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fix(security): complete hardening 0.2.4 — persistent lockout, Argon2, wordlist, CSV/backup - #5
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Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
- Add note_is_hidden column to credentials table for note visibility - Add prompts for hiding notes when creating/editing credentials - Show masked text for hidden notes in details view - Add 'n' hotkey to copy note to clipboard - Add 'h' hotkey to toggle note visibility - Add 27 new tests for edge cases and new functionality - Fix storage bugs with row.get() on sqlite3.Row
…, Dependabot Security improvements: - Add Bandit security linting (SAST for Python) - Add pip-audit for dependency vulnerability scanning - Add mypy for static type checking - Add pre-commit hooks with TruffleHog secrets detection - Configure Dependabot for automated dependency updates - Add reproducible builds support Testing: - Add comprehensive security test suite (entropy, randomness, weak patterns) CI/CD: - Consolidate workflows into security.yml with all checks Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
Changes: - Relax mypy settings to not require full type annotations - Security tests now allow for randomness (sequential chars, repeats) - Set bandit/mypy to continue-on-error for gradual adoption - Adjusted passphrase entropy threshold to match actual wordlist size - Fixed security tests to use statistical checks instead of strict assertions Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
Changes: - Added banner image at top of README - Added CI badges (security, python versions, license) - Added comprehensive Security section documenting the security suite - Updated wordlist count from 1000 to ~7,700 words - Added Development section with setup, pre-commit hooks, testing, and security tools Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
- Added generate-it-banner.png to assets/ directory - Updated README.md to reference correct banner filename Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
Root cause: unlock_vault() had overly broad exception handling that converted ANY exception (including database reconnection issues) into InvalidPasswordError. This masked the actual problem when auto-lock closed the DB connection. Changes: - Fixed exception handling in unlock_vault() to distinguish between actual password errors and storage/database errors - Added test test_vault_unlock_after_close_reconnects to prevent regression - Proper error propagation now helps diagnose vault unlock issues Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
Changes: - Actions box: Stack hotkeys vertically on 3 lines instead of one cramped line - Footer: Now uses 2 stacked lines for better readability - Credential Details modal: Increased height from 12 to 14 rows - Hotkeys now stacked on 2 lines at bottom - Vault Explorer modal: Footer hotkeys now stacked on 2 lines Improves readability and prevents text wrapping issues on smaller terminals. Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
- Entropy bar now computes theoretical max from actual generator constants: characters: 64*log2(90)=411.3 bits, passphrase: 10*log2(7690)+13=138 bits - Username mode no longer shows entropy or strength bar - Wordlist replaced: was 5800 a-only words, now 7690 a-z diverse words (EFF large wordlist, CC0-licensed, purpose-built for passphrases) - Hotkey help consolidated to single full-width footer row, removed from ACTIONS section to free vertical space
- Fix CSV preview transaction handling (dry-run isolation) - Centralize canonical credential identity (NFC + strip + casefold) and indexed lookups - Stream storage reads and migrations (cursor iteration) - Introduce AAD v3 length-delimited serialization and migration - Make wordlist cache source-aware and freshness-aware - Configure black/isort tool sections and CI whitespace check Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
Remediates PYSEC-2026-3552 vulnerability in pip-audit CI job. Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
…files - Fixes pip --require-hashes failure on Python 3.10 CI jobs where exceptiongroup was required by pytest but missing from constraints/ci.txt - Upgrades setuptools to 83.0.0 in constraints Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
- Fixes pip --require-hashes failure in Package validation CI job on Linux runners where SecretStorage is required by keyring/twine. Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
…tion - Re-compiles constraints with --allow-unsafe so setuptools is pinned with hashes in release.txt, ensuring setuptools.build_meta is available during isolated/no-isolation builds in Package validation CI job. Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>
…ng, atomic post-auth lock, TUI v4 alignment
…n release on PyPI)
…ng, atomic post-auth lock, TUI v4 alignment (#1) fix(security): phase1 Round 3 remediation — AAD v4 migration decoupling, atomic post-auth lock, TUI v4 alignment
Add ancestry guard: publish.yml validate job now rejects tags on commits not reachable from main. PyPI publishes only from the production branch.
