fix: refuse stdin to a privileged command while a sudo password is set
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run_command(privileged=True, stdin=data) sent `sudo -S` with stdin =
<sudo password>\n + data. A sudo that does not prompt (NOPASSWD, a cached
timestamp) leaves the password line on stdin, and the command reads it as
the first line of the data - `cat > file` wrote it into the file
(NetOrk/netork#1029).

run_command now raises ValueError for that combination before opening a
channel. Stdin still reaches the command under `sudo -n` (no password set),
for a root login, and for unprivileged commands. Callers stage the data
without privilege and have root install the file. open_stream documents the
same caveat.
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Christian Manivong committed 2026-10-12 20:41:06 +02:00
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@@ -107,21 +107,54 @@ def test_a_root_login_needs_no_sudo():
assert transport.channels[-1].sent == b""
def test_stdin_follows_the_sudo_password():
def test_a_privileged_command_with_a_sudo_password_takes_no_stdin():
"""sudo -S reads the password from stdin. A sudo that does not prompt --
NOPASSWD, a cached timestamp -- leaves it there, and the command reads it as
its first line: it wrote the password into an sshd drop-in (NetOrk/netork#1029)."""
driver, transport = _driver(sudo_password="pw")
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="stdin"):
driver.run_command("tee /etc/x", privileged=True, stdin=b"data", timeout=5)
assert transport.channels == [] # nothing reached the host
def test_privileged_stdin_without_a_sudo_password_goes_to_the_command():
"""sudo -n reads nothing from stdin: the data is the command's alone."""
driver, transport = _driver()
driver.run_command("tee /etc/x", privileged=True, stdin=b"data", timeout=5)
assert transport.channels[-1].sent == b"pw\ndata"
channel = transport.channels[-1]
assert channel.command == "sudo -n sh -c 'tee /etc/x'"
assert channel.sent == b"data"
def test_privileged_stdin_for_a_root_login_goes_to_the_command():
driver, transport = _driver(root=True, sudo_password="pw")
driver.run_command("tee /etc/x", privileged=True, stdin=b"data", timeout=5)
assert transport.channels[-1].command == "tee /etc/x"
assert transport.channels[-1].sent == b"data"
def test_unprivileged_stdin_with_a_sudo_password_goes_to_the_command():
driver, transport = _driver(sudo_password="pw")
driver.run_command("cat > /tmp/x", stdin=b"data", timeout=5)
assert transport.channels[-1].command == "cat > /tmp/x"
assert transport.channels[-1].sent == b"data"
def test_a_privileged_stream_gets_the_password_first():
driver, transport = _driver(sudo_password="pw")
driver.open_stream("cat > /tmp/x", privileged=True)
driver.open_stream("journalctl -f", privileged=True)
channel = transport.channels[-1]
assert channel.command == "sudo -S -p '' sh -c 'cat > /tmp/x'"
assert channel.command == "sudo -S -p '' sh -c 'journalctl -f'"
assert channel.sent == b"pw\n"