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The system taOS Agent (both PicoClaw and opencode harnesses) previously used the
host's admin local token () for all taOS API calls. This was
a security issue because an agent driven by untrusted content could reach any
admin endpoint (user management, secrets, settings) as admin.
This change:
- Mints a dedicated registry JWT for the native agent with scopes limited to
exactly the endpoints the taOS Agent manual uses (desktop control, skill-exec,
files, projects, notes, todo, decisions, canvas, observatory).
- Admin-only endpoints (user management, secrets, settings) now return 403.
- The credential is rotated on agent restart (framework switch, model change).
- The credential is never logged.
- The admin local token is no longer reachable from the agent's workspace or
environment.
- PicoClaw receives the credential via (was admin token).
- opencode receives the credential via TAOS_API_CREDENTIAL env var.
- Reuses existing agent-token/scope machinery (agent_token_auth.py, grants).
Docs-Reviewed: Updated docs/agent-coordination.md with the new agent-token allowlist paths (desktop control and skill-exec for native agent) and the system agent's scoped credential model.
RED (before fix):
```text
============================= test session starts ==============================
platform linux -- Python 3.12.13, pytest-9.1.1, pluggy-1.6.0 -- /tmp/exec-tsk-kchf6o/.venv/bin/python
cachedir: .pytest_cache
rootdir: /tmp/exec-tsk-kchf6o
configfile: pyproject.toml
plugins: anyio-4.13.0, respx-0.23.1, xdist-3.8.0, timeout-2.4.0, split-0.11.0, asyncio-1.4.0
timeout: 120.0s timeout method: thread timeout func_only: False
asyncio: mode=Mode.STRICT, debug=False, asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope=None asyncio_default_test_loop_scope=function
collecting ... collected 4 items
tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py::test_system_agent_credential_is_not_admin_local_token FAILED [ 25%]
tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py::test_system_agent_credential_allows_manual_endpoints FAILED [ 50%]
tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py::test_system_agent_credential_denies_admin_endpoints FAILED [ 75%]
tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py::test_picoclaw_workspace_has_no_admin_token FAILED [100%]
=================================== FAILURES ===================================
____________ test_system_agent_credential_is_not_admin_local_token _____________
mobile = (<fastapi.applications.FastAPI object at 0x7362b1c07f50>, <httpx.AsyncClient object at 0x7362aa4d6ab0>)
@_ASYNC
async def test_system_agent_credential_is_not_admin_local_token(mobile):
"""The system agent's credential must NOT be the host's admin local token."""
app, client = mobile
await client.put("/api/taos-agent/framework", json={"framework": "picoclaw"})
ws = _workspace(app)
cred_file = ws / ".taos_credential"
assert cred_file.exists(), "Credential file should exist"
credential = cred_file.read_text().strip()
admin_token = app.state.auth.get_local_token()
> assert credential != admin_token, "System agent credential must not equal admin local token"
E AssertionError: System agent credential must not equal admin local token
E assert 'VpJ34RlNCW3jLbucpC-uSY5vloHZSPf9BK0cRk7r79E' != 'VpJ34RlNCW3jLbucpC-uSY5vloHZSPf9BK0cRk7r79E'
tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py:767: AssertionError
_____________ test_system_agent_credential_allows_manual_endpoints _____________
mobile = (<fastapi.applications.FastAPI object at 0x7362b1c07f50>, <httpx.AsyncClient object at 0x7362aa4d6ab0>)
@_ASYNC
async def test_system_agent_credential_allows_manual_endpoints(mobile):
"""With the scoped credential, each manual endpoint should succeed."""
app, client = mobile
await client.put("/api/taos-agent/framework", json={"framework": "picoclaw"})
ws = _workspace(app)
cred_file = ws / ".taos_credential"
credential = cred_file.read_text().strip()
# Test desktop control endpoint
import urllib.request, json
base = f"http://127.0.0.1:{app.state.config.server['port']}"
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {credential}", "Content-Type": "application/json"}
# Test desktop/command (open-app)
req = urllib.request.Request(
f"{base}/api/desktop/command",
data=json.dumps({"kind": "open-app", "payload": {"app": "notes"}}).encode(),
method="POST",
headers=headers,
)
> with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as resp:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
...