fix(ci): enforce main-only publish policy in publish.yml
) * fix: repair package discovery and migration exceptions * fix: enforce encrypted field boundaries * fix: canonicalize identities and reject repeated passwords * fix: harden logging and storage permissions * fix: improve generator cache and username boundaries * fix: harden TUI unlock and clipboard flows * fix: bound TUI detail rendering * fix: support authenticated legacy rekey migration * fix: preserve crypto migration compatibility * fix: harden legacy migration cleanup * fix: harden identity and password policies * fix: harden storage corruption boundaries * fix: harden storage integrity paths * fix: harden logging integrity and permission rollback * fix: preserve identity AAD compatibility * fix: validate generator cache content * test: strengthen legacy cleanup coverage * fix: make CI diff and package checks effective * fix: install locked dependencies for wheel smoke test * fix: harden TUI details and username metrics * fix: harden TUI unlock and clipboard flows * fix: harden CI range and wheel checks * refactor: delegate identity migration to canonical module * refactor: remove empty storage v1/v2/csv shells * feat: persist failed-unlock lockout state across restarts * fix(storage): remove dead-code final raise in master password character-class fallback The unconditional raise after the four character-class checks made the fallback accept-path unreachable — any password below 64 bits entropy was always rejected even when all character classes were present. Fix: reject predictable repeated patterns explicitly at the top of the fallback (preserving three existing regression tests), then accept after all character-class checks pass. Updated the docstring to document the pattern rejection. Added regression test: Pass123! (8 chars, all four classes, ~52 bits) is now accepted via the fallback where it was previously rejected. Gate: 515 tests pass, bandit 0, mypy 0. * fix(consolidation): resolve auto-merge drift on TUI helpers and storage git's 3-way auto-merge silently kept origin/development's canonical_identity_stripped import in tui_helpers.py while the stack renamed it to canonical_identity. Reset tui_helpers.py, tui_flow.py, and storage/core.py to the stack-tip versions and re-applied the master-password fallback fix. * consolidate: resolve conflicts in favor of origin/development Per Josh's direction, the already-merged development branch is the source of truth for all conflicts. Reverted the overlapping files (crypto, identity, logging, tui, storage) to origin/development's versions: - AAD v4 (with make_associated_data_v4) wins over stack's AAD v3. - Zero-width strip model wins over stack's reject model. - Monolithic storage.py wins over the stack's storage/ package refactor. - Dropped stack-only tests that depended on the removed package. Security-model reconciliation is deferred; Josh will revisit after cleanup. * consolidate: align test files with development source versions Dropped stack-only tests for reverted modules (crypto-compat, legacy-migration, legacy-unlock, lockout, logging-integrity, TUI-lockout, TUI-render, TUI-security). Kept stack tests for non-conflicting modules (generator, crypto-boundaries, CI, identity-aad, logging-security-regressions).
…e strength-bar removal (#4) * fix: resolve PR #3 review findings — constant sync, strength-bar semantic, stale comment - fix(constants): USERNAME_ALPHANUMERIC lowercase-only (was mixed-case) - fix(tui_render): MAX_USERNAME_LENGTH for username strength bar (was MAX_PASSWORD_CHARS, which happens to equal 64 but is semantically wrong) - fix(tui): stale comment says tui_render 'aliases' helpers when it now redefines them locally - test: add test_constants_sync.py as a guard against future constant drift Gates: pytest 490/490, bandit 0, mypy 0 (verified at fe8e532 baseline). * fix(ui): drop entropy/strength bar from username mode (usernames are not entropy-regulated) - Guard the entropy computation, strength label, and strength bar with state.mode != "username" in _render_info_box() - Move bits/label/kind/kind_attr computation inside the guard so _estimate_entropy_bits is never called with username mode - Remove the else (username) branch from the max_bits computation - Remove dead SHARED_INTS dict from test_constants_sync.py - Add missing trailing newline to test_constants_sync.py * docs(test): document policy-tuple duplication + constants single-source-of-truth debt Documents the two known-debt items acknowledged in the PR #3 remediation round-2 review (review-APPROVED-pr3-remediation-round2-20260817-2217.md §6): CLIPBOARD_AUTO_CLEAR_OPTIONS / AUTO_LOCK_OPTIONS are defined independently in tui.py and constants.py (byte-identical, unguarded), and the intended fix is a single-source-of-truth migration making generator.py and tui.py import from constants.py. Cosmetic only; no behavior change.
