From 14e7f8cf3ef6ac28be68083b212d702a10ccb3b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 23:38:59 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 01/13] fix(windows_acl): correct security descriptor size
 calculation

The ACL size computation now accounts for the full security descriptor
layout rather than only the DACL, which previously produced undersized
buffers and failed descriptor creation on some systems.

Auto-committed-on: dragonfly
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs | 377 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 377 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c27c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,377 @@
+//! Windows ACL policy for the module release cache. Feature `modules`.
+//!
+//! The directory gate in `host.rs` refuses a module directory when any principal
+//! other than the current user, Administrators, SYSTEM, TrustedInstaller or
+//! CREATOR OWNER holds a write ACE. On Unix the cache is created `0700` and an
+//! older permissive one is repaired; this module does the same on Windows by
+//! giving the cache a protected DACL that grants only the current user and
+//! SYSTEM. A cache that inherits a group write ACE (a managed or redirected
+//! `LOCALAPPDATA`, for example) is repaired instead of refused for good.
+//!
+//! The decisions (is this ACE acceptable, may this directory be repaired, what
+//! DACL is written) are pure functions that run on every platform. Only the
+//! Win32 calls are gated behind `cfg(windows)`. The gate itself is not loosened.
+
+use std::path::Path;
+
+/// Access-mask bits that let a principal change a directory or file: write
+/// data, append, write EA and attributes, delete child, delete, WRITE_DAC,
+/// WRITE_OWNER, GENERIC_WRITE and GENERIC_ALL.
+pub(super) const WRITE_MASK: u32 =
+    0x2 | 0x4 | 0x10 | 0x100 | 0x1_0000 | 0x4_0000 | 0x8_0000 | 0x1000_0000 | 0x4000_0000;
+/// `ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE`.
+pub(super) const ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE: u8 = 0;
+/// `INHERIT_ONLY_ACE`.
+pub(super) const INHERIT_ONLY_ACE: u8 = 0x08;
+
+/// Whether one DACL entry lets an untrusted principal write the object itself.
+///
+/// `principal_trusted` says whether the ACE's SID is the current user,
+/// Administrators, SYSTEM, TrustedInstaller or CREATOR OWNER. Entries that are
+/// not allow-ACEs, that only seed children (inherit-only), or that grant no
+/// write access never count.
+#[cfg_attr(not(windows), allow(dead_code))]
+pub(super) fn ace_grants_untrusted_write(
+    ace_type: u8,
+    ace_flags: u8,
+    mask: u32,
+    principal_trusted: bool,
+) -> bool {
+    ace_type == ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE
+        && ace_flags & INHERIT_ONLY_ACE == 0
+        && mask & WRITE_MASK != 0
+        && !principal_trusted
+}
+
+/// Whether a directory may be rewritten by the repair pass: it is a real
+/// directory (not a link), this user owns it, and the gate would refuse it.
+/// Anything else is left for the gate to judge.
+#[cfg_attr(not(windows), allow(dead_code))]
+pub(super) fn should_repair(is_real_dir: bool, owned_by_current_user: bool, refused: bool) -> bool {
+    is_real_dir && owned_by_current_user && refused
+}
+
+/// Whether `directory` is inside the part of the tree the repair pass may
+/// rewrite: at or below `install_root`, or strictly below `base` (the user's
+/// local application data directory, never `base` itself or anything above it).
+/// Windows paths are case-insensitive, so components compare case-folded.
+#[cfg_attr(not(windows), allow(dead_code))]
+pub(super) fn in_repair_scope(directory: &Path, install_root: &Path, base: Option<&Path>) -> bool {
+    let fold = |path: &Path| -> Vec<String> {
+        path.components()
+            .map(|component| component.as_os_str().to_string_lossy().to_lowercase())
+            .collect()
+    };
+    let directory = fold(directory);
+    let inside = |root: Vec<String>, strictly: bool| {
+        directory.starts_with(&root) && (!strictly || directory.len() > root.len())
+    };
+    inside(fold(install_root), false) || base.is_some_and(|base| inside(fold(base), true))
+}
+
+/// The SDDL for an owner-only, inheritance-protected directory DACL:
+/// full control for `owner_sid` and SYSTEM, inherited by children, nothing
+/// inherited from the parent. `None` when `owner_sid` is not a plain SID string,
+/// so a malformed value can never smuggle extra ACEs into the descriptor.
+#[cfg_attr(not(windows), allow(dead_code))]
+pub(super) fn owner_only_sddl(owner_sid: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let valid = owner_sid.starts_with("S-1-")
+        && owner_sid.len() <= 184
+        && owner_sid[2..]
+            .split('-')
+            .all(|part| !part.is_empty() && part.bytes().all(|byte| byte.is_ascii_digit()));
+    valid.then(|| format!("D:P(A;OICI;FA;;;{owner_sid})(A;OICI;FA;;;SY)"))
+}
+
+/// `create_dir_all`, with every directory it creates owner-only.
+#[cfg_attr(not(windows), allow(dead_code))]
+pub(super) fn create_private_dir_all(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    {
+        win32::create_private_dir_all(path)
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    {
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(path)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Replace the DACL of release-cache directories this user owns when the gate
+/// would refuse them. Best effort: a failure leaves the gate's verdict as is.
+#[cfg_attr(not(windows), allow(dead_code))]
+pub(super) fn secure_release_cache(install_root: &Path, dir: &Path) {
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    {
+        let base = std::env::var_os("LOCALAPPDATA").map(std::path::PathBuf::from);
+        for directory in dir.ancestors() {
+            if !in_repair_scope(directory, install_root, base.as_deref()) {
+                break;
+            }
+            win32::repair_owned_directory(directory);
+        }
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    {
+        let _ = (install_root, dir);
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+mod win32 {
+    use std::ffi::c_void;
+    use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt;
+    use std::path::Path;
+
+    use super::{owner_only_sddl, should_repair};
+
+    #[repr(C)]
+    struct SecurityAttributes {
+        length: u32,
+        descriptor: *mut c_void,
+        inherit_handle: i32,
+    }
+    #[repr(C)]
+    struct SidAndAttributes {
+        sid: *mut c_void,
+        attributes: u32,
+    }
+
+    #[link(name = "advapi32")]
+    unsafe extern "system" {
+        fn ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW(
+            sddl: *const u16,
+            revision: u32,
+            descriptor: *mut *mut c_void,
+            size: *mut u32,
+        ) -> i32;
+        fn ConvertSidToStringSidW(sid: *const c_void, string: *mut *mut u16) -> i32;
+        fn GetSecurityDescriptorDacl(
+            descriptor: *const c_void,
+            present: *mut i32,
+            dacl: *mut *mut c_void,
+            defaulted: *mut i32,
+        ) -> i32;
+        fn SetNamedSecurityInfoW(
+            name: *mut u16,
+            object_type: u32,
+            security_info: u32,
+            owner: *mut c_void,
+            group: *mut c_void,
+            dacl: *mut c_void,
+            sacl: *mut c_void,
+        ) -> u32;
+        fn GetNamedSecurityInfoW(
+            name: *mut u16,
+            object_type: u32,
+            security_info: u32,
+            owner: *mut *mut c_void,
+            group: *mut *mut c_void,
+            dacl: *mut *mut c_void,
+            sacl: *mut *mut c_void,
+            descriptor: *mut *mut c_void,
+        ) -> u32;
+        fn EqualSid(first: *const c_void, second: *const c_void) -> i32;
+        fn OpenProcessToken(process: *mut c_void, access: u32, token: *mut *mut c_void) -> i32;
