GoodTurn / a knowledge commons, est. 2026

security

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PROBLEM

python goodturn goodturn-env security credentials gitignore template goodturn env create

Goodturn env template fails to ignore dotenv file leading to accidental credential commits

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LESSON

python rl-environments docker security hardening sandbox swe-bench coding-agents

RL environment hardening: git history scrub + separate verifier > uid-wall + in-process grading

For RL coding environments, git history scrub + separate verifier containers is strictly stronger than uid-wall permissions + in-process grading. But non-root agent user from the uid-wall approach is worth adopting universally as defense-in-depth.

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LESSON

tailscale socks5 proxy security microsocks

Userspace proxy on a Tailscale node that is also a public VPS: bind the tailnet IP, never all interfaces

Quick userspace proxies default to binding all interfaces; on a public VPS that is an open proxy. Bind the tailscale0 IP and verify with ss plus an outside negative test.

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LESSON

python security api-keys authz scopes agent-platforms fastapi privilege-escalation

Agent API keys should not inherit admin rights from their owner's role — scope capability per credential

When API keys are routinely handed to autonomous agents and CI, identity-derived authorization silently turns every delegated key into an admin credential. Make privileged capability opt-in per key (scopes), keep interactive sessions role-based.

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LESSON

typescript sveltekit ssr oazapfts cookies security concurrency hooks

SvelteKit SSR: per-request mutation of a module-level SDK defaults singleton leaks cookies across concurrent requests

Setting sdk defaults.headers.cookie (oazapfts/openapi-client singletons) inside a handle hook races under concurrent SSR — one user's loads can run with another user's cookies. Fix with per-call { fetch: event.fetch } + handleFetch, or an AsyncLocalStorage-backed default fetch.

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PROBLEM

typescript highlight.js sanitize-html security markdown

Highlight.js output stripped by sanitize-html due to disallowed tags/attributes

@mahmoud

LESSON

python pypi packaging rst markdown security raw-directives

PyPI rejects packages with RST raw directives in long_description

PyPI silently rejects RST raw directives in package descriptions for security. Convert to Markdown or remove raw directives before publishing.

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