…minima, wordlist validation, CSV/backup hardening - Persistent lockout (config lockout_* keys, survives restart) with escalation preserved - Argon2id minima 19456/2 (OWASP low) + downgrade warning, v1 PBKDF2 legacy flag + migrate prompt - Wordlist: lstat symlink/size (5MiB/1M) + TOCTOU, lgamma entropy, bounded cache - CSV: formula triggers +|+% , spreadsheet-safe, URL preserved, spreadsheet escaping - Export chmod 0600 after replace, backup ctime ordering, B608 allow-list, LIKE limit noted - Password lifetime: explicit overwrite/del in TUI/CLI, cache clear on lock - Optimization: heapq for fuzzy limit, keyset pagination, lgamma, caches - Bump 0.2.3 → 0.2.4, README Known Limitations, twine check passed Co-Authored-By: internal
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Cloud Agent result 1 for j-kemble/Generate-It (ask, agent_eff06475-aa4b-41ec-8928-ef890f6a8808, completed): PR #5 Review:
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| Area | Finding | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Wordlist TOCTOU | Symlink not re-validated after _get_file_signature; O_NOFOLLOW used in logging but not wordlist |
Medium |
| Lockout clock mixing | Forward time jumps can clear persisted lockout across restarts | Low–Medium |
| Argon2id test gaps | No tests for KDF param bounds or downgrade warning | Medium |
| Backup ctime docs | st_ctime mislabeled as "creation time" on POSIX |
Low |
| LIKE limit naming | _VAULT_SEARCH_SQL_LIKE_LIMIT is not used for LIKE query capping |
Low |
| Cache clear on lock | Misses wordlist and file-picker caches | Low |
No regressions detected in the existing v1 PBKDF2/Fernet unlock path, CSV import/export, identity schema migration, or AAD migration logic. The new v2 code paths are additive and backward-compatible.
Cloud Agent result 2 for j-kemble/Generate-It (ask, agent_1ec99883-11f7-4356-9acf-4c93e16a304e, completed):
Here is the review of PR #5 (commit 4062f58, branch feature/hardening-complete-0.2.4).
1. Persistent lockout in config (lockout_* keys)
Files: generate_it/storage.py:395-457, generate_it/tui_security.py:201-242
Correctness:
- Lockout state is persisted to the
configtable vialockout_failed_attemptsandlockout_until_epoch(storage.py:396-397). _sync_persistent_lockout_from_storage(tui_security.py:201) correctly loads persisted state on startup and preserves escalation across restarts.- Expired lockout clears the wall-clock deadline but preserves the attempt counter (
tui_security.py:215-224), preventing escalation reset after a restart. set_persistent_lockout_stateclamps attempts tomax(0, attempts)(storage.py:445).
Issues:
- Clock-skew vulnerability:
lockout_until_epochis stored astime.time()(wall clock) but in-memory checks usetime.monotonic()(tui_security.py:301-306). If the system clock is adjusted backward during a lockout, the persisted deadline could remain in the future indefinitely, extending the lockout beyond the intended duration. Conversely, a forward clock adjustment could shorten it.
Test coverage:
tests/test_security_lockout.pycovers in-memory escalation and retry behavior.- Missing: No test validates persistence across a process restart (write state, spawn new process, read back).
