fix: use centralized credentials from ~/.claude-mem/.env to prevent API key hijacking (#733)

This fixes Issue #733 where claude-mem would incorrectly use ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from
random project .env files instead of the user's configured Claude Code CLI subscription.

Root cause: The SDK's `query()` function inherits from `process.env` when no `env`
option is passed. When users work in projects with their own .env files containing
API keys, the SDK would discover and use those keys, billing the wrong account.

Solution: Centralized credential management via ~/.claude-mem/.env

Changes:
- Add EnvManager.ts: Centralized credential storage and isolated env builder
- SDKAgent: Pass isolated env to SDK query() that only includes credentials from
  ~/.claude-mem/.env, not random keys from process.env inheritance
- GeminiAgent/OpenRouterAgent: Use getCredential() instead of process.env fallback
- SettingsDefaultsManager: Add CLAUDE_MEM_CLAUDE_AUTH_METHOD setting ('cli' | 'api')

How it works:
1. buildIsolatedEnv() creates a clean environment with only essential system vars
   (PATH, HOME, etc.) and credentials explicitly configured in ~/.claude-mem/.env
2. SDK subprocess runs with this isolated env, never seeing random API keys
3. If no ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is in ~/.claude-mem/.env, Claude Code CLI billing is used
4. Same pattern applied to Gemini/OpenRouter agents for consistency

This ensures claude-mem always uses the user's intended billing method, regardless
of what .env files exist in their working directory.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
bigphoot
2026-01-17 14:48:39 -08:00
committed by Alex Newman
parent aedee33ca9
commit 006ff40175
5 changed files with 301 additions and 8 deletions
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@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { SessionManager } from './SessionManager.js';
import { logger } from '../../utils/logger.js';
import { buildInitPrompt, buildObservationPrompt, buildSummaryPrompt, buildContinuationPrompt } from '../../sdk/prompts.js';
import { SettingsDefaultsManager } from '../../shared/SettingsDefaultsManager.js';
import { getCredential } from '../../shared/EnvManager.js';
import type { ActiveSession, ConversationMessage } from '../worker-types.js';
import { ModeManager } from '../domain/ModeManager.js';
import {
@@ -367,13 +368,15 @@ export class GeminiAgent {
/**
* Get Gemini configuration from settings or environment
* Issue #733: Uses centralized ~/.claude-mem/.env for credentials, not random project .env files
*/
private getGeminiConfig(): { apiKey: string; model: GeminiModel; rateLimitingEnabled: boolean } {
const settingsPath = path.join(homedir(), '.claude-mem', 'settings.json');
const settings = SettingsDefaultsManager.loadFromFile(settingsPath);
// API key: check settings first, then environment variable
const apiKey = settings.CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_API_KEY || process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY || '';
// API key: check settings first, then centralized claude-mem .env (NOT process.env)
// This prevents Issue #733 where random project .env files could interfere
const apiKey = settings.CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_API_KEY || getCredential('GEMINI_API_KEY') || '';
// Model: from settings or default, with validation
const defaultModel: GeminiModel = 'gemini-2.5-flash';
@@ -407,11 +410,12 @@ export class GeminiAgent {
/**
* Check if Gemini is available (has API key configured)
* Issue #733: Uses centralized ~/.claude-mem/.env, not random project .env files
*/
export function isGeminiAvailable(): boolean {
const settingsPath = path.join(homedir(), '.claude-mem', 'settings.json');
const settings = SettingsDefaultsManager.loadFromFile(settingsPath);
return !!(settings.CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_API_KEY || process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY);
return !!(settings.CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_API_KEY || getCredential('GEMINI_API_KEY'));
}
/**
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@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { logger } from '../../utils/logger.js';
import { buildInitPrompt, buildObservationPrompt, buildSummaryPrompt, buildContinuationPrompt } from '../../sdk/prompts.js';
import { SettingsDefaultsManager } from '../../shared/SettingsDefaultsManager.js';
import { USER_SETTINGS_PATH } from '../../shared/paths.js';
import { getCredential } from '../../shared/EnvManager.js';
import type { ActiveSession, ConversationMessage } from '../worker-types.js';
