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Report via GitHub Security Advisories: https://github.com/up2itnow/AgentNexus2/security/advisories/new

Response Time: 24 hours

Please include:

• Description of the vulnerability
• Steps to reproduce
• Potential impact
• Any suggested fixes

AgentNexus implements defense-in-depth security with multiple layers of protection. We take security seriously and follow industry best practices for containerized application security.

Principle: Secure by Default

Every execution runs in the most restrictive environment possible while maintaining functionality.

Purpose: Prevent injection attacks before they reach the execution engine

✅ Command Injection Detection

• Detects shell metacharacters: ;, |, &, `, $(), ${}
• Blocks path traversal attempts: ../
• Identifies common attack patterns: /etc/passwd, /bin/bash

✅ Input Sanitization

• Removes null bytes (\0)
• Strips control characters (except \n, \t)
• Enforces length limits (100KB max)
• Recursive sanitization for nested objects/arrays

✅ Schema Validation

• Type checking (string, number, boolean, object, array)
• Required field validation
• String length constraints
• Number range validation
• Pattern matching support

// ExecutionService.ts
const inputStr = JSON.stringify(dto.inputData);
if (detectInjection(inputStr)) {
  throw new ValidationError('Input contains potential injection attempt');
}

const sanitizedInput = sanitizeInput(dto.inputData);

• ✅ 25/25 security tests passing
• ✅ Injection detection tests
• ✅ Sanitization tests
• ✅ Validation tests

Purpose: Prevent secret leakage in logs and outputs

🔐 API Keys & Tokens

• API keys (32+ char hex strings)
• AWS credentials (AKIA...)
• GitHub tokens (ghp_..., ghs_...)
• Bearer tokens
• JWT tokens (eyJ...)

🔐 Credentials

• Passwords
• Database URLs (postgres://, mongodb://)
• Private keys (RSA, OpenSSH)
• Ethereum private keys (0x + 64 hex)

🔐 Personal Information

• Email addresses
• Internal IP addresses (10.x, 192.168.x, 172.16-31.x)
• Credit card numbers (basic pattern)

🔐 Environment Variables

• *_KEY=, *_SECRET=, *_TOKEN=, *_PASSWORD=
• Case-insensitive matching

All sensitive patterns replaced with: ***REDACTED***

// Sanitize logs before storage
const sanitizedLogs = logs.map(log => sanitizeLogs(log));

await prisma.execution.update({
  data: {
    logs: JSON.stringify(sanitizedLogs)
  }
});

Purpose: Isolate agent code from host system

{
  // Non-root user execution
  User: '1000:1000',
  
  // No network access
  HostConfig: {
    NetworkMode: 'none'
  }
}

🔒 Process Isolation

• Separate PID namespace
• Non-root user (UID 1000)
• No privilege escalation

🔒 Network Isolation

• Zero network access (NetworkMode: 'none')
• No internet connectivity
• No host network access

🔒 Filesystem Isolation

• Optional read-only root filesystem
• Restricted /tmp directory
• No host volume mounts

Purpose: Prevent resource exhaustion (DoS)

Memory: 512 * 1024 * 1024,     // 512MB RAM
MemorySwap: 512 * 1024 * 1024  // No swap (prevents bypass)

CpuQuota: 50000,   // 50% of one CPU core
CpuPeriod: 100000  // 100ms period

PidsLimit: 100  // Max 100 processes (prevents fork bombs)

• Default: 5 minutes per execution
• Enforcement: Automatic container termination
• Cleanup: Automatic resource release

Purpose: Leverage kernel-level security mechanisms

All Linux capabilities dropped:

CapDrop: ['ALL']

Blocked capabilities:

• CAP_SYS_ADMIN (system administration)
• CAP_NET_ADMIN (network configuration)
• CAP_SYS_PTRACE (process tracing)
• CAP_SYS_MODULE (kernel module loading)
• CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE (file permission bypass)
• ...and 30+ more

SecurityOpt: ['no-new-privileges:true']

Prevents:

• SUID binary exploitation
• Capability escalation
• Setuid/setgid attacks

Purpose: Whitelist only essential system calls

Profile Location: agent-runtime/security/seccomp-profile.json

Default Action: SCMP_ACT_ERRNO (deny by default)

✅ File I/O: read, write, open, close, stat, lseek
✅ Memory: mmap, munmap, mprotect, brk
✅ Process: exit, wait, getpid, getuid
✅ Time: clock_gettime, gettimeofday, nanosleep
✅ Threading: clone, futex (limited)
✅ Execution: execve, execveat

