Gateway: enforce allowed-tools filtering server-side on tools/list and tools/call#3334
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Pull request overview
As provided, this PR’s diff only removes unused test helpers/imports from an allowed-tools integration test file (a lint/cleanup change). However, the PR title/description describe additional security enforcement changes in unified.go and tool_registry.go that are not present in the supplied diff.
Changes:
- Remove unused
sendUnifiedMCPRequest/parseSSEBodyhelpers and related imports fromallowed_tools_integration_test.go.
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| File | Description |
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| internal/server/allowed_tools_integration_test.go | Removes unused helper functions and imports to satisfy linting. |
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The PR description/title talk about server-side enforcement changes in unified.go and tool_registry.go, but the provided diff only changes this test file by removing unused helpers/imports. If the enforcement changes are part of the PR, please include those diffs; otherwise, consider updating the PR title/description to match the actual change set (lint-only cleanup).
Agents with raw HTTP access to the gateway could bypass client-side
--allowed-toolsfilters by directly sendingtools/callJSON-RPC requests for tools they shouldn't be able to call. The existingtoolsfield inStdinServerConfig/ServerConfigwas parsed but never enforced at runtime.Changes
Pre-computed allowed-tools sets (
unified.go)allowedToolSets map[string]map[string]booltoUnifiedServer, built once at init viabuildAllowedToolSets(cfg)for O(1) per-call lookupisToolAllowed(serverID, toolName)— returnstruewhen no list is configured (unrestricted)Enforcement in
callBackendTool(unified.go)Before any DIFC/guard work, rejects calls for tools not in the allowed set:
IsError: trueCallToolResultwith a descriptive messagelogger.LogWarn("client", ...)including the server IDtools/list defense-in-depth (
tool_registry.go)During backend tool registration, non-allowed tools are filtered out — they never appear in
tools/listresponses and are never registered with the SDK server.Lint fix
sendUnifiedMCPRequestandparseSSEBodyhelper functions fromallowed_tools_integration_test.go(golangci-lintunusedviolations)