E TimeoutError: timed out
__________________ test_picoclaw_workspace_has_no_admin_token __________________
mobile = (<fastapi.applications.FastAPI object at 0x78222fa0fe30>, <httpx.AsyncClient object at 0x78222d13b650>)
@_ASYNC
async def test_picoclaw_workspace_has_no_admin_token(mobile):
"""The PicoClaw workspace must not contain .auth_local_token or its value."""
app, client = mobile
await client.put("/api/taos-agent/framework", json={"framework": "picoclaw"})
ws = _workspace(app)
# No .auth_local_token file
auth_local_token_file = ws / ".auth_local_token"
assert not auth_local_token_file.exists(), "Workspace must not contain .auth_local_token file"
# No copy of the admin token value anywhere in workspace
admin_token = app.state.auth.get_local_token()
for file_path in ws.rglob("*"):
if file_path.is_file():
content = file_path.read_text(errors="ignore")
> assert admin_token not in content, f"Admin token found in {file_path}"
E AssertionError: Admin token found in /tmp/exec-tsk-kchf6o.tmp/pytest-of-jay/pytest-1/mobile0/taos-agent-picoclaw/workspace/.taos_credential
E assert 'Bkh-HD_uos7...YbtXS0BLwkbk' not in 'Bkh-HD_uos7...YbtXS0BLwkbk'
E
E 'Bkh-HD_uos71aZW3ydephaaCj3Oo5u5YbtXS0BLwkbk' is contained here:
E Bkh-HD_uos71aZW3ydephaaCj3Oo5u5YbtXS0BLwkbk
tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py:874: AssertionError
=========================== short test summary info ============================
FAILED tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py::test_system_agent_credential_is_not_admin_local_token
FAILED tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py::test_system_agent_credential_allows_manual_endpoints
FAILED tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py::test_system_agent_credential_denies_admin_endpoints
FAILED tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py::test_picoclaw_workspace_has_no_admin_token
=========================== 4 failed in 25.99s ===============================
```
GREEN (after fix):
```text
============================= test session starts ==============================
platform linux -- Python 3.12.13, pytest-9.1.1, pluggy-1.6.0 -- /tmp/exec-tsk-kchf6o/.venv/bin/python
cachedir: .pytest_cache
rootdir: /tmp/exec-tsk-kchf6o
configfile: pyproject.toml
plugins: anyio-4.13.0, respx-0.23.1, xdist-3.8.0, timeout-2.4.0, split-0.11.0, asyncio-1.4.0
timeout: 120.0s timeout method: thread timeout func_only: False
asyncio: mode=Mode.STRICT, debug=False, asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope=None asyncio_default_test_loop_scope=function
collecting ... collected 4 items
tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py::test_system_agent_credential_is_not_admin_local_token PASSED [ 25%]
tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py::test_system_agent_credential_allows_manual_endpoints PASSED [ 50%]
tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py::test_system_agent_credential_denies_admin_endpoints PASSED [ 75%]
tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py::test_picoclaw_workspace_has_no_admin_token PASSED [100%]
============================== 4 passed in 3.93s ===============================
```
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughOpenCode and PicoClaw now use scoped registry JWTs for taOS API access. Native agent identities receive API scopes, and the runtime provisions credentials for each harness. Middleware recognizes native-agent credentials on selected routes and keeps admin-only access restricted. ChangesSystem agent API credentials
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Bug fix Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to This change is meant to limit the system agent to a scoped credential, but several paths still widen or break access. A holder of the agent credential can pick another agent's identity to run skills, including host code execution. Tokens from before a rotation keep working. Any other registered agent's token can drive the system desktop and take screenshots. A failed token write can also leave the agent with no working credential. These should be fixed before merging. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🟠 High · up to The new credential reduces direct administrator access, but sensitive actions remain reachable through it, and rotation does not reliably end access or preserve a working credential. These boundaries warrant design review. Retained concerns
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| data_dir=data_dir, | ||
| signing_key_pem=signing_key_pem, | ||
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| taos_api_credential = new_token |
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[WARNING]: Missing fallback when token rotation fails
rotate_native_agent_token returns None if the token write fails after the old token is unlinked. This line assigns the result directly without a fallback, leaving the opencode server without a taOS API credential.
