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Avoid CodeQL redirect false positive in path guard 
Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
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Copilot and pelikhan authored Aug 20, 2026
commit ab30530baf2534d5a83610ea299b5eb5e86b0efa
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion pkg/cli/add_package_manifest.go
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Expand Up @@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ func parseManifestIncludeMapping(mapping map[string]any, manifestPath string) (r
// paths that escape their root.
func cleanManifestRelativePath(p string) (string, error) {
slashed := filepath.ToSlash(p)
if strings.HasPrefix(slashed, "/") || strings.HasPrefix(slashed, "\\") || filepath.IsAbs(p) || isWindowsDriveRelativePath(slashed) {
if len(slashed) > 0 && (slashed[0] == '/' || slashed[0] == '\\') || filepath.IsAbs(p) || isWindowsDriveRelativePath(slashed) {
return "", errors.New("absolute paths are not allowed")
}
cleaned := path.Clean(slashed)
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions pkg/cli/add_package_manifest_mapping_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ import (
"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
)

func TestCleanManifestRelativePathRejectsAbsoluteForms(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()

for _, input := range []string{"/tmp/reviewer.md", `\tmp\reviewer.md`, `C:/tmp/reviewer.md`} {
t.Run(input, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
_, err := cleanManifestRelativePath(input)
assert.EqualError(t, err, "absolute paths are not allowed")
})
}
}

// setupMappingPackageTest wires the package resolution hooks so that only the manifest and
// README of a package are available, and auto-scan is disabled.
func setupMappingPackageTest(t *testing.T, manifest map[string]string) {
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