❌ Network: socket, connect, bind, listen, accept
❌ Privilege: setuid, setgid, capset
❌ System: mount, umount, pivot_root, chroot
❌ Kernel: ptrace, kexec_load, bpf
❌ Devices: ioctl, mknod

SecurityOpt: [
  'no-new-privileges:true',
  'seccomp=/path/to/seccomp-profile.json'
]

# Test allowed operations
docker run --security-opt seccomp=./seccomp-profile.json \
  agentnexus-python-echo:v1

# Test blocked operations (should fail)
docker run --security-opt seccomp=./seccomp-profile.json \
  alpine sh -c "nc -l 8080"  # Blocked: no socket syscall

Workflow: .github/workflows/security-scan.yml

• Vulnerability Scanning: Trivy (CRITICAL/HIGH)
• Dependency Audits: npm audit, pip-audit
• Seccomp Validation: JSON syntax + essential syscalls
• Security Summary: Automated reports

• Run on every push to main/develop
• Run on every pull request
• Block deployment if vulnerabilities found

Script: agent-runtime/scripts/scan-image.sh

# Scan single image
./scan-image.sh agentnexus-python-echo:v1

# Scan with HTML report
GENERATE_HTML_REPORT=true ./scan-image.sh agentnexus-python-echo:v1

• CRITICAL: ❌ Deployment blocked
• HIGH: ❌ Deployment blocked
• MEDIUM: ⚠️ Warning only
• LOW: ✅ Acceptable

Security Tests:     25/25 passing (100%)
Integration Tests:  4/4 passing (100%)
Total Test Suites:  All passing ✅

• Mitigation: Seccomp, capabilities, non-root user
• Risk: LOW (multiple layers of defense)

• Mitigation: Memory limits, CPU limits, PID limits, timeout
• Risk: LOW (hard limits enforced)

• Mitigation: Network isolation, no outbound connections
• Risk: VERY LOW (no network access)

• Mitigation: No new privileges, all capabilities dropped
• Risk: VERY LOW (kernel-enforced)

• Mitigation: Input sanitization, injection detection
• Risk: LOW (validated before execution)

• Mitigation: Log sanitization, 30+ secret patterns
• Risk: LOW (comprehensive redaction)

• Mitigation: Daily Trivy scans, automated updates
• Risk: MEDIUM (inherent to all software)
• Action: Continuous monitoring

• Mitigation: Lockfiles (package-lock.json), dependency audits
• Risk: MEDIUM (dependencies constantly evolve)
• Action: Regular audits, version pinning

• ✅ Trivy vulnerability scans
• ✅ Dependency audits (npm, pip)
• ✅ Security test suite execution

• Review security scan reports
• Update dependencies with security patches
• Review access logs for anomalies

• Comprehensive security audit
• Review and update seccomp profile
• Penetration testing (optional)

• Security architecture review
• Threat model update
• Security training for team

• OWASP Top 10
• CIS Docker Benchmark
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework

• Docker Security Documentation
• Docker Seccomp Profiles
• Linux Capabilities

• Trivy - Vulnerability scanner
• Aqua Security - Container security
• Snyk - Dependency scanning

Report via: GitHub Security Advisories
Response Time: 24 hours
Severity Levels: Critical, High, Medium, Low

1. Detect: Automated monitoring + user reports
2. Contain: Isolate affected systems
3. Investigate: Root cause analysis
4. Remediate: Deploy patches/fixes
5. Document: Post-mortem report
6. Improve: Update security measures

• All security tests passing (25/25)
• Trivy scans show no HIGH/CRITICAL vulnerabilities
• Seccomp profile validated
• Resource limits configured
• Network isolation enabled
• Non-root user configured
• Log sanitization active
• Input validation active

• Set ReadonlyRootfs: true in ExecutionService
• Enable AppArmor/SELinux (optional)
• Configure log aggregation (ELK, Splunk)
• Set up intrusion detection (Falco)
• Configure security monitoring (Prometheus)
• Enable audit logging
• Implement rate limiting
• Configure DDoS protection

✅ 50+ syscalls whitelisted (minimal attack surface)
✅ 30+ secret patterns redacted
✅ 10+ security layers implemented
✅ 100% test coverage for security features
✅ Automated CI/CD security scanning
✅ Zero HIGH/CRITICAL vulnerabilities
✅ Production-grade security posture

Security Reports: GitHub Security Advisories
Bug Bounty: Coming soon
Documentation: This file + agent-runtime/security/README.md

Security implementation by Security Expert
AgentNexus Team - October 2025
"Security is not a feature, it's a foundation"