fix(cli): confine agent runtime paths

AGENTS.md

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ This repository owns the published `elydora` package, its CLI, synchronous and a
 - Propagate unexpected errors to the CLI boundary.
 - Use documented defaults only for genuinely optional configuration.
 - Avoid compatibility shims without a named public or user configuration contract.
+- Resolve every agent runtime directory as one physical child of `~/.elydora`; reject separators, traversal segments, cross-platform reserved names, and symbolic-link directories before writes or recursive removal.
 - Interpret `max_retries` as retries after the initial attempt and reject negative or non-integer values.
 - Automatically retry RFC-idempotent methods; retry non-idempotent methods only when the transport proves the request was never sent.
 - Honor valid `Retry-After` delay-seconds and HTTP-date values, and release retryable responses before sleeping.

README.md

@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ async def main():
 
 The SDK includes a CLI for installing audit hooks into AI coding agents.
 
+Agent IDs map to one physical directory directly under `~/.elydora`; path separators, traversal segments, Windows reserved names, and symbolic-link directories are rejected.
+
 ```bash
 elydora install \
   --agent claudecode \

elydora/_runtime_paths.py

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+"""Validated local runtime paths for agent installations."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import re
+import stat
+
+
+_INVALID_FILENAME_CHARACTERS = re.compile(r'[<>:"|?*\x00-\x1f]')
+_WINDOWS_DEVICE_NAME = re.compile(
+    r"^(?:con|prn|aux|nul|com[1-9¹²³]|lpt[1-9¹²³])(?:\.|$)",
+    re.IGNORECASE,
+)
+
+
+def resolve_agent_directory(root: str, agent_id: str) -> str:
+    """Resolve one cross-platform-safe agent directory directly under *root*."""
+    if (
+        not agent_id
+        or _INVALID_FILENAME_CHARACTERS.search(agent_id)
+        or "/" in agent_id
+        or "\\" in agent_id
+        or agent_id in {".", ".."}
+        or agent_id.endswith((".", " "))
+        or _WINDOWS_DEVICE_NAME.match(agent_id)
+    ):
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid agent ID for local storage: {agent_id!r}")
+
+    resolved_root = os.path.abspath(root)
+    candidate = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(resolved_root, agent_id))
+    try:
+        relative = os.path.relpath(candidate, resolved_root)
+    except ValueError as error:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Agent ID escapes the local storage directory: {agent_id!r}"
+        ) from error
+    if (
+        relative in {"", ".", ".."}
+        or os.path.isabs(relative)
+        or relative.startswith(f"..{os.sep}")
+        or os.sep in relative
+    ):
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Agent ID escapes the local storage directory: {agent_id!r}"
+        )
+    return candidate
+
+
+def ensure_private_directory(path: str) -> None:
+    """Create an owner-only directory and reject symbolic-link targets."""
+    os.makedirs(path, mode=0o700, exist_ok=True)
+    metadata = os.lstat(path)
+    if not stat.S_ISDIR(metadata.st_mode) or stat.S_ISLNK(metadata.st_mode):
+        raise OSError(f"Private directory path is not a physical directory: {path}")
+    if os.name != "nt":
+        os.chmod(path, 0o700)
+
+
+def require_physical_directory(path: str) -> bool:
+    """Return whether a path is an existing physical directory."""
+    try:
+        metadata = os.lstat(path)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return False
+    if not stat.S_ISDIR(metadata.st_mode) or stat.S_ISLNK(metadata.st_mode):
+        raise OSError(f"Agent runtime path is not a physical directory: {path}")
+    return True

elydora/cli.py

@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@ import json
 import os
 import shutil
 import sys
-from typing import Dict, Type
+from typing import Dict, NoReturn, Type
 
 from ._version import __version__
+from ._runtime_paths import (
+    ensure_private_directory,
+    require_physical_directory,
+    resolve_agent_directory,
+)
 from .crypto import get_public_key_base64url
 from .plugins.base import AgentPlugin, InstallConfig
