[WRONG BRANCH] fix(windows): use trusted ScheduledTasks module during elevated registration

[luvs01]

Motivation

• Prevent an elevation-time command-resolution hijack where an unqualified Register-ScheduledTask call could be autoloaded from a user-writable PSModulePath after UAC approval.

Description

• In runWindowsElevatedScheduledTaskRegistration derive the trusted PowerShell installation path from the validated windowsPowerShell() result and build an explicit ScheduledTasks.psd1 manifest path.
• Import that manifest via the core Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Import-Module call (module-qualified, absolute path) and invoke the exported Register-ScheduledTask command object instead of calling the bare cmdlet.
• Reuse the resolved powershell path for the elevated Start-Process invocation and preserve the existing immutable base64-encoded XML embedding flow.
• Extend tests/windows-elevation-spawn.test.ts with assertions that the elevated script references the System32 ScheduledTasks.psd1, uses Import-Module, calls the exported command object, and does not contain a bare Register-ScheduledTask invocation.

Testing

• Ran bun run typecheck which completed successfully.
• Ran bun run privacy:scan which completed successfully.
• Ran git diff --check which reported no issues.
• Attempted bun run test and focused tests/windows-elevation-spawn.test.ts, but the CI-like environment produced unrelated test failures and a runtime node:zlib export compatibility error (zstdDecompressSync) that prevented the focused spawn test from completing; therefore the new test assertions are present but could not be exercised end-to-end in this environment.

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Codex Task

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved Windows elevated task registration by explicitly loading the trusted ScheduledTasks module.
  • Added validation to ensure the task registration command is available before execution.
  • Increased reliability by avoiding unintended command resolution from the system environment.

• Tests

  • Updated coverage to verify module loading, command resolution, and invocation behavior.

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Walkthrough

The scheduled-task registration script now explicitly imports the trusted ScheduledTasks module from an absolute path, validates the exported Register-ScheduledTask command, and invokes it by reference. The test verifies these script changes.

Changes

Scheduled-task registration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Module resolution and validation src/lib/windows-elevation.ts, tests/windows-elevation-spawn.test.ts	The script derives the ScheduledTasks module path from the resolved PowerShell location, imports the module, checks for the exported Register-ScheduledTask command, and invokes $registerTask. The test validates the absolute import, exported-command lookup, indirect invocation, and removal of the direct cmdlet call.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 631a7

The change routes elevated task registration through the trusted PowerShell module path, reducing command-resolution hijacking risk. Merge is reasonable with owner awareness that the regression test should reject every unqualified invocation form to prevent this protection from silently regressing.

Possibly related PRs

• luvs01/opencodex#256: Both changes use trusted, explicitly resolved Windows PowerShell paths, but they affect different functions.

Suggested reviewers: wibias, lidge-jun

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In `@tests/windows-elevation-spawn.test.ts`:
- Line 155: Update the elevatedScript assertion to reject every unqualified
Register-ScheduledTask invocation, regardless of which arguments follow it,
while preserving matching for qualified command references.

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject every unqualified Register-ScheduledTask invocation.

The assertion only matches the form followed by -TaskName. A regression such as Register-ScheduledTask -Xml $xml or Register-ScheduledTask @parameters`` would pass the test and could reintroduce ambient command resolution.

Proposed test fix

-    expect(elevatedScript).not.toMatch(/(^|[; ]+)Register-ScheduledTask\s+-TaskName/);
+    expect(elevatedScript).not.toMatch(
+      /(?:^|[;{\n])\s*(?:&\s*)?Register-ScheduledTask\b/,
+    );

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	expect(elevatedScript).not.toMatch(/(^|[; ]+)Register-ScheduledTask\s+-TaskName/);
	expect(elevatedScript).not.toMatch(
	/(?:^|[;{\n])\s*(?:&\s*)?Register-ScheduledTask\b/,
	);

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In `@tests/windows-elevation-spawn.test.ts` at line 155, Update the elevatedScript
assertion to reject every unqualified Register-ScheduledTask invocation,
regardless of which arguments follow it, while preserving matching for qualified
command references.

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