1 /* Look up an environment variable, returning NULL in insecure situations.
3 Copyright 2013-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
6 under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
7 by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
8 (at your option) any later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
16 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
22 #if !HAVE___SECURE_GETENV
23 # if HAVE_ISSETUGID || (HAVE_GETUID && HAVE_GETEUID && HAVE_GETGID && HAVE_GETEGID)
29 secure_getenv (char const *name
)
31 #if HAVE___SECURE_GETENV /* glibc */
32 return __secure_getenv (name
);
33 #elif HAVE_ISSETUGID /* OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD */
37 #elif HAVE_GETUID && HAVE_GETEUID && HAVE_GETGID && HAVE_GETEGID /* other Unix */
38 if (geteuid () != getuid () || getegid () != getgid ())
41 #elif defined _WIN32 && ! defined __CYGWIN__ /* native Windows */
42 /* On native Windows, there is no such concept as setuid or setgid binaries.
43 - Programs launched as system services have high privileges, but they don't
44 inherit environment variables from a user.
45 - Programs launched by a user with "Run as Administrator" have high
46 privileges and use the environment variables, but the user has been asked
48 - Programs launched by a user without "Run as Administrator" cannot gain
49 high privileges, therefore there is no risk. */