RAT-558: Add security threat model (THREAT_MODEL.md + SECURITY.md + AGENTS.md)#677
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Rebased onto current master, which already added AGENTS.md and SECURITY.md. Keeps both maintainer files and adds the detailed THREAT_MODEL.md plus the AGENTS.md -> SECURITY.md -> THREAT_MODEL.md pointers. Generated-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context)
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Adds a threat model for Apache Creadur (RAT) at the Creadur PMC's request (GLASSWING / Mythos scan pre-flight):
THREAT_MODEL.md— the model (rubric).SECURITY.md+AGENTS.md— disclosure pointer + theAGENTS.md -> SECURITY.md -> THREAT_MODEL.mdchain.The model in brief
RAT is modelled as an in-process build/CLI license-audit tool — not a network service, and explicitly not a security/vulnerability scanner. Its security-relevant case is auditing untrusted input: the XML configuration (XXE surface) and archive descent (decompression-bomb surface). Findings that require RAT to process input the operator already trusts (the normal case — your own source tree) are out of model.
DRAFT — you own it; two quick technical confirmations
Because RAT is small, the §8-vs-§9 split hinges on two facts I've left as section 14 questions:
XMLConfigurationReaderdisable DOCTYPE/external entities (XXE-safe)?ArchiveWalkerbound decompression (size/depth/entry-count)?Your answers turn those from "open question" into either a provided property (§8) or a documented gap + downstream note (§9). Also Q6: want me to add the same chain to
creadur-whiskerandcreadur-tentaclesso all three are discoverable?Generated by the ASF Security team's threat-model tooling (Claude Opus); reviewed before opening.