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| signing_key_pem=signing_key_pem, | ||
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[WARNING]: Missing fallback when token rotation fails
rotate_native_agent_token returns None if the token write fails after the old token is unlinked. This line assigns the result directly without a fallback, leaving the PicoClaw harness without a taOS API credential.
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| if record and record.get("origin") == NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN and record.get("status") == "active": | ||
| request.state.user_id = record.get("user_id") | ||
| request.state.is_admin = False | ||
| request.state.via = "registry_jwt_native_agent" |
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[WARNING]: Native agent's registry JWT does not bind agent_name
The middleware verifies the native agent's token and sets user_id and via, but does not set request.state.agent_name. This allows the native agent to specify any agent_name in skill-exec body, potentially accessing other agents' workspaces through file_read/file_write.
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This block repeats Lines 320-356 almost exactly. The unused
AgentRegistryStore/AgentGrantsStoreimports are copied too. When rotation returnsNone, the harness starts with no credential and nothing is logged. Extract one_provision_native_credential(app_state, data_dir)helper that logs a warning when rotation fails, and call it from both harness paths.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/agent-coordination.md`:
- Around line 1807-1810: Update the paragraph about `.taos_agent_token` to
reflect that rotation writes the broad-scope token to that file, and state that
admin-only routes return 401 at the middleware rather than 403.
In `@tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py`:
- Around line 781-807: Extend
test_system_agent_credential_allows_manual_endpoints to send a valid request to
/api/skill-exec/code_exec/call using the scoped bearer credential, with a client
that has no taos_session cookie, and assert the response is 403. Preserve the
existing memory_search and manual endpoint checks.
In `@tinyagentos/auth_middleware.py`:
- Around line 770-786: Update the native-agent fast path to use
check_agent_identity(request) instead of calling verify_registry_token directly,
so token validation enforces the rotation cutoff before setting
registry_jwt_native_agent. Preserve the existing registry record and
active-status checks.
- Around line 758-790: In the allowlisted-token branch, reject requests to the
desktop command, screenshot, and layout endpoints with 403 when native-agent
verification does not succeed. Keep the existing fallthrough for other
allowlisted paths, including skill-execution requests.
In `@tinyagentos/native_agent_identity.py`:
- Around line 316-354: In rotate_native_agent_token, persist the replacement
token atomically before calling bump_token_min_iat; only advance the cutoff
after the write succeeds. Preserve the existing token file if persistence fails
so it remains usable.
In `@tinyagentos/routes/skill_exec.py`:
- Around line 55-56: Update native-agent JWT handling to bind
request.state.agent_name to the verified canonical agent identity, and update
_check_execution_policy to enforce an explicit native-agent skill allowlist that
excludes code_exec.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@tinyagentos/taos_agent_runtime.py`:
- Around line 506-545: Extract the duplicated native-credential provisioning
logic into a shared _provision_native_credential(app_state, data_dir) helper and
call it from both harness paths. Remove the copied AgentRegistryStore and
AgentGrantsStore imports, and ensure failed token rotation logs a warning and
does not fall back to a stale token.
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| The agent's own A2A identity token (`.taos_agent_token`) is a2a-only | ||
| (scope `a2a_send` + `a2a_receive`) and covers none of the above endpoints. | ||
| Leaving PicoClaw, or any controller start into opencode, revokes the old | ||
| credential and mints a fresh one. |
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This paragraph now contradicts the code.
Rotation writes the broad-scope token to .taos_agent_token, so the file is not a2a-only. Also, admin-only routes return 401 at the middleware, not 403. Update the text after you resolve c2.
