fix(security): stop the agent from re-enabling tools an admin disabled (#6357)

* fix(security): stop the agent from re-enabling tools an admin disabled

settings.json:disabled_tools is the only global tool-permission boundary
the Settings > Agent Tools panel offers, yet manage_settings exposed an
`enable_tool` action that removed entries from it. Any agent turn could
undo the admin's restriction, and because the agent reads untrusted web
pages, emails and documents, a planted instruction could re-enable bash,
email or any other tool that had been switched off.

The denylist can now only be narrowed from a turn: `disable_tool` and
`list_tools` keep working, `enable_tool` is refused with a message that
points the user to Settings > Agent Tools, and the action is dropped from
the function schema, the prompt rule and the tool index so models are not
steered into calling it. The free-form set/delete/reset actions were
already unable to reach `disabled_tools`; a test now pins that.

Fixes #5523

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UAB5sz5srMKR7rbeDFtdMH

* fix(settings): close internal API tool-policy bypass

Refuse global tool-policy replacement from internal-token requests even when an admin owner is impersonated, and block the same write in app_api. Route explicit image re-enable requests to list_tools with a Settings pointer. Keep disabled_tools outside general settings actions even if a default is added later. Remove the retired action from capability metadata. Validation: 573 focused tests passed; the running app rejected handler, generic API and encoded-path internal HTTP attempts while preserving human administrator controls.

* fix(mcp): block agent writes to per-server MCP tool policy

PATCH /api/mcp/servers/{id}/tools only checked require_admin, which accepts
the internal tool token, and app_api still forwarded it, so an agent turn
could re-enable MCP tools an admin had switched off. Refuse the internal
token on that route (same check as POST /api/tools) and add PATCH
/api/mcp/servers to the app_api blocklist, with regression tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BCbhLNC7mJsunxqfwwshqn

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Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Afonso Junior <chatgpt@yack.com.br>
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Afonso Coutinho
2026-10-27 22:50:35 -06:00
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co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5 Afonso Junior
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@@ -2834,7 +2834,7 @@ def _parse_qwen_explicit_admin_request(text: str) -> Optional[tuple[str, str]]:
if re.search(r"\b(?:disabled\s+tools?|tools?\s+(?:are\s+)?(?:currently\s+)?disabled)\b", q):
return "manage_settings", json.dumps({"action": "list_tools"})
if re.search(r"\b(?:turn|enable|re-enable|reenable)\b.{0,40}\b(?:image\s+generation|images?|generate_image)\b", q):
return "manage_settings", json.dumps({"action": "enable_tool", "tool": "images"})
return "manage_settings", json.dumps({"action": "list_tools"})
if re.search(r"\b(?:disable|turn\s+off)\b.{0,40}\b(?:image\s+generation|images?|generate_image)\b", q):
return "manage_settings", json.dumps({"action": "disable_tool", "tool": "images"})
if listish and re.search(r"\bapi\s+tokens?\b|\btokens?\b", q):
@@ -8057,7 +8057,7 @@ Generate an image. Line 1 = description, line 2 = model name, line 3 = WxH (e.g.
"manage_tokens": "- ```manage_tokens``` — Generate or revoke API access tokens for external integrations. Args (JSON): {\"action\": \"list|create|delete\", ...}",
"manage_documents": "- ```manage_documents``` — List, read/open, delete, or tidy documents in the editor panel. Args (JSON): {\"action\": \"list|read|delete|tidy\", ...}. `list` returns rows like `[Title](#document-<id>) — lang, size, updated 5m ago` sorted MOST-RECENT FIRST; the user clicks the anchor to open. `read` (aliases: view/open/get) takes `document_id` and returns the content. When the user asks \"open/show/read my notes\" or \"what documents do I have\", use this — do NOT shell out, do NOT curl.",
"manage_research": "- ```manage_research``` — List, read/open, or delete saved DEEP RESEARCH results from the Library. Args (JSON): {\"action\": \"list|read|delete\", \"id\": \"<id>\", \"search\": \"...\"}. `list` returns rows like `[query](#research-<id>) — N sources` MOST-RECENT FIRST; the user clicks to open. `read` (aliases: open/view/get) takes `id` and returns the report text + sources. Use when the user says \"open/read/find/delete my research\" or \"that report\". This IS how you read a finished report: when the user refers to a just-completed deep-research job (\"check it out\", \"read that report\", \"summarize the research\") WITHOUT giving an id, call `manage_research` with `action:list` to get the most-recent id, then `action:read` with that id, and answer from the returned text. Do NOT `web_fetch`/`app_api` the `/api/research/report/{id}` URL — that endpoint renders HTML for the browser, not clean text — and do NOT start a fresh `web_search`/`trigger_research` just to read an existing report. To START new research, use trigger_research instead.",
"manage_settings": "- ```manage_settings``` — View/change the REAL app settings (same ones the Settings panel writes) AND turn tools on/off. Change a setting: `{\"action\":\"set\",\"key\":\"...\",\"value\":\"...\"}` — keys accept friendly aliases, e.g. voice→tts_voice, \"search engine\"→search_provider, \"default model\"→default_model, \"teacher model\"→teacher_model, \"task/background model\"→task_model, \"image quality\"→image_quality, \"reminder channel\"→reminder_channel (browser|email|ntfy), \"agent timeout\"/\"max tool calls\"/\"token budget\". Read: `{\"action\":\"get\",\"key\":\"...\"}`; see all: `{\"action\":\"list\"}`; reset one: `{\"action\":\"reset\",\"key\":\"...\"}`. Use this when the user asks to change ANY preference instead of making them open Settings. Secrets/API keys are read-only (tell them to set those in the panel). Tool toggles: `{\"action\":\"disable_tool|enable_tool\",\"tool\":\"shell\"}` (aliases: shell/search/browser/documents/memory/skills/images/tasks/notes/calendar/email), list disabled: `{\"action\":\"list_tools\"}`.",
"manage_settings": "- ```manage_settings``` — View/change the REAL app settings (same ones the Settings panel writes) AND turn tools on/off. Change a setting: `{\"action\":\"set\",\"key\":\"...\",\"value\":\"...\"}` — keys accept friendly aliases, e.g. voice→tts_voice, \"search engine\"→search_provider, \"default model\"→default_model, \"teacher model\"→teacher_model, \"task/background model\"→task_model, \"image quality\"→image_quality, \"reminder channel\"→reminder_channel (browser|email|ntfy), \"agent timeout\"/\"max tool calls\"/\"token budget\". Read: `{\"action\":\"get\",\"key\":\"...\"}`; see all: `{\"action\":\"list\"}`; reset one: `{\"action\":\"reset\",\"key\":\"...\"}`. Use this when the user asks to change ANY preference instead of making them open Settings. Secrets/API keys are read-only (tell them to set those in the panel). Tool toggles: `{\"action\":\"disable_tool\",\"tool\":\"shell\"}` (aliases: shell/search/browser/documents/memory/skills/images/tasks/notes/calendar/email), list disabled: `{\"action\":\"list_tools\"}`. You cannot re-enable a disabled tool: that is done by the user in Settings > Agent Tools.",
"manage_notes": """\
```manage_notes
{"action": "add", "title": "<short todo>", "due_date": "<natural language or ISO datetime>"}