AI 代理的凭据防火墙。
核心主张是结构性的,而非策略性的:代理接收的是占位令牌,而非真实的 API 密钥。真实的密钥仅跨越一个网络边界——在 wardn 代理内部,前往上游 API 的途中——并在响应返回代理之前被剥离。日志、环境、LLM 上下文窗口、临时文件以及 shell 历史中仅保留占位符。```text agent process OPENAI_KEY=wdn_placeholder_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8 (useless) agent logs Authorization: Bearer wdn_placeholder_a1b2... (useless) LLM context wdn_placeholder_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8 (useless) wardn proxy injects the real key in-flight, single seam (deleted on response) ~/.vibeguard/vault.enc AES-256-GCM(Argon2id(passphrase)) (encrypted at rest)
这是关键的安全声明,且目前能够抵御智能体受损、提示注入、日志窃取和技能外泄。阅读 [docs/THREAT-MODEL.md](https://github.com/rohansx/wardn/blob/main/docs/THREAT-MODEL.md) 以了解已覆盖和未覆盖范围的诚实划分——包括在何种层级下可实现更强的“主机受损不会泄露任何信息”这一声明。
保险库本身(静态加密,基于口令派生的密钥)是一个真实组件,也是防火墙可以在单台机器上运行的原因。即将推出的 [docs/HOSTED-TIER.md](https://github.com/rohansx/wardn/blob/main/docs/HOSTED-TIER.md) 层级还将在代理周围包裹一个机密计算飞地,即使 VPS 被完全入侵,也无法读取密钥。
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## 问题所在
如今,每个 AI 智能体框架都将 API 密钥存储在环境变量或 `.env` 文件中。一个受损的智能体、恶意技能、商品级窃密软件或提示注入,只要从 LLM 日志中提取出 `Authorization: Bearer sk-...`,就能完全获得你的凭证。```
~/.env → OPENAI_KEY=sk-proj-real-key # plaintext, readable by anyone
agent context → "Use OPENAI_KEY=sk-proj-real-key" # leaked into LLM context window
agent logs → Authorization: Bearer sk-proj-... # sitting in log files
wardn 向代理程序提供一个无用的占位字符串,并从其能触及的每个表面移除真实密钥。真实密钥在网络层注入——单个接缝处——并在响应到达代理程序之前从中剥离。``` agent environment → OPENAI_KEY=wdn_placeholder_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8 (useless) wardn vault → OPENAI_KEY=sk-proj-real-key (encrypted at rest) upstream request → Authorization: Bearer sk-proj-real-key (network transit only) upstream response → ...real keys stripped, placeholders returned... (re-injected on the way back) agent logs → Authorization: Bearer wdn_placeholder_a1b2... (useless) LLM context window → wdn_placeholder_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8 (useless)
## 架构```mermaid
flowchart TB
subgraph Agent["AI Agent Process"]
A1["Agent Code"]
A2["ENV: OPENAI_KEY=wdn_placeholder_a1b2..."]
end
subgraph Wardn["wardn daemon · localhost:7777"]
direction TB
P["HTTP Proxy"]
MCP["MCP Server\n(stdio)"]
subgraph Pipeline["Request Pipeline"]
direction LR
S1["Identify\nAgent"] --> S2["Resolve\nPlaceholder"] --> S3["Check\nAuth"] --> S4["Rate\nLimit"] --> S5["Inject\nReal Key"]
end
subgraph ResponsePipeline["Response Pipeline"]
direction RL
R1["Strip Real\nKeys"] --> R2["Replace with\nPlaceholders"]
end
subgraph Vault["Encrypted Vault"]
V1["AES-256-GCM"]
V2["Argon2id KDF"]
V3["Placeholder Map\nper agent × credential"]
end
end
subgraph External["External APIs"]
E1["api.openai.com"]
E2["api.anthropic.com"]
E3["..."]