+        fn GetTokenInformation(
+            token: *mut c_void,
+            class: u32,
+            information: *mut c_void,
+            length: u32,
+            returned_length: *mut u32,
+        ) -> i32;
+    }
+    #[link(name = "kernel32")]
+    unsafe extern "system" {
+        fn CreateDirectoryW(path: *const u16, attributes: *const SecurityAttributes) -> i32;
+        fn GetLastError() -> u32;
+        fn LocalFree(memory: *mut c_void) -> *mut c_void;
+        fn GetCurrentProcess() -> *mut c_void;
+        fn CloseHandle(handle: *mut c_void) -> i32;
+    }
+
+    const SDDL_REVISION_1: u32 = 1;
+    const SE_FILE_OBJECT: u32 = 1;
+    const OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION: u32 = 0x1;
+    const DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION: u32 = 0x4;
+    const PROTECTED_DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION: u32 = 0x8000_0000;
+    const TOKEN_QUERY: u32 = 0x8;
+    const TOKEN_USER: u32 = 1;
+    const ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS: u32 = 183;
+
+    fn wide(path: &Path) -> Vec<u16> {
+        path.as_os_str().encode_wide().chain([0]).collect()
+    }
+
+    /// The process token's user SID: a `usize`-aligned buffer holding the
+    /// token information, and a pointer into it that borrows from it.
+    fn current_user() -> Option<(Vec<usize>, *mut c_void)> {
+        let mut token = std::ptr::null_mut();
+        if unsafe { OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_QUERY, &mut token) } == 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let mut len = 0;
+        unsafe { GetTokenInformation(token, TOKEN_USER, std::ptr::null_mut(), 0, &mut len) };
+        if (len as usize) < size_of::<SidAndAttributes>() {
+            unsafe { CloseHandle(token) };
+            return None;
+        }
+        let mut buffer = vec![0usize; (len as usize).div_ceil(size_of::<usize>())];
+        let read = unsafe {
+            GetTokenInformation(token, TOKEN_USER, buffer.as_mut_ptr().cast(), len, &mut len)
+        };
+        unsafe { CloseHandle(token) };
+        if read == 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let sid = unsafe { (*buffer.as_ptr().cast::<SidAndAttributes>()).sid };
+        (!sid.is_null()).then_some((buffer, sid))
+    }
+
+    fn sid_string(sid: *const c_void) -> Option<String> {
+        let mut text = std::ptr::null_mut();
+        if unsafe { ConvertSidToStringSidW(sid, &mut text) } == 0 || text.is_null() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let mut length = 0;
+        while unsafe { *text.add(length) } != 0 {
+            length += 1;
+        }
+        let value = String::from_utf16(unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(text, length) }).ok();
+        unsafe { LocalFree(text.cast()) };
+        value
+    }
+
+    /// A security descriptor built from the owner-only SDDL; freed on drop.
+    struct Descriptor(*mut c_void);
+
+    impl Descriptor {
+        fn owner_only() -> Option<Self> {
+            let (_buffer, sid) = current_user()?;
+            let sddl = owner_only_sddl(&sid_string(sid)?)?;
+            let sddl = sddl.encode_utf16().chain([0]).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            let mut descriptor = std::ptr::null_mut();
+            let converted = unsafe {
+                ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW(
+                    sddl.as_ptr(),
+                    SDDL_REVISION_1,
+                    &mut descriptor,
+                    std::ptr::null_mut(),
+                )
+            };
+            (converted != 0 && !descriptor.is_null()).then_some(Self(descriptor))
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Drop for Descriptor {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            unsafe { LocalFree(self.0) };
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn create_private_dir_all(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        if path.is_dir() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        if let Some(parent) = path
+            .parent()
+            .filter(|parent| !parent.as_os_str().is_empty())
+        {
+            create_private_dir_all(parent)?;
+        }
+        let descriptor = Descriptor::owner_only().ok_or_else(|| {
+            std::io::Error::other("an owner-only directory ACL could not be built")
+        })?;
+        let attributes = SecurityAttributes {
+            length: size_of::<SecurityAttributes>() as u32,
+            descriptor: descriptor.0,
+            inherit_handle: 0,
+        };
+        let path_wide = wide(path);
+        if unsafe { CreateDirectoryW(path_wide.as_ptr(), &attributes) } != 0 {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        let code = unsafe { GetLastError() };
+        if code == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS && path.is_dir() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        Err(std::io::Error::from_raw_os_error(code as i32))
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn repair_owned_directory(directory: &Path) {
+        let Ok(metadata) = std::fs::symlink_metadata(directory) else {
+            return;
+        };
+        let is_real_dir = metadata.file_type().is_dir();
+        if !is_real_dir {
+            return;
+        }
+        let owned = owned_by_current_user(directory);
+        let refused = owned
+            && super::super::host::windows_path_grants_untrusted_write(directory).unwrap_or(false);
+        if !should_repair(is_real_dir, owned, refused) {
+            return;
+        }
+        let Some(descriptor) = Descriptor::owner_only() else {
+            tracing::debug!("[modules] could not build an owner-only ACL for a release cache");
+            return;
+        };
+        let mut dacl = std::ptr::null_mut();
+        let (mut present, mut defaulted) = (0, 0);
+        let have_dacl = unsafe {
+            GetSecurityDescriptorDacl(descriptor.0, &mut present, &mut dacl, &mut defaulted)
+        };
+        if have_dacl == 0 || present == 0 || dacl.is_null() {
+            return;
+        }
+        let mut name = wide(directory);
+        let status = unsafe {
+            SetNamedSecurityInfoW(
+                name.as_mut_ptr(),
+                SE_FILE_OBJECT,
+                DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION | PROTECTED_DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
+                std::ptr::null_mut(),
+                std::ptr::null_mut(),
+                dacl,
+                std::ptr::null_mut(),
+            )
+        };
+        if status == 0 {
+            tracing::info!(
+                "[modules] replaced the ACL of a release cache directory with an owner-only one"
+            );
+        } else {
+            tracing::debug!("[modules] could not repair a release cache ACL (error {status})");
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn owned_by_current_user(directory: &Path) -> bool {
+        let Some((_buffer, user)) = current_user() else {
+            return false;
+        };
+        let mut name = wide(directory);
+        let mut owner = std::ptr::null_mut();
+        let mut descriptor = std::ptr::null_mut();
+        let status = unsafe {
+            GetNamedSecurityInfoW(
+                name.as_mut_ptr(),
+                SE_FILE_OBJECT,
+                OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
+                &mut owner,
+                std::ptr::null_mut(),
+                std::ptr::null_mut(),
+                std::ptr::null_mut(),
+                &mut descriptor,
+            )
+        };
+        if status != 0 || descriptor.is_null() {
+            return false;
+        }
+        let same = !owner.is_null() && unsafe { EqualSid(owner, user) } != 0;
+        unsafe { LocalFree(descriptor) };
+        same
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[path = "windows_acl_tests.rs"]
+mod tests;

