SEC364Claude settings: bypassPermissions default modeClaude settings set `permissions.defaultMode` to `bypassPermissions` in a shared committed configclaude_settingsstable
SEC367Claude settings: wildcard WebFetch permissionsClaude settings permissions allow `WebFetch(*)` in a shared committed configclaude_settingsstable
SEC369Claude settings: wildcard Write permissionsClaude settings permissions allow `Write(*)` in a shared committed configclaude_settingsstable
SEC372Claude settings: wildcard Read permissionsClaude settings permissions allow `Read(*)` in a shared committed configclaude_settingsstable
SEC373Claude settings: wildcard Edit permissionsClaude settings permissions allow `Edit(*)` in a shared committed configclaude_settingsstable

SEC530 / CLAUDE-GH-API-PATCH-PERMISSION ​

SEC530 flags shared Claude settings when permissions.allow grants blanket GitHub CLI API mutation authority through gh api --method PATCH.

Why It Matters ​

gh api --method PATCH is a generic remote mutation path against GitHub resources. In shared committed settings that is broader than most teams actually need and harder to review than narrower workflow-specific subcommands.

Trigger Shape ​

  • committed shared Claude settings surface
  • permissions.allow contains the exact token Bash(gh api --method PATCH:*)

Safer Example ​

json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": ["Bash(gh api --method GET:*)", "Read(*)"]
  }
}