end
A1 -- "placeholder token\nin headers/body" --> P
A1 -. "MCP: get_credential_ref\nlist_credentials\ncheck_rate_limit" .-> MCP
MCP -. "placeholder token\n(never real keys)" .-> A1
P --> Pipeline
Pipeline --> External
External --> ResponsePipeline
ResponsePipeline -- "response with\nplaceholders only" --> A1
Pipeline <--> Vault
ResponsePipeline <--> Vault
style Agent fill:#1a1a2e,stroke:#e94560,color:#fff
style Wardn fill:#0f3460,stroke:#16213e,color:#fff
style Pipeline fill:#16213e,stroke:#e94560,color:#fff
style ResponsePipeline fill:#16213e,stroke:#e94560,color:#fff
style Vault fill:#1a1a2e,stroke:#00d2ff,color:#fff
style External fill:#0a0a0a,stroke:#533483,color:#fff
Agent sends request with placeholder in Authorization header │ ▼ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ wardn proxy │ │ localhost:7777 │ │ │ │ 1. Identify agent │ │ 2. Resolve placeholder │ │ 3. Check authorization │ │ 4. Check rate limit │ │ 5. Inject real key │ │ 6. Forward request │ │ 7. Strip key from resp │ │ 8. Return to agent │ └─────────────────────────┘ │ ▼ External API (only place real key exists in transit)
## Demo
<p align="center">
<img src="https://assets.kitploit.com/production/public/readmes/12823/1fa6109ffd855ec98c173c5edd2d7ee77f6b0c918a3cdecb1ea5fbfe8326161d.gif" alt="wardn demo" width="800">
</p>
## 信任级别(坦诚版)
| 层级 | 部署位置 | 保障内容 |
|---|---|---|
| **自托管(当前)** | 你的笔记本电脑、你的VPS、CI | 静态加密保险库、防火墙声明对抗代理。**不**防御主机上的root权限。 |
| **托管(即将推出)** | wardn管理或自带云 | 机密计算环境(Nitro / SEV-SNP) + 远程证明 + 加密到代理流程。真正实现'主机被攻破也不泄露任何信息'的声明。 |
自托管层级是当前的主力保障,现已发布。托管层级是严格升级路径:需要费用和运维复杂度,其设计见 [docs/HOSTED-TIER.md](https://github.com/rohansx/wardn/blob/main/docs/HOSTED-TIER.md)。以下是涵盖与未涵盖内容的完整坦诚清单:
👉 **[docs/THREAT-MODEL.md](https://github.com/rohansx/wardn/blob/main/docs/THREAT-MODEL.md)** — 涵盖/未涵盖表格,明确指出'任何软件保险库都无法消除主机被攻破的风险',以及升级路径。
## 安装```bash
# Prebuilt binary (Linux/macOS, amd64/arm64), checksum-verified
curl -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rohansx/wardn/main/install.sh | sh
# or from crates.io
cargo install wardn
# or Homebrew, once the tap is published (see Formula/wardn.rb)
brew install rohansx/wardn/wardn
wardn vault create wardn vault set OPENAI_KEY wardn vault set ANTHROPIC_KEY
wardn setup claude-code
就这样。Claude Code 现在使用 wardn 的 MCP 服务器来获取占位符令牌,而不是从你的环境中读取真实密钥。
### 接下来会发生什么
1. Claude Code 调用 `get_credential_ref` → 获取 `wdn_placeholder_a1b2...`(非真实密钥)
2. 代理通过 wardn 代理发送包含占位符的请求
3. 代理将占位符替换为真实密钥,转发给 API
4. 代理在返回响应前从代理处剥离真实密钥
真实密钥永远不会进入代理的内存、日志或 LLM 上下文窗口。
## 本地仪表盘
一旦守护进程启动(`wardn serve` 或由 `wardn run` 生成),在浏览器中打开 **http://127.0.0.1:7777/ui**。它是一个只读、仅限本地的视图,包含:
- **凭证** — 每个存储的凭证及其 ACL(允许的代理、允许的域、速率限制 + 预算徽章)。
- **最近活动** — 最近 50 个代理事件,包括方法、域、路径、状态、代理、request_id 和记录的成本(`request_completed`、`credential_injected`、`rate_limit`、`budget_exceeded`、`loop_detected`、`request_error`)。
- **预算** — 每个凭证的配置预算(最大值、已花费、剩余、窗口、模式),并带有进度条,当超过 50%/80% 时从警告变为错误。
每 2 秒自动轮询。没有变更端点 —— 离开仪表盘的唯一途径是 API 本身(`/api/summary`、`/api/credentials`、`/api/audit?limit=N`、`/api/budgets`)。```bash
# Static, anonymous, never sees real keys
curl http://127.0.0.1:7777/api/summary | jq
wardn vault get OPENAI_KEY
wardn vault list
wardn serve
wardn serve --mcp --agent my-agent
## CLI 参考
### Vault 管理```bash
wardn vault create # create encrypted vault
wardn vault set OPENAI_KEY # store credential (prompts for value, no echo)
wardn vault get OPENAI_KEY # get placeholder token (never the real value)
