[mohitduhan19]

Closes #9423

Problem

When a single-file classpath resource is loaded from a JAR (e.g. MountableFile.forClasspathResource("nested/inside/jar/Dockerfile")), MountableFile strips the resource's internal JAR path before writing it to the extraction directory. For a single file this collapses the destination name to an empty string, so the file is written directly onto the temp directory's own path (tmpLocation) instead of into it.

Any caller that treats the resolved path's parent as a self-contained context then ends up scanning the shared system temp directory instead of a dedicated one. This is exactly what happens when building a Docker image from a Dockerfile loaded via a classpath resource: docker-java's Dockerfile.parse/withDockerfile(Path) scans the parent directory of the given path, and since the parent is now /tmp itself, the scan can fail (e.g. on files it doesn't have permission to read) with:

DockerClientException: Failed to read build context directory: /tmp

Credit to @ml-james for the original diagnosis and repro in #9423.

Fix

Rather than stripping the resource's internal JAR path (the approach in the issue's suggested patch, which just re-appends a suffix), this PR removes the now-unnecessary fromRoot-stripping entirely:

• copyFromJarToLocation now copies each JAR entry to new File(toRoot, entry.getName()), i.e. it preserves the resource's own path within the JAR underneath the extraction directory.
• extractClassPathResourceToTempLocation returns new File(tmpLocation, internalPath).getCanonicalPath(), pointing at the file/directory inside its own dedicated extraction directory rather than at the extraction directory itself.
• copyFromJarToLocation also resolves each entry's canonical path and throws an IOException if it would land outside the extraction directory, before any directories are created or data is copied.

This means a single extracted file now always lands inside a directory created specifically for that extraction, with the shared temp directory never used as anything's direct parent.

Tests

Added three tests to MountableFileTest:

• forClasspathResourceFileInJarIsExtractedIntoItsOwnDirectory: builds a synthetic JAR with a single nested file resource, and asserts the extracted file is a real file, has the correct content, and its parent directory is neither the shared system temp directory nor contains anything besides the extracted file itself.
• forClasspathResourceDirectoryInJarPreservesRelativeStructure: a regression guard confirming directory-tree extraction from a JAR still lays out files relative to the resolved path exactly as before this change.
• forClasspathResourceInJarRejectsEntriesEscapingTheExtractionDirectory: a JAR entry like assets/dir/../../../escaped.txt makes extraction fail with the "would be extracted outside of the target directory" error instead of writing outside the extraction directory.

Verification note

MountableFileTest (all 14 tests) and :testcontainers:spotlessCheck pass with Gradle on Java 17 and 21. With the escape check in copyFromJarToLocation removed, only the new escape test fails. The full suite here is waiting for workflow approval.

Summary by CodeRabbit

Bug Fixes

• Fixed JAR resource extraction so files retain their paths and nested directory structure.
• Ensured the returned path points to the requested resource within the extraction directory.
• Prevented similarly named sibling resources from being included in the extracted result.
• Prevented JAR entries from being extracted outside the extraction directory.

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Walkthrough

JAR classpath extraction now selects the requested resource and its descendants, preserves their JAR paths beneath a temporary directory, and rejects destinations outside the extraction root. Tests cover file and directory extraction, similarly prefixed siblings, and traversal entries.

Changes: JAR classpath resource extraction

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preserve extracted resource paths core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/MountableFile.java	JAR entry selection matches the requested path and its descendants, excluding similarly prefixed siblings. Extraction uses full JAR entry paths, returns the selected resource path beneath the temporary directory, and rejects destinations outside the extraction root.
Validate JAR-backed resources core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/MountableFileTest.java	Added temporary-JAR helpers and tests for file extraction, nested directory structure, similarly prefixed sibling exclusion, and traversal rejection. The class-loader helper restores the prior context class loader.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: eddumelendez

Merge Risk: Low · up to 6c89b

The change fixes JAR-backed classpath resource extraction, so single files now keep their paths in a dedicated directory instead of landing directly in the shared temp directory. One narrow local-only race remains: the extraction directory is deleted before use, which could let another local user redirect writes through a symlink. Keeping the directory allocated closes it. The risk is low and can be handled as a quick follow-up.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary fix: preventing single-file classpath JAR resources from being extracted onto the shared temporary directory.
Description check		The description is complete. It explains the bug, the implementation, the related issue, the tests, and the verification results.
Linked Issues check		The changes address #9423. extractClassPathResourceToTempLocation returns the requested JAR resource below its dedicated extraction directory. copyFromJarToLocation preserves entry paths and rejec…
Out of Scope Changes check		The production changes remain within JAR classpath-resource extraction for #9423. Path-boundary matching, traversal rejection, and the added tests support correct and safe resource extraction. No unre…

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Explanation

The changes address #9423. extractClassPathResourceToTempLocation returns the requested JAR resource below its dedicated extraction directory. copyFromJarToLocation preserves entry paths and rejects canonical destinations outside that directory. MountableFileTest verifies single-file extraction, isolated parent context, and preserved directory structure. These changes prevent Dockerfile context resolution from using the shared system temporary directory.

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Explanation

The production changes remain within JAR classpath-resource extraction for #9423. Path-boundary matching, traversal rejection, and the added tests support correct and safe resource extraction. No unrelated change is demonstrated.

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Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 3 functions across 2 files.

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[mohitduhan19]

Addressed the CodeRabbit path-traversal note in 9716839: copyFromJarToLocation now resolves each entry's canonical path and throws an IOException if it would land outside the extraction directory, before any directories are created or data is copied.

Could a maintainer approve the CI workflows when you get a chance? I'd like to confirm the full test suite passes. Happy to make any further changes.

[sharanggupta]

One more case worth covering while you are here: the name.startsWith(internalPath) test has no / boundary, so extracting foo/bar also copies foo/barbaz/* (and init.sql also copies init.sql.bak). With this PR those siblings land outside the resolved path, so they are only wasted I/O now, but name.equals(internalPath) || name.startsWith(internalPath + "/") would avoid it, and a jar with foo/bar/a.txt plus foo/barbaz/b.txt makes a quick test.

[mohitduhan19]

@sharanggupta Good catch, thanks! Fixed in 3b75af1: entries now match only name.equals(internalPath) || name.startsWith(internalPath + "/") (a trailing / on the resource path is handled too). Added tests for both cases in 6c89bb6: a directory with a foo/barbaz sibling and a file with an init.sql.bak sibling.

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Major · Keep the extraction directory allocated. · MountableFile.java:236

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Keep the extraction directory allocated.

If another local user replaces tmpLocation with a symlink after this deletion, the canonical containment check follows that symlink for both paths. The copy can then create the selected file in the symlink target with the process’s permissions. This change makes that possible for single-file extraction as well. Keep the directory created by Files.createTempDirectory instead of deleting it. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Remove the tmpLocation.delete() call in the single-file extraction flow and keep
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