fix(e2e): match credential values in sandbox scan

nemoclaw/src/security/secret-scanner.test.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const FAKE = {
   openai: "sk-" + "abc123def456ghi789jkl012mno",
   openaiProject: "sk-proj-" + "abc123_def456-ghi789_jkl012-mno345",
   github: "ghp_" + "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmn",
+  githubFineGrained: "github_pat_" + "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO_PQRSTUVWXYZabc",
   aws: "AKIA" + "IOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
   slack: "xoxb-" + "123456789-abcdefghij",
   slackApp: "xapp-" + "1-A0000-12345-abcdef",
@@ -54,6 +55,12 @@ describe("scanForSecrets", () => {
       expect(matches[0].pattern).toBe("GitHub token");
     });
 
+    it("detects an underscore-bearing fine-grained GitHub personal access token", () => {
+      const matches = scanForSecrets(`token: ${FAKE.githubFineGrained}`);
+      expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(matches[0].pattern).toBe("GitHub token");
+    });
+
     it("detects an AWS access key", () => {
       const matches = scanForSecrets(`aws_access_key_id = ${FAKE.aws}`);
       expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);

nemoclaw/src/security/secret-scanner.ts

@@ -21,16 +21,55 @@ interface SecretPattern {
   regex: RegExp;
 }
 
+/** Provider token formats shared by the in-process and sandbox scanners. */
+export const HIGH_CONFIDENCE_PREFIXED_TOKEN_SPECS = [
+  {
+    name: "NVIDIA API key",
+    prefixes: ["nvapi-"],
+    payloadCharacterClass: "A-Za-z0-9_-",
+    minimumPayloadLength: 20,
+  },
+  {
+    name: "GitHub token",
+    prefixes: ["ghp_", "gho_", "ghu_", "ghs_", "ghr_"],
+    payloadCharacterClass: "A-Za-z0-9",
+    minimumPayloadLength: 36,
+  },
+  {
+    name: "GitHub token",
+    prefixes: ["github_pat_"],
+    payloadCharacterClass: "A-Za-z0-9_",
+    minimumPayloadLength: 30,
+  },
+  {
+    name: "npm token",
+    prefixes: ["npm_"],
+    payloadCharacterClass: "A-Za-z0-9",
+    minimumPayloadLength: 36,
+  },
+] as const;
+
+const HIGH_CONFIDENCE_PREFIXED_TOKEN_ALTERNATIVES = HIGH_CONFIDENCE_PREFIXED_TOKEN_SPECS.flatMap(
+  ({ prefixes, payloadCharacterClass, minimumPayloadLength }) =>
+    prefixes.map((prefix) => `${prefix}[${payloadCharacterClass}]{${minimumPayloadLength},}`),
+).join("|");
+
+/** POSIX ERE for standalone high-confidence provider tokens in sandbox shell scans. */
+export const HIGH_CONFIDENCE_PREFIXED_TOKEN_ERE = `(^|[^[:alnum:]_])(${HIGH_CONFIDENCE_PREFIXED_TOKEN_ALTERNATIVES})([^[:alnum:]_]|$)`;
+
 const SECRET_PATTERNS: SecretPattern[] = [
-  // NVIDIA
-  { name: "NVIDIA API key", regex: /\bnvapi-[A-Za-z0-9_-]{20,}\b/ },
+  ...HIGH_CONFIDENCE_PREFIXED_TOKEN_SPECS.map(
+    ({ name, prefixes, payloadCharacterClass, minimumPayloadLength }) => ({
+      name,
+      regex: new RegExp(
+        `\\b(?:${prefixes.join("|")})[${payloadCharacterClass}]{${minimumPayloadLength},}\\b`,
+      ),
+    }),
+  ),
 
   // OpenAI — exclude sk-ant- (Anthropic) to avoid double-matching
   { name: "OpenAI API key", regex: /\bsk-(?!ant-)[A-Za-z0-9_-]{20,}\b/ },
 
-  // GitHub
-  { name: "GitHub token", regex: /\b(ghp|gho|ghu|ghs|ghr|github_pat)_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,}\b/ },
-
   // AWS
   { name: "AWS access key", regex: /\bAKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}\b/ },
   {
@@ -48,9 +87,6 @@ const SECRET_PATTERNS: SecretPattern[] = [
       /(?<=(?:discord|bot|DISCORD_TOKEN|BOT_TOKEN|token)\s*[=:]\s*["']?)[A-Za-z0-9]{24}\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]{6}\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]{27,}/,
   },
 
