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# verify_v3.py hardening patch
#
# pre-hardening sha256 507a53d2c6fd38fba3eb4cbe50c73cb43c1689061920f944c18995b748afcc3d (attested in sha256sums.txt line 30)
# post-hardening sha256 d6c1d4299aab831d61174daea651e8e779b6fa46ae7279cc17bd33a6de1f47c4
#
a/verify_v3.py 2026-08-10 19:40:29.385003841 -0400
+++ b/verify_v3.py 2026-08-10 19:43:40.148932456 -0400
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@
HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
sys.path.insert(0, HERE)
+import exclusivity_model # noqa: E402
import preflight # noqa: E402
import privilege_graph # noqa: E402
ATTACK_RESULTS = os.path.join(HERE, "attack_results.json")
+TOPOLOGY = os.path.join(HERE, "PRIVILEGE_TOPOLOGY.json")
CARRIER_MATRIX = os.path.join(HERE, "carrier_matrix.json")
REGISTRY = os.path.join(HERE, "ROOT_EQUIVALENCE_REGISTRY.json")
ANALYSIS = os.path.join(HERE, "AUTHORITY_PRINCIPAL_ANALYSIS.json")
@@ -40,16 +42,17 @@
HISTORY_PATH = os.path.join(HERE, "run_history.jsonl")
REQUIRED_IDENTICAL_RUNS = 4
-VERIFIED = "VERIFIED_EXCLUSIVE_AUTHORITY"
-BLOCKED_ROOT = "BLOCKED_ROOT_EQUIVALENCE"
-BLOCKED_AUTHORITY = "BLOCKED_AUTHORITY_EQUIVALENCE"
+VERIFIED = exclusivity_model.VERIFIED
+BLOCKED_ROOT = exclusivity_model.BLOCKED_ROOT
+BLOCKED_AUTHORITY = exclusivity_model.BLOCKED_AUTHORITY
+BLOCKED_UNCERTAIN = exclusivity_model.BLOCKED_UNCERTAIN
INTEGRATION_BLOCKED = "INTEGRATION_BLOCKED"
PROVABLY_UNREACHABLE = "PROVABLY_UNREACHABLE"
ENV_NOT_EQUIVALENT = "ENVIRONMENT_NOT_EQUIVALENT"
#: Conditions whose failure is caused by the host's privilege configuration
#: rather than by the architecture. Used to compute the conditional result.
-CUTOVER_DEPENDENT = {"06", "07", "12", "17"}
+CUTOVER_DEPENDENT = {"06", "07", "12", "17", "19"}
def die(label: str, message: str) -> None:
@@ -64,7 +67,13 @@
return subprocess.run(argv, cwd=HERE, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=1800)
-def conditions_from(attacks: dict, registry: dict, analysis: dict, graph: dict) -> dict:
+def conditions_from(
+ attacks: dict,
+ registry: dict,
+ analysis: dict,
+ graph: dict,
+ topology: dict | None = None,
+) -> dict:
carriers = {entry["carrier"]: entry for entry in attacks["carriers"]}
attack = attacks["attacks"]
protocol = attacks["protocol"]
@@ -241,6 +250,13 @@
# Condition 18 is filled in by `repeatability()` once the verdict and digest
# for this run are known; it is the only condition that cannot be evaluated
# from a single run's measurements.
+ #
+ # Condition 19 is the hardening added after the cutover preflight found that
+ # `registry["unknown_paths"]` was recorded and consumed by nothing: a host
+ # whose only remaining escalation path was UNKNOWN would have been reported
+ # VERIFIED. It unions the registry's UNKNOWNs with the read-only topology
+ # inventory's.