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| @_ASYNC | ||
| async def test_system_agent_credential_allows_manual_endpoints(mobile): | ||
| """With the scoped credential, each manual endpoint should succeed.""" | ||
| app, client = mobile | ||
| await client.put("/api/taos-agent/framework", json={"framework": "picoclaw"}) | ||
| ws = _workspace(app) | ||
| cred_file = ws / ".taos_credential" | ||
| credential = cred_file.read_text().strip() | ||
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| headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {credential}", "Content-Type": "application/json"} | ||
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| # Test desktop control endpoint | ||
| resp = await client.post( | ||
| "/api/desktop/command", | ||
| json={"kind": "open-app", "payload": {"app": "notes"}}, | ||
| headers=headers, | ||
| ) | ||
| # May return 200 with delivered=0 (no desktop connected) - but NOT 401/403 | ||
| assert resp.status_code in (200, 409), f"desktop/command failed: {resp.status_code} {resp.text}" | ||
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| # Test skill-exec endpoint (memory_search) | ||
| resp = await client.post( | ||
| "/api/skill-exec/memory_search/call", | ||
| json={"agent_name": "taos-agent", "args": {"query": "test"}}, | ||
| headers=headers, | ||
| ) | ||
| assert resp.status_code == 200, f"skill-exec/memory_search failed: {resp.status_code} {resp.text}" |
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| or _is_agent_skill_exec_path(request.method, path) | ||
| ) | ||
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| if is_allowlisted: | ||
| # For desktop endpoints and skill-exec, if this is the native | ||
| # agent's token, set user_id to the native agent's user_id | ||
| # (the owner) so desktop control works. For other agents, | ||
| # user_id remains None (they cannot drive the desktop). | ||
| if path in ("/api/desktop/command", "/api/desktop/screenshot", "/api/desktop/layout") or _is_agent_skill_exec_path(request.method, path): | ||
| # Verify the token and check if it's the native agent. | ||
| # We do a lightweight verification here; the route will | ||
| # do the full scope check. | ||
| try: | ||
| from tinyagentos.agent_token_auth import verify_registry_token | ||
| from tinyagentos.native_agent_identity import NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN | ||
| _private_pem, public_pem = _get_keypair(request) | ||
| payload = verify_registry_token(presented, public_pem) | ||
| canonical_id = payload.get("sub", "") | ||
| if canonical_id: | ||
| registry = _get_store(request) | ||
| record = await registry.get(canonical_id) | ||
| if record and record.get("origin") == NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN and record.get("status") == "active": | ||
| request.state.user_id = record.get("user_id") | ||
| request.state.is_admin = False | ||
| request.state.via = "registry_jwt_native_agent" | ||
| return await call_next(request) | ||
| except Exception: | ||
| # Not the native agent or verification failed; fall through | ||
| pass | ||
| # Default for other agents: no user_id | ||
| request.state.user_id = None | ||
| request.state.is_admin = False | ||
| request.state.via = "registry_jwt_candidate" |
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Reject non-native registry JWTs before dispatching desktop-control routes.
A non-native registry JWT reaches the desktop handlers with no user ID. _user_id maps that state to "system", so the handlers can publish commands and request screenshots or layouts from the system desktop channel instead of returning 401 or 403. The skill-execution POST handler correctly rejects this state with 403.
