Evidence record / gemini-cli
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2026-10-13-gemini-cli-stable-v0-64-0-narrows-untrusted-argument-false-positives
Stable v0.64.0 narrows untrusted-argument false positives. On 0.61.0 through 0.63.0 the tracker indexed ordinary words and path segments from output marked untrusted, including the shell’s own output. Later matching flags/path-like arguments could ask again or fail headless. Users reported ls -ld on 0.61.0 and ls -la, grep -rn and git diff on 0.62.0; those are reports, not measured prevalence. Stable 0.64.0 stops indexing path segments, exempts safe flags, preserves shell variables, limits argument matches to URLs/absolute paths/script extensions, and permits compound commands or loops when every subcommand matches an explicit ALLOW rule.
Channel: tagged-release. Half: both. Date: 2026-10-13.
Operator consequence: Upgrade/test 0.64.0 for jobs affected by false-positive prompts or DENY on older stables. Check the same routine commands after output has accumulated. The fix can remove accidental human approvals while preserving narrower taint checks; it is not proof that every legitimate workload proceeds or every hostile one is stopped.
Receipt
- https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29672
- https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/commit/581fdbbface8dff93f24db861395f22581099a45
- https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/releases/tag/v0.64.0
- https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/v0.64.0/packages/core/src/utils/untrustedContextTracker.ts
- https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/v0.64.0/packages/core/src/policy/policy-engine.ts#L633-L669
- https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/29579
- https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/29650
Finding metadata
Run: 2026-10-13-profile-refresh-2026-09-21_2026-10-13-frontier-v0
Finding ID: 2026-10-13-gemini-cli-stable-v0-64-0-narrows-untrusted-argument-false-positives
Profile citations
- Gemini CLI / claim / stable-taint-false-positive-repair
- Gemini CLI / posture / governance
Source links
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- merged pr2026-10-13-gemini-cli-stable-v0-64-0-narrows-untrusted-argument-false-positivesgithub.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/29672commit2026-10-13-gemini-cli-stable-v0-64-0-narrows-untrusted-argument-false-positivesgithub.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/commit/581fdbbface8dff93f24db861395f22581099a45github release2026-10-13-gemini-cli-stable-v0-64-0-narrows-untrusted-argument-false-positivesgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli / v0.64.0tagged commit file2026-10-13-gemini-cli-stable-v0-64-0-narrows-untrusted-argument-false-positivesgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli / packages/core/src/utils/untrustedContextTracker.tstagged commit file2026-10-13-gemini-cli-stable-v0-64-0-narrows-untrusted-argument-false-positivesgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli / packages/core/src/policy/policy-engine.ts#L633-L669official docs2026-10-13-gemini-cli-stable-v0-64-0-narrows-untrusted-argument-false-positivesgithub.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/29579official docs2026-10-13-gemini-cli-stable-v0-64-0-narrows-untrusted-argument-false-positivesgithub.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/29650
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