+ conditions["19"] = exclusivity_model.unknown_condition(registry, topology)
return conditions
@@ -275,7 +291,7 @@
)
return {
"text": f"{REQUIRED_IDENTICAL_RUNS} consecutive verifier runs produce the "
- f"same result and evidence digest",
+ f"same result and evidence digest",
"met": identical,
"evidence": {
"runs_recorded": len(history),
@@ -289,8 +305,11 @@
def property_split(conditions: dict, registry: dict) -> dict:
"""Section 15: three properties that fail independently."""
dac = all(conditions[key]["met"] for key in ("03", "04", "05"))
+ # 19 belongs to exclusivity: an unresolved escalation path is exactly the
+ # question "can the agent obtain equivalent capability", left unanswered.
exclusivity = all(
- conditions[key]["met"] for key in ("06", "07", "08", "09", "10", "11", "12")
+ conditions[key]["met"]
+ for key in ("06", "07", "08", "09", "10", "11", "12", "19")
)
liveness = all(conditions[key]["met"] for key in ("13", "14", "15", "16"))
return {
@@ -318,8 +337,11 @@
# architecture or of the host's privilege configuration. Counting it as an
# architectural failure while the run window fills would misreport every
# run before the fourth.
- failed = [key for key, entry in conditions.items()
- if entry["met"] is False and key != "18"]
+ failed = [
+ key
+ for key, entry in conditions.items()
+ if entry["met"] is False and key != "18"
+ ]
failed_independent = [
key for key in failed if not conditions[key].get("cutover_dependent")
]
@@ -342,8 +364,9 @@
}
-def evidence_digest(attacks: dict, registry: dict, analysis: dict,
- graph: dict, conditions: dict) -> str:
+def evidence_digest(
+ attacks: dict, registry: dict, analysis: dict, graph: dict, conditions: dict
+) -> str:
"""A digest over the security-relevant surface only.
Built from an explicit whitelist rather than by filtering volatile keys out
@@ -354,32 +377,42 @@
hashed.
"""
surface = {
- "carriers": {entry["carrier"]: entry["verdict"]
- for entry in attacks["carriers"]},
+ "carriers": {
+ entry["carrier"]: entry["verdict"] for entry in attacks["carriers"]
+ },
"attacks": {
"D_subuid": attacks["attacks"]["D_subuid"]["verdict"],
"E_setns_procfs": attacks["attacks"]["E_setns"]["procfs_route"]["verdict"],
"E_setns_docker": attacks["attacks"]["E_setns"]["docker_route"]["verdict"],
"F_ptrace": attacks["attacks"]["F_ptrace"]["verdict"],
"F_ptrace_control": attacks["attacks"]["F_ptrace"][
- "control_attached_agent_owned_process"],
+ "control_attached_agent_owned_process"
+ ],
"H_rootful": attacks["attacks"]["container_roots"][
- "H_rootful_container_root"]["verdict"],
+ "H_rootful_container_root"
+ ]["verdict"],
"I_rootless": attacks["attacks"]["container_roots"][
- "I_rootless_container_root"]["verdict"],
- "J1": attacks["attacks"]["J_broker_replacement"][
- "J1_host_write_to_code"]["verdict"],
+ "I_rootless_container_root"
+ ]["verdict"],
+ "J1": attacks["attacks"]["J_broker_replacement"]["J1_host_write_to_code"][
+ "verdict"
+ ],
"J2": attacks["attacks"]["J_broker_replacement"][
- "J2_docker_cp_into_container"]["verdict"],
+ "J2_docker_cp_into_container"
+ ]["verdict"],
"K_socket": attacks["attacks"]["K_socket_impersonation"]["verdict"],
"Q_key": attacks["attacks"]["Q_key_material"]["verdict"],
},
- "protocol": {name: entry.get("pass")
- for name, entry in attacks["protocol"].items()
- if isinstance(entry, dict)},
- "leakage": {name: entry.get("verdict")
- for name, entry in attacks["leakage"].items()
- if isinstance(entry, dict)},
+ "protocol": {
+ name: entry.get("pass")
+ for name, entry in attacks["protocol"].items()
+ if isinstance(entry, dict)
+ },
+ "leakage": {
+ name: entry.get("verdict")
+ for name, entry in attacks["leakage"].items()
+ if isinstance(entry, dict)
+ },
"git_all_passed": attacks["workspace_git"]["all_passed"],
"git_check_count": attacks["workspace_git"]["count"],
"identity_separation": {
@@ -387,8 +420,10 @@
"broker_uid": attacks["environment"]["broker_uid"],
"decision_uid": attacks["environment"]["decision_uid"],