-  // npm
-  { name: "npm token", regex: /\bnpm_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,}\b/ },
-
   // Private keys (PEM)
   {
     name: "Private key",

test/e2e/live/cloud-inference-credential-boundary.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { shellQuote } from "../../../src/lib/core/shell-quote.ts";
+import { HIGH_CONFIDENCE_PREFIXED_TOKEN_ERE } from "../../../nemoclaw/src/security/secret-scanner.ts";
+
+const DEFAULT_SANDBOX_STATE_DIRECTORIES = ["/sandbox/.openclaw", "/sandbox/.nemoclaw"];
+
+/** Build a path-only scan for concrete credential values in sandbox state. */
+export function buildSandboxCredentialScanCommand(
+  directories: readonly string[] = DEFAULT_SANDBOX_STATE_DIRECTORIES,
+): string {
+  const roots = directories.map((directory) => shellQuote(directory)).join(" ");
+  return [
+    `for dir in ${roots}; do`,
+    '  [ -d "$dir" ] || continue',
+    `  matches=$(grep -rlE '${HIGH_CONFIDENCE_PREFIXED_TOKEN_ERE}' "$dir")`,
+    "  scan_status=$?",
+    '  case "$scan_status" in',
+    `    0) printf '%s\\n' "$matches" | grep -Ev '/policies/|/plugin-runtime-deps/|/extensions/[^/]+/(dist|node_modules)/'`,
+    "       filter_status=$?",
+    '       case "$filter_status" in',
+    "         0|1) ;;",
+    '         *) exit "$filter_status" ;;',
+    "       esac",
+    "       ;;",
+    "    1) ;;",
+    '    *) exit "$scan_status" ;;',
+    "  esac",
+    "done",
+  ].join("\n");
+}

test/e2e/live/cloud-inference.test.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   parseCloudChatResponse,
   type PreContractExternalProviderFailure,
 } from "./cloud-inference-provider-skip.ts";
+import { buildSandboxCredentialScanCommand } from "./cloud-inference-credential-boundary.ts";
 
 const REPO_SKILL_VALIDATOR = path.join(
   REPO_ROOT,
@@ -302,50 +303,7 @@ async function expectSandboxCredentialBoundary(
     "",
   );
 
-  const secretScanCommand = [
-    "for dir in /sandbox/.openclaw /sandbox/.nemoclaw; do",
-    '  [ -d "$dir" ] || continue',
-    `  matches=$(grep -rIlE 'nvapi-|ghp_|npm_' "$dir")`,
-    "  scan_status=$?",
-    '  case "$scan_status" in',
-    `    0) filtered=$(printf '%s\\n' "$matches" | grep -Ev '/policies/|/plugin-runtime-deps/|/extensions/[^/]+/(dist|node_modules)/')`,
-    "       filter_status=$?",
-    '       case "$filter_status" in',
-    "         0) filtered_file=$(mktemp)",
-    "            temp_status=$?",
-    '            case "$temp_status" in 0) ;; *) exit "$temp_status" ;; esac',
-    `            trap 'rm -f "$filtered_file"' EXIT HUP INT TERM`,
-    `            printf '%s\\n' "$filtered" > "$filtered_file"`,
-    "            write_status=$?",
-    '            case "$write_status" in 0) ;; *) exit "$write_status" ;; esac',
-    "            while IFS= read -r file; do",
-    `              matching_lines=$(grep -IE 'nvapi-|ghp_|npm_' "$file")`,
-    "              match_status=$?",
-    '              case "$match_status" in',
-    `                0) printf '%s' "$matching_lines" | grep -qv 'STRIPPED'`,
-    "                   unstripped_status=$?",
-    '                   case "$unstripped_status" in',
-    `                     0) printf '%s\\n' "$file" ;;`,
-    "                     1) ;;",
-    '                     *) exit "$unstripped_status" ;;',
-    "                   esac",
-    "                   ;;",
-    "                1) ;;",
-    '                *) exit "$match_status" ;;',
-    "              esac",
-    '            done < "$filtered_file"',
-    '            rm -f "$filtered_file"',
-    "            trap - EXIT HUP INT TERM",
-    "            ;;",
-    "         1) ;;",
-    '         *) exit "$filter_status" ;;',
-    "       esac",
-    "       ;;",
-    "    1) ;;",
-    '    *) exit "$scan_status" ;;',
-    "  esac",
-    "done",
-  ].join("\n");
+  const secretScanCommand = buildSandboxCredentialScanCommand();
 