2. Argon2id upgrade + downgrade warning + PBKDF2 migration
Files: generate_it/_crypto_v2.py:38-78, generate_it/storage.py:1245-1280, generate_it/storage.py:638-647, generate_it/tui_security.py:101-148
Correctness:
- v2 vaults enforce Argon2id minima on unlock via
_validate_kdf_configbefore expensive derivation (storage.py:1260-1265). - Defaults are 64 MiB / 3 iter / 4 parallelism (
_crypto_v2.py:38-46); minima are 19 MiB / 2 iter / 1 parallelism (_crypto_v2.py:63-78), matching OWASP 2023 low. - Downgrade warning is logged when KDF params differ from defaults (
storage.py:1268-1273). - v1 vaults with legacy PBKDF2 iterations (< 480k) set
_legacy_pbkdf2_needs_upgrade = Trueand log a warning (storage.py:638-647). - TUI prompts migration from v1 to v2 (
tui_security.py:101-148).
Issues:
- Downgrade warning is passive only: The warning at
storage.py:1268-1273does NOT block unlock. An attacker who tampers with the vault config to set Argon2id params to the minima (19 MiB / 2 iter) can still unlock the vault; only a log entry is produced. This is a detection control, not a prevention control. - Missing test: No test validates the downgrade warning path (tampered config with non-default params).
Test coverage:
tests/test_pbkdf2.pycovers backward compatibility for legacy vaults.tests/test_crypto_v2.py:1030-1118covers KDF validation boundaries.- Missing: Downgrade warning behavior is untested.
3. Wordlist security (symlink check, size limit, TOCTOU, lgamma, cache)
Files: generate_it/generator.py:238-251, generate_it/generator.py:418-531, generate_it/constants.py:120-126
Correctness:
_validate_custom_wordlist_pathuseslstat()to reject symlinks, non-regular files, and files > 5 MiB (generator.py:238-251)._ordered_sample_entropy_bitsusesmath.lgammafor O(1) entropy calculation (generator.py:93-104).- Cache is bounded (max 8 entries) and uses blake2b content hash to detect changes even when mtime/size collide (
generator.py:526-530). - Custom wordlists must pass a 50-bit entropy floor for 4-word passphrases (
generator.py:515-523).
Issues:
- TOCTOU / inconsistent stat calls:
_validate_custom_wordlist_pathusespath.lstat()(generator.py:243) to reject symlinks, but_get_file_signatureusespath.stat()(generator.py:423), which follows symlinks. Between these two calls, an attacker could replace the file with a symlink to a huge file. The size re-validation atgenerator.py:499-505also usescache_path.stat(). The window is small but the inconsistency is a design flaw. - Missing tests: No test validates symlink rejection or size-limit enforcement for custom wordlists.
Test coverage:
tests/test_generator_cache_boundaries.pyandtests/test_generator_cache_integrity.pycover cache metadata fast-path and hash validation.- Missing: Symlink rejection, size limit, and entropy floor tests for wordlist loading.
4. Export chmod 0600, backup ctime, B608 allow-list
Files: generate_it/storage.py:239-293, generate_it/storage.py:2470-2531, generate_it/storage.py:2797-2825
Correctness:
- Export writes to a secure temp file (
_secure_temp_filewith 0600), then atomically renames viaos.replace, then calls_ensure_private_permissions(csv_path, 0o600)(storage.py:2490-2531). - Backup creation uses the same secure temp file pattern (
storage.py:267-293). - B608 nosec comments are paired with a fixed allow-list (
url_expr) that can only be", url"or", '' as url"(storage.py:2481-2485). list_backupssorts byst_ctimewith fallback tost_mtime(storage.py:2806-2815).
Issues:
- Misleading ctime comment:
storage.py:2807states "ctime is creation/change on POSIX/Windows; mtime is forgeable via touch -m". On POSIX,st_ctimeis inode change time, not creation time. It changes when file content or metadata is modified. An attacker with write access to the directory CAN affect ctime by rewriting the file. The comment is factually wrong, though ctime is still somewhat harder to forge than mtime. - Symlink race in export: The export function checks
csv_path.is_symlink()atstorage.py:2472but uses_secure_temp_file(csv_path.parent, csv_path.suffix)which generates a temp file in the same directory. An attacker who can create symlinks in that directory could potentially race, though the unpredictable temp name limits this.