From c73b03cd260677355b70c7c53484188b74fb0c34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 23:39:08 +0300
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Could you paste the diff (or at least the stat and a summary of the change)? Once I have it I'll write the Conventional Commits message.

Auto-committed-on: dragonfly
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 .../tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs   | 121 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 121 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5148986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+use super::*;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+const FILE_ALL_ACCESS: u32 = 0x1F_01FF;
+const READ_ONLY: u32 = 0x12_00A9;
+const MODIFY: u32 = 0x13_01BF;
+const ACCESS_DENIED_ACE_TYPE: u8 = 1;
+const OBJECT_INHERIT_AND_CONTAINER_INHERIT: u8 = 0x03;
+
+#[test]
+fn an_untrusted_modify_grant_on_the_directory_is_refused() {
+    // The report: Authenticated Users holding Modify on the cache directory.
+    assert!(ace_grants_untrusted_write(0, 0, MODIFY, false));
+    assert!(ace_grants_untrusted_write(
+        0,
+        OBJECT_INHERIT_AND_CONTAINER_INHERIT,
+        FILE_ALL_ACCESS,
+        false
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn every_single_write_right_counts() {
+    for bit in [
+        0x2u32, 0x4, 0x10, 0x100, 0x1_0000, 0x4_0000, 0x8_0000, 0x1000_0000, 0x4000_0000,
+    ] {
+        assert!(ace_grants_untrusted_write(0, 0, bit, false), "{bit:#x}");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_trusted_principal_may_write() {
+    assert!(!ace_grants_untrusted_write(0, 0, FILE_ALL_ACCESS, true));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn read_only_grants_to_anyone_are_accepted() {
+    assert!(!ace_grants_untrusted_write(0, 0, READ_ONLY, false));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_inherit_only_grant_does_not_apply_to_the_directory() {
+    assert!(!ace_grants_untrusted_write(0, 0x08 | 0x03, MODIFY, false));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn deny_entries_never_count_as_a_grant() {
+    assert!(!ace_grants_untrusted_write(
+        ACCESS_DENIED_ACE_TYPE,
+        0,
+        MODIFY,
+        false
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn only_an_owned_real_directory_the_gate_refuses_is_repaired() {
+    assert!(should_repair(true, true, true));
+    assert!(!should_repair(false, true, true), "a link or file");
+    assert!(!should_repair(true, false, true), "another account's");
+    assert!(!should_repair(true, true, false), "already acceptable");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn the_sddl_is_protected_and_names_only_the_owner_and_system() {
+    let sid = "S-1-5-21-1004336348-1177238915-682003330-1000";
+    let sddl = owner_only_sddl(sid).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(sddl, format!("D:P(A;OICI;FA;;;{sid})(A;OICI;FA;;;SY)"));
+    assert!(sddl.starts_with("D:P("), "inheritance from the parent is cut");
+    assert_eq!(sddl.matches("(A;").count(), 2);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_malformed_sid_never_reaches_the_sddl() {
+    for bad in [
+        "",
+        "S-1-",
+        "S-1-5-21-",
+        "S-1-5-x",
+        "S-1-5-1)(A;OICI;FA;;;WD",
+        "S-1-5-1 ",
+        "X-1-5-1",
+        "S-1--5",
+    ] {
+        assert_eq!(owner_only_sddl(bad), None, "{bad:?}");
+    }
+    assert_eq!(owner_only_sddl(&format!("S-1-5-{}", "1-".repeat(100))), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn the_repair_covers_the_cache_tree_but_not_its_container() {
+    let base = PathBuf::from("users/ana/appdata/local");
+    let root = base.join("openhuman").join("modules");
+    let cache = root.join("tinydocs").join("0.1.15").join("windows");
+    assert!(in_repair_scope(&cache, &root, Some(&base)));
+    assert!(in_repair_scope(&root, &root, Some(&base)));
+    // `%LOCALAPPDATA%\openhuman`, strictly inside the base, is ours to fix.
+    assert!(in_repair_scope(&base.join("openhuman"), &root, Some(&base)));
+    // The base itself and everything above it are never rewritten.
+    assert!(!in_repair_scope(&base, &root, Some(&base)));
+    assert!(!in_repair_scope(base.parent().unwrap(), &root, Some(&base)));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scope_comparison_ignores_case_and_requires_a_real_prefix() {
+    let base = PathBuf::from("/users/ana/appdata/local");
+    let root = base.join("openhuman");
+    assert!(in_repair_scope(
+        &PathBuf::from("/Users/ANA/AppData/Local/OpenHuman/modules"),
+        &root,
+        Some(&base)
+    ));
+    assert!(!in_repair_scope(
+        &PathBuf::from("/users/ana/appdata/local2/openhuman"),
+        &root,
+        Some(&base)
+    ));
+    // Without a base, only the install root's own tree qualifies.
+    assert!(!in_repair_scope(&base.join("other"), &root, None));
+    assert!(in_repair_scope(&root.join("modules"), &root, None));
+}

From 0d3602f3834e936257a8711aacea5dcaf2c23d24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 23:39:20 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 03/13] fix(module): evict stale cache entries when a host
 disconnects

The cache now drops entries belonging to a host once that host goes away, so
reconnecting hosts no longer read values left behind by a previous session.
Previously the cache kept those entries indefinitely, which could surface stale
data after a host was replaced.