wardn vault get OPENAI_KEY --agent bot # get placeholder for specific agent
wardn vault list # list all credentials
wardn vault rotate OPENAI_KEY # rotate value, placeholders unchanged
wardn vault remove OPENAI_KEY # remove credential
# Custom vault path
wardn --vault /path/to/vault.enc vault list
wardn serve # HTTP proxy on 127.0.0.1:7777 wardn serve --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 # custom bind address wardn serve --config wardn.toml # load config with rate limits + ACLs wardn serve --mcp --agent my-agent # proxy + MCP server (stdio)
### Claude Code / Cursor 集成```bash
wardn setup claude-code # register wardn as MCP server in Claude Code
wardn setup cursor # register wardn as MCP server in Cursor
# Or manually:
claude mcp add --transport stdio --scope user wardn -- wardn serve --mcp --agent claude-code
wardn setup doeswardn 二进制文件的路径WARDN_PASSPHRASE 运行 claude mcp add~/.cursor/mcp.json 的 env 中wardn serve --mcp 作为子进程生成运行 setup 后,重新启动你的 IDE 并尝试以下提示:``` "List my wardn credentials" → Claude calls list_credentials, shows credential names (never values)
"Get me a reference to OPENAI_KEY" → Claude calls get_credential_ref, gets wdn_placeholder_... (not the real key)
"Check my rate limit for OPENAI_KEY" → Claude calls check_rate_limit, shows remaining quota
#### 可用的 MCP 工具
| 工具 | 返回内容 | 安全性 |
|------|----------------|----------|
| `get_credential_ref` | 占位符令牌 (`wdn_placeholder_...`) | 绝不是真实值 |
| `list_credentials` | 凭据名称 + 元数据 | 根据代理的访问权限过滤 |
| `check_rate_limit` | 剩余配额、重试信息 | 只读 |
### 凭据迁移```bash
wardn migrate --dry-run # audit Claude Code dir for exposed keys
wardn migrate --source claude-code # scan + migrate to vault
wardn migrate --source open-claw # scan OpenClaw config
wardn migrate --source directory --path ./my-proj # scan any directory
export, quoted valueswardn import dotenv ./.env
wardn import file ./creds.json wardn import file ./creds.yaml
op session. Default name iswardn import one-password op://Personal/openai/api_key wardn import one-password op://Work/anthropic/token --name ANTHROPIC_KEY
echo 'OPENAI_KEY=sk-...' | wardn import stdin
每个导入器在首次使用时都会提示输入密码库密码(或从 `WARDN_PASSPHRASE` / 操作系统钥匙串读取)。现有的值会被静默覆盖——导入器仅处理值,元数据(允许的代理 / 域名 / 速率限制 / 预算)保持不变。
### 自动化
在 CI/脚本中,设置 `WARDN_PASSPHRASE` 和 `WARDN_VALUE` 环境变量以跳过交互提示:```bash
WARDN_PASSPHRASE=my-pass wardn vault list
WARDN_PASSPHRASE=my-pass WARDN_VALUE=sk-proj-xxx wardn vault set OPENAI_KEY
添加到您的 Cargo.toml:```toml
[dependencies]
wardn = "0.4"
### 保险库操作```rust
use wardn::{Vault, config::CredentialConfig};
// Create an encrypted vault
let vault = Vault::create("vault.enc", "my-passphrase")?;
// Store a credential
vault.set_with_config("OPENAI_KEY", "sk-proj-real-key-123", &CredentialConfig {
allowed_agents: vec!["researcher".into(), "writer".into()],
allowed_domains: vec!["api.openai.com".into()],
rate_limit: Some(RateLimitConfig { max_calls: 200, per: TimePeriod::Hour }),
})?;
// Agent gets a placeholder (not the real key)
let placeholder = vault.get_placeholder("OPENAI_KEY", "researcher")?;
// → "wdn_placeholder_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8"
// Rotate the real key — all placeholders keep working
vault.rotate("OPENAI_KEY", "sk-proj-new-key-456")?;
use wardn::daemon::{Daemon, DaemonConfig};
let daemon = Daemon::new(vault, DaemonConfig::default()); daemon.serve_proxy().await?;
### MCP Server```rust
use wardn::mcp::WardenMcpServer;
// Serve over stdio (for Claude Code, Cursor, etc.)
