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NUXER 1c0d95badb fix(security): write-deny HERMES_HOME secret stores, keep control files writable
Narrow the fix to secret material and stop reverting #45947.

The earlier revision added every read-denied name to the write denylist,
which re-blocked auth.json and webhook_subscriptions.json and rewrote the
test guarding them. #45947 freed those control files deliberately:
containment belongs in Docker/remote backends and OS permissions, not an
expanding hardcoded denylist.

What #45947 kept blocked is secret material, and that list had drifted:
auth/google_oauth.json (OAuth token store), the plaintext Bitwarden cache,
vault/ (key + ciphertext side by side) and browser-profile/ (copied
cookies / Login Data) were writable via write_file / patch.

- Write-deny those four; control files stay writable and read-denied.
- _WRITE_DENIED_SECRET_DIRS is its own tuple rather than _READ_DENIED_DIRS,
  so a future read-only convenience deny cannot silently become a write deny.
- tests/tools/test_write_deny.py is restored unchanged from main.
- New tests pin both halves: secrets denied, control files writable, and
  write denies stay a subset of read denies.

Fixes #110464
2026-09-15 06:20:15 -07:00
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