fix: bound request bodies and validate UnifiedPush endpoints against SSRF - #40
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WalkthroughThe change adds SSRF validation for UnifiedPush endpoint tokens, request body and token size limits, and a dedicated UnifiedPush HTTP client that refuses redirects. Documentation and tests cover the new validation, response behavior, and operational policy. ChangesEndpoint Security and Request Limits
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The PR adds body limits and endpoint validation, but the current implementation can still permit some non-public IPv6 destinations, route attacker-selected URLs through proxies outside the application checks, and exhaust notification capacity during slow DNS lookups. Merge should wait for fixes or explicit security-owner acceptance. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant RegisterAPI
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participant TokenStore
Client->>RegisterAPI: POST /api/register with token
RegisterAPI->>endpoint_guard: classify_token(token)
endpoint_guard-->>RegisterAPI: token classification
RegisterAPI->>TokenStore: store accepted token
TokenStore-->>RegisterAPI: registration result
RegisterAPI-->>Client: 200 or 400 response
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Full details: Linked Issues checkExplanation The request-size requirements are addressed, including endpoint-specific limits, the 4096-byte token cap, 400 responses, tests, and documentation [ Resolution Add an integration test covering the full register -> notify -> dispatch path. Either resolve and validate domain hosts during registration as required by [ Full details: Docstring CoverageExplanation Docstring coverage is 80.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 45 functions across 6 files. (4 skipped: 4 unsupported.)
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| let resolved = lookup_host((domain.as_str(), port)) | ||
| .await | ||
| .map_err(|_| EndpointRejection::UnresolvableHost)?; |
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Bound the preflight DNS lookup
When an attacker registers a hostname whose DNS server delays or drops replies, this lookup_host is not covered by the UnifiedPush client's five-second timeout. The Nostr listener awaits dispatch inline, while /api/notify holds one of its 50 semaphore permits, so slow resolutions can stall event processing or exhaust every dispatch slot for substantially longer than the intended outbound bound. Apply an explicit timeout to this lookup, ideally within the same total deadline as the subsequent request.
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In `@docs/api.md`:
- Around line 229-231: Update the 400-response summary near the documented
validation errors to include the “Invalid push endpoint” rejection, and add the
same case to the registration validation-error list near the endpoint response
documentation. Keep the existing 400 cases unchanged.
- Around line 247-250: Update the documentation’s backend-token handling
description so the explicitly denied schemes are checked before the opaque-token
fallback, or narrow “Anything” to values not matching that denylist; preserve
the stated pass-through behavior for remaining opaque tokens and FCM
registrations.
In `@docs/unifiedpush.md`:
- Around line 72-73: Update the UnifiedPush documentation to attribute the
2-second connect timeout, 5-second total timeout, and no-redirect policy to
UnifiedPushService::build_client(), and state that
endpoint_guard::validate_endpoint enforces HTTPS and validates public addresses
before dispatch. Remove the inaccurate implication that server-wide
reqwest::Client settings provide these protections.
In `@src/push/endpoint_guard.rs`:
- Around line 155-158: Wrap the lookup_host call in the endpoint validation flow
with a bounded tokio::time::timeout so DNS resolution cannot hold a permit
indefinitely. Update the resulting nested timeout and lookup errors to return
EndpointRejection::UnresolvableHost, preserving the existing successful
resolution path and the reqwest timeout behavior.
- Around line 230-235: Update is_non_public_v6 to reject the IPv6 prefixes
2001:db8::/32, 3fff::/20, and 100::/64 in addition to the existing
special-purpose ranges, and add tests confirming endpoints in each range return
EndpointRejection::NonPublicAddress.
In `@src/push/unifiedpush.rs`:
- Around line 48-53: Update the reqwest::Client builder in the UnifiedPush
client construction to call no_proxy(), preventing environment-configured
proxies from affecting attacker-selected endpoints. If proxy support is
required, apply the same destination restrictions to the explicitly configured
proxy instead.
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| | 400 | Malformed body, body over the size limit, invalid `trade_pubkey`, invalid `platform`, empty or oversized `token` | | ||
| | 429 | `/api/register`, `/api/unregister`, `/api/notify` rate limits | | ||
| | 500 | Rate-limited endpoints fail closed when the per-IP key cannot be extracted | |
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Add the invalid-endpoint rejection to the 400 summary.
Line 229 omits the new "Invalid push endpoint" response documented at Lines 252-259. Add this case to the summary and to the registration validation-error list so all documented 400 outcomes are discoverable.
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In `@docs/api.md` around lines 229 - 231, Update the 400-response summary near the
documented validation errors to include the “Invalid push endpoint” rejection,
and add the same case to the registration validation-error list near the
endpoint response documentation. Keep the existing 400 cases unchanged.
| Anything that does not parse as an `http`/`https` URL is treated as an opaque | ||
| backend token and passed through untouched, so FCM registrations are | ||
| unaffected. A short list of clearly unusable schemes (`file`, `ftp`, `gopher`, | ||
| `data`, `dict`, `ldap`) is refused outright. |
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Make the opaque-token exception explicit.