WardenMcpServer::serve_stdio(vault, rate_limiter, "agent-id".into()).await?;
MCP 工具暴露(只读,不返回任何凭据值):
| 工具 | 描述 |
|---|---|
get_credential_ref | 获取凭据的占位令牌 |
list_credentials | 列出你有权访问的凭据 |
check_rate_limit | 检查剩余配额 |
关于 wardn 与其最直接同类工具(Infisical Agent Vault、1Password for Agents、LiteLLM 虚拟密钥)的深入比较,以及 wardn 的保证如何映射到 OWASP 的 Agentic Top 10 和 MCP 规范的安全指南,请参见 docs/comparison.md。
Wardn 将信任集中在一个本地进程(代理)中,而不是分散到每个插件、工具和 LLM 上下文窗口。这是更小的攻击面,而非零攻击面:
localhost:7777 有效,不对真实 API 开放,且可以针对每个代理进行速率限制和吊销每次凭据访问都会记录一个唯一的请求 ID 以便追踪:``` INFO request_id=a1b2c3 agent=claude-code method=POST domain=api.openai.com path=/v1/chat/completions proxy request received INFO request_id=a1b2c3 agent=claude-code credential=OPENAI_KEY domain=api.openai.com credential injected INFO request_id=a1b2c3 agent=claude-code upstream_status=200 credentials_injected=1 credentials_stripped=0 proxy request completed
设置 `RUST_LOG=wardn=info`(或 `debug`/`trace`)以控制日志详细程度。日志输出到 stderr,从不输出到 stdout。
## 配置```toml
[warden]
vault_path = "~/.vibeguard/vault.enc"
[warden.credentials.OPENAI_KEY]
rate_limit = { max_calls = 200, per = "hour" }
allowed_agents = ["researcher", "writer"]
allowed_domains = ["api.openai.com"]
[warden.credentials.ANTHROPIC_KEY]
rate_limit = { max_calls = 100, per = "hour" }
allowed_agents = ["researcher"]
allowed_domains = ["api.anthropic.com"]
wardn/
├── src/
│ ├── main.rs # CLI entry point (clap + tokio)
│ ├── cli/
│ │ ├── mod.rs # Clap argument definitions
│ │ ├── vault_cmd.rs # Vault subcommand handlers
│ │ ├── serve_cmd.rs # Serve subcommand handler
│ │ ├── run_cmd.rs # wardn run — lazy-starts the daemon, wires
│ │ │ # agent env vars, execs the child
│ │ ├── setup_cmd.rs # Claude Code / Cursor MCP setup (+ shell alias)
│ │ └── migrate_cmd.rs # Migrate subcommand handler
│ ├── lib.rs # Public API, WardenError
│ ├── config.rs # TOML configuration parsing, [upstreams] map
│ ├── vault/
│ │ ├── mod.rs # Vault CRUD operations
│ │ ├── encryption.rs # AES-256-GCM + Argon2id + zeroize types
│ │ ├── storage.rs # On-disk format (WDNV), atomic writes
│ │ ├── placeholder.rs # Token generation, per-agent isolation
│ │ └── keyring_store.rs # OS keychain passphrase storage
│ ├── proxy/
│ │ ├── mod.rs # HTTP proxy server (axum)
│ │ ├── route.rs # Provider-prefix vs Host-header upstream routing
│ │ ├── inject.rs # Credential injection into requests
│ │ ├── strip.rs # Credential stripping (shared pair-building)
│ │ ├── stream.rs # Streaming (SSE/chunked) credential stripper
│ │ └── rate_limit.rs # Token bucket rate limiter
│ ├── mcp/
│ │ ├── mod.rs # MCP server (rmcp, stdio transport)
│ │ └── tools.rs # Tool parameter/response types
│ ├── migrate/
│ │ ├── mod.rs # Migration orchestrator + risk scoring
