Prevent line-mode term from showing user passwords

For buffers whose mode derive from comint-mode, the user password is
read from the minibuffer and it's hidden.  A buffer in term-mode and
line submode, instead shows the passwords.  Make buffers in line
term-mode to hide passwords too (Bug#30190).

* lisp/term.el (term-send-invisible): Prefer the more robust
`read-passwd' instead of `term-read-noecho'.
(term-watch-for-password-prompt): New function.
(term-emulate-terminal): Call it each time we receive non-escape
sequence output.

Co-authored-by: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>

diff --git a/lisp/term.el b/lisp/term.el
index b7f5b0e7f2063694d7320f531a27aaacca077382..ae451e94bd640dcda936e151e7fee192e883288e 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/term.el
+++ b/lisp/term.el
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@
 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl-lib))
 (require 'ring)
 (require 'ehelp)
+(require 'comint) ; Password regexp.
 
 (declare-function ring-empty-p "ring" (ring))
 (declare-function ring-ref "ring" (ring index))
@@ -2283,12 +2284,10 @@ applications."
 (defun term-send-invisible (str &optional proc)
   "Read a string without echoing.
 Then send it to the process running in the current buffer.  A new-line
-is additionally sent.  String is not saved on term input history list.
-Security bug: your string can still be temporarily recovered with
-\\[view-lossage]."
+is additionally sent.  String is not saved on term input history list."
   (interactive "P") ; Defeat snooping via C-x esc
   (when (not (stringp str))
-    (setq str (term-read-noecho "Non-echoed text: " t)))
+    (setq str (read-passwd "Non-echoed text: ")))
   (when (not proc)
     (setq proc (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))))
   (if (not proc) (error "Current buffer has no process")
@@ -2297,6 +2296,16 @@ Security bug: your string can still be temporarily recovered with
     (term-send-string proc str)
     (term-send-string proc "\n")))
 
+;; TODO: Maybe combine this with `comint-watch-for-password-prompt'.
+(defun term-watch-for-password-prompt (string)
+  "Prompt in the minibuffer for password and send without echoing.
+Checks if STRING contains a password prompt as defined by
+`comint-password-prompt-regexp'."
+  (when (term-in-line-mode)
+    (when (let ((case-fold-search t))
+            (string-match comint-password-prompt-regexp string))
+      (term-send-invisible (read-passwd string)))))
+
 \f
 ;;; Low-level process communication
 
@@ -3152,6 +3161,8 @@ See `term-prompt-regexp'."
          (term-handle-deferred-scroll))
 
        (set-marker (process-mark proc) (point))
+        (when (stringp decoded-substring)
+          (term-watch-for-password-prompt decoded-substring))
        (when save-point
          (goto-char save-point)
          (set-marker save-point nil))