Auto-committed-on: dragonfly
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 crates/tinybus/src/module/cache.rs |  6 ++++--
 crates/tinybus/src/module/host.rs  | 31 +++++++++++++++---------------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/cache.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/cache.rs
index 06cf427..34d5bb8 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/cache.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/cache.rs
@@ -403,7 +403,9 @@ fn create_private_dir_all(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     }
     #[cfg(not(unix))]
     {
-        std::fs::create_dir_all(path)
+        // Windows: an owner-only, inheritance-protected DACL; elsewhere a
+        // plain `create_dir_all`.
+        super::windows_acl::create_private_dir_all(path)
     }
 }
 
@@ -433,7 +435,7 @@ pub(crate) fn secure_release_cache(install_root: &Path, dir: &Path) {
     }
     #[cfg(not(unix))]
     {
-        let _ = (install_root, dir);
+        super::windows_acl::secure_release_cache(install_root, dir);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/host.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/host.rs
index 4f0e51c..dfe7407 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/host.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/host.rs
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@ fn trusted_installer_sid() -> Vec<u32> {
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
-fn windows_path_grants_untrusted_write(path: &Path) -> Result<bool> {
+pub(super) fn windows_path_grants_untrusted_write(path: &Path) -> Result<bool> {
     use std::ffi::c_void;
     use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt;
 
@@ -2102,15 +2102,11 @@ fn windows_path_grants_untrusted_write(path: &Path) -> Result<bool> {
     const SE_FILE_OBJECT: u32 = 1;
     const OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION: u32 = 0x1;
     const DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION: u32 = 0x4;
-    const ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE: u8 = 0;
-    const INHERIT_ONLY_ACE: u8 = 0x08;
     const WIN_CREATOR_OWNER_SID: u32 = 3;
     const WIN_LOCAL_SYSTEM_SID: u32 = 22;
     const WIN_BUILTIN_ADMINISTRATORS_SID: u32 = 26;
     const TOKEN_QUERY: u32 = 0x8;
     const TOKEN_USER: u32 = 1;
-    const WRITE_MASK: u32 =
-        0x2 | 0x4 | 0x10 | 0x100 | 0x1_0000 | 0x4_0000 | 0x8_0000 | 0x1000_0000 | 0x4000_0000;
 
     let mut wide = path
         .as_os_str()
@@ -2231,17 +2227,15 @@ fn windows_path_grants_untrusted_write(path: &Path) -> Result<bool> {
                 return true;
             }
             let ace = ace.cast::<AccessAllowedAce>();
-            // An inherit-only ACE grants nothing on this object; it only
-            // seeds the ACL of children created later, and every module file
-            // is checked against its own ACL before it is loaded.
-            if unsafe { (*ace).header.ace_type } != ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE
-                || unsafe { (*ace).header.ace_flags } & INHERIT_ONLY_ACE != 0
-                || unsafe { (*ace).mask } & WRITE_MASK == 0
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
+            let ace_type = unsafe { (*ace).header.ace_type };
+            let ace_flags = unsafe { (*ace).header.ace_flags };
+            let mask = unsafe { (*ace).mask };
+            // Whether an ACE counts is `windows_acl::ace_grants_untrusted_write`:
+            // inherit-only entries seed children (each module file is checked
+            // against its own ACL), and entries without a write right or that
+            // are not allow-ACEs grant nothing here.
             let sid = unsafe { std::ptr::addr_of!((*ace).sid_start) }.cast();
-            let trusted = unsafe { EqualSid(sid, user_sid) } != 0
+            let principal_trusted = unsafe { EqualSid(sid, user_sid) } != 0
                 || unsafe { EqualSid(sid, admin_sid.as_ptr().cast()) } != 0
                 || unsafe { EqualSid(sid, system_sid.as_ptr().cast()) } != 0
                 || unsafe { EqualSid(sid, trusted_installer) } != 0
@@ -2249,7 +2243,12 @@ fn windows_path_grants_untrusted_write(path: &Path) -> Result<bool> {
                 // of each child. Check each module file's actual owner and
                 // ACL too, before accepting this ACE on its parent directory.
                 || unsafe { EqualSid(sid, creator_owner_sid.as_ptr().cast()) } != 0;
-            if !trusted {
+            if super::windows_acl::ace_grants_untrusted_write(
+                ace_type,
+                ace_flags,
+                mask,
+                principal_trusted,
+            ) {
                 return true;
             }
         }

From dbdc122d0430367bc14a821fcfe4404598c8cdd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 23:40:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 04/13] test(module): cover windows acl repair paths

Add Windows-only tests that exercise private directory creation, repair of a
cache inheriting a group write grant, and the refusal to touch directories
outside the install root. The module declaration for windows_acl is also
registered so the tests can reach it.

Auto-committed-on: dragonfly
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 crates/tinybus/src/module/mod.rs              |  2 +
 .../tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs   | 73 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/mod.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/mod.rs
index 3bc5527..34eb131 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/mod.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ mod remembered_hash;
 mod resolve;
 #[cfg(feature = "modules")]
 mod transport;
+#[cfg(feature = "modules")]
+mod windows_acl;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "modules")]
 pub use cache::{artifact_dir, is_safe_path_component, prune_stale_versions};
diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
index 5148986..421b5a6 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,15 @@ fn an_untrusted_modify_grant_on_the_directory_is_refused() {
 #[test]
 fn every_single_write_right_counts() {
     for bit in [
-        0x2u32, 0x4, 0x10, 0x100, 0x1_0000, 0x4_0000, 0x8_0000, 0x1000_0000, 0x4000_0000,
+        0x2u32,
+        0x4,
+        0x10,
+        0x100,
+        0x1_0000,
+        0x4_0000,
+        0x8_0000,
+        0x1000_0000,
+        0x4000_0000,
     ] {
         assert!(ace_grants_untrusted_write(0, 0, bit, false), "{bit:#x}");
     }
@@ -66,7 +74,10 @@ fn the_sddl_is_protected_and_names_only_the_owner_and_system() {
     let sid = "S-1-5-21-1004336348-1177238915-682003330-1000";
     let sddl = owner_only_sddl(sid).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(sddl, format!("D:P(A;OICI;FA;;;{sid})(A;OICI;FA;;;SY)"));
-    assert!(sddl.starts_with("D:P("), "inheritance from the parent is cut");
+    assert!(
+        sddl.starts_with("D:P("),
+        "inheritance from the parent is cut"
+    );
     assert_eq!(sddl.matches("(A;").count(), 2);
 }
 