Lines 247-250 state that every value which does not parse as HTTP(S) passes through unchanged, but the next sentence rejects file, ftp, gopher, data, dict, and ldap. Describe the denylist check before the opaque-token fallback, or narrow “Anything” to the remaining opaque token values.
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In `@docs/api.md` around lines 247 - 250, Update the documentation’s backend-token
handling description so the explicitly denied schemes are checked before the
opaque-token fallback, or narrow “Anything” to values not matching that
denylist; preserve the stated pass-through behavior for remaining opaque tokens
and FCM registrations.
| - There is no rate limiting on outbound UnifiedPush calls beyond what the server-wide `reqwest::Client` timeouts provide (2 s connect, 5 s total). | ||
| - The endpoint URL is fully attacker-controlled in the sense that the distributor can be any HTTP server. The shared `reqwest::Client` enforces TLS and the timeouts; the server does not pin certificates or restrict hostnames. | ||
| - The endpoint URL is fully attacker-controlled in the sense that the distributor can be any HTTP server. A dedicated `reqwest::Client` (`UnifiedPushService::build_client`) enforces TLS, the timeouts, and a no-redirect policy; the server does not pin certificates. |
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Describe timeout ownership accurately.
UnifiedPushService::build_client() provides the 2-second connect timeout, 5-second total timeout, and no-redirect policy. endpoint_guard::validate_endpoint enforces HTTPS and validates public addresses before dispatch.
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In `@docs/unifiedpush.md` around lines 72 - 73, Update the UnifiedPush
documentation to attribute the 2-second connect timeout, 5-second total timeout,
and no-redirect policy to UnifiedPushService::build_client(), and state that
endpoint_guard::validate_endpoint enforces HTTPS and validates public addresses
before dispatch. Remove the inaccurate implication that server-wide
reqwest::Client settings provide these protections.
| let port = url.port_or_known_default().unwrap_or(443); | ||
| let resolved = lookup_host((domain.as_str(), port)) | ||
| .await | ||
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Denial of Service (CWE-400): Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate
Bound DNS validation time.
/api/notify acquires one of 50 permits before spawning the dispatch task. The permit remains held until the task ends. Since lookup_host runs before the reqwest timeout, slow DNS resolutions can exhaust all permits and block unrelated notifications. Wrap lookup_host in a bounded tokio::time::timeout.
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In `@src/push/endpoint_guard.rs` around lines 155 - 158, Wrap the lookup_host call
in the endpoint validation flow with a bounded tokio::time::timeout so DNS
resolution cannot hold a permit indefinitely. Update the resulting nested
timeout and lookup errors to return EndpointRejection::UnresolvableHost,
preserving the existing successful resolution path and the reqwest timeout
behavior.
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| || (first & 0xfe00) == 0xfc00 // fc00::/7 unique local | ||
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SSRF (CWE-918): Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Difficult
Reject non-public IPv6 special-purpose prefixes.
is_non_public_v6 accepts ranges such as 2001:db8::/32, 3fff::/20, and 100::/64. Add these ranges to the IPv6 policy and test that the three listed endpoints return EndpointRejection::NonPublicAddress.
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In `@src/push/endpoint_guard.rs` around lines 230 - 235, Update is_non_public_v6
to reject the IPv6 prefixes 2001:db8::/32, 3fff::/20, and 100::/64 in addition
to the existing special-purpose ranges, and add tests confirming endpoints in
each range return EndpointRejection::NonPublicAddress.
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In reqwest 0.11.27, system proxies are enabled by default and automatically respect standard environment variables [1][2]. Proxy Environment Variables Reqwest looks for the following environment variables to configure its proxy behavior [1][3]: - HTTP_PROXY or http_proxy: Proxy for HTTP connections [1][3]. - HTTPS_PROXY or https_proxy: Proxy for HTTPS connections [1][3]. - ALL_PROXY or all_proxy: Proxy for both HTTP and HTTPS connections [3]. - NO_PROXY or no_proxy: Specifies a comma-separated list of hosts that should bypass the proxy [4][5]. System Proxy Feature The system-proxy feature is enabled by default in reqwest 0.11.27, allowing the client to automatically use OS-level proxy settings on Windows and macOS [2][3]. ClientBuilder and Proxy Configuration You can control or override these automatic settings using the ClientBuilder: - Automatic System Proxy: By default, the builder includes the system proxy [6]. Adding a custom proxy or calling certain builder methods will disable this automatic behavior [1][7]. - Disabling Proxies: Calling ClientBuilder::no_proxy disables all proxies, including automatic system proxy usage [1][7]. - Manual Proxy Configuration: You can explicitly add a Proxy to the client using ClientBuilder::proxy(proxy) [7]. - No Proxy Exceptions: To define specific exclusions for a proxy, you can use the Proxy::no_proxy(no_proxy) method on the Proxy instance itself [8]. NoProxy Environment Variable Rules The NoProxy configuration (derived from the NO_PROXY or no_proxy environment variables) follows these rules [4][9]: - It checks NO_PROXY first; if unset, it checks no_proxy [4][5]. - Entries are comma-separated [4][5]. - It supports IP addresses and CIDR subnets (e.g., 192.168.1.0/24) [4][5]. - The wildcard * matches all hostnames [4][5]. - Domain names (e.g., google.com or.google.com) match that domain and all subdomains [4][5].