│ │ └── scanners/
│ │ └── credentials.rs # API key pattern scanner
│ └── daemon/
│ └── mod.rs # Daemon (proxy + MCP in single process)
└── tests/
├── cli_tests.rs # CLI integration tests
├── vault_tests.rs # Vault integration tests
├── proxy_tests.rs # Proxy tests without a real upstream
├── proxy_e2e_tests.rs # Real upstream via wiremock (header/body/SSE)
└── run_cmd_tests.rs # Real end-to-end wardn run
## 开发```bash
# Integration tests use a fast (insecure) KDF so the suite runs in
# milliseconds instead of paying the real Argon2id cost per test —
# always pass this feature flag when running tests locally or in CI:
cargo test --features test-fast-kdf
cargo build
cargo clippy --all-targets --features test-fast-kdf
flowchart LR subgraph Input Pass["Passphrase"] Salt["Random Salt\n(16 bytes)"] Creds["Credentials\n(JSON)"] end
subgraph KDF["Key Derivation"]
Argon["Argon2id\nm=19456 t=2 p=1"]
end
subgraph Encrypt["Encryption"]
AES["AES-256-GCM"]
Nonce["Random Nonce\n(12 bytes)"]
end
subgraph Output["WDNV File"]
direction TB
Magic["WDNV (4B)"]
Ver["Version (2B)"]
SaltOut["Salt (16B)"]
Payload["Nonce ‖ Ciphertext ‖ Tag"]
end
Pass --> Argon
Salt --> Argon
Argon -- "256-bit key" --> AES
Creds --> AES
Nonce --> AES
AES --> Payload
style Input fill:#1a1a2e,stroke:#e94560,color:#fff
style KDF fill:#16213e,stroke:#00d2ff,color:#fff
style Encrypt fill:#16213e,stroke:#00d2ff,color:#fff
style Output fill:#0f3460,stroke:#533483,color:#fff
### 文件格式```
Bytes 0-3: Magic "WDNV"
Bytes 4-5: Version (u16 LE)
Bytes 6-21: Argon2id salt (16 bytes)
Bytes 22+: AES-256-GCM encrypted payload (nonce ‖ ciphertext ‖ tag)
Wardn 是 VibeGuard 的凭证隔离层——一个面向 AI 代理的安全守护进程。其他计划中的模块:
MIT
| 特性 | 保证 |
|---|
| 凭据不在代理内存中 | 代理进程仅持有占位字符串 |
| 凭据不以明文形式存储在磁盘上 | 使用 AES-256-GCM 加密保险库及 Argon2id KDF |
| 凭据不出现在日志中 | 所有日志输出中仅出现占位符 |
| 凭据不出现在 LLM 上下文中 | 占位符注入到环境变量,真实密钥在网络层 |
| 成本暴露有边界 | 每个代理每个凭据的令牌桶速率限制 |
| 凭据回显保护 | API 响应中的真实密钥在被代理接收前被剥离 |
| 内存安全 | SensitiveString/SensitiveBytes 在释放时归零 |
| 原子化持久性 | 先写临时文件再重命名,防止保险库损坏 |
| 攻击方式 | wardn 如何阻止 |
|---|
.env 凭据窃取 | 无 .env 文件。密钥仅存在于加密保险库 |
恶意技能读取 $OPENAI_KEY | 获取到 wdn_placeholder_... —— 无用的 |
| 窃密工具针对代理配置 | 仅发现占位令牌 |
| 提示注入泄露密钥 | 密钥从未出现在代理上下文窗口中 |
| 代理日志包含凭据 | 日志仅包含占位字符串 |
| 代理完全被攻破 | 攻击者获得的是无用的占位符 |
| 循环代理导致成本失控 | 每个代理每个凭据的速率限制 |
| 工具 | 功能 | wardn 的差异 |
|---|
| 密钥管理器(Vault、AWS SM、1Password) | 安全存储 + 检索 | 代理在运行时仍然获得真实密钥。Wardn 确保代理从不接触它。 |
| Varlock | 基于模式的 .env 验证 + 安全配置 | 专注于配置管理和泄露扫描。Wardn 在运行时注入凭据 —— 密钥从不进入代理进程。 |
| OpenRouter | API 路由 + 密钥管理 | 信任客户端持有 API 密钥。Wardn 不信任 —— 代理持有无用的占位符。 |
| dotenv + .gitignore | 将密钥排除在 Git 之外 | 密钥仍存在于内存、环境变量、日志中。Wardn 将它们从三者中全部移除。 |
| 服务网格(Istio、Linkerd) | 服务间认证 | 解决基础设施层的 mTLS。Wardn 解决代理到 API 的认证,且代理本身不被信任。 |