Scope jobs and snapshots to a browser session

An HttpOnly, SameSite=Lax session cookie is issued when a job is created. Job and snapshot routes return 404 to any other session, so indexed source is only readable by the browser that loaded it.
2026-02-15 10:53:01 +00:00
parent d8d4a77ba7
commit 26800b9b66
3 changed files with 71 additions and 8 deletions
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type Edge struct {

 type Snapshot struct {
 	ID, Name, Source string
+	Owner            string // session that created the snapshot
 	Files            []FileRecord
 	Edges            []Edge
 	TotalLines       int
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type Job struct {
 	Error      *string  `json:"error"`
 	Warnings   []string `json:"warnings"`
 	root       string
+	owner      string // session that created the job
 }

 type Server struct {
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ func (s *Server) createJob(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		writeError(w, 400, "Invalid job request")
 		return
 	}
+	owner := sessionID(w, r)
 	url := ""
 	if request.Kind == "github" {
 		if request.URL == nil {
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ func (s *Server) createJob(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		writeError(w, 500, err.Error())
 		return
 	}
-	job := &Job{ID: id, SourceKind: request.Kind, Name: "Local codebase", Phase: "receiving", Message: "Waiting for files…", Warnings: []string{}, root: root}
+	job := &Job{ID: id, SourceKind: request.Kind, Name: "Local codebase", Phase: "receiving", Message: "Waiting for files…", Warnings: []string{}, root: root, owner: owner}
 	if request.Name != nil {
 		job.Name = *request.Name
 	}
@@ -174,6 +176,10 @@ func (s *Server) jobRoute(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, parts []string
 	if len(parts) > 1 {
 		action = parts[1]
 	}
+	if job, ok := s.jobSnapshot(id); !ok || job.owner != sessionID(nil, r) {
+		writeError(w, 404, "Unknown job")
+		return
+	}
 	switch {
 	case r.Method == http.MethodGet && action == "":
 		if job, ok := s.jobSnapshot(id); ok {
@@ -247,7 +253,7 @@ func (s *Server) snapshotRoute(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, parts []s
 	id, action := part(0), part(1)
 	s.snapshotsMu.Lock()
 	snapshot := s.snapshots[id]
-	if snapshot == nil {
+	if snapshot == nil || snapshot.Owner != sessionID(nil, r) {
 		s.snapshotsMu.Unlock()
 		writeError(w, 404, "Unknown snapshot")
 		return
@@ -508,7 +514,7 @@ func (s *Server) indexJob(id, root string) {
 	}
 	s.jobsMu.Lock()
 	if job := s.jobs[id]; job != nil {
-		snapshot.Name, snapshot.Source = job.Name, job.SourceKind
+		snapshot.Name, snapshot.Source, snapshot.Owner = job.Name, job.SourceKind, job.owner
 	}
 	s.jobsMu.Unlock()
 	snapshot.ID = uniqueID("snapshot")
@@ -620,6 +626,31 @@ func safeRelativePath(value string) (string, bool) {
 	return filepath.Join(clean...), true
 }

+const sessionCookie = "codenav_session"
+
+// sessionID returns the caller's session, issuing a cookie when w is non-nil and none exists.
+// Jobs and snapshots are only visible to the session that created them. Without w a
+// missing session returns "", which never matches an owner.
+func sessionID(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) string {
+	if cookie, err := r.Cookie(sessionCookie); err == nil && len(cookie.Value) >= 26 && len(cookie.Value) <= 64 {
+		return cookie.Value
+	}
+	if w == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	id := rand.Text()
+	http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
+		Name:     sessionCookie,
+		Value:    id,
+		Path:     "/",
+		HttpOnly: true,
+		Secure:   r.TLS != nil || r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Proto") == "https",
+		SameSite: http.SameSiteLaxMode,
+	})
+	r.AddCookie(&http.Cookie{Name: sessionCookie, Value: id}) // later lookups in this request see it
+	return id
+}
+
 // uniqueID is unguessable: IDs are the capability that grants access to a job or snapshot.
 func uniqueID(prefix string) string {
 	return prefix + "-" + rand.Text()
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/cookiejar"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -69,12 +70,19 @@ func TestPathValidation(t *testing.T) {
 type client struct {
 	t    *testing.T
 	url  string
+	http *http.Client
+}
+
+// stranger is a different browser session against the same server.
+func (c client) stranger() client {
+	jar, _ := cookiejar.New(nil)
+	return client{c.t, c.url, &http.Client{Jar: jar}}
 }

 func (c client) do(method, path, body string) (int, []byte) {
 	c.t.Helper()
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest(method, c.url+path, strings.NewReader(body))
-	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	res, err := c.http.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ func newTestServer(t *testing.T) (*Server, client) {
 	server := NewServer(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "codenavigator"))
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(server)
 	t.Cleanup(ts.Close)
-	return server, client{t, ts.URL}
+	return server, client{t, ts.URL, nil}.stranger()
 }

 func TestLocalJobLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
@@ -118,7 +126,7 @@ func TestLocalJobLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 	c.json("POST", "/api/jobs/"+created.JobID+"/files?path=..%2Fescape.js", "x", 400, nil)
 	c.json("POST", "/api/jobs/"+created.JobID+"/commit", "", 202, nil)

-	res, err := http.Get(c.url + "/api/jobs/" + created.JobID + "/events")
+	res, err := c.http.Get(c.url + "/api/jobs/" + created.JobID + "/events")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -139,6 +147,12 @@ func TestLocalJobLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	snapshotURL := "/api/snapshots/" + *job.SnapshotID

+	other := c.stranger()
+	other.json("GET", "/api/jobs/"+created.JobID, "", 404, nil)
+	other.json("POST", "/api/jobs/"+created.JobID+"/files?path=evil.js", "x", 404, nil)
+	other.json("GET", snapshotURL+"/scene", "", 404, nil)
+	other.json("GET", snapshotURL+"/entities/1/source", "", 404, nil)
+
 	var summary map[string]any
 	c.json("GET", snapshotURL, "", 200, &summary)
 	if summary["fileCount"] != 2.0 || summary["references"] != 1.0 || summary["name"] != "demo" {
@@ -255,3 +269,20 @@ func must[T any](v T, err error) T {
 	}
 	return v
 }
+
+func TestSessionCookieFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	_, c := newTestServer(t)
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", c.url+"/api/jobs", strings.NewReader(`{"kind":"local"}`))
+	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Proto", "https")
+	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	res.Body.Close()
+	cookie := res.Header.Get("Set-Cookie")
+	for _, want := range []string{sessionCookie + "=", "HttpOnly", "Secure", "SameSite=Lax", "Path=/"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(cookie, want) {
+			t.Errorf("Set-Cookie %q missing %q", cookie, want)
+		}
+	}
+}