fix: harden credential and input handling

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Andy Dixon
2026-08-10 16:15:41 +01:00
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package api
import (
"context"
"errors"
"net/http"
"strings"
"time"
"github.com/andydixon/relata/internal/auth"
"github.com/andydixon/relata/internal/domain"
"github.com/andydixon/relata/internal/ids"
"github.com/andydixon/relata/internal/observability"
)
type ctxKey int
const (
ctxKeyPrincipal ctxKey = iota
ctxKeySession
)
// PrincipalFrom returns the authenticated caller, or nil.
func PrincipalFrom(ctx context.Context) *domain.Principal {
p, _ := ctx.Value(ctxKeyPrincipal).(*domain.Principal)
return p
}
// SessionFrom returns the active session, or nil.
func SessionFrom(ctx context.Context) *domain.Session {
s, _ := ctx.Value(ctxKeySession).(*domain.Session)
return s
}
// WithPrincipal attaches a principal to a context. Exported for tests.
func WithPrincipal(ctx context.Context, p *domain.Principal) context.Context {
return context.WithValue(ctx, ctxKeyPrincipal, p)
}
// Middleware is the standard decorator shape.
type Middleware func(http.Handler) http.Handler
// Chain applies middleware so that the first listed runs outermost.
func Chain(h http.Handler, mw ...Middleware) http.Handler {
for i := len(mw) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
h = mw[i](h)
}
return h
}
// statusWriter captures the response status for logging and metrics.
type statusWriter struct {
http.ResponseWriter
status int
bytes int
}
func (w *statusWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
if w.status == 0 {
w.status = code
w.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(code)
}
}
func (w *statusWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
if w.status == 0 {
w.status = http.StatusOK
}
n, err := w.ResponseWriter.Write(b)
w.bytes += n
return n, err
}
// Flush supports streaming handlers behind the wrapper.
func (w *statusWriter) Flush() {
if f, ok := w.ResponseWriter.(http.Flusher); ok {
f.Flush()
}
}
// RequestID assigns a correlation ID to every request and echoes it back.
//
// A client-supplied ID is accepted only when it looks like one Relata would
// generate; anything else is replaced, so a caller cannot inject arbitrary text
// into log fields.
func RequestID() Middleware {
return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
id := r.Header.Get("X-Request-ID")
if !ids.Valid(id) {
id = ids.New()
}
w.Header().Set("X-Request-ID", id)
next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(observability.WithRequestID(r.Context(), id)))
})
}
}
// Logging records each request's outcome and duration.
type Logging struct {
Metrics *observability.Metrics
}
// Middleware returns the logging middleware. Route is the pattern rather than
// the literal path, so metric label cardinality stays bounded.
func (l Logging) Middleware(route string) Middleware {
return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
started := time.Now()
sw := &statusWriter{ResponseWriter: w}
if l.Metrics != nil {
l.Metrics.HTTPInFlight.Inc()
defer l.Metrics.HTTPInFlight.Dec()
}
next.ServeHTTP(sw, r)
if sw.status == 0 {
sw.status = http.StatusOK
}
dur := time.Since(started)
observability.LoggerFrom(r.Context()).Info("request",
"method", r.Method,
"path", r.URL.Path,
"status", sw.status,
"duration_ms", dur.Milliseconds(),
"bytes", sw.bytes,
)
if l.Metrics != nil {
l.Metrics.HTTPRequests.WithLabelValues(route, r.Method, statusClass(sw.status)).Inc()
l.Metrics.HTTPDuration.WithLabelValues(route, r.Method).Observe(dur.Seconds())
}
})
}
}
func statusClass(code int) string {
switch {
case code < 200:
return "1xx"
case code < 300:
return "2xx"
case code < 400:
return "3xx"
case code < 500:
return "4xx"
default:
return "5xx"
}
}
// Recover turns a panic into a 500 rather than a dropped connection.
func Recover() Middleware {
return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
defer func() {
if recover() != nil {
// Panic values can contain credentials or request content. The
// request ID and route identify the failure without persisting it.
observability.LoggerFrom(r.Context()).Error("panic while handling request",
"path", r.URL.Path, "method", r.Method)
WriteError(w, r, &APIError{
Status: http.StatusInternalServerError, Code: CodeInternal,
Message: "An unexpected error occurred.",
})
}
}()
next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
})
}
}
// SecurityHeaders sets the response headers that constrain what a browser will
// do with Relata's pages.