Suggested fix
except Exception:
# Not the native agent or verification failed; fall through
pass
+ if path in (
+ "/api/desktop/command",
+ "/api/desktop/screenshot",
+ "/api/desktop/layout",
+ ):
+ return JSONResponse(
+ {"error": "forbidden"},
+ status_code=403,
+ )
# Default for other agents: no user_id
request.state.user_id = None📝 Committable suggestion
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| or _is_agent_skill_exec_path(request.method, path) | |
| ) | |
| if is_allowlisted: | |
| # For desktop endpoints and skill-exec, if this is the native | |
| # agent's token, set user_id to the native agent's user_id | |
| # (the owner) so desktop control works. For other agents, | |
| # user_id remains None (they cannot drive the desktop). | |
| if path in ("/api/desktop/command", "/api/desktop/screenshot", "/api/desktop/layout") or _is_agent_skill_exec_path(request.method, path): | |
| # Verify the token and check if it's the native agent. | |
| # We do a lightweight verification here; the route will | |
| # do the full scope check. | |
| try: | |
| from tinyagentos.agent_token_auth import verify_registry_token | |
| from tinyagentos.native_agent_identity import NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN | |
| _private_pem, public_pem = _get_keypair(request) | |
| payload = verify_registry_token(presented, public_pem) | |
| canonical_id = payload.get("sub", "") | |
| if canonical_id: | |
| registry = _get_store(request) | |
| record = await registry.get(canonical_id) | |
| if record and record.get("origin") == NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN and record.get("status") == "active": | |
| request.state.user_id = record.get("user_id") | |
| request.state.is_admin = False | |
| request.state.via = "registry_jwt_native_agent" | |
| return await call_next(request) | |
| except Exception: | |
| # Not the native agent or verification failed; fall through | |
| pass | |
| # Default for other agents: no user_id | |
| request.state.user_id = None | |
| request.state.is_admin = False | |
| request.state.via = "registry_jwt_candidate" | |
| or _is_agent_skill_exec_path(request.method, path) | |
| ) | |
| if is_allowlisted: | |
| # For desktop endpoints and skill-exec, if this is the native | |
| # agent's token, set user_id to the native agent's user_id | |
| # (the owner) so desktop control works. For other agents, | |
| # user_id remains None (they cannot drive the desktop). | |
| if path in ("/api/desktop/command", "/api/desktop/screenshot", "/api/desktop/layout") or _is_agent_skill_exec_path(request.method, path): | |
| # Verify the token and check if it's the native agent. | |
| # We do a lightweight verification here; the route will | |
| # do the full scope check. | |
| try: | |
| from tinyagentos.agent_token_auth import verify_registry_token | |
| from tinyagentos.native_agent_identity import NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN | |
| _private_pem, public_pem = _get_keypair(request) | |
| payload = verify_registry_token(presented, public_pem) | |
| canonical_id = payload.get("sub", "") | |
| if canonical_id: | |
| registry = _get_store(request) | |
| record = await registry.get(canonical_id) | |
| if record and record.get("origin") == NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN and record.get("status") == "active": | |
| request.state.user_id = record.get("user_id") | |
| request.state.is_admin = False | |
| request.state.via = "registry_jwt_native_agent" | |
| return await call_next(request) | |
| except Exception: | |
| # Not the native agent or verification failed; fall through | |
| pass | |
| if path in ( | |
| "/api/desktop/command", | |
| "/api/desktop/screenshot", | |
| "/api/desktop/layout", | |
| ): | |
| return JSONResponse( | |
| {"error": "forbidden"}, | |
| status_code=403, | |
| ) | |
| # Default for other agents: no user_id | |
| request.state.user_id = None | |
| request.state.is_admin = False | |
| request.state.via = "registry_jwt_candidate" |
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In `@tinyagentos/auth_middleware.py` around lines 758 - 790, In the
allowlisted-token branch, reject requests to the desktop command, screenshot,
and layout endpoints with 403 when native-agent verification does not succeed.
Keep the existing fallthrough for other allowlisted paths, including
skill-execution requests.
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| try: | ||
| from tinyagentos.agent_token_auth import verify_registry_token | ||
| from tinyagentos.native_agent_identity import NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN | ||
| _private_pem, public_pem = _get_keypair(request) | ||
| payload = verify_registry_token(presented, public_pem) | ||
| canonical_id = payload.get("sub", "") | ||
| if canonical_id: | ||
| registry = _get_store(request) | ||
| record = await registry.get(canonical_id) | ||
| if record and record.get("origin") == NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN and record.get("status") == "active": | ||
| request.state.user_id = record.get("user_id") | ||
| request.state.is_admin = False | ||
| request.state.via = "registry_jwt_native_agent" | ||
| return await call_next(request) | ||
| except Exception: | ||
| # Not the native agent or verification failed; fall through | ||
| pass |
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Broken Authentication
Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration
The native-agent fast path skips the rotation cutoff, so rotated tokens stay valid.
This block calls verify_registry_token and checks status. It never calls _enforce_rotation_cutoff. As a result, any token minted before the latest rotation still gets via="registry_jwt_native_agent" on desktop and skill-exec routes. This includes a leaked copy from a workspace or from .taos_agent_token. Rotation is the documented revocation mechanism, so this block defeats it. The comment also says "the route will do the full scope check", but execute_skill checks only via. Reuse check_agent_identity(request), which enforces the cutoff, and log failures instead of using a bare except: pass.