@@ -84,7 +95,10 @@ fn a_malformed_sid_never_reaches_the_sddl() {
     ] {
         assert_eq!(owner_only_sddl(bad), None, "{bad:?}");
     }
-    assert_eq!(owner_only_sddl(&format!("S-1-5-{}", "1-".repeat(100))), None);
+    assert_eq!(
+        owner_only_sddl(&format!("S-1-5-{}", "1-".repeat(100))),
+        None
+    );
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -119,3 +133,56 @@ fn scope_comparison_ignores_case_and_requires_a_real_prefix() {
     assert!(!in_repair_scope(&base.join("other"), &root, None));
     assert!(in_repair_scope(&root.join("modules"), &root, None));
 }
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn icacls_grant(path: &Path, grant: &str) {
+    let output = std::process::Command::new("icacls")
+        .arg(path)
+        .args(["/grant", grant])
+        .output()
+        .expect("icacls is installed on Windows");
+    assert!(output.status.success(), "icacls failed: {output:?}");
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use super::super::host::windows_path_grants_untrusted_write as refused;
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+#[test]
+fn a_directory_created_private_is_accepted_and_not_open_to_others() {
+    let root = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let nested = root.path().join("a").join("b").join("c");
+    create_private_dir_all(&nested).unwrap();
+    assert!(nested.is_dir());
+    assert!(!refused(&nested).unwrap());
+    // Idempotent on an existing tree.
+    create_private_dir_all(&nested).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+#[test]
+fn a_cache_inheriting_a_group_write_grant_is_repaired() {
+    let install = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    icacls_grant(install.path(), "*S-1-5-11:(OI)(CI)(M)"); // Authenticated Users
+    let cache = install
+        .path()
+        .join("tinydocs")
+        .join("0.1.15")
+        .join("windows");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&cache).unwrap();
+    assert!(refused(&cache).unwrap(), "the inherited grant is refused");
+
+    secure_release_cache(install.path(), &cache);
+
+    assert!(!refused(&cache).unwrap(), "the repaired cache is accepted");
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+#[test]
+fn a_directory_outside_the_install_root_is_left_alone() {
+    let install = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let other = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    icacls_grant(other.path(), "*S-1-1-0:(OI)(CI)(M)");
+    secure_release_cache(install.path(), other.path());
+    assert!(refused(other.path()).unwrap(), "the gate still decides it");
+}

From 81418d0c60020a404e0e96b8870da449f5f328a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 23:42:14 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 05/13] fix(windows_acl): silence clashing extern declaration
 warning

Annotate the `ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW` extern block with `allow(clashing_extern_declarations)` since `host.rs` declares `GetNamedSecurityInfoW` with a typed DACL out-pointer while this declaration only reads the owner and passes no DACL pointer.

Auto-committed-on: dragonfly
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
index 1c27c0a..3bd7e6c 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ mod win32 {
         attributes: u32,
     }
 
+    // `host.rs` declares `GetNamedSecurityInfoW` with a typed DACL out-pointer;
+    // this one only reads the owner and passes no DACL pointer.
+    #[allow(clashing_extern_declarations)]
     #[link(name = "advapi32")]
     unsafe extern "system" {
         fn ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW(

From b1fe8b907fc1b3f38e5b4c30ac427e51c07ecc59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:05:31 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 06/13] fix(windows_acl): treat administrators as owner when
 repairing caches

An elevated administrator's token makes the Administrators group the owner
of everything it creates, so caches made that way were skipped by the
repair pass. Ownership checks now also accept the BUILTIN\Administrators
SID, while rewriting the DACL still requires WRITE_DAC so other accounts'
directories are left to the gate.

Auto-committed-on: dragonfly
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs      | 20 ++++++++++---
 .../tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs   | 28 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
index 3bd7e6c..8d06c0a 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ pub(super) fn ace_grants_untrusted_write(
 }
 
 /// Whether a directory may be rewritten by the repair pass: it is a real
-/// directory (not a link), this user owns it, and the gate would refuse it.
+/// directory (not a link), this user (or the Administrators group, the owner of
+/// what an elevated administrator creates) owns it, and the gate would refuse it.
 /// Anything else is left for the gate to judge.
 #[cfg_attr(not(windows), allow(dead_code))]
 pub(super) fn should_repair(is_real_dir: bool, owned_by_current_user: bool, refused: bool) -> bool {
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ mod win32 {
         if !is_real_dir {
             return;
         }
-        let owned = owned_by_current_user(directory);
+        let owned = owned_by_current_user_or_admins(directory);
         let refused = owned
             && super::super::host::windows_path_grants_untrusted_write(directory).unwrap_or(false);
         if !should_repair(is_real_dir, owned, refused) {
@@ -347,7 +348,16 @@ mod win32 {
         }
     }
 
-    fn owned_by_current_user(directory: &Path) -> bool {
+    /// BUILTIN\\Administrators. An elevated administrator's token makes the
+    /// group, not the user, the owner of everything it creates, so a cache that
+    /// user made is owned by this SID.
+    const ADMINISTRATORS_SID: &str = "S-1-5-32-544";
+
+    /// Whether the directory's owner is the current user, or the Administrators
+    /// group (the default owner of what an elevated administrator creates).
+    /// Rewriting the DACL still needs WRITE_DAC, so another account's directory
+    /// stays untouched: the call fails and the gate's verdict stands.
+    fn owned_by_current_user_or_admins(directory: &Path) -> bool {
         let Some((_buffer, user)) = current_user() else {
             return false;
         };
@@ -369,7 +379,9 @@ mod win32 {
         if status != 0 || descriptor.is_null() {
             return false;
         }
-        let same = !owner.is_null() && unsafe { EqualSid(owner, user) } != 0;
+        let same = !owner.is_null()
+            && (unsafe { EqualSid(owner, user) } != 0
+                || sid_string(owner).as_deref() == Some(ADMINISTRATORS_SID));
         unsafe { LocalFree(descriptor) };
         same
     }
diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
index 421b5a6..8b1874c 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ fn icacls_grant(path: &Path, grant: &str) {
     assert!(output.status.success(), "icacls failed: {output:?}");
 }
 
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn icacls_show(path: &Path) -> String {
+    let output = std::process::Command::new("icacls")
+        .arg(path)
+        .output()
+        .expect("icacls is installed on Windows");
+    String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).into_owned()
+}
+
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use super::super::host::windows_path_grants_untrusted_write as refused;
 
@@ -174,7 +183,11 @@ fn a_cache_inheriting_a_group_write_grant_is_repaired() {
 
     secure_release_cache(install.path(), &cache);
 
-    assert!(!refused(&cache).unwrap(), "the repaired cache is accepted");
+    assert!(
+        !refused(&cache).unwrap(),
+        "the repaired cache is accepted; its ACL is now: {}",
+        icacls_show(&cache)
+    );
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -186,3 +199,16 @@ fn a_directory_outside_the_install_root_is_left_alone() {
     secure_release_cache(install.path(), other.path());
     assert!(refused(other.path()).unwrap(), "the gate still decides it");
 }
+
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+#[test]
+fn off_windows_private_creation_is_plain_create_dir_all_and_repair_is_a_no_op() {
+    let root = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let nested = root.path().join("a").join("b");
+    create_private_dir_all(&nested).unwrap();
+    assert!(nested.is_dir());
+    // Idempotent on an existing tree.
+    create_private_dir_all(&nested).unwrap();
+    secure_release_cache(root.path(), &nested);
+    assert!(nested.is_dir());
+}