import { ModeManager } from '../domain/ModeManager.js';
import {
@@ -409,13 +410,15 @@ export class OpenRouterAgent {
/**
* Get OpenRouter configuration from settings or environment
* Issue #733: Uses centralized ~/.claude-mem/.env for credentials, not random project .env files
*/
private getOpenRouterConfig(): { apiKey: string; model: string; siteUrl?: string; appName?: string } {
const settingsPath = USER_SETTINGS_PATH;
const settings = SettingsDefaultsManager.loadFromFile(settingsPath);
// API key: check settings first, then environment variable
const apiKey = settings.CLAUDE_MEM_OPENROUTER_API_KEY || process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY || '';
// API key: check settings first, then centralized claude-mem .env (NOT process.env)
// This prevents Issue #733 where random project .env files could interfere
const apiKey = settings.CLAUDE_MEM_OPENROUTER_API_KEY || getCredential('OPENROUTER_API_KEY') || '';
// Model: from settings or default
const model = settings.CLAUDE_MEM_OPENROUTER_MODEL || 'xiaomi/mimo-v2-flash:free';
@@ -430,11 +433,12 @@ export class OpenRouterAgent {
/**
* Check if OpenRouter is available (has API key configured)
* Issue #733: Uses centralized ~/.claude-mem/.env, not random project .env files
*/
export function isOpenRouterAvailable(): boolean {
const settingsPath = USER_SETTINGS_PATH;
const settings = SettingsDefaultsManager.loadFromFile(settingsPath);
return !!(settings.CLAUDE_MEM_OPENROUTER_API_KEY || process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY);
return !!(settings.CLAUDE_MEM_OPENROUTER_API_KEY || getCredential('OPENROUTER_API_KEY'));
}
/**
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@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { logger } from '../../utils/logger.js';
import { buildInitPrompt, buildObservationPrompt, buildSummaryPrompt, buildContinuationPrompt } from '../../sdk/prompts.js';
import { SettingsDefaultsManager } from '../../shared/SettingsDefaultsManager.js';
import { USER_SETTINGS_PATH, OBSERVER_SESSIONS_DIR, ensureDir } from '../../shared/paths.js';
import { buildIsolatedEnv, getAuthMethodDescription } from '../../shared/EnvManager.js';
import type { ActiveSession, SDKUserMessage } from '../worker-types.js';
import { ModeManager } from '../domain/ModeManager.js';
import { processAgentResponse, type WorkerRef } from './agents/index.js';
@@ -76,13 +77,20 @@ export class SDKAgent {
// NEVER use contentSessionId for resume - that would inject messages into the user's transcript!
const hasRealMemorySessionId = !!session.memorySessionId;
// Build isolated environment from ~/.claude-mem/.env
// This prevents Issue #733: random ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from project .env files
// being used instead of the configured auth method (CLI subscription or explicit API key)
const isolatedEnv = buildIsolatedEnv();
const authMethod = getAuthMethodDescription();
logger.info('SDK', 'Starting SDK query', {
sessionDbId: session.sessionDbId,
contentSessionId: session.contentSessionId,
memorySessionId: session.memorySessionId,
hasRealMemorySessionId,
resume_parameter: hasRealMemorySessionId ? session.memorySessionId : '(none - fresh start)',
lastPromptNumber: session.lastPromptNumber
lastPromptNumber: session.lastPromptNumber,
authMethod
});
// Debug-level alignment logs for detailed tracing
@@ -103,6 +111,7 @@ export class SDKAgent {
// Use custom spawn to capture PIDs for zombie process cleanup (Issue #737)
// Use dedicated cwd to isolate observer sessions from user's `claude --resume` list
ensureDir(OBSERVER_SESSIONS_DIR);
// CRITICAL: Pass isolated env to prevent Issue #733 (API key pollution from project .env files)
const queryResult = query({
prompt: messageGenerator,
options: {
@@ -118,7 +127,8 @@ export class SDKAgent {
abortController: session.abortController,
pathToClaudeCodeExecutable: claudePath,
// Custom spawn function captures PIDs to fix zombie process accumulation
spawnClaudeCodeProcess: createPidCapturingSpawn(session.sessionDbId)
spawnClaudeCodeProcess: createPidCapturingSpawn(session.sessionDbId),
env: isolatedEnv // Use isolated credentials from ~/.claude-mem/.env, not process.env
}
});
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@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
/**
* EnvManager - Centralized environment variable management for claude-mem
*
* Provides isolated credential storage in ~/.claude-mem/.env
* This ensures claude-mem uses its own configured credentials,
* not random ANTHROPIC_API_KEY values from project .env files.
*
* Issue #733: SDK was auto-discovering API keys from user's shell environment,
* causing memory operations to bill personal API accounts instead of CLI subscription.