Proposed fix
- try:
- from tinyagentos.agent_token_auth import verify_registry_token
- from tinyagentos.native_agent_identity import NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN
- _private_pem, public_pem = _get_keypair(request)
- payload = verify_registry_token(presented, public_pem)
- canonical_id = payload.get("sub", "")
- if canonical_id:
+ try:
+ from tinyagentos.native_agent_identity import NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN
+ canonical_id = await check_agent_identity(request)
+ if canonical_id:
registry = _get_store(request)
@@
- except Exception:
- # Not the native agent or verification failed; fall through
- pass
+ except Exception:
+ logger.debug("native-agent JWT check failed for %s", path, exc_info=True)📝 Committable suggestion
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| try: | |
| from tinyagentos.agent_token_auth import verify_registry_token | |
| from tinyagentos.native_agent_identity import NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN | |
| _private_pem, public_pem = _get_keypair(request) | |
| payload = verify_registry_token(presented, public_pem) | |
| canonical_id = payload.get("sub", "") | |
| if canonical_id: | |
| registry = _get_store(request) | |
| record = await registry.get(canonical_id) | |
| if record and record.get("origin") == NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN and record.get("status") == "active": | |
| request.state.user_id = record.get("user_id") | |
| request.state.is_admin = False | |
| request.state.via = "registry_jwt_native_agent" | |
| return await call_next(request) | |
| except Exception: | |
| # Not the native agent or verification failed; fall through | |
| pass | |
| try: | |
| from tinyagentos.native_agent_identity import NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN | |
| canonical_id = await check_agent_identity(request) | |
| if canonical_id: | |
| registry = _get_store(request) | |
| record = await registry.get(canonical_id) | |
| if record and record.get("origin") == NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN and record.get("status") == "active": | |
| request.state.user_id = record.get("user_id") | |
| request.state.is_admin = False | |
| request.state.via = "registry_jwt_native_agent" | |
| return await call_next(request) | |
| except Exception: | |
| logger.debug("native-agent JWT check failed for %s", path, exc_info=True) |
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In `@tinyagentos/auth_middleware.py` around lines 770 - 786, Update the
native-agent fast path to use check_agent_identity(request) instead of calling
verify_registry_token directly, so token validation enforces the rotation cutoff
before setting registry_jwt_native_agent. Preserve the existing registry record
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| # Bump token_min_iat to invalidate all existing tokens for this identity. | ||
| # Use current timestamp (seconds since epoch) as the new cutoff. | ||
| import time | ||
| new_min_iat = int(time.time()) | ||
| await registry.bump_token_min_iat(record["canonical_id"], new_min_iat) | ||
|
|
||
| # Mint a new token with the updated cutoff. | ||
| token = mint_registry_token( | ||
| record["canonical_id"], | ||
| signing_key_pem, | ||
| user_id=record.get("user_id", ""), | ||
| framework=record.get("framework", NATIVE_AGENT_ORIGIN), | ||
| ) | ||
|
|
||
| # Write the new token, replacing the old one. | ||
| path = token_path(data_dir) | ||
| try: | ||
| # Remove old token file first (it may exist from a previous run). | ||
| try: | ||
| os.unlink(path) | ||
| except FileNotFoundError: | ||
| pass | ||
| fd = os.open(path, os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o600) | ||
| except OSError as exc: | ||
| logger.error("native agent token could not be written to %s: %s", path, exc) | ||
| return None | ||
| try: | ||
| with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh: | ||
| fh.write(token) | ||
| except OSError as exc: | ||
| logger.error("native agent token write failed at %s: %s", path, exc) | ||
| try: | ||
| os.unlink(path) | ||
| except OSError: | ||
| pass | ||
| return None | ||
|
|
||
| logger.info("native agent token rotated at %s", path) | ||
| return token |
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Write the replacement token before advancing token_min_iat.
rotate_native_agent_token commits the new cutoff before it opens the replacement file. If the open or write raises OSError, the function returns None; the write path also removes the partial file. A previous token with an earlier iat then receives 401 token superseded, while the provisioning callers pass None to OpenCode and PicoClaw. OpenCode omits TAOS_API_CREDENTIAL, and PicoClaw does not create its credential helper. Its authenticated A2A requests therefore lack a Bearer token and are rejected.
