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SEC544lintai-ai-securitystableclaude_settingswarn

Claude settings: shared gh release upload permissions

Claude settings permissions allow `Bash(gh release upload:*)` 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.

Lifecycle

Stable Lifecycle Contract

State

stable_gated

Graduation rationale

Checks shared Claude settings for exact GitHub release asset upload authority through `permissions.allow`.

Deterministic signal basis

ClaudeSettingsSignals exact string detection for `Bash(gh release upload:*)` inside permissions.allow on parsed Claude settings JSON.

Malicious corpus
claude-settings-gh-repo-transfer-release-upload-permissions
Benign corpus
claude-settings-gh-repo-transfer-release-upload-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

SEC544 / CLAUDE-GH-RELEASE-UPLOAD-PERMISSION

SEC544 flags shared Claude settings when permissions.allow grants blanket GitHub release asset upload authority through gh release upload.

Why It Matters

gh release upload can add or replace release assets in public or internal distribution channels. In a shared committed settings file that is broader than most teams want to delegate by default.

Trigger Shape

  • the file is a detected Claude settings surface
  • the path is not fixture-like
  • permissions.allow contains the exact token Bash(gh release upload:*)

Clean Cases

  • narrower read-only grants such as Bash(gh release view:*)
  • settings files without blanket release upload access
  • fixture-like examples under test or fixture paths

Example Trigger

json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": ["Bash(gh release upload:*)", "Read(*)"]
  }
}

Safer Example

json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": ["Bash(gh release view:*)", "Read(*)"]
  }
}

How To Fix

Remove shared gh release upload permissions or replace them with narrower reviewed commands that keep release asset mutation under explicit user control.