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[Plugins] Security gate: no arbitrary execution, no hidden capabilities #1076

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@tamirdresher

Part of #1068.

Scope

Define and enforce the security gate: the MVP plugin system must not provide any path to arbitrary code execution or hidden capabilities.

Requirements

  • Written threat model covering: malicious manifest, malicious git source, malicious lock file, malicious adapter metadata, malicious hook metadata, malicious knowledge/memory content.
  • Enforcement tests that fail CI if any of the following is reachable from install, enable, disable, switch, uninstall, or dry-run:
    • eval-equivalent execution of plugin-supplied content.
    • Spawning child processes from plugin-supplied scripts.
    • Filesystem writes outside the plugin's declared component paths under .squad/.
    • Network egress initiated by plugin-supplied content.
  • Adapter declarations and hook metadata are recorded but never executed by Squad MVP - covered by explicit negative tests.
  • Capability surface is fully derived from declared components; no speculative capability strings accepted.
  • Document the security posture in the user-facing docs and link it from the install command's --help.

Acceptance

  • Threat model document committed.
  • Negative test suite green in CI and gating merges.
  • Docs reflect the gate.
  • Any future relaxation requires an RFC and explicit lift of this gate.

Planning provenance: tamirdresher_microsoft/tamresearch1#2927.

Activity

  1. bradygaster commented on Sep 23, 2026

    @bradygaster
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    Closing as resolved — PR #1092 explicitly references this issue and shipped the plugin threat model, execution red lines, and metadata-only boundary now documented in docs/src/content/docs/reference/plugin-security.md:15-29,34-55.

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