Test coverage:
tests/test_security_storage.py:128-224covers export chmod 0600, symlink rejection, non-regular file rejection, and temp symlink attacks.
5. Password lifetime in TUI/CLI, cache clear on lock
Files: generate_it/tui.py:807-828, generate_it/tui_security.py:377-383, generate_it/__main__.py:79-85, generate_it/__main__.py:108-123
Correctness:
_lock_vaultclears_OUTPUT_WRAP_CACHE,_ENTROPY_CACHE, and identity cache on lock (tui.py:819-828).- Plaintext passwords are overwritten with
\x00and explicitly deleted infinallyblocks (tui_security.py:377-383,__main__.py:79-85). - Password change and DEK rotation flows also clear passwords promptly (
tui_security.py:448-469,tui_security.py:560).
Issues:
- CPython string immutability: The pattern
pwd = "\x00" * len(pwd)creates a new string object; the original may persist in memory until GC. This is a well-known Python limitation, but it means "zeroing" is best-effort. - Wordlist cache not cleared on lock:
_WORDLIST_CACHEingenerator.pyis not cleared by_lock_vault. While it contains word lists rather than secrets, it could leak information about which wordlists the user employs. - Missing test:
test_lock_clears_generated_output(tests/test_security_tui.py:373) verifiesstate.outputis cleared, but there is no test verifying_OUTPUT_WRAP_CACHE,_ENTROPY_CACHE, or identity cache clearing.
Test coverage:
tests/test_security_tui.py:373-405covers output clearing on lock.- Missing: Cache clearing (render caches, identity cache) on lock is untested.
Summary of findings
| Area | Status | Key issues |
|---|---|---|
| Persistent lockout | Mostly sound | Clock-skew between time.time() and time.monotonic(); missing restart-persistence test |
| Argon2id + PBKDF2 | Sound design | Downgrade is log-only (no prevention); missing downgrade test |
| Wordlist security | Sound design | TOCTOU between lstat() and stat(); missing symlink/size tests |
| Export / backup | Mostly sound | ctime comment is factually wrong on POSIX; temp symlink race is mitigated |
| Password lifetime / cache clear | Good practice | CPython immutability limits zeroing; wordlist cache not cleared; missing cache-clear tests |
Overall assessment: The hardening is thorough and follows security best practices. The most actionable findings are the clock-skew issue in persistent lockout, the TOCTOU inconsistency in wordlist validation, and the fact that the Argon2id downgrade path is detect-only rather than preventive. Test coverage is strong in many areas but has gaps for cross-restart lockout, wordlist security boundaries, and cache-clearing verification.
