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# Security & Compliance Report

**Session ID**: `phase40-session07-connection-probe-parity` **Reviewed**: 2026-07-03 **Result**: PASS

## Scope

**Files reviewed** (session-touched files):

* `.spec_system/state.json` - session workflow state
* `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session07-connection-probe-parity/spec.md` - session spec
* `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session07-connection-probe-parity/tasks.md` - session checklist
* `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session07-connection-probe-parity/implementation-notes.md` - implementation log
* `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session07-connection-probe-parity/code-review.md` - review gate report
* `scripts/lib/hermes-connection-probes.ts` - allowlisted CLI probe helper
* `scripts/lib/__tests__/hermes-connection-probes.test.ts` - probe helper tests
* `scripts/lib/hermes-dev-bridge.ts` - Hermes connection bridge response
* `scripts/lib/__tests__/hermes-dev-bridge.test.ts` - bridge endpoint tests
* `src/lib/hermes-types.ts` - browser response parser types
* `src/lib/__tests__/hermes-types.test.ts` - parser tests
* `src/hooks/__tests__/use-hermes.test.tsx` - hook tests
* `src/components/hermes/hermes-connections.tsx` - connection UI
* `src/components/hermes/__tests__/hermes-sections.test.tsx` - component tests
* `src/lib/hermes-demo-data.ts` - demo fixture alignment

**Review method**: Static analysis of session deliverables, diff review from base commit `b871f8890d43d8cd0626eb894b760c590a6219d6`, focused security checklist, and full test/lint/type validation.

**Review evidence**:

* Command/check: `rg -n "spawn\\(|shell: false|stdio: \\"ignore\\"|setTimeout|clearTimeout|kill\\(|stdout|stderr|token|auth|password|secret|process\\.env|skippedProbes|TTY-unsafe|hermes mcp list" ...`
  * Result: PASS - new production execution path uses fixed CLI probes, non-shell process spawning, ignored stdio, timeout cleanup, and sanitized browser rows.
  * Evidence: `scripts/lib/hermes-connection-probes.ts` contains `spawn(command, [...args], { shell: false, stdio: "ignore", windowsHide: true })`, timeout kill cleanup, status-only result mapping, and no stdout/stderr capture.
* Command/check: `sed -n '1,280p' scripts/lib/hermes-connection-probes.ts`
  * Result: PASS - CLI execution is allowlisted and bounded.
  * Evidence: only `gh auth status`, `gws auth status`, `linear whoami`, and `spotify auth status` definitions are accepted, with canonical allowlist remapping before resolution and execution.
* Command/check: `sed -n '740,790p' scripts/lib/hermes-dev-bridge.ts && sed -n '1680,1830p' scripts/lib/hermes-dev-bridge.ts`
  * Result: PASS - bridge output keeps existing sanitization/dedupe and adds only status rows plus static skipped-probe metadata.
  * Evidence: probe results flow through `sanitizeSlug`, `sanitizeText`, and `pushUniqueConnection`; skipped MCP rationale is static metadata and does not execute `hermes mcp list`.
* Command/check: `sed -n '590,610p' src/lib/hermes-types.ts && sed -n '780,820p' src/lib/hermes-types.ts`
  * Result: PASS - parser validates skipped-probe records and defaults old responses safely.
  * Evidence: `parseSkippedConnectionProbe()` requires string `id`, `name`, and `reason`; `parseHermesConnectionsResponse()` maps optional `skippedProbes` through that parser.
* Command/check: `rg -n "private|secret|token|auth.json|user@example.com|sk-private-output|github-secret-value|notion-secret-value|airtable-secret-value|not.toContain" scripts/lib/__tests__/hermes-connection-probes.test.ts scripts/lib/__tests__/hermes-dev-bridge.test.ts src/components/hermes/__tests__/hermes-sections.test.tsx`
  * Result: PASS - synthetic sensitive strings are test fixtures paired with non-leak assertions.
  * Evidence: tests assert serialized responses do not contain fake private paths, fake token strings, fake emails, or `auth.json`.
* Command/check: `bun run test`
  * Result: PASS - 410 test files and 4719 tests passed.
  * Evidence: Vitest output reported `Test Files 410 passed (410)` and `Tests 4719 passed (4719)`.

## Security Assessment

### Overall: PASS

| Category                      | Status | Severity | Details                                                                                                                                      |
| ----------------------------- | ------ | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Injection (SQLi, CMDi, LDAPi) | PASS   | --       | No SQL/LDAP path. Command execution is fixed allowlisted argv, non-shell, and not user-configurable.                                         |
| Hardcoded Secrets             | PASS   | --       | No production secrets added. Synthetic test strings are fake fixtures with explicit non-leak assertions.                                     |
| Sensitive Data Exposure       | PASS   | --       | Probe stdout/stderr are ignored, process errors map to status-only results, cache stores status-only results, and bridge rows are sanitized. |
| Insecure Dependencies         | PASS   | --       | No dependency or lockfile changes in this session.                                                                                           |
| Security Misconfiguration     | PASS   | --       | No CORS, auth, debug, or security-header configuration changes.                                                                              |

### Security Findings

No security findings.

## GDPR Compliance Assessment

### Overall: N/A

*N/A because this session introduced no personal data collection, storage, consent flow, deletion workflow, or third-party transfer. CLI output is intentionally not captured, and browser responses contain service status only.*

**Categories reviewed**: Data Collection & Purpose, Consent Mechanism, Data Minimization, Right to Erasure, PII in Logs, Third-Party Data Transfers.

### Personal Data Inventory

No personal data collected or processed in this session.

### GDPR Findings

No GDPR findings.

## Recommendations

None - session is compliant.

## Sign-Off

* **Result**: PASS
* **Reviewed by**: AI validation (validate)
* **Date**: 2026-07-03


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