*/
import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync } from 'fs';
import { join, dirname } from 'path';
import { homedir } from 'os';
// Path to claude-mem's centralized .env file
const DATA_DIR = join(homedir(), '.claude-mem');
export const ENV_FILE_PATH = join(DATA_DIR, '.env');
// Essential system environment variables that subprocesses need to function
const ESSENTIAL_SYSTEM_VARS = [
'PATH',
'HOME',
'USER',
'SHELL',
'TMPDIR',
'TMP',
'TEMP',
'LANG',
'LC_ALL',
'LC_CTYPE',
// Node.js specific
'NODE_ENV',
'NODE_PATH',
// Platform specific
'SYSTEMROOT', // Windows
'WINDIR', // Windows
'PROGRAMFILES', // Windows
'APPDATA', // Windows
'LOCALAPPDATA', // Windows
'XDG_RUNTIME_DIR', // Linux
'XDG_CONFIG_HOME', // Linux
'XDG_DATA_HOME', // Linux
// Claude Code specific (not credentials)
'CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR',
'CLAUDE_CODE_DEBUG_LOGS_DIR',
];
// Credential keys that claude-mem manages
export const MANAGED_CREDENTIAL_KEYS = [
'ANTHROPIC_API_KEY',
'GEMINI_API_KEY',
'OPENROUTER_API_KEY',
];
export interface ClaudeMemEnv {
// Credentials (optional - empty means use CLI billing for Claude)
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY?: string;
GEMINI_API_KEY?: string;
OPENROUTER_API_KEY?: string;
}
/**
* Parse a .env file content into key-value pairs
*/
function parseEnvFile(content: string): Record<string, string> {
const result: Record<string, string> = {};
for (const line of content.split('\n')) {
const trimmed = line.trim();
// Skip empty lines and comments
if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
// Parse KEY=value format
const eqIndex = trimmed.indexOf('=');
if (eqIndex === -1) continue;
const key = trimmed.slice(0, eqIndex).trim();
let value = trimmed.slice(eqIndex + 1).trim();
// Remove surrounding quotes if present
if ((value.startsWith('"') && value.endsWith('"')) ||
(value.startsWith("'") && value.endsWith("'"))) {
value = value.slice(1, -1);
}
if (key) {
result[key] = value;
}
}
return result;
}
/**
* Serialize key-value pairs to .env file format
*/
function serializeEnvFile(env: Record<string, string>): string {
const lines: string[] = [
'# claude-mem credentials',
'# This file stores API keys for claude-mem memory agent',
'# Edit this file or use claude-mem settings to configure',
'',
];
for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(env)) {
if (value) {
// Quote values that contain spaces or special characters
const needsQuotes = /[\s#=]/.test(value);
lines.push(`${key}=${needsQuotes ? `"${value}"` : value}`);
}
}
return lines.join('\n') + '\n';
}
/**
* Load credentials from ~/.claude-mem/.env
* Returns empty object if file doesn't exist (means use CLI billing)
*/
export function loadClaudeMemEnv(): ClaudeMemEnv {
if (!existsSync(ENV_FILE_PATH)) {
return {};
}
try {
const content = readFileSync(ENV_FILE_PATH, 'utf-8');
const parsed = parseEnvFile(content);
// Only return managed credential keys
const result: ClaudeMemEnv = {};
if (parsed.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY) result.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = parsed.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY;
if (parsed.GEMINI_API_KEY) result.GEMINI_API_KEY = parsed.GEMINI_API_KEY;
if (parsed.OPENROUTER_API_KEY) result.OPENROUTER_API_KEY = parsed.OPENROUTER_API_KEY;
return result;
} catch (error) {
console.warn('[EnvManager] Failed to load .env file:', error);
return {};
}
}
/**
* Save credentials to ~/.claude-mem/.env
*/
export function saveClaudeMemEnv(env: ClaudeMemEnv): void {
try {
// Ensure directory exists
if (!existsSync(DATA_DIR)) {
mkdirSync(DATA_DIR, { recursive: true });
}
// Load existing to preserve any extra keys
const existing = existsSync(ENV_FILE_PATH)
? parseEnvFile(readFileSync(ENV_FILE_PATH, 'utf-8'))
: {};
// Update with new values
const updated: Record<string, string> = { ...existing };
// Only update managed keys
if (env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY !== undefined) {
if (env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY) {
updated.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY;
} else {
delete updated.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY;
}
}
if (env.GEMINI_API_KEY !== undefined) {
if (env.GEMINI_API_KEY) {
updated.GEMINI_API_KEY = env.GEMINI_API_KEY;
} else {
delete updated.GEMINI_API_KEY;
}
}
if (env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY !== undefined) {
if (env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY) {
updated.OPENROUTER_API_KEY = env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY;
} else {
delete updated.OPENROUTER_API_KEY;
}
}
writeFileSync(ENV_FILE_PATH, serializeEnvFile(updated), 'utf-8');
} catch (error) {
console.error('[EnvManager] Failed to save .env file:', error);
throw error;
}
}
/**
* Build a clean, isolated environment for spawning SDK subprocesses
*
* This is the key function that prevents Issue #733:
* - Includes only essential system variables (PATH, HOME, etc.)
