vulnerability / NVI-00016109 / Revision 1
Pi Agent: Pi loads project-local extensions without approval
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@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent
source listed< 0.79.0
# Pi loads project-local extensions without approval Pi before 0.79.0 loaded project-local configuration and resources from a repository's `.pi` directory without first asking the user to trust that repository. This included project-local extensions, which are executable TypeScript or JavaScript modules loaded into the Pi process. An attacker who controls a repository could place Pi-specific project resources in that repository. If a user then started Pi from that working tree, the project-local extension code could run with the same privileges as the local Pi process without the user having a convenient way to make a trust decision. ## Info The affected component is Pi's project resource loading path. Before 0.79.0, startup loaded project `.pi/settings.json`, auto-discovered `.pi` resources, project package-managed resources, and project instruction files as part of normal session initialization. Project-local extensions were included in the same extension set as user/global extensions and were initialized before there was a project trust boundary. Extensions like pi itself are not sandboxed. They run in the Pi process and can register commands, tools, and event handlers. The
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- GHSA-mqxh-6gq7-558m ↗
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