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James M Snell f378cfcfbf src,lib: add --allow-env permission
Necessarily semver-major.

When `--permission` is on, every env var not matched by
`--allow-env` is removed at startup. It takes names,
prefix patterns (`PREFIX_*`), or `*`, repeatable or
comma-sep'd.

There are a range of env vars that Node.js itself uses,
and a default range that are generally known to be safe
in common usage. These are never scrubbed. These include
things like `NODE_OPTIONS`, `NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS`, `PATH`,
`HOME`, etc. `NODE_ENV` is not in the defaults and must
be allowed explicitly.

Proxy vars (`HTTP_PROXY`, `HTTPS_PROXY`, `NO_PROXY`) are
also not in the defaults since they can carry credentials.
When `--use-env-proxy` or `NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY` is set and
any of them were removed, a single warning naming them is
emitted.

Env vars can be dropped at runtime after reading using
`permission.drop()`. This is a stronger protection than
using `process.env.FOO = undefined` because it will
scrub the env var also from the environment block.

On Linux, the removed entries are overwritten in the
initial environment block. fs reads of any other
process's /proc/<pid>/environ, ancestors included, are
denied regardless of `--allow-fs-read`. A process's own
is readable only with `--allow-env=*`. Symlinks are
resolved before the check so paths like
/dev/fd/../../<ppid>/environ are caught. The check only
canonicalizes paths that statfs() reports are on procfs.

On Windows, removal also clears the C runtime's copy
of the environ using _wputenv_s.

Reading a removed name returns undefined, warns once per
name, and publishes to a diagnostics channel.

Env file keys are allowed. If the user had reason to pass
in an env file the assumption is they meant to allow them.

File-source config (node.config.json and NODE_OPTIONS
from a .env file) can only narrow the allow list.

Embedders must call ScrubProcessEnvironment() themselves
on startup. This is left up to the embedder to determine
the exact timing but needs to be called before startup
actually happens.

Child processes are started with `--allow-env=*`. Those
either receive the explicit env they were started with
or only the env they inherit from the parent. Since the
parent process is scrubbed, and the child cannot read
any other process's /proc/<pid>/environ, it should never
see more than the parent can.

Main part of the impl was done by hand. Docs, tests,
verification pass, and cleanup nits were automated.

Signed-off-by: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: Opencode
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/66132
Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <rafael.nunu@hotmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
2026-09-26 21:18:43 +00:00
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Node.js Core Tests

This directory contains code and data used to test the Node.js implementation.

For a detailed guide on how to write tests in this directory, see the guide on writing tests.

On how to run tests in this directory, see the contributing guide.

For the tests to run on Windows, be sure to clone Node.js source code with the autocrlf git config flag set to true.

Test Directories

Directory Runs on CI Purpose
abort Yes Tests that use --abort-on-uncaught-exception and other cases where we want to avoid generating a core file.
addons Yes Tests for addon functionality along with some tests that require an addon.
async-hooks Yes Tests for async_hooks functionality.
benchmark Yes Test minimal functionality of benchmarks.
cctest Yes C++ tests that are run as part of the build process.
code-cache No Tests for a Node.js binary compiled with V8 code cache.
common N/A Common modules shared among many tests.1
doctool Yes Tests for the documentation generator.
es-module Yes Test ESM module loading.
fixtures N/A Test fixtures used in various tests throughout the test suite.
internet No Tests that make real outbound network connections.2
js-native-api Yes Tests for Node.js-agnostic Node-API functionality.
known_issues Yes Tests reproducing known issues within the system.3
message Yes Tests for messages that are output for various conditions
node-api Yes Tests for Node.js-specific Node-API functionality.
parallel Yes Various tests that are able to be run in parallel.
pseudo-tty Yes Tests that require stdin/stdout/stderr to be a TTY.
pummel No Various tests for various modules / system functionality operating under load.
sequential Yes Various tests that must not run in parallel.
testpy N/A Test configuration utility used by various test suites.
tick-processor No Tests for the V8 tick processor integration.4
v8-updates No Tests for V8 performance integration.

  1. Documentation ↩︎

  2. Tests for networking related modules may also be present in other directories, but those tests do not make outbound connections. ↩︎

  3. All tests inside of this directory are expected to fail. If a test doesn't fail on certain platforms, those should be skipped via known_issues.status. ↩︎

  4. The tests are for the logic in lib/internal/main/prof_process.js and lib/internal/v8_prof_polyfill.js. The tests confirm that the profile processor packages the correct set of scripts from V8 and introduces the correct platform specific logic. ↩︎