   const secretProbe = await sandbox.exec(SANDBOX_NAME, ["sh", "-lc", secretScanCommand], {
     artifactName: "phase-3-sandbox-secret-pattern-probe",

test/e2e/support/cloud-inference-credential-boundary.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { HIGH_CONFIDENCE_PREFIXED_TOKEN_SPECS } from "../../../nemoclaw/src/security/secret-scanner.ts";
+import { buildSandboxCredentialScanCommand } from "../live/cloud-inference-credential-boundary.ts";
+
+const roots: string[] = [];
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const root of roots.splice(0)) fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+/** Create and track an isolated sandbox-state fixture root. */
+function createScanRoot(): string {
+  const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "nemoclaw-cloud-credential-scan-"));
+  roots.push(root);
+  return root;
+}
+
+/** Write one text or binary sandbox-state fixture and return its path. */
+function writeFixture(root: string, relativePath: string, body: string | Uint8Array): string {
+  const file = path.join(root, relativePath);
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(file), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(file, body);
+  return file;
+}
+
+/** Run the exact live credential scan command against a fixture root. */
+function scan(root: string): string {
+  return execFileSync("sh", ["-lc", buildSandboxCredentialScanCommand([root])], {
+    encoding: "utf8",
+  });
+}
+
+describe("cloud inference sandbox credential scan", () => {
+  it("accepts npm dependency metadata that does not contain a credential value (#9363)", () => {
+    const root = createScanRoot();
+    writeFixture(
+      root,
+      "npm/projects/openclaw-whatsapp/node_modules/thread-stream/test/ts/transpile.sh",
+      'echo "${npm_config_user_agent}"\n',
+    );
+    writeFixture(
+      root,
+      "npm/projects/openclaw-msteams/node_modules/jwks-rsa/package.json",
+      '{"scripts":{"release":"git tag $npm_package_version"}}\n',
+    );
+    writeFixture(root, "configuration/token-key-path.txt", "ordinary dependency metadata\n");
+
+    expect(scan(root)).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["NVIDIA", "nvapi-nemoclaw-credential-boundary-canary"],
+    ["GitHub", `ghp_${"a".repeat(36)}`],
+    ["GitHub fine-grained", `github_pat_${"a".repeat(15)}_${"b".repeat(14)}`],
+    ["npm", `npm_${"b".repeat(36)}`],
+  ])("reports only the path of a file that contains a %s credential canary", (_label, canary) => {
+    const root = createScanRoot();
+    const leakedFile = writeFixture(root, "openclaw.json", `{"apiKey":"${canary}"}\n`);
+
+    const output = scan(root);
+
+    expect(output.trim()).toBe(leakedFile);
+    expect(output).not.toContain(canary);
+  });
+
+  it.each(
+    HIGH_CONFIDENCE_PREFIXED_TOKEN_SPECS.flatMap(({ prefixes, minimumPayloadLength }) =>
+      prefixes.map((prefix) => [prefix, minimumPayloadLength] as const),
+    ),
+  )("enforces the shared minimum payload for %s", (prefix, minimumPayloadLength) => {
+    const root = createScanRoot();
+    writeFixture(root, "short.txt", `${prefix}${"a".repeat(minimumPayloadLength - 1)}\n`);
+
+    expect(scan(root)).toBe("");
+
+    const detectedFile = writeFixture(
+      root,
+      "minimum.txt",
+      `${prefix}${"a".repeat(minimumPayloadLength)}\n`,
+    );
+    expect(scan(root).trim()).toBe(detectedFile);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["prefixed GitHub token", `prefixghp_${"a".repeat(36)}`],
+    ["suffixed GitHub token", `ghp_${"a".repeat(36)}_suffix`],
+    ["prefixed npm token", `prefixnpm_${"b".repeat(36)}`],
+    ["suffixed npm token", `npm_${"b".repeat(36)}_suffix`],
+  ])("does not report a token embedded in a larger identifier: %s", (_label, value) => {
+    const root = createScanRoot();
+    writeFixture(root, "embedded.txt", `${value}\n`);
+
+    expect(scan(root)).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("reports a credential canary in a NUL-containing file", () => {
+    const root = createScanRoot();
+    const canary = "nvapi-nemoclaw-binary-credential-canary";
+    const leakedFile = writeFixture(root, "state.bin", Buffer.from(`prefix\0${canary}\n`));
+
+    const output = scan(root);
+
+    expect(output.trim()).toBe(leakedFile);
+    expect(output).not.toContain(canary);
+  });
+});