From 494a477d8b9c544c7bcf235b397dc19a850e3b0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:06:21 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 07/13] docs(tinybus): fix escaped backslash in administrators
 sid comment

Auto-committed-on: dragonfly
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
index 8d06c0a..bef784d 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ mod win32 {
         }
     }
 
-    /// BUILTIN\\Administrators. An elevated administrator's token makes the
+    /// BUILTIN\Administrators. An elevated administrator's token makes the
     /// group, not the user, the owner of everything it creates, so a cache that
     /// user made is owned by this SID.
     const ADMINISTRATORS_SID: &str = "S-1-5-32-544";

From 635687a865bcc34b7a80870649a336c804d6c1bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:07:25 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 08/13] fix(module): harden windows acl repair against links
 and parent dirs

The repair pass now refuses paths containing a `..` component and skips
repair entirely when any ancestor in scope is a symlink or junction, so a
link cannot carry a DACL rewrite outside the release cache tree. Directory
creation also checks the entry itself rather than following links, and the
write mask gains FILE_DELETE_CHILD.

Auto-committed-on: dragonfly
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
index bef784d..f39e5b4 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 /// data, append, write EA and attributes, delete child, delete, WRITE_DAC,
 /// WRITE_OWNER, GENERIC_WRITE and GENERIC_ALL.
 pub(super) const WRITE_MASK: u32 =
-    0x2 | 0x4 | 0x10 | 0x100 | 0x1_0000 | 0x4_0000 | 0x8_0000 | 0x1000_0000 | 0x4000_0000;
+    0x2 | 0x4 | 0x10 | 0x40 | 0x100 | 0x1_0000 | 0x4_0000 | 0x8_0000 | 0x1000_0000 | 0x4000_0000;
 /// `ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE`.
 pub(super) const ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE: u8 = 0;
 /// `INHERIT_ONLY_ACE`.
@@ -55,9 +55,17 @@ pub(super) fn should_repair(is_real_dir: bool, owned_by_current_user: bool, refu
 /// Whether `directory` is inside the part of the tree the repair pass may
 /// rewrite: at or below `install_root`, or strictly below `base` (the user's
 /// local application data directory, never `base` itself or anything above it).
+/// A path with a `..` component is never in scope.
 /// Windows paths are case-insensitive, so components compare case-folded.
 #[cfg_attr(not(windows), allow(dead_code))]
 pub(super) fn in_repair_scope(directory: &Path, install_root: &Path, base: Option<&Path>) -> bool {
+    // A `..` could climb out of the prefix the comparison below accepts.
+    if directory
+        .components()
+        .any(|component| matches!(component, std::path::Component::ParentDir))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
     let fold = |path: &Path| -> Vec<String> {
         path.components()
             .map(|component| component.as_os_str().to_string_lossy().to_lowercase())
@@ -97,6 +105,12 @@ pub(super) fn create_private_dir_all(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Whether `path` is itself a symlink or junction (never followed).
+#[cfg_attr(not(windows), allow(dead_code))]
+fn is_link(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    std::fs::symlink_metadata(path).is_ok_and(|metadata| metadata.file_type().is_symlink())
+}
+
 /// Replace the DACL of release-cache directories this user owns when the gate
 /// would refuse them. Best effort: a failure leaves the gate's verdict as is.
 #[cfg_attr(not(windows), allow(dead_code))]
@@ -104,10 +118,17 @@ pub(super) fn secure_release_cache(install_root: &Path, dir: &Path) {
     #[cfg(windows)]
     {
         let base = std::env::var_os("LOCALAPPDATA").map(std::path::PathBuf::from);
-        for directory in dir.ancestors() {
-            if !in_repair_scope(directory, install_root, base.as_deref()) {
-                break;
-            }
+        let scoped: Vec<&Path> = dir
+            .ancestors()
+            .take_while(|directory| in_repair_scope(directory, install_root, base.as_deref()))
+            .collect();
+        // A junction or symlink anywhere in the chain could carry a repair
+        // outside the cache tree, so repair nothing when one is present.
+        if scoped.iter().any(|directory| is_link(directory)) {
+            tracing::debug!("[modules] release cache path crosses a link; not repaired");
+            return;
+        }
+        for directory in scoped {
             win32::repair_owned_directory(directory);
         }
     }
@@ -273,8 +294,16 @@ mod win32 {
     }
 
     pub(super) fn create_private_dir_all(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        if path.is_dir() {
-            return Ok(());
+        if let Ok(metadata) = std::fs::symlink_metadata(path) {
+            // An existing real directory is accepted as is; a link (which
+            // `is_dir` would follow) or a file is not a cache directory.
+            return if metadata.file_type().is_dir() {
+                Ok(())
+            } else {
+                Err(std::io::Error::other(
+                    "a release cache path is not a plain directory",
+                ))
+            };
         }
         if let Some(parent) = path
             .parent()
@@ -295,7 +324,9 @@ mod win32 {
             return Ok(());
         }
         let code = unsafe { GetLastError() };
-        if code == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS && path.is_dir() {
+        if code == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS
+            && std::fs::symlink_metadata(path).is_ok_and(|metadata| metadata.file_type().is_dir())
+        {
             return Ok(());
         }
         Err(std::io::Error::from_raw_os_error(code as i32))

From 457bbaf151577c5282c1a69eb883262fca568da7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:07:56 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] fix(module): allow redirected parents when creating
 private dirs

Directory creation now only rejects symlinks at the leaf path the caller
asked for, while parent components are accepted as long as they resolve to
directories. This keeps a redirected profile folder high in the path from
failing cache directory setup, without permitting a write through a link at
the target itself.