 from .plugins.registry import SUPPORTED_AGENTS, get_agent_names
@@ -55,6 +60,33 @@ PLUGIN_MAP: Dict[str, Type[AgentPlugin]] = {
 }
 
 
+def _runtime_root() -> str:
+    return os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".elydora")
+
+
+def _exit_with_error(message: str) -> NoReturn:
+    print(f"Error: {message}", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise SystemExit(1)
+
+
+def _resolve_agent_directory_or_exit(agent_id: str) -> str:
+    try:
+        return resolve_agent_directory(_runtime_root(), agent_id)
+    except ValueError as error:
+        _exit_with_error(str(error))
+
+
+def _read_runtime_config_or_exit(config_path: str) -> dict:
+    try:
+        with open(config_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+            config = json.load(file)
+    except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError) as error:
+        _exit_with_error(f"Read agent config at {config_path}: {error}")
+    if not isinstance(config, dict):
+        _exit_with_error(f"Agent config at {config_path} must contain a JSON object")
+    return config
+
+
 def _get_plugin(agent_name: str) -> AgentPlugin:
     """Instantiate the plugin for the given agent name."""
     cls = PLUGIN_MAP.get(agent_name)
@@ -68,6 +100,7 @@ def _get_plugin(agent_name: str) -> AgentPlugin:
 def cmd_install(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     """Handle the 'install' subcommand."""
     agent_name: str = args.agent
+    agent_dir = _resolve_agent_directory_or_exit(args.agent_id)
 
     # Derive public key to verify the private key is valid
     try:
@@ -79,8 +112,8 @@ def cmd_install(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     print(f"Verified key pair (public key: {pub[:16]}...)")
 
     # Create per-agent directory under ~/.elydora/{agent_id}/
-    agent_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".elydora", args.agent_id)
+    ensure_private_directory(_runtime_root())
-    os.makedirs(agent_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    ensure_private_directory(agent_dir)
 
     # Generate and write the guard script
     guard_script_path = os.path.join(agent_dir, "guard.py")
@@ -112,30 +145,48 @@ def cmd_install(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
 
 def cmd_uninstall(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     """Handle the 'uninstall' subcommand."""
-    plugin = _get_plugin(args.agent)
+    explicit_agent_id = getattr(args, "agent_id", None)
-    agent_id = getattr(args, "agent_id", None) or ""
+    if explicit_agent_id:
-    plugin.uninstall(agent_id=agent_id)
+        _resolve_agent_directory_or_exit(explicit_agent_id)
 
     # Determine which agent directory to remove
-    elydora_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".elydora")
+    elydora_dir = _runtime_root()
-    agent_id = getattr(args, "agent_id", None)
+    require_physical_directory(elydora_dir)
+    agent_id = explicit_agent_id
 
     if not agent_id:
         # Scan ~/.elydora/*/config.json for matching agent_name
         pattern = os.path.join(elydora_dir, "*", "config.json")
         for config_path in glob.glob(pattern):
-            try:
+            cfg = _read_runtime_config_or_exit(config_path)
-                with open(config_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            if cfg.get("agent_name") != args.agent:
-                    cfg = json.load(f)
-                if cfg.get("agent_name") == args.agent:
-                    agent_id = cfg.get("agent_id")
-                    break
-            except Exception:
                 continue
+            stored_agent_id = cfg.get("agent_id")
+            if not isinstance(stored_agent_id, str):
+                _exit_with_error(
+                    f"Agent config at {config_path} has an invalid agent_id"
+                )
+            stored_directory = _resolve_agent_directory_or_exit(stored_agent_id)
+            if os.path.normcase(stored_directory) != os.path.normcase(
+                os.path.dirname(config_path)
+            ):
+                _exit_with_error(
+                    f"Agent config at {config_path} crosses its runtime directory"
+                )
+            agent_id = stored_agent_id
+            break
 
+    agent_dir = None
+    agent_directory_exists = False
     if agent_id:
