fix: prevent path traversal in knowledge source file paths (#4547)

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fix: prevent path traversal in knowledge source file paths (#4547)

Summary

Adds path boundary validation to prevent path traversal attacks in knowledge source file path handling. Previously, convert_to_path() simply concatenated user-provided strings with KNOWLEDGE_DIRECTORY (e.g., Path("knowledge/" + path)), allowing ../ sequences to escape the knowledge directory and read arbitrary files on the system.

The fix uses Path.resolve() + Path.is_relative_to() to validate that the final resolved path remains within the knowledge directory, raising ValueError if it doesn't. Applied to three locations:

• BaseFileKnowledgeSource.convert_to_path()
• ExcelKnowledgeSource.convert_to_path()
• CrewDoclingSource.validate_content() (inline path construction)

Review & Testing Checklist for Human

• Path objects bypass validation: When a Path object (not a string) is passed, the traversal check is skipped entirely — only string inputs are validated. Verify this is acceptable for your threat model, since Path("../../etc/passwd") would not be caught.
• Relative KNOWLEDGE_DIRECTORY + resolve(): KNOWLEDGE_DIRECTORY is "knowledge" (relative). Path("knowledge").resolve() resolves against CWD. Verify this behaves correctly in all deployment contexts (e.g., different working directories, symlinks).
• test_valid_paths_still_work_in_convert_to_path passes a Path object, so it exercises the non-validated branch. Consider whether a test with a valid string path (e.g., "test_valid.txt" where knowledge/test_valid.txt exists) would better cover the happy path through the new validation logic.
• Docling test will be skipped in environments without the docling package — the crew_docling_source.py fix may not be tested in CI.

Suggested manual test: instantiate a TextFileKnowledgeSource(file_paths=["../../../etc/passwd"]) and confirm it raises ValueError.

Notes

• Requested by: João
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