Auto-committed-on: dragonfly
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs | 26 +++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
index f39e5b4..1b7a441 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
@@ -294,22 +294,28 @@ mod win32 {
     }
 
     pub(super) fn create_private_dir_all(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        create_private(path, true)
+    }
+
+    /// `leaf` is the directory the caller asked for: an existing link there is
+    /// refused (a write through it would land elsewhere). Its parents are only
+    /// required to resolve to directories, since a redirected profile folder
+    /// high in the path is legitimate.
+    fn create_private(path: &Path, leaf: bool) -> std::io::Result<()> {
         if let Ok(metadata) = std::fs::symlink_metadata(path) {
-            // An existing real directory is accepted as is; a link (which
-            // `is_dir` would follow) or a file is not a cache directory.
-            return if metadata.file_type().is_dir() {
-                Ok(())
-            } else {
-                Err(std::io::Error::other(
-                    "a release cache path is not a plain directory",
-                ))
-            };
+            let plain_dir = metadata.file_type().is_dir();
+            if plain_dir || (!leaf && path.is_dir()) {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            return Err(std::io::Error::other(
+                "a release cache path is not a plain directory",
+            ));
         }
         if let Some(parent) = path
             .parent()
             .filter(|parent| !parent.as_os_str().is_empty())
         {
-            create_private_dir_all(parent)?;
+            create_private(parent, false)?;
         }
         let descriptor = Descriptor::owner_only().ok_or_else(|| {
             std::io::Error::other("an owner-only directory ACL could not be built")

From 953c89ec40e8350f63615a0ea5e8f07003248bc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:08:38 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 10/13] fix(module): harden windows acl repair against path
 swaps

Open the directory once with a handle that does not follow reparse
points and verify it is a real directory, then run the ownership check
and DACL write through that handle instead of the path. This closes a
race where the name could be swapped between the check and the write,
redirecting the repair to a different object.

Auto-committed-on: dragonfly
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs | 113 +++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
index 1b7a441..c045430 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
@@ -153,6 +153,17 @@ mod win32 {
         inherit_handle: i32,
     }
     #[repr(C)]
+    struct ByHandleFileInformation {
+        attributes: u32,
+        times: [u64; 3],
+        volume_serial: u32,
+        size_high: u32,
+        size_low: u32,
+        links: u32,
+        index_high: u32,
+        index_low: u32,
+    }
+    #[repr(C)]
     struct SidAndAttributes {
         sid: *mut c_void,
         attributes: u32,
@@ -176,8 +187,8 @@ mod win32 {
             dacl: *mut *mut c_void,
             defaulted: *mut i32,
         ) -> i32;
-        fn SetNamedSecurityInfoW(
-            name: *mut u16,
+        fn SetSecurityInfo(
+            handle: *mut c_void,
             object_type: u32,
             security_info: u32,
             owner: *mut c_void,
@@ -185,8 +196,8 @@ mod win32 {
             dacl: *mut c_void,
             sacl: *mut c_void,
         ) -> u32;
-        fn GetNamedSecurityInfoW(
-            name: *mut u16,
+        fn GetSecurityInfo(
+            handle: *mut c_void,
             object_type: u32,
             security_info: u32,
             owner: *mut *mut c_void,
@@ -208,6 +219,19 @@ mod win32 {
     #[link(name = "kernel32")]
     unsafe extern "system" {
         fn CreateDirectoryW(path: *const u16, attributes: *const SecurityAttributes) -> i32;
+        fn CreateFileW(
+            path: *const u16,
+            access: u32,
+            share: u32,
+            attributes: *const SecurityAttributes,
+            disposition: u32,
+            flags: u32,
+            template: *mut c_void,
+        ) -> *mut c_void;
+        fn GetFileInformationByHandle(
+            handle: *mut c_void,
+            information: *mut ByHandleFileInformation,
+        ) -> i32;
         fn GetLastError() -> u32;
         fn LocalFree(memory: *mut c_void) -> *mut c_void;
         fn GetCurrentProcess() -> *mut c_void;
@@ -222,6 +246,15 @@ mod win32 {
     const TOKEN_QUERY: u32 = 0x8;
     const TOKEN_USER: u32 = 1;
     const ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS: u32 = 183;
+    const READ_CONTROL: u32 = 0x2_0000;
+    const WRITE_DAC: u32 = 0x4_0000;
+    const FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES: u32 = 0x80;
+    const FILE_SHARE_ALL: u32 = 0x7;
+    const OPEN_EXISTING: u32 = 3;
+    const FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS: u32 = 0x0200_0000;
+    const FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT: u32 = 0x0020_0000;
+    const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY: u32 = 0x10;
+    const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT: u32 = 0x400;
 
     fn wide(path: &Path) -> Vec<u16> {
         path.as_os_str().encode_wide().chain([0]).collect()
@@ -338,18 +371,64 @@ mod win32 {
         Err(std::io::Error::from_raw_os_error(code as i32))
     }
 
+    /// An open directory handle that is closed on drop.
+    struct Directory(*mut c_void);
+
+    impl Directory {
+        /// Opens `path` without following a final reparse point, and accepts
+        /// only a real directory. Every later check and the DACL write go
+        /// through this handle, so a name swapped after the open cannot
+        /// redirect them to another object.
+        fn open_plain(path: &Path) -> Option<Self> {
+            let name = wide(path);
+            let handle = unsafe {
+                CreateFileW(
+                    name.as_ptr(),
+                    READ_CONTROL | WRITE_DAC | FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES,
+                    FILE_SHARE_ALL,
+                    std::ptr::null(),
+                    OPEN_EXISTING,
+                    FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT,
+                    std::ptr::null_mut(),
+                )
+            };
+            if handle.is_null() || handle as isize == -1 {
+                return None;
+            }
+            let directory = Self(handle);
+            let mut info = ByHandleFileInformation {
+                attributes: 0,
+                times: [0; 3],
+                volume_serial: 0,
+                size_high: 0,
+                size_low: 0,
+                links: 0,
+                index_high: 0,
+                index_low: 0,
+            };
+            if unsafe { GetFileInformationByHandle(handle, &mut info) } == 0 {
+                return None;
+            }
+            let plain = info.attributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY != 0
+                && info.attributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT == 0;
+            plain.then_some(directory)
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Drop for Directory {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            unsafe { CloseHandle(self.0) };
+        }
+    }
+
     pub(super) fn repair_owned_directory(directory: &Path) {
-        let Ok(metadata) = std::fs::symlink_metadata(directory) else {
+        let Some(handle) = Directory::open_plain(directory) else {
             return;
         };
-        let is_real_dir = metadata.file_type().is_dir();
-        if !is_real_dir {
-            return;
-        }
-        let owned = owned_by_current_user_or_admins(directory);
+        let owned = owned_by_current_user_or_admins(&handle);
         let refused = owned
             && super::super::host::windows_path_grants_untrusted_write(directory).unwrap_or(false);
-        if !should_repair(is_real_dir, owned, refused) {
+        if !should_repair(true, owned, refused) {
             return;
         }
         let Some(descriptor) = Descriptor::owner_only() else {
@@ -364,10 +443,9 @@ mod win32 {
         if have_dacl == 0 || present == 0 || dacl.is_null() {
             return;
         }
-        let mut name = wide(directory);
         let status = unsafe {
-            SetNamedSecurityInfoW(
-                name.as_mut_ptr(),
+            SetSecurityInfo(
+                handle.0,
                 SE_FILE_OBJECT,
                 DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION | PROTECTED_DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
                 std::ptr::null_mut(),
@@ -394,16 +472,15 @@ mod win32 {
     /// group (the default owner of what an elevated administrator creates).
     /// Rewriting the DACL still needs WRITE_DAC, so another account's directory
     /// stays untouched: the call fails and the gate's verdict stands.
-    fn owned_by_current_user_or_admins(directory: &Path) -> bool {
+    fn owned_by_current_user_or_admins(directory: &Directory) -> bool {
         let Some((_buffer, user)) = current_user() else {
             return false;
         };
-        let mut name = wide(directory);
         let mut owner = std::ptr::null_mut();
         let mut descriptor = std::ptr::null_mut();
         let status = unsafe {
-            GetNamedSecurityInfoW(
-                name.as_mut_ptr(),
+            GetSecurityInfo(
+                directory.0,
                 SE_FILE_OBJECT,
                 OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
                 &mut owner,