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SSRF (CWE-918): Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Difficult
Disable implicit proxies for attacker-selected endpoints.
Call .no_proxy() when building the UnifiedPush client. If deployment requires a proxy, enforce the same destination policy there.
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In `@src/push/unifiedpush.rs` around lines 48 - 53, Update the reqwest::Client
builder in the UnifiedPush client construction to call no_proxy(), preventing
environment-configured proxies from affecting attacker-selected endpoints. If
proxy support is required, apply the same destination restrictions to the
explicitly configured proxy instead.
Hardens the
tokenfield of/api/registerfrom two directions: how large it may be, and whether it may be used as an outbound URL. The two are handled together because they touch the same handler and would otherwise conflict.Request size limits (#8)
Actix defaults to a 2 MB JSON body, which on unauthenticated endpoints is a free memory-amplification primitive. Each endpoint is now capped at what its body actually needs: 8 KiB for
/api/register, 1 KiB for/api/unregisterand/api/notify. The registertokenfield is bounded separately at 4096 bytes, so a merely large value cannot sit in the in-memory store for its whole TTL.Overflow is reported as
400, not413. Hard constraint 3 freezes the register/unregister bodies with only 403 and 429 as documented exceptions, and hard constraint 2 restricts/api/notifyto a single failure status. Rather than adding a third exception, the cap reuses the shape each endpoint already emits. Actix exposes overflow as its ownJsonPayloadErrorvariants, separate fromDeserialize, so the per-route error handler remaps only the size case and leaves malformed-JSON behaviour untouched. CLAUDE.md needed no new exception.SSRF guard (#4)
The UnifiedPush backend treats a registered device token as a URL and POSTs to it, so an unvalidated token was a request-forgery primitive reachable from the unauthenticated
/api/register+/api/notifypair. The previous issue text pointed atregister_endpoint, which is dead code; the reachable path was/api/register→TokenStore→/api/notify→send_to_token.New module
src/push/endpoint_guard.rs, with two passes:The constraint that shaped the design:
/api/registercarries no field naming the backend, so an FCM token and a UnifiedPush URL arrive indistinguishable. FCM tokens containing a:do parse as URLs, but with a garbage scheme and no host, so the guard only inspects values whose scheme ishttp/https; everything else passes through as opaque. A regression test pins that realistic FCM tokens still register successfully — FCM is the only backend enabled in production, so an over-eager guard here would break every real registration.Bypasses closed, each with a test:
https://[::ffff:169.254.169.254]/parses as an IPv6 host, so the embedded address is unmapped before the IPv4 rules apply. Without this, every IPv4 rule is one bracket away from useless.0x7f.1, decimal, octal) are normalised byUrl::parsebefore the guard sees them — verified rather than assumed.0.0.0.0/8, IETF assignments, benchmarking, reserved, plus IPv6 ULA, link-local and multicast.Every rejection reason collapses into one message (
"Invalid push endpoint") so the response cannot be used as an oracle to map the server's network. No new dependency:reqwestre-exportsUrl, and the host is parsed as an IP by hand sinceHostis not re-exported.A bypass found while reviewing this branch
The guard as first written was defeatable in one HTTP header.
reqwestfollows up to 10 redirects by default andmain.rsdid not override that, while the guard only ever inspects the first hop. An attacker registershttps://attacker.com/push, which passes cleanly, and their server answers302 Location: http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/. Confirmed against a local server: the request followed the redirect and returned the second hop's body.Fixed by giving the backend its own client with
redirect::Policy::none(), built by a single function that production and tests both call so the policy cannot drift. FCM stays on the shared client — it talks to a fixed Google endpoint with a server-minted token, not a caller-supplied URL. The regression test asserts the second hop is never requested, not merely that its body is absent.This coupling is now written down in the guard's module docs, in
CLAUDE.md(which claimed a single shared client) and indocs/unifiedpush.md, because the guard's correctness depends on it.What this does not close
DNS rebinding.
reqwestresolves again when it connects, so a record with a very short TTL can change between validation and connection. Closing it requires pinning the validated address into the connection; tracked in #39, whose scope shrank to just adding a resolver to the client this PR already introduces. The limitation is documented rather than left implicit.Verification
cargo fmt --checkandcargo clippy --all-targetsclean.169.254.169.254until it times out — the SSRF happening inside the test run. Removing the redirect policy fails the redirect test.One acceptance criterion on #4 is met by composition rather than end to end: register-side integration tests, dispatch-side tests with mutation proof, and the existing dispatcher tests, but no single test walking
register → notify → dispatch. That would need the harness to wire a realUnifiedPushServicein place ofStubPushService.Note that
cargo auditfails on this branch with the pre-existing 10 advisories. Not a regression: the branch is cut frommain, which still hasnostr-sdk 0.27, and touches no dependencies. #38 resolves it.Closes #8
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