Re: [BUG] Org may fetch remote content without asking user consent

[Max Nikulin]

On 08/02/2024 00:10, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> Max Nikulin writes:
>
> > It is a bit more tricky. Current file may be remote as well. Browsers
> > have concept of same origin for applying security and privacy measures.
> > Org needs something similar.
>
> May you please elaborate?

Consider a file opened as /ssh:host:org/test.org that has

#+setupfile: /ssh:host:org/include.org

Formally it is a remote file, actually it resides on the same host as 
the current document. Perhaps user consent is redundant.

On the other hand, the file likely either contains

#+setupfile: include.org

or the user has /ssh:host:org/ in the list of safe URIs. So there is no 
need to treat such coincidence in a special way.

I am not confident in proper policy though. When some URI matches a 
pattern in the safe list, likely it is suitable for files created by the 
user and it is not really safe to allow it for a mail message attachment.

Default protection should not be excessively strict, otherwise users 
will disable it completely.