* - Adds credentials ONLY from claude-mem's .env file
* - Does NOT inherit random ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from user's shell
*
* @param includeCredentials - Whether to include API keys (default: true)
*/
export function buildIsolatedEnv(includeCredentials: boolean = true): Record<string, string> {
const isolatedEnv: Record<string, string> = {};
// 1. Copy essential system variables from current process
for (const key of ESSENTIAL_SYSTEM_VARS) {
const value = process.env[key];
if (value !== undefined) {
isolatedEnv[key] = value;
}
}
// 2. Add SDK entrypoint marker
isolatedEnv.CLAUDE_CODE_ENTRYPOINT = 'sdk-ts';
// 3. Add credentials from claude-mem's .env file (NOT from process.env)
if (includeCredentials) {
const credentials = loadClaudeMemEnv();
// Only add ANTHROPIC_API_KEY if explicitly configured in claude-mem
// If not configured, CLI billing will be used (via pathToClaudeCodeExecutable)
if (credentials.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY) {
isolatedEnv.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = credentials.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY;
}
// Note: GEMINI_API_KEY and OPENROUTER_API_KEY are handled by their respective agents
if (credentials.GEMINI_API_KEY) {
isolatedEnv.GEMINI_API_KEY = credentials.GEMINI_API_KEY;
}
if (credentials.OPENROUTER_API_KEY) {
isolatedEnv.OPENROUTER_API_KEY = credentials.OPENROUTER_API_KEY;
}
}
return isolatedEnv;
}
/**
* Get a specific credential from claude-mem's .env
* Returns undefined if not set (which means use default/CLI billing)
*/
export function getCredential(key: keyof ClaudeMemEnv): string | undefined {
const env = loadClaudeMemEnv();
return env[key];
}
/**
* Set a specific credential in claude-mem's .env
* Pass empty string to remove the credential
*/
export function setCredential(key: keyof ClaudeMemEnv, value: string): void {
const env = loadClaudeMemEnv();
env[key] = value || undefined;
saveClaudeMemEnv(env);
}
/**
* Check if claude-mem has an Anthropic API key configured
* If false, it means CLI billing should be used
*/
export function hasAnthropicApiKey(): boolean {
const env = loadClaudeMemEnv();
return !!env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY;
}
/**
* Get auth method description for logging
*/
export function getAuthMethodDescription(): string {
if (hasAnthropicApiKey()) {
return 'API key (from ~/.claude-mem/.env)';
}
return 'Claude Code CLI (subscription billing)';
}
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@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export interface SettingsDefaults {
CLAUDE_MEM_SKIP_TOOLS: string;
// AI Provider Configuration
CLAUDE_MEM_PROVIDER: string; // 'claude' | 'gemini' | 'openrouter'
CLAUDE_MEM_CLAUDE_AUTH_METHOD: string; // 'cli' | 'api' - how Claude provider authenticates
CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_API_KEY: string;
CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_MODEL: string; // 'gemini-2.5-flash-lite' | 'gemini-2.5-flash' | 'gemini-3-flash'
CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_RATE_LIMITING_ENABLED: string; // 'true' | 'false' - enable rate limiting for free tier
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export class SettingsDefaultsManager {
CLAUDE_MEM_SKIP_TOOLS: 'ListMcpResourcesTool,SlashCommand,Skill,TodoWrite,AskUserQuestion',
// AI Provider Configuration
CLAUDE_MEM_PROVIDER: 'claude', // Default to Claude
CLAUDE_MEM_CLAUDE_AUTH_METHOD: 'cli', // Default to CLI subscription billing (not API key)
CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_API_KEY: '', // Empty by default, can be set via UI or env
CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_MODEL: 'gemini-2.5-flash-lite', // Default Gemini model (highest free tier RPM)
CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_RATE_LIMITING_ENABLED: 'true', // Rate limiting ON by default for free tier users