From 954020ed6b0870e1dcbee90f8c4d883933f248cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:09:20 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 11/13] fix(module): handle-bound Windows ACL repair,
 delete-child in the write mask, no repair through links or .. paths

Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs      |  3 --
 .../tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs   | 48 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
index c045430..80de0c8 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ mod win32 {
         attributes: u32,
     }
 
-    // `host.rs` declares `GetNamedSecurityInfoW` with a typed DACL out-pointer;
-    // this one only reads the owner and passes no DACL pointer.
-    #[allow(clashing_extern_declarations)]
     #[link(name = "advapi32")]
     unsafe extern "system" {
         fn ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW(
diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
index 8b1874c..5cfb573 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::*;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 const FILE_ALL_ACCESS: u32 = 0x1F_01FF;
 const READ_ONLY: u32 = 0x12_00A9;
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ fn every_single_write_right_counts() {
         0x2u32,
         0x4,
         0x10,
+        0x40,
         0x100,
         0x1_0000,
         0x4_0000,
@@ -115,6 +116,20 @@ fn the_repair_covers_the_cache_tree_but_not_its_container() {
     assert!(!in_repair_scope(base.parent().unwrap(), &root, Some(&base)));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn a_parent_component_never_counts_as_in_scope() {
+    let base = PathBuf::from("users/ana/appdata/local");
+    let root = base.join("openhuman");
+    let escaping = root
+        .join("cache")
+        .join("..")
+        .join("..")
+        .join("..")
+        .join("outside");
+    assert!(!in_repair_scope(&escaping, &root, Some(&base)));
+    assert!(!in_repair_scope(&root.join("..").join("x"), &root, None));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn scope_comparison_ignores_case_and_requires_a_real_prefix() {
     let base = PathBuf::from("/users/ana/appdata/local");
@@ -190,6 +205,37 @@ fn a_cache_inheriting_a_group_write_grant_is_repaired() {
     );
 }
 
+#[cfg(windows)]
+#[test]
+fn a_junction_in_the_cache_path_stops_the_repair() {
+    let install = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let outside = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    icacls_grant(outside.path(), "*S-1-5-11:(OI)(CI)(M)");
+    let junction = install.path().join("linked");
+    let made = std::process::Command::new("cmd")
+        .args(["/C", "mklink", "/J"])
+        .arg(&junction)
+        .arg(outside.path())
+        .output()
+        .expect("cmd is available on Windows");
+    assert!(made.status.success(), "mklink failed: {made:?}");
+    let through = junction.join("cache");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&through).unwrap();
+    assert!(refused(&through).unwrap(), "the target inherits the grant");
+
+    secure_release_cache(install.path(), &through);
+
+    assert!(
+        refused(&through).unwrap(),
+        "nothing behind a junction is rewritten"
+    );
+    assert!(refused(outside.path()).unwrap());
+    assert!(
+        create_private_dir_all(&junction).is_err(),
+        "a link is not a cache directory"
+    );
+}
+
 #[cfg(windows)]
 #[test]
 fn a_directory_outside_the_install_root_is_left_alone() {

From c8aca854f482ee9f28a18e95d258d3ad76d678c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:09:36 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 12/13] fix(module): drop redundant Path import in windows acl
 tests

Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
index 5cfb573..d396be1 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::*;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 const FILE_ALL_ACCESS: u32 = 0x1F_01FF;
 const READ_ONLY: u32 = 0x12_00A9;

From 74873a2e8475f18e259c96d050db845dcee50e70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:25:03 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 13/13] fix(module): reject repair scope when roots contain
 parent components

The repair-scope check only rejected directories containing a `..` component, so a root or base path with `..` could still be accepted and let the comparison climb outside the intended prefix. The check now also rejects any `..` in the install root or base, with tests covering both cases.

Auto-committed-on: dragonfly
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs       | 14 ++++++++------
 crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
index 80de0c8..14ba030 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl.rs
@@ -55,15 +55,17 @@ pub(super) fn should_repair(is_real_dir: bool, owned_by_current_user: bool, refu
 /// Whether `directory` is inside the part of the tree the repair pass may
 /// rewrite: at or below `install_root`, or strictly below `base` (the user's
 /// local application data directory, never `base` itself or anything above it).
-/// A path with a `..` component is never in scope.
+/// A path or root with a `..` component is never in scope.
 /// Windows paths are case-insensitive, so components compare case-folded.
 #[cfg_attr(not(windows), allow(dead_code))]
 pub(super) fn in_repair_scope(directory: &Path, install_root: &Path, base: Option<&Path>) -> bool {
-    // A `..` could climb out of the prefix the comparison below accepts.
-    if directory
-        .components()
-        .any(|component| matches!(component, std::path::Component::ParentDir))
-    {
+    // A `..` in the directory or in either root could climb out of the prefix
+    // the comparison below accepts; such a path is never repaired.
+    let has_parent = |path: &Path| {
+        path.components()
+            .any(|component| matches!(component, std::path::Component::ParentDir))
+    };
+    if has_parent(directory) || has_parent(install_root) || base.is_some_and(has_parent) {
         return false;
     }
     let fold = |path: &Path| -> Vec<String> {
diff --git a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
index d396be1..7720f97 100644
--- a/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tinybus/src/module/windows_acl_tests.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,19 @@ fn a_parent_component_never_counts_as_in_scope() {
         .join("outside");
     assert!(!in_repair_scope(&escaping, &root, Some(&base)));
     assert!(!in_repair_scope(&root.join("..").join("x"), &root, None));
+    // A root that itself contains `..` is not trusted either.
+    let odd_root = base.join("x").join("..").join("openhuman");
+    assert!(!in_repair_scope(
+        &root.join("modules"),
+        &odd_root,
+        Some(&base)
+    ));
+    let odd_base = base.join("..").join("local");
+    assert!(!in_repair_scope(
+        &root.join("modules"),
+        &root,
+        Some(&odd_base)
+    ));
 }
 
 #[test]