fix(email): enforce MCP owner boundaries (#4335)

* fix(email): enforce MCP owner boundaries

* fix(email): fail closed for unowned MCP fallback

src/tool_execution.py

@@ -323,6 +323,24 @@ _MCP_TOOL_MAP = {
     "web_fetch":      ("web_fetch",  "web_fetch"),
     "generate_image": ("image_gen",  "generate_image"),
 }
+_EMAIL_MCP_OWNER_ARG = "_odysseus_owner"
+
+
+def _parse_qualified_mcp_args(tool: str, content: str) -> tuple[Dict, Optional[str]]:
+    raw = (content or "").strip()
+    if not raw:
+        return {}, None
+    try:
+        parsed = json.loads(raw)
+    except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
+        if tool.startswith("mcp__email__"):
+            return {}, "Email MCP tool arguments must be a JSON object."
+        return {}, None
+    if not isinstance(parsed, dict):
+        if tool.startswith("mcp__email__"):
+            return {}, "Email MCP tool arguments must be a JSON object."
+        return {}, None
+    return parsed, None
 
 
 def _parse_generate_image(content: str) -> Dict:
@@ -858,12 +876,15 @@ async def _execute_tool_block_impl(
         # MCP tool dispatch
         mcp = get_mcp_manager()
         if mcp:
-            try:
-                args = json.loads(content) if content.strip().startswith("{") else {}
-            except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
-                args = {}
             desc = f"mcp: {tool}"
-            result = await mcp.call_tool(tool, args)
+            args, parse_error = _parse_qualified_mcp_args(tool, content)
+            if parse_error:
+                result = {"error": parse_error, "exit_code": 1}
+            else:
+                if tool.startswith("mcp__email__") and owner:
+                    args = dict(args)
+                    args[_EMAIL_MCP_OWNER_ARG] = owner
+                result = await mcp.call_tool(tool, args)
         else:
             desc = f"mcp: {tool}"
             result = {"error": "MCP manager not available", "exit_code": 1}

src/tool_schemas.py

@@ -1206,23 +1206,26 @@ def function_call_to_tool_block(name: str, arguments: str) -> Optional[ToolBlock
         logger.error(f"Failed to parse function call arguments for {name}: {arguments}")
         return None
 
+    tool_type = _TOOL_NAME_MAP.get(name, name)
+    _BUILTIN_EMAIL_TOOLS = {"list_email_accounts", "send_email", "list_emails", "read_email", "reply_to_email",
+                            "archive_email", "delete_email", "mark_email_read", "bulk_email", "download_attachment"}
+
     # Some models emit valid JSON that isn't an object (e.g. a bare array
-    # ["ls -la"], string, or number) as the function arguments. Every branch
-    # below assumes a dict and calls args.get(...), so a non-dict would raise
-    # AttributeError and abort the whole agent stream. Coerce to {} instead.
+    # ["ls -la"], string, or number) as function arguments. Most local tools keep
+    # the legacy empty-object coercion for stream robustness, but email MCP tools
+    # must fail closed so a malformed call cannot read the default mailbox.
     if not isinstance(args, dict):
+        if tool_type.startswith("mcp__email__") or name in _BUILTIN_EMAIL_TOOLS:
+            logger.warning(f"Non-object email function call arguments for {name}: {args!r}; rejecting")
+            return None
         logger.warning(f"Non-object function call arguments for {name}: {args!r}; treating as empty")
         args = {}
 
-    tool_type = _TOOL_NAME_MAP.get(name, name)
-
     # Allow MCP tools through (namespaced as mcp__serverid__toolname)
     if tool_type.startswith("mcp__"):
         content = json.dumps(args) if args else "{}"
         return ToolBlock(tool_type, content)
     # Email tools are implemented as MCP — route them to email
-    _BUILTIN_EMAIL_TOOLS = {"list_email_accounts", "send_email", "list_emails", "read_email", "reply_to_email",
-                            "archive_email", "delete_email", "mark_email_read", "bulk_email", "download_attachment"}
     if name in _BUILTIN_EMAIL_TOOLS:
         return ToolBlock(f"mcp__email__{name}", json.dumps(args) if args else "{}")
     if tool_type not in TOOL_TAGS: