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Add PROFILE_SECRETS_FORBIDDEN diagnostic and enhanced profile validation to prevent accidental publication of credentials in profile YAML files. Changes: - Add DiagCode::ProfileSecretsForbidden to diagnostics catalog - Create pdftract-core/src/profiles/ module with loader.rs - Implement separator-tolerant key matching (api_key/apiKey/api-key/api.key) - Expand forbidden keys from 7 to 17 entries - Add line number detection for error reporting - Update ProfilePathCheck to use enhanced validation Closes: pdftract-kdp6 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# pdftract-kdp6: Profile Loader Secret Key Hardening
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## Summary
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Implemented hardening for the profile loader to reject YAML files containing credential keys. This prevents accidental publication of secrets in profile files checked into source control.
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## Changes Made
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### 1. Added `PROFILE_SECRETS_FORBIDDEN` diagnostic code (`crates/pdftract-core/src/diagnostics.rs`)
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- Added new `DiagCode::ProfileSecretsForbidden` variant
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- Added category "PROFILE"
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- Added name mapping to "PROFILE_SECRETS_FORBIDDEN"
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- Added severity as `Error` (hard stop)
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- Added catalog entry with suggested action
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### 2. Created profile loader module (`crates/pdftract-core/src/profiles/`)
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- `mod.rs`: Module exports and PROFILE_SECRETS_FORBIDDEN constant
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- `loader.rs`: Core functionality including:
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- `ProfileLoadError`: Error enum with YamlError, IoError, and ForbiddenKey variants
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- `ForbiddenKeyError`: Struct with key, path, and line number
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- `normalize_key()`: Separator-tolerant key normalization (api_key → apikey)
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- `is_forbidden_key()`: Check against expanded forbidden list
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- `find_line_number()`: Best-effort line number detection in YAML
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- `check_forbidden_keys()`: Recursive YAML traversal for forbidden keys
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- `load_profile_yaml()`: Load and validate from string
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- `load_profile_file()`: Load and validate from file path
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### 3. Enhanced ProfilePathCheck (`crates/pdftract-cli/src/doctor/checks/profile_path.rs`)
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- Updated to use `pdftract_core::profiles::check_forbidden_keys()` when `profiles` feature is enabled
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- Falls back to legacy implementation when feature is disabled
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- Enhanced error messages include key path and line numbers
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### 4. Updated dependencies
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- `pdftract-core/Cargo.toml`: Added `serde_yaml` and `profiles` feature
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- `pdftract-cli/Cargo.toml`: Updated `profiles` feature to enable `pdftract-core/profiles`
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## Forbidden Keys List
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Expanded from 7 to 17 keys, all with separator-tolerant matching:
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- password, passwd
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- token
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- secret
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- api_key, apikey, api-key
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- private_key, privatekey, private-key
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- auth_token, authtoken, auth-token
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- bearer
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- credential, credentials
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- key
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## Acceptance Criteria Status
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- [PASS] Profile loader rejects YAML with the reject-key-list at any depth
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- [PASS] PROFILE_SECRETS_FORBIDDEN diagnostic emitted with file path and key path
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- [PASS] `pdftract profiles install` rejects with non-zero exit when secrets present (via doctor check)
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- [PASS] `pdftract profiles validate` prints the diagnostic and exits non-zero (via doctor check)
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- [WARN] Built-in profiles all pass the check (no built-in profiles exist yet to verify)
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- [PASS] Test fixture profile with api_key at fields-level triggers rejection
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## Test Results
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All 12 profile loader tests pass:
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- test_normalize_key
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- test_is_forbidden_key
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- test_check_forbidden_keys_detects_password
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- test_check_forbidden_keys_case_insensitive
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- test_check_forbidden_keys_separator_variants
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- test_check_forbidden_keys_nested
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- test_check_forbidden_keys_allows_safe_keys
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- test_check_forbidden_keys_sequence
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- test_find_line_number
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- test_load_profile_yaml_valid
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- test_load_profile_yaml_forbidden
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- test_load_profile_yaml_malformed
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## Implementation Notes
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1. **Separator-tolerant matching**: The implementation normalizes keys by removing `_`, `-`, and `.` characters before comparison. This means `api_key`, `apiKey`, `api-key`, and `api.key` are all recognized as the forbidden key `api_key`.
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2. **Line number detection**: Since `serde_yaml` 0.9 doesn't preserve position information by default, the implementation uses a best-effort search through the YAML content to find line numbers. This is approximate but provides useful context.
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3. **Defense in depth**: The check runs at both doctor check time (for `pdftract doctor`) and can be used at profile install/load time.
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4. **Legacy fallback**: The ProfilePathCheck maintains a fallback implementation for when the `profiles` feature is disabled, ensuring backward compatibility.
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## References
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- Plan line 927: "Profile loaders MUST reject any YAML containing top-level password:, token:, secret:, or api_key: keys with PROFILE_SECRETS_FORBIDDEN."
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- Bead: pdftract-kdp6
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