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Fix path traversal vulnerability in init-from-code template file download#6839
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[WIP] Address feedback from PR #6828 on init from code flow
Fix path traversal vulnerability in init-from-code template file download
Feb 20, 2026
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Paths from the GitHub API tree response were passed directly to
os.WriteFileandos.MkdirAllwithout sanitization, allowing a malicious repository to write files outside the working directory.Changes
filesslice, each path from the GitHub tree API is now sanitized and validated:filepath.Clean()normalizes the pathfilepath.IsAbs()rejects absolute pathsstrings.HasPrefix(cleanPath, "..")rejects directory traversal attemptstemplateFileInfo.Pathnow holds only the validatedcleanPath, so all downstream uses—os.MkdirAll,os.WriteFile—operate on safe values✨ Let Copilot coding agent set things up for you — coding agent works faster and does higher quality work when set up for your repo.