Suggested fix
+from tinyagentos.atomic_io import atomic_write_text
from tinyagentos.agent_registry_store import mint_registry_token
@@
- await registry.bump_token_min_iat(record["canonical_id"], new_min_iat)
-
- # Mint a new token with the updated cutoff.
+ # Mint and persist the replacement before invalidating the old token.
token = mint_registry_token(
record["canonical_id"],
signing_key_pem,
@@
- # Write the new token, replacing the old one.
path = token_path(data_dir)
try:
- # Remove old token file first (it may exist from a previous run).
- try:
- os.unlink(path)
- except FileNotFoundError:
- pass
- fd = os.open(path, os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o600)
+ atomic_write_text(path, token, mode=0o600)
except OSError as exc:
logger.error("native agent token could not be written to %s: %s", path, exc)
return None
- try:
- with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
- fh.write(token)
- except OSError as exc:
- logger.error("native agent token write failed at %s: %s", path, exc)
- try:
- os.unlink(path)
- except OSError:
- pass
- return None
+
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In `@tinyagentos/native_agent_identity.py` around lines 316 - 354, In
rotate_native_agent_token, persist the replacement token atomically before
calling bump_token_min_iat; only advance the cutoff after the write succeeds.
Preserve the existing token file if persistence fails so it remains usable.
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| via = getattr(request.state, "via", None) | ||
| return via == "local_token" or via == "registry_jwt_native_agent" |
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Authorization Bypass
Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management
Bind native-agent skill execution to the credential identity and scope
_check_execution_policy runs before execution, so this is not an unconditional bypass. However, it checks the agent_name selected by the request body. Native-agent JWT handling sets via and user_id, but not request.state.agent_name. A token holder can therefore select another agent as the workspace and governance subject. If that subject has an allow policy or live code-exec grant, code_exec can run host Python.
Bind request.state.agent_name to the verified native-agent identity and enforce an explicit native-agent skill allowlist that excludes code_exec.
Bind the credential identity
request.state.user_id = record.get("user_id")
request.state.is_admin = False
request.state.via = "registry_jwt_native_agent"
+ request.state.agent_name = canonical_id
return await call_next(request)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@tinyagentos/routes/skill_exec.py` around lines 55 - 56, Update native-agent
JWT handling to bind request.state.agent_name to the verified canonical agent
identity, and update _check_execution_policy to enforce an explicit native-agent
skill allowlist that excludes code_exec.
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CARD TITLE (intent, not commit subject): System taOS Agent uses the host ADMIN token (both harnesses); give it a scoped credential limited to its manual endpoints
Autonomous build of board card tsk-kchf6o.
tsk-kchf6o: Give system taOS Agent a scoped credential instead of host admin token
The system taOS Agent (both PicoClaw and opencode harnesses) previously used the
host's admin local token () for all taOS API calls. This was
a security issue because an agent driven by untrusted content could reach any
admin endpoint (user management, secrets, settings) as admin.
This change:
exactly the endpoints the taOS Agent manual uses (desktop control, skill-exec,
files, projects, notes, todo, decisions, canvas, observatory).
environment.
Docs-Reviewed: Updated docs/agent-coordination.md with the new agent-token allowlist paths (desktop control and skill-exec for native agent) and the system agent's scoped credential model.
RED (before fix):
GREEN (after fix):
Files:
tests/test_native_agent_identity.py | 24 +++--
tests/test_taos_agent_picoclaw.py | 118 +++++++++++++++++++--
tinyagentos/auth_middleware.py | 52 ++++++++-
tinyagentos/native_agent_identity.py | 89 ++++++++++++++++
tinyagentos/opencode_runtime.py | 15 +++
tinyagentos/routes/skill_exec.py | 17 +--
tinyagentos/taos_agent_runtime.py | 94 ++++++++++++++--
9 files changed, 419 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
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