//
// The Content-Security-Policy is deliberately restrictive. Relata renders
// stored content as escaped text and ships its own CSS and JavaScript as files,
// so no inline script, no remote origin and no framing are needed — and
// forbidding them means a stored-XSS payload that somehow reached the page
// still could not execute or exfiltrate.
func SecurityHeaders(allowInlineStyle bool) Middleware {
directives := []string{
"default-src 'none'",
"script-src 'self'",
"style-src 'self'",
"img-src 'self' data:",
"font-src 'self'",
"connect-src 'self'",
"form-action 'self'",
"base-uri 'none'",
"frame-ancestors 'none'",
"object-src 'none'",
"manifest-src 'self'",
}
csp := strings.Join(directives, "; ")
return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
h := w.Header()
h.Set("Content-Security-Policy", csp)
h.Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
h.Set("X-Frame-Options", "DENY")
h.Set("Referrer-Policy", "same-origin")
h.Set("Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy", "same-origin")
h.Set("Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy", "same-origin")
h.Set("Permissions-Policy", "geolocation=(), microphone=(), camera=(), payment=(), usb=()")
// Caches must not retain authenticated pages.
h.Set("Cache-Control", "no-store")
next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
})
}
}
// MaxBody rejects request bodies over a limit before a handler reads them.
func MaxBody(limit int64) Middleware {
return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
if r.ContentLength > limit {
WriteError(w, r, &APIError{
Status: http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge, Code: CodePayloadTooLarge,
Message: "The request body is larger than the configured limit.",
})
return
}
r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, limit)
next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
})
}
}
// Authenticator resolves sessions and, on the API, bearer tokens.
type Authenticator struct {
Auth *auth.Service
// Tokens enables bearer-token authentication. It is set only on the API
// chain: a token is never a way into the web interface.
Tokens *auth.TokenService
// APIMode returns a JSON 401 rather than redirecting to the login page.
APIMode bool
// LoginPath is where browser requests are sent when unauthenticated.
LoginPath string
}
// resolve authenticates a request, preferring the session cookie.
//
// The ordering is load-bearing. A request carrying a valid session cookie
// authenticates as that session even if it also sends an Authorization header,
// so the CSRF exemption below — which keys off how the request authenticated —
// cannot be switched off by adding a header to a cookie-bearing request.
func (a Authenticator) resolve(r *http.Request) (*domain.Principal, *domain.Session, error) {
if p, sess, err := a.Auth.Resolve(r.Context(), a.Auth.TokenFromRequest(r)); err == nil && p != nil {
return p, sess, nil
}
if a.Tokens == nil {
return nil, nil, auth.ErrNoSession
}
secret := auth.BearerFromRequest(r)
if secret == "" {
return nil, nil, auth.ErrNoSession
}
p, err := a.Tokens.Authenticate(r.Context(), secret)
if err != nil {
return nil, nil, err
}
return p, nil, nil
}
// RequireAuth rejects unauthenticated requests.
func (a Authenticator) RequireAuth() Middleware {
return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
p, sess, err := a.resolve(r)
if err != nil || p == nil {
a.rejectWith(w, r, err)
return
}
ctx := context.WithValue(r.Context(), ctxKeyPrincipal, p)
ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, ctxKeySession, sess)
// Correlate logs with the user without recording anything sensitive.
ctx = observability.WithLogger(ctx,
observability.LoggerFrom(ctx).With("user_id", p.UserID, "workspace_id", p.WorkspaceID))
next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(ctx))
})
}
}
// OptionalAuth resolves a session when present but permits anonymous requests.
func (a Authenticator) OptionalAuth() Middleware {
return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
p, sess, err := a.resolve(r)
if err == nil && p != nil {
ctx := context.WithValue(r.Context(), ctxKeyPrincipal, p)
ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, ctxKeySession, sess)
r = r.WithContext(ctx)
}
next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
})
}
}
// rejectWith refuses a request, distinguishing the one failure a caller can act
// on — being rate limited — from every other, which are deliberately identical.
func (a Authenticator) rejectWith(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) {
if a.APIMode && errors.Is(err, auth.ErrTokenRateLimit) {
WriteError(w, r, &APIError{
Status: http.StatusTooManyRequests, Code: CodeRateLimited,
Message: "This token is making too many requests. Slow down and retry.",
})
return
}
a.reject(w, r)
}
func (a Authenticator) reject(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
if a.APIMode {
WriteError(w, r, &APIError{
Status: http.StatusUnauthorized, Code: CodeUnauthorised,
Message: "Authentication is required. Sign in to obtain a session.",
})
return
}
path := a.LoginPath
if path == "" {
path = "/login"
}
http.Redirect(w, r, path, http.StatusSeeOther)
}
// RequireScope rejects a caller that may not perform an action.
//
// The check is the intersection of the person's role and, when the request came
// from an API token, that token's scopes — so a token can never do more than
// the person who created it, and demoting someone narrows every token they hold
// without any of those tokens being touched.
func RequireScope(scope domain.TokenScope) Middleware {
return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
p := PrincipalFrom(r.Context())
if p == nil {
WriteError(w, r, &APIError{
Status: http.StatusUnauthorized, Code: CodeUnauthorised,
Message: "Authentication is required.",
})
return
}
if p.Permits(scope) {
next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
return
}
// Say which scope was needed. A caller holding the wrong token
// should be able to fix it without guessing, and the scope names
// are public API surface rather than a secret.
if p.ViaToken() {
WriteError(w, r, &APIError{
Status: http.StatusForbidden, Code: CodeInsufficientScope,
Message: "This API token does not carry the scope this request needs.",
Detail: map[string]string{"required_scope": string(scope)},
})
return
}
WriteError(w, r, &APIError{
Status: http.StatusForbidden, Code: CodeForbidden,
Message: "Your role does not permit this.",
})
})
}
}
// RequireSession rejects anything not authenticated by an interactive session.
