dag-permission-validator

Permission inheritance validation ensures child agents spawned in a DAG have permissions equal to or more restrictive than the parent. It prevents privilege escalation by validating the permission matrix before agent spawning occurs.

To prevent privilege escalation across DAG-spawned agents, apply pre-spawn validation using a permission matrix model. This enforces that child permissions across core tools, bash, file systems, networks, and MCP tools remain equal to or more restrictive than the parent.

Yes, you need a parent permission matrix and a proposed child matrix. The validator compares these matrices across core tools, bash, file system, network, MCP tools, and models to ensure child permissions do not exceed parent permissions.

The best way to enforce policy consistency is pre-spawn validation against a permission matrix. This approach checks child agent permissions before spawning, reports violations, and provides actionable suggestions to align with organization security policies.

When a child agent requests more permissions than the parent, the validator generates a violation report. This report includes actionable guidance and warnings indicating which specific tools or resources exceed the allowed permission inheritance boundaries.