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Harden seven policy rules so that a present but wrong-typed value in a selected Pipeline, Task, Buildah task or prefetch task produces a named deny instead of being silently ignored (which made malformed input look like a pass). Each group from the EC-2110 audit is addressed as an independent fix with asserted-result-code regressions:

Group Package Change
G03 release/buildah_build_task New malformed_parameter rule denies a present non-string DOCKERFILE / ADD_CAPABILITIES / PLATFORM / PRIVILEGED_NESTED. The string-only checks keep their existing behavior for string values. Tested on both v0.2 param maps and v1 param arrays.
G04 release/prefetch_dependencies mode_not_permissive now also fires for a present wrong-typed mode (e.g. ["permissive"]). Absent mode stays a no-op; the independent proxy check is unchanged.
G12 build_task/build_labels build_type_label_set fires for a defined non-object metadata.labels (null/list/string/number) instead of both label checks disappearing. Missing-labels path unchanged.
G13 pipeline/basic expected_kind now rejects a missing kind (previously only a present wrong kind was caught — resolves the old # Fixme).
G14 release/tasks Verified with the real engine that the pipeline-required-tasks JSON-schema validation already rejects a malformed .tasks entry (null/scalar/object/missing) via tasks.data_provided — the audit's fallback evaluator reported a false gap. Added regressions to lock this in. No rule change.
G15 task/results A required Task result is only satisfied by an array spec.results, so a wrong-container object carrying a matching name can no longer mask a missing required result.
G16 task/trusted_artifacts New workspaces_format rule denies a present non-array spec.workspaces; the disallowed-workspace check is array-guarded. Task activation unchanged.

New deny rules carry effective_on dates matching the sibling control they reinforce, so these bypass closures enforce immediately.

Why:

EC-2110 confirmed seven cases where a malformed value caused a check to produce no result: required fields disappear, wrong-typed containers are treated as empty/valid, and non-string parameters bypass checks. A successful evaluation with no relevant violation then looks like a pass.

Tickets:

https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/EC-2235

Notes for reviewers:

  • G14 tasks: [] — the ticket says not to classify a deliberately empty tasks: [] entry as invalid without a separate product-contract decision. Today the schema's minItems: 1 already flags [] as invalid; this PR leaves that behavior unchanged. Please confirm whether [] should become valid.
  • Verified with the repository-pinned Conforma CLI: make quiet-test (1195/1195, 100% coverage), make acceptance, make opa-check, make lint, make regal-test, make conventions-check, make fmt-check, and regenerated docs.

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The policy rules now reject or report malformed values in build labels, pipeline kinds, release-task parameters, Task results, and Trusted Artifacts workspaces. Tests cover these cases. Documentation and release policy listings describe the applicable checks.

Changes: Malformed policy input validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Build label and pipeline kind checks
policy/build_task/build_labels/*, policy/pipeline/basic/*, antora/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/packages/build_task_build_labels.adoc, antora/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/packages/pipeline_basic.adoc
Malformed metadata.labels values do not satisfy the required build label. A missing pipeline kind produces an unexpected-kind denial. Tests and documentation cover these cases.
Release-task parameter checks
policy/release/buildah_build_task/*, policy/release/prefetch_dependencies/*, antora/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/packages/release_buildah_build_task.adoc, antora/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/packages/release_prefetch_dependencies.adoc, antora/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/release_policy.adoc, antora/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/release_policy_nav.adoc
The Buildah policy denies non-string values for DOCKERFILE, ADD_CAPABILITIES, PLATFORM, and PRIVILEGED_NESTED. The prefetch policy denies permissive and present non-string mode values. Tests cover both attestation formats. Documentation and release policy collections list the checks.
Task declaration shape checks
policy/task/results/*, policy/release/tasks/tasks_test.rego
Required-result checks use spec.results only when it is an array. Tests cover malformed or missing tasks fields in pipeline-required-task entries.
Trusted Artifacts workspace validation
policy/task/trusted_artifacts/*, antora/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/packages/task_trusted_artifacts.adoc, antora/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/release_policy.adoc, antora/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/task_policy_nav.adoc
Trusted Artifacts Tasks with present, non-array spec.workspaces values receive a format denial. Tests cover malformed, absent, and empty values. Documentation and the security rule collection include the check.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: dheerajodha, joejstuart

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 88f72

The new Buildah malformed-parameter check will only warn, not fail, before its effective date, and the test does not verify the date. Confirm the intended date and assert it directly; this is a small follow-up.

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A malformed (present but wrong-typed) value in a selected Pipeline, Task,
Buildah task or prefetch task could cause a Conforma check to produce no
result, so a malformed input looked like a pass. Harden the affected rules
so a malformed value produces a named deny instead of being silently ignored.

- G03 buildah_build_task: new malformed_parameter rule denies a present
  non-string DOCKERFILE/ADD_CAPABILITIES/PLATFORM/PRIVILEGED_NESTED; the
  existing string-only checks keep their behavior for string values.
- G04 prefetch_dependencies: mode_not_permissive also fires for a present
  wrong-typed mode; absent mode stays a no-op; proxy check unchanged.
- G12 build_labels: build_type_label_set fires for a defined non-object
  metadata.labels instead of both label checks disappearing.
- G13 basic: expected_kind now rejects a missing kind on a pipeline
  definition (previously only a present wrong kind was rejected).
- G14 tasks: confirmed with the real engine that the pipeline-required-tasks
  JSON-schema validation already rejects a malformed .tasks entry
  (null/scalar/object/missing) with tasks.data_provided; added regressions.
- G15 results: a required Task result is only satisfied by an array
  spec.results, so a wrong-container object with a matching name no longer
  masks a missing result.
- G16 trusted_artifacts: new workspaces_format rule denies a present
  non-array spec.workspaces; the disallowed-workspace check is array-guarded.

refs: EC-2235

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/bin/bash
# Inspect the effective-date and result-assertion contracts without executing repository code.
rg -n -C 8 'result_helper\(|assert_equal_results\(' policy/lib
rg -n -C 5 'effective_on|malformed_parameter' policy/release/buildah_build_task

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# Inspect the effective-date helper, result consumers, and the complete malformed-parameter assertion.
rg -n -F --glob '*.rego' -e 'effective_on' -e 'when(chain)' -e 'time_lib.when' -e 'effective_on' policy | sed -n '1,240p'
printf '\n--- time helper candidates ---\n'
rg -n -F --glob '*.rego' -e 'package time' -e 'package time_lib' -e 'when(' policy/lib policy | sed -n '1,200p'
printf '\n--- test assertion block ---\n'
sed -n '456,510p' policy/release/buildah_build_task/buildah_build_task_test.rego
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Align the malformed-parameter effective date with its intended enforcement date.

metadata.result_helper emits 2026-12-09T00:00:00Z. Future effective_on dates are time-gated as warnings rather than failures, so this rule does not produce a denial before that date. The test expects 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z, but assertions.assert_equal_results ignores effective_on, so the mismatch is not detected. Set the rule date or the test expectation to the intended contract, and assert effective_on directly.

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Review comment at @policy/release/buildah_build_task/buildah_build_task.rego at
line 141:
Update the rule’s effective_on value to the intended 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z
contract, and add a direct test assertion for effective_on because
assertions.assert_equal_results does not compare it.

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