},
- "registry": {name: entry["classification"]
- for name, entry in registry["mechanisms"].items()},
+ "registry": {
+ name: entry["classification"]
+ for name, entry in registry["mechanisms"].items()
+ },
"root_equivalent_paths": sorted(registry["root_equivalent_paths"]),
"authority_uid": analysis["selected_authority_uid"],
"graph_edges": sorted(
@@ -396,8 +431,9 @@
for entry in graph["edges"]
),
"graph_closed": graph["closure"]["closed"],
- "conditions": {key: entry["met"] for key, entry in conditions.items()
- if key != "18"},
+ "conditions": {
+ key: entry["met"] for key, entry in conditions.items() if key != "18"
+ },
}
return hashlib.sha256(
json.dumps(surface, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":")).encode()
@@ -431,6 +467,16 @@
if analysis_run.returncode != 0 or not os.path.exists(ANALYSIS):
die(BLOCKED_ROOT, f"analysis failed: {analysis_run.stderr.strip()[:400]}")
+ topology_run = run_stage(
+ "privilege topology inventory",
+ [sys.executable, os.path.join(HERE, "privilege_topology.py")],
+ )
+ if topology_run.returncode != 0 or not os.path.exists(TOPOLOGY):
+ die(
+ BLOCKED_UNCERTAIN,
+ f"topology inventory failed: {topology_run.stderr.strip()[:400]}",
+ )
+
attacks_run = run_stage(
"attack suite",
[sys.executable, os.path.join(HERE, "attack_suite", "run_attacks_v3.py")],
@@ -445,18 +491,23 @@
with open(ANALYSIS, encoding="utf-8") as handle:
analysis = json.load(handle)
+ with open(TOPOLOGY, encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+ topology = json.load(handle)
+
graph = privilege_graph.build_and_save(attacks, registry)
- conditions = conditions_from(attacks, registry, analysis, graph)
+ conditions = conditions_from(attacks, registry, analysis, graph, topology)
digest = evidence_digest(attacks, registry, analysis, graph, conditions)
- # Section 16's ordering: root-equivalence dominates everything else.
- if registry["agent_is_root_equivalent"]:
- verdict = BLOCKED_ROOT
- elif not graph["closure"]["conditions"]["no_path_to_authority_principal"]["holds"]:
- verdict = BLOCKED_AUTHORITY
- elif all(entry["met"] for key, entry in conditions.items() if key != "18"):
- verdict = VERIFIED
- else:
- verdict = BLOCKED_AUTHORITY
+ # Section 16's ordering, now computed by exclusivity_model: root-equivalence
+ # dominates everything, then authority-equivalence, then UNRESOLVED privilege
+ # paths -- which can no longer be silently absorbed into a VERIFIED verdict.
+ exclusivity = exclusivity_model.compute(
+ registry,
+ topology,
+ graph["closure"],
+ conditions,
+ ignore_conditions={"18"},
+ )
+ verdict = exclusivity["verdict"]
conditions["18"] = repeatability(verdict, digest)
split = property_split(conditions, registry)
@@ -478,6 +529,12 @@
"privilege_graph_closure": graph["closure"],
"root_equivalent_paths": registry["root_equivalent_paths"],
"unknown_paths": registry["unknown_paths"],
+ "exclusivity": exclusivity,
+ "privilege_topology": {
+ "counts": topology["counts"],
+ "root_equivalent_paths": topology["root_equivalent_paths"],
+ "unknown_privilege_paths": topology["unknown_privilege_paths"],
+ },
"selected_authority_uid": analysis["selected_authority_uid"],
"prior_packages_unchanged": prior_unchanged,
"environment_equivalence": pre["environment_equivalence"],
@@ -518,7 +575,15 @@
f"{conditional['would_hold_after_cutover']}"
)
print()
- print(f"root-equivalent paths: {registry['root_equivalent_paths']}")
+ print(f"root-equivalent paths: {exclusivity['root_equivalent_paths']}")
+ print(
+ f"unresolved privilege paths: "
+ f"{len(exclusivity['unknown_privilege_paths'])} "
+ f"{exclusivity['unknown_privilege_paths'][:4]}"
+ f"{' ...' if len(exclusivity['unknown_privilege_paths']) > 4 else ''}"
+ )
+ for reason in exclusivity["reasons"]:
+ print(f" verdict reason: {reason}")
print(f"privilege graph closed: {graph['closure']['closed']}")
print(f"prior packages unchanged: {prior_unchanged}")
print(f"evidence digest: {result['evidence_digest'][:32]}")