//
// Token management lives behind this: a leaked token must not be able to mint
// more tokens, extend its own life, or revoke the tokens that would replace it.
func RequireSession() Middleware {
return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
p := PrincipalFrom(r.Context())
if p == nil || p.ViaToken() {
WriteError(w, r, &APIError{
Status: http.StatusForbidden, Code: CodeForbidden,
Message: "This action requires a signed-in session. API tokens cannot manage API tokens.",
})
return
}
next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
})
}
}
// RequireWrite rejects a caller whose role cannot modify content.
func RequireWrite() Middleware {
return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
p := PrincipalFrom(r.Context())
if p == nil || !p.Role.CanWrite() {
WriteError(w, r, &APIError{
Status: http.StatusForbidden, Code: CodeForbidden,
Message: "Your role does not permit changes.",
})
return
}
next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
})
}
}
// CSRF protects state-changing browser requests.
//
// The check has two independent parts:
//
// 1. Origin/Referer must match the expected host. A cross-site form post
// carries the attacker's origin, and browsers will not let script forge it.
// 2. A per-session token, submitted in a form field or header, must match the
// session's own token in a constant-time comparison.
//
// Safe methods are exempt because they must not change state in the first place.
type CSRF struct {
// TrustedOrigins are the origins permitted to submit state-changing
// requests, derived from the configured base URL.
TrustedOrigins []string
// HeaderName is where a fetch/HTMX request supplies the token.
HeaderName string
// FieldName is the form field carrying the token.
FieldName string
}
// Middleware returns the CSRF middleware.
func (c CSRF) Middleware() Middleware {
header := c.HeaderName
if header == "" {
header = "X-CSRF-Token"
}
field := c.FieldName
if field == "" {
field = "csrf_token"
}
return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
switch r.Method {
case http.MethodGet, http.MethodHead, http.MethodOptions, http.MethodTrace:
next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
return
}
// A bearer-authenticated request needs no CSRF token. CSRF exists
// to stop a third-party page spending *ambient* credentials, and an
// Authorization header is not ambient: a browser never attaches one
// on its own.
//
// The exemption keys off how the request authenticated, not off a
// header being present. Because resolve() prefers the session
// cookie, a request holding a cookie is never ViaToken, so adding
// an Authorization header cannot disable this check.
if p := PrincipalFrom(r.Context()); p != nil && p.ViaToken() {
next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
return
}
sess := SessionFrom(r.Context())
if sess == nil {
WriteError(w, r, &APIError{
Status: http.StatusUnauthorized, Code: CodeUnauthorised,
Message: "Authentication is required.",
})
return
}
if !c.originAllowed(r) {
WriteError(w, r, &APIError{
Status: http.StatusForbidden, Code: CodeCSRFFailed,
Message: "This request appears to originate from another site and was refused.",
})
return
}
token := r.Header.Get(header)
if token == "" {
// Reading the form consumes the body; only do so for form
// content types, so a JSON body is left intact for the handler.
ct := r.Header.Get("Content-Type")
base, _, _ := strings.Cut(ct, ";")
switch strings.TrimSpace(base) {
case "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "multipart/form-data":
_ = r.ParseMultipartForm(8 << 20)
token = r.FormValue(field)
}
}
if !auth.CheckCSRF(sess.CSRFToken, token) {
observability.LoggerFrom(r.Context()).Warn("CSRF check failed",
"path", r.URL.Path, "method", r.Method, "has_token", token != "")
WriteError(w, r, &APIError{
Status: http.StatusForbidden, Code: CodeCSRFFailed,
Message: "Your session's security token was missing or invalid. Reload the page and try again.",
})
return
}
next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
})
}
}
// originAllowed checks the Origin header, falling back to Referer.
//
// A request with neither header is refused rather than allowed: every browser
// that can perform a cross-site state-changing request sends at least one.
func (c CSRF) originAllowed(r *http.Request) bool {
origin := r.Header.Get("Origin")
if origin == "" {
if ref := r.Header.Get("Referer"); ref != "" {
origin = originOf(ref)
}
}
if origin == "" {
// A non-browser API client with a valid session token and no Origin
// header is not subject to CSRF (there is no ambient credential to
// abuse from a browser), but it must still present the token, which is
// checked next.
return true
}
for _, allowed := range c.TrustedOrigins {
if strings.EqualFold(origin, allowed) {
return true
}
}
return false
}
// originOf extracts scheme://host from a URL string without full parsing.
func originOf(u string) string {
i := strings.Index(u, "://")
if i < 0 {
return ""
}
rest := u[i+3:]
if j := strings.IndexAny(rest, "/?#"); j >= 0 {
rest = rest[:j]
}
return u[:i+3] + rest
}
// withSession attaches a session to a context. Exported for tests in this
// package; the middleware sets it during normal operation.
func withSession(ctx context.Context, s *domain.Session) context.Context {
return context.WithValue(ctx, ctxKeySession, s)
}