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Bug: safe_short_string() regex misses password, private_key, credential

Before

The redaction regex only matches api_key, token, and secret, missing password, private_key, credential, passphrase, and auth_code.

from spark_cli.system_map import safe_short_string
safe_short_string("password=supersecret")     # → "password=supersecret" (NOT redacted!)
safe_short_string("private_key=supersecret")   # → "private_key=supersecret" (NOT redacted!)
safe_short_string("api_key=supersecret")       # → "api_key=[redacted]" (correctly redacted)

After

All sensitive key names are redacted:

safe_short_string("password=supersecret")    # → "password=[redacted]"
safe_short_string("private_key=supersecret") # → "private_key=[redacted]"

Evidence

Before safe_short_string("password=supersecret")"password=supersecret" (LEAK)
After safe_short_string("password=supersecret")"password=[redacted]"

Fix

Expand the regex to include password, passwd, passphrase, private_key, credential, auth_code, and access_key, bringing it in line with SECRET_PATTERNS in sandbox/output.py.


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…private_key, credential

The redaction regex only matched api_key, token, and secret, missing
password, private_key, credential, passphrase, auth_code, and
access_key. This allowed sensitive values to leak in system map output.

Expand the regex to cover all sensitive key name categories that are
already handled by SECRET_PATTERNS in sandbox/output.py.

Before: safe_short_string('password=supersecret') = 'password=supersecret'
After:  safe_short_string('password=supersecret') = 'password=[redacted]'

Bug: SC-005
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vibeforge1111 commented May 23, 2026

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Spark Compete reset status: Gate review still pending.

This PR is currently in the gate-review-pending bucket. Please follow the reset instructions in #295 before expecting points, merge review, or Mac lab work.

Keep updates focused and public-safe: use a valid spark-compete-hotfix-v1 packet, link related duplicate PRs, and do not post secrets, raw logs, wallet material, private repo maps, archives, binaries, PDFs, or shortened evidence links.

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vibeforge1111 commented May 25, 2026

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Spark Compete feedback status: Valid packet required before eligibility review can continue.

This is public-safe process guidance only. It is not a rejection, approval, award decision, merge decision, gate waiver, or public points promise.

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Thanks for the packet repair. Admin review now has this packet as valid, so this is no longer blocked on packet shape.

The current blocker is security review. This PR cannot move to Mac Lab, merge readiness, or points until the security-sensitive behavior is redesigned or cleared.

Agent prompt you can reuse: "Prepare this Spark competition PR for security review after packet repair. Preserve the valid packet, keep the branch focused, explain the security boundary, add safe bounded proof/tests, and avoid secrets, raw logs, raw patches, private paths, private repo maps, or private data."

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Spark Compete security-owner follow-up: more focused security proof is needed before this can move toward lab, merge, or points.

This is public-safe process guidance only. It is not a rejection, approval, merge decision, gate waiver, or point promise.

Passive review found this still needs contributor-side repair before deeper security-owner decisioning:

  • add targeted tests or a documented maintainer/lab smoke path; this security-sensitive diff has no obvious test file in the passive review.

Security-sensitive surfaces seen in passive metadata/diff patterns: adds or changes secret handling.

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PR: #74
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