Avoid use of direct string injection in GitHub Workflow "run" steps. by eyebrowsoffire · Pull Request #185301 · flutter/flutter

eyebrowsoffire · 2026-04-20T19:13:31Z

This PR replaces the use of direct string injections from the GitHub environment (i.e. ${{ env.VARIABLE}}) and uses bash environment variables instead. This mitigates the possibility of code injection attacks when running these workflows.

This PR replaces the use of direct string injections from the GitHub environment (i.e. `${{ env.VARIABLE}}`) and uses bash environment variables instead. This mitigates the possibility of code injection attacks when running these workflows.

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reidbaker · 2026-04-20T20:04:41Z

Why does using the env variable section for the script mitigate the injection issues? Does github do special parsing logic there?

eyebrowsoffire · 2026-04-20T20:34:01Z

Why does using the env variable section for the script mitigate the injection issues? Does github do special parsing logic there?

The problem with the ${{ env.VARIABLE }} style of string injection is that it literally just puts the string directly into the bash script that is run, so it can even change scopes by putting quotes, braces, etc. Bash environment variables don't have this issue (special characters like quotes are escaped). And when we assign the variable in the env section, that isn't an arbitrary script being executed, GitHub populates the bash environment variables for the script safely.

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The PR correctly identifies several places where direct string injection from the GitHub environment could lead to code injection attacks and replaces them with bash environment variables. However, the implementation is inconsistent across different workflow files, missing several steps that still use direct injections for gh commands, even when those same variables are moved to env in other steps of the same file.

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Excellent work on identifying and mitigating these security risks.
Consistency across all workflows would make the codebase more robust and maintainable.
Consider moving github.repository and github.event.pull_request.number to environment variables in all steps for a uniform approach, even if they are low-risk.

agentfu · 2026-04-20T21:32:32Z

        id: revert-commit
        working-directory: ./flutter
+        env:
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}


[MEDIUM] The PR_NUMBER variable is moved to env in this step, but github.repository is still directly injected in the gh commands below. For consistency and to fully adhere to the PR's goal, consider moving github.repository to the env block as well (or use the default GITHUB_REPOSITORY environment variable).

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PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}

env:

PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}

REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}

run: |

if git revert $MERGE_COMMIT --no-edit; then

echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

else

echo "success=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

gh pr comment $PR_NUMBER -R $REPOSITORY -b "Failed to revert commit $MERGE_COMMIT cleanly. Please resolve conflicts manually."

gh pr edit $PR_NUMBER -R $REPOSITORY --remove-label "revert_wf"

exit 1

fi

agentfu · 2026-04-20T21:32:32Z

-          git push origin ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}
+          git push origin $BRANCH_NAME

          PR_LINK="https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"


[LOW] While github.event.pull_request.number is an integer and not a direct injection risk, it should be moved to the env block for consistency with the rest of the PR's changes.

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PR_LINK="https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"

PR_LINK="https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pull/$PR_NUMBER"

(Note: Ensure PR_NUMBER is added to the env block of this step as well).

I am a human - I don't think this is needed?

agentfu · 2026-04-20T21:32:32Z

-            --head flutteractionsbot:${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }})
+            --head flutteractionsbot:$BRANCH_NAME)

          gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} -R flutter/flutter -b "Successfully created revert PR: $NEW_PR_URL"


[LOW] Missed direct injection for PR_NUMBER and REPOSITORY.

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gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} -R flutter/flutter -b "Successfully created revert PR: $NEW_PR_URL"

gh pr comment $PR_NUMBER -R $REPOSITORY -b "Successfully created revert PR: $NEW_PR_URL"

gh pr edit $PR_NUMBER -R $REPOSITORY --remove-label "revert_wf"

jtmcdole · 2026-04-20T19:24:10Z

        run: |
-          if git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}; then
-            echo "Error: Branch ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }} already exists on remote."
+          if git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin $BRANCH_NAME; then


I'm guessing "BRANCH_NAME" is a unique github variable that doesn't need "env:" given the previous usage was "env.BRANCH_NAME"

I found out that things that are in env are automatically added to the bash environment, so this just works as long as it was added to the environment in a previous step. For other things like ${{ github.event.XYZ }} and stuff like that, you have to specify them in the env section in order to actually put them in bash environment variables.

jtmcdole · 2026-04-20T21:34:37Z

-          git push origin ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}
+          git push origin $BRANCH_NAME

          PR_LINK="https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"


I am a human - I don't think this is needed?

jtmcdole · 2026-04-20T22:45:18Z

Too bad the bot wouldn't create this review locally so I could not have it post lower quality comments..

eyebrowsoffire · 2026-04-20T23:59:37Z

Too bad the bot wouldn't create this review locally so I could not have it post lower quality comments..

They actually aren't low quality, IMO, but they are nits and probably not worth going back to do a whole new PR over. Maybe I'll try to clean these up later the next time I touch these files.

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A little more cleanup of unnecessary string injection.

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-          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        env:
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          if git revert $MERGE_COMMIT --no-edit; then
+            echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "success=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            gh pr comment $PR_NUMBER -R $REPOSITORY -b "Failed to revert commit $MERGE_COMMIT cleanly. Please resolve conflicts manually."
+            gh pr edit $PR_NUMBER -R $REPOSITORY --remove-label "revert_wf"
+            exit 1
+          fi

	PR_LINK="https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
	PR_LINK="https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pull/$PR_NUMBER"

	gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} -R flutter/flutter -b "Successfully created revert PR: $NEW_PR_URL"
	gh pr comment $PR_NUMBER -R $REPOSITORY -b "Successfully created revert PR: $NEW_PR_URL"
	gh pr edit $PR_NUMBER -R $REPOSITORY --remove-label "revert_wf"

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