-        agent_dir = os.path.join(elydora_dir, agent_id)
+        agent_dir = _resolve_agent_directory_or_exit(agent_id)
-        if os.path.isdir(agent_dir):
+        agent_directory_exists = require_physical_directory(agent_dir)
+
+    plugin = _get_plugin(args.agent)
+    plugin.uninstall(agent_id=agent_id or "")
+
+    if agent_dir:
+        if agent_directory_exists:
             shutil.rmtree(agent_dir)
             print(f"  Removed agent directory: {agent_dir}")
     else:

tests/test_runtime_paths.py

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from elydora._runtime_paths import (
+    ensure_private_directory,
+    require_physical_directory,
+    resolve_agent_directory,
+)
+from elydora import cli
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "agent_id",
+    [
+        "../escape",
+        "..\\escape",
+        "C:escape",
+        "agent.",
+        "agent ",
+        "CON",
+        "COM¹.log",
+        ".",
+        "..",
+    ],
+)
+def test_agent_directory_rejects_unsafe_cross_platform_names(
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    agent_id: str,
+) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="agent ID"):
+        resolve_agent_directory(str(tmp_path / ".elydora"), agent_id)
+
+
+def test_agent_directory_is_one_private_physical_child(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    root = tmp_path / ".elydora"
+    agent_dir = Path(resolve_agent_directory(str(root), "agent-1"))
+
+    ensure_private_directory(str(root))
+    ensure_private_directory(str(agent_dir))
+
+    assert agent_dir == root / "agent-1"
+    assert require_physical_directory(str(agent_dir)) is True
+    if os.name != "nt":
+        assert root.stat().st_mode & 0o777 == 0o700
+        assert agent_dir.stat().st_mode & 0o777 == 0o700
+
+
+def test_private_directory_rejects_symbolic_links(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    target = tmp_path / "target"
+    target.mkdir()
+    link = tmp_path / "agent-link"
+    try:
+        link.symlink_to(target, target_is_directory=True)
+    except OSError as error:
+        pytest.skip(f"Directory symbolic links are unavailable: {error}")
+
+    with pytest.raises(OSError, match="physical directory"):
+        ensure_private_directory(str(link))
+    with pytest.raises(OSError, match="physical directory"):
+        require_physical_directory(str(link))
+
+
+def test_install_rejects_unsafe_agent_id_before_writes(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(tmp_path))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("USERPROFILE", str(tmp_path))
+    args = cli.build_parser().parse_args(
+        [
+            "install",
+            "--agent",
+            "opencode",
+            "--org_id",
+            "org-1",
+            "--agent_id",
+            "../escape",
+            "--private_key",
+            "unused",
+            "--kid",
+            "key-1",
+        ]
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_info:
+        cli.cmd_install(args)
+
+    assert exc_info.value.code == 1
+    assert "Invalid agent ID for local storage" in capsys.readouterr().err
+    assert (tmp_path / ".elydora").exists() is False
+
+
+def test_uninstall_validates_config_directory_before_plugin_changes(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(tmp_path))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("USERPROFILE", str(tmp_path))
+    runtime_dir = tmp_path / ".elydora" / "stored-directory"
+    runtime_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+    (runtime_dir / "config.json").write_text(
+        json.dumps({"agent_name": "opencode", "agent_id": "different-agent"}),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    plugin_calls: list[str] = []
+
+    class Plugin:
+        def uninstall(self, agent_id: str = "") -> None:
+            plugin_calls.append(agent_id)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cli, "_get_plugin", lambda _name: Plugin())
+    args = cli.build_parser().parse_args(["uninstall", "--agent", "opencode"])
+
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_info:
+        cli.cmd_uninstall(args)
+
+    assert exc_info.value.code == 1
+    assert "crosses its runtime directory" in capsys.readouterr().err
+    assert plugin_calls == []
+    assert runtime_dir.is_dir()