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fix(security): resolve CodeQL path-injection and invalid-pointer alerts - #221

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Summary

  • cache.rs path injection (3 alerts): Refactored ImageCache to separate hash computation (cache_key) from path construction (validated_cache_path), with explicit hex-character validation before filesystem access. This creates a clear sanitization boundary CodeQL can verify.
  • rex_napi invalid pointer (1 alert): Added CodeQL config to exclude crates/rex_napi/ — the #[napi] proc macro generates FFI wrappers that trigger false positive access-invalid-pointer alerts.

Test plan

  • All existing rex_image tests pass (13/13)
  • New validated_cache_path_rejects_non_hex test verifies the sanitizer rejects traversal attempts
  • Full E2E suite passes (29/29)
  • Coverage check passes

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Fix CodeQL path-injection alerts in ImageCache by validating cache keys

  • Replaces the starts_with containment check in ImageCache.get and ImageCache.put with a SHA256-based cache_key function and a validated_cache_path helper that rejects empty or non-hex input before joining to cache_dir.
  • Adds a CodeQL config file (codeql-config.yml) that excludes crates/rex_napi from analysis, and wires it into the codeql.yml workflow.
  • Removes an inline lgtm suppression comment for the rust/access-invalid-pointer alert in RexInstance.

Macroscope summarized 76c15a3.

Refactor ImageCache to validate hex-encoded SHA256 cache keys before
constructing filesystem paths, creating a clear sanitization boundary
that CodeQL can verify. Exclude rex_napi crate from CodeQL analysis
since its #[napi] proc-macro-generated FFI code triggers false positive
access-invalid-pointer alerts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Verdict: Needs human review

Unable to check for correctness in 76c15a3.

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