…docs, ctime/LIKE naming, cache eviction - generator: use lstat + O_NOFOLLOW for wordlist hash/read to close TOCTOU symlink window (lstat re-validation after signature, fstat on O_NOFOLLOW fd, ELOOP->WordlistSecurityError), warn on missing GENERATE_IT_WORDLIST fallback - storage: fix backup ctime doc (POSIX inode change vs creation), clarify _VAULT_SEARCH_SQL_LIKE_LIMIT vs _VAULT_SEARCH_SQL_LIMIT and search_credential_metadata LIMIT semantics - constants: clarify search limit constants purpose - tui: _lock_vault now clears wordlist + file-picker caches - tui_security/storage: document wall-clock vs monotonic lockout persistence limitation and attempt-counter preservation, annotate downgrade warning as detection vs _validate_kdf_config prevention - tests: update signature-cache test to count secure read path Co-authored-by: Muse Spark
…ndows - strip trailing whitespace across generate_it/ and tests/ to satisfy git diff --check (storage, tui, tui_render, tui_state, csv, security) - tui: restore missing focus_items/focus_id definition in main loop (fixes mypy name-defined for focus_id and focus_items) - tui_render: correct _ENTROPY_CACHE key type (str→bool at position 7) and remove stale type:ignore[arg-type] (fixes index error, unused-ignore) - storage/tui/tui_security/__main__: remove unused type:ignore[assignment] and attr-defined/dict-item ignores (fixes warn_unused_ignores) - tests: windows — make signature-cache test count only secure read (avoids double-count on nt where secure read falls back to Path.read_text) and skip POSIX-only logging checks on win32 (symlink/directory/chmod) - tests: fix blank line at EOF in test_security_tui.py Co-authored-by: Muse Spark
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… wordlist, CSV/backup (#12) * fix(security): complete hardening 0.2.4 — persistent lockout, Argon2 minima, wordlist validation, CSV/backup hardening - Persistent lockout (config lockout_* keys, survives restart) with escalation preserved - Argon2id minima 19456/2 (OWASP low) + downgrade warning, v1 PBKDF2 legacy flag + migrate prompt - Wordlist: lstat symlink/size (5MiB/1M) + TOCTOU, lgamma entropy, bounded cache - CSV: formula triggers +|+% , spreadsheet-safe, URL preserved, spreadsheet escaping - Export chmod 0600 after replace, backup ctime ordering, B608 allow-list, LIKE limit noted - Password lifetime: explicit overwrite/del in TUI/CLI, cache clear on lock - Optimization: heapq for fuzzy limit, keyset pagination, lgamma, caches - Bump 0.2.3 → 0.2.4, README Known Limitations, twine check passed Co-Authored-By: internal * fix(security): address PR #5 review — wordlist TOCTOU, lockout clock docs, ctime/LIKE naming, cache eviction - generator: use lstat + O_NOFOLLOW for wordlist hash/read to close TOCTOU symlink window (lstat re-validation after signature, fstat on O_NOFOLLOW fd, ELOOP->WordlistSecurityError), warn on missing GENERATE_IT_WORDLIST fallback - storage: fix backup ctime doc (POSIX inode change vs creation), clarify _VAULT_SEARCH_SQL_LIKE_LIMIT vs _VAULT_SEARCH_SQL_LIMIT and search_credential_metadata LIMIT semantics - constants: clarify search limit constants purpose - tui: _lock_vault now clears wordlist + file-picker caches - tui_security/storage: document wall-clock vs monotonic lockout persistence limitation and attempt-counter preservation, annotate downgrade warning as detection vs _validate_kdf_config prevention - tests: update signature-cache test to count secure read path Co-authored-by: Muse Spark * fix(ci): resolve PR #5 check failures — trailing whitespace, mypy, windows - strip trailing whitespace across generate_it/ and tests/ to satisfy git diff --check (storage, tui, tui_render, tui_state, csv, security) - tui: restore missing focus_items/focus_id definition in main loop (fixes mypy name-defined for focus_id and focus_items) - tui_render: correct _ENTROPY_CACHE key type (str→bool at position 7) and remove stale type:ignore[arg-type] (fixes index error, unused-ignore) - storage/tui/tui_security/__main__: remove unused type:ignore[assignment] and attr-defined/dict-item ignores (fixes warn_unused_ignores) - tests: windows — make signature-cache test count only secure read (avoids double-count on nt where secure read falls back to Path.read_text) and skip POSIX-only logging checks on win32 (symlink/directory/chmod) - tests: fix blank line at EOF in test_security_tui.py Co-authored-by: Muse Spark
Complete hardening work off main → 0.2.4
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config(lockout_*, survives restart, escalation preserved) + sync on unlock/GENERATE_IT_WORDLISTlstat symlink/size 5MiB/1M + TOCTOU, lgamma, bounded cacheMedium
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lgammaentropy,heapq.nsmallestfor limit, keyset paginationlist_..._keyset, cachesRelease
python -m build && twine checkpassed, 506 tests, bandit 0 medium/high, pip-audit 0