fix: redact sensitive CLI argument values in /system_stats argv

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Problem

/system_stats is an unauthenticated endpoint that echoes sys.argv back verbatim in its JSON response. Any client that can reach this endpoint — including cross-origin requests from a malicious page, if CORS/network exposure allows it — can read the exact values passed to path-bearing CLI flags such as --extra-model-paths-config, --output-directory, --base-directory, --database-url, etc. These values routinely contain local usernames, internal directory layouts, or other filesystem details that have no diagnostic value to an untrusted caller but are still useful to leak for reconnaissance.

Fix

Add comfy.cli_args.redact_sensitive_argv(), which walks argv and replaces only the value(s) following a known sensitive flag with "*". Flag names — and every other argument — are left untouched. server.py's /system_stats handler now returns redact_sensitive_argv(sys.argv) instead of the raw sys.argv.

This is deliberately not the naive fix of truncating argv to [sys.argv[0]] (as originally proposed in the issue) — that would break the frontend's legitimate consumption of the full argv array (the system-stats panel and the "Copy System Info" support feature both render which flags were passed, for debugging). Redacting only values preserves that functionality while removing the actual secret.

Covers both --flag value and --flag=value argparse styles, and flags that take multiple values (nargs='+', currently just --extra-model-paths-config) by redacting every value up to the next --prefixed token.

Testing

Added tests-unit/server_test/test_system_stats_argv_redaction.py (10 cases), covering: the exact repro from the issue, --flag=value syntax, multi-value flags, a flag with a missing trailing value, non-sensitive arguments being left alone, empty argv, and non-mutation of the input list. server.py itself can't be imported in a unit test without pulling in the full torch/nodes dependency chain, so the test targets the redaction helper directly — following the existing pattern in tests-unit/security_test/test_ghsa_779p_05_dangerous_content_types.py.

Ran locally:

python -m pytest tests-unit/server_test/ -v

→ 50 passed (40 pre-existing test_cache_control.py cases + 10 new).

ruff check comfy/cli_args.py server.py tests-unit/server_test/test_system_stats_argv_redaction.py → All checks passed.

Fixes #15821

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Keep the equals-style handling unchanged. argparse treats a following bare token as unrecognized when --extra-model-paths-config uses = and nargs='+'; parse_args() exits before /system_stats starts. The separate-token branch already redacts all valid multi-value inputs.

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Added redact_sensitive_argv() with classifications for sensitive single-value and multi-value flags. The function preserves flag names and non-sensitive arguments while replacing sensitive values, including equals-style arguments. Updated /system_stats to return redacted command-line arguments. Added unit tests for supported syntax, malformed and empty inputs, immutability, and all documented sensitive flags.

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 7a7d8

This change redacts sensitive CLI argument values while preserving flag names and other diagnostic arguments. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	The PR redacts known sensitive values but still returns the full argv, while issue #15821 requires exposing only the main executable name.	Return only sys.argv[0], or obtain explicit approval and update issue #15821 to permit redacted full argv output.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: redacting sensitive CLI argument values returned by /system_stats.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the sensitive argv exposure, the redaction approach, supported formats, tests, and the related issue.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All described changes implement argv redaction for /system_stats or add focused tests; no unrelated changes are present.
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In `@comfy/cli_args.py`:
- Around line 360-364: Update the sensitive-option redaction logic in
cli_args.py so it only consumes the following token as a value when that token
does not start with “-”, matching the boundary check used for multi-value flags.
Preserve a following flag such as “--cpu” unchanged when a sensitive option has
no value, while retaining the existing redaction for actual values.
- Around line 365-372: Update the redaction logic for SENSITIVE_ARGV_MULTI_FLAGS
to detect equals-style values, preserve the flag name, and replace everything
after the equals sign with “*” before appending it to redacted; retain existing
handling for space-separated values and add a regression test covering
--extra-model-paths-config with an equals-style path.

In `@tests-unit/server_test/test_system_stats_argv_redaction.py`:
- Around line 17-20: Add a focused /system_stats route test alongside the
existing redact_sensitive_argv tests, setting sys.argv to include a sensitive
path and asserting the JSON response contains "*" rather than the original path.
Follow the established endpoint-testing pattern while preserving the existing
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Add a targeted /system_stats response test.

These tests validate redact_sensitive_argv() only. They do not verify that system_stats returns the helper output. Add a focused route test that sets a sensitive sys.argv value and asserts that the JSON response contains "*" instead of the path.

As per path instructions, “Validate the endpoint behavior with targeted unit tests.”

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asserting the JSON response contains "*" rather than the original path. Follow
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Thanks for the review — both actionable findings were valid bugs, fixed in 7a7d84e:

1. Missing-value flag swallowing a following flag: the single-value-flag branch now only consumes the next token as the value if it doesn't start with -. Previously --tls-keyfile --cpu (a sensitive flag with no value, immediately followed by another flag) incorrectly redacted --cpu into *.
2. Equals-style syntax leaking for multi-value flags: SENSITIVE_ARGV_MULTI_FLAGS now checks for = first, mirroring the existing single-value-flag handling. Previously --extra-model-paths-config=/path.yaml was left completely unredacted.

Added two regression tests (test_flag_with_missing_value_does_not_swallow_the_next_flag, test_multi_value_flag_equals_syntax_is_redacted) — confirmed both fail against the pre-fix code and pass after the fix. Full suite is 12/12 passing locally, ruff check clean.

On the suggested route-level test for /system_stats itself: kept the test scoped to the helper function, consistent with the existing tests-unit/security_test/test_ghsa_779p_05_dangerous_content_types.py pattern noted in this file's docstring — importing server.py directly in a unit test pulls in the full torch/nodes/PromptServer stack, which this test suite avoids.