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+# encoding:utf-8
+"""
+Unit tests for Read tool credential-bypass protection (issue #2913).
+
+Verifies that the read tool blocks not just the literal ~/.cow/.env file but
+also its process-environment aliases (/proc/<pid>/environ) and symlinks that
+resolve to it, WITHOUT re-broadening the scope narrowed by #2863.
+"""
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
+
+from agent.tools.read.read import Read
+from common.utils import expand_path
+
+_DENIED = "Access denied"
+
+
+class TestReadCredentialBypass(unittest.TestCase):
+    """_is_credential_path must block credential files and their aliases."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.read = Read()
+
+    # ---- happy path: ordinary files are NOT blocked -----------------------
+
+    def test_normal_file_not_blocked(self):
+        """A regular temp file must not be treated as a credential path."""
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".txt", delete=False) as tf:
+            tf.write(b"hello world")
+            tmp_path = tf.name
+        try:
+            self.assertFalse(self.read._is_credential_path(tmp_path))
+            result = self.read.execute({"path": tmp_path})
+            self.assertEqual(result.status, "success")
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(tmp_path)
+
+    def test_non_environ_proc_file_not_blocked(self):
+        """Non-environ /proc files must not be over-blocked (no #2863 regression)."""
+        self.assertFalse(self.read._is_credential_path("/proc/self/status"))
+        self.assertFalse(self.read._is_credential_path("/proc/1/cmdline"))
+
+    # ---- control: the literal credential file stays blocked --------------
+
+    def test_direct_env_file_blocked(self):
+        """Direct ~/.cow/.env access must remain blocked (regression control)."""
+        env_path = expand_path("~/.cow/.env")
+        self.assertTrue(self.read._is_credential_path(env_path))
+        result = self.read.execute({"path": env_path})
+        self.assertEqual(result.status, "error")
+        self.assertIn(_DENIED, str(result.result))
+
+    # ---- the vulnerability: environ aliases are blocked ------------------
+
+    def test_proc_self_environ_blocked(self):
+        """/proc/self/environ must be blocked (the #2913 bypass)."""
+        self.assertTrue(self.read._is_credential_path("/proc/self/environ"))
+        result = self.read.execute({"path": "/proc/self/environ"})
+        self.assertEqual(result.status, "error")
+        self.assertIn(_DENIED, str(result.result))
+
+    def test_proc_pid_environ_blocked(self):
+        """/proc/<pid>/environ must be blocked for any pid."""
+        self.assertTrue(self.read._is_credential_path("/proc/1/environ"))
+        self.assertTrue(self.read._is_credential_path(f"/proc/{os.getpid()}/environ"))
+
+    def test_proc_thread_self_environ_blocked(self):
+        """/proc/thread-self/environ must be blocked."""
+        self.assertTrue(self.read._is_credential_path("/proc/thread-self/environ"))
+
+    # ---- symlink escape --------------------------------------------------
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, "symlink"), "symlink not supported")
+    def test_symlink_to_env_file_blocked(self):
+        """A symlink resolving to ~/.cow/.env must be blocked."""
+        env_path = expand_path("~/.cow/.env")
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(env_path), exist_ok=True)
+        created_env = False
+        if not os.path.exists(env_path):
+            with open(env_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                f.write("SECRET=canary\n")
+            created_env = True
+        link_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        link_path = os.path.join(link_dir, "innocent.txt")
+        try:
+            os.symlink(env_path, link_path)
+        except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
+            self.skipTest("cannot create symlink in this environment")
+        try:
+            self.assertTrue(self.read._is_credential_path(link_path))
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(link_path)
+            os.rmdir(link_dir)
+            if created_env:
+                os.unlink(env_path)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()