fix(security): backup/restore hardening — public-dir DB dump, restore path allowlist, gunzip bound, manifest keying (#956)

* fix(security): stop caller-chosen database backup destination (GHSA-jw8m)

POST /api/admin/database-backup/backup forwarded req.body straight into
databaseBackupService.backup(), which merges options over config:
  const { destinationPath = '/backup/database', ... } = { ...config, ...options }

destinationPath is not a persistable setting — the /config allowlist only
accepts database_backup_* keys — so the request body was its only source.
The built-in `admin` role holds backup.create but neither settings.edit nor
backup.restore, so it could aim a full DB dump (admin bcrypt hashes, gallery
password hashes, encrypted SMTP creds) at the PUBLIC /uploads static mount
(server.js mounts it with no auth middleware) and then fetch it
unauthenticated. Filed low; it is a privilege escalation to unauthenticated
disclosure.

Forward only the real knobs, and only when present so absent keys can't
override config defaults via spread.

* fix(security): backup/restore hardening — restore path allowlist, gunzip bound, manifest checksum keying (GHSA-fw4c, h652, hgp8)

- adminRestore /validate + /start: constrain caller-supplied source and
  manifestPath to the operator-configured backup roots — the SAME set the
  restore wizard discovers from — so disaster recovery from a rescued mount
  still works, with RESTORE_ALLOWED_ROOTS as an escape hatch (GHSA-fw4c).
- restoreService.decompressFile: bound the EXPANDED size and abort the
  pipeline when exceeded; default 50 GB, RESTORE_MAX_DECOMPRESSED_BYTES
  overrides (GHSA-h652).
- backupManifest: BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY upgrades new manifests to a keyed
  HMAC (GHSA-hgp8). Deliberately opt-in and verify-if-present — the key
  cannot live in the database because the database is inside the backup, so
  a mandatory HMAC would lock operators out of the exact disaster-recovery
  case this exists for.

Also fixes a pre-existing bug found while testing hgp8: the checksum passed
Object.keys().sort() as JSON.stringify's second argument, which is an array
REPLACER (a property allowlist applied at every depth), not a key sorter. All
nested keys — path, size, per-file checksum — were dropped before hashing, so
the file list sat outside the integrity check entirely and a manifest path
could be rewritten to ../../etc/passwd without disturbing the digest. Now
hashes a recursively-canonicalized copy, with the legacy serialization
accepted on validation so existing backups stay restorable.

* fix(security): codex round 2 — unbreak the restore wizard, share checksum verification, guard downgrades

- adminRestore: `source` is usually a SOURCE TYPE ('local'|'s3'|'upload'),
  not a path — restoreService branches on those literals. The containment
  check treated it as a path, so path.resolve('local') fell outside the
  backup roots and BOTH /validate and /start returned 400, blocking every
  normal restore. Type tokens are now excluded from the path check.
- backupManifest: extracted verifyManifestChecksum() as the single source of
  truth for the legacy/keyed fallbacks. restoreService.performPreRestoreValidation
  recomputed the digest itself with the default canonical+keyed settings,
  which rejected EVERY backup written before this batch. It now delegates.
- backupManifest: guard the algorithm downgrade — with a key configured, an
  attacker able to rewrite the backup store could strip checksum_algorithm,
  edit the manifest and recompute a plain SHA-256 that verified. Opt-in via
  BACKUP_MANIFEST_REQUIRE_KEYED so pre-key backups keep restoring by default.

* fix(security): codex round 3 — close two manifest-verification fail-opens (GHSA-hgp8)

verifyManifestChecksum returned valid for a manifest with no
verification.total_checksum at all, and restoreService only called it when
that field was present. Deleting the field was therefore a complete bypass of
the keying work: no digest check, no downgrade guard, no
BACKUP_MANIFEST_REQUIRE_KEYED. Every manifest this codebase writes stamps the
field, so an absent one now fails validation, and the call site invokes the
verifier unconditionally.

Second fail-open: the strict-mode rejection of an unkeyed manifest was gated on
`&& key`, so with BACKUP_MANIFEST_REQUIRE_KEYED=true and no BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY
configured a plain SHA-256 manifest sailed through. Strict mode is a statement
about the operator's manifests, not about the host — it is exactly the fresh
disaster-recovery box that lacks the secret. The rejection no longer depends on
a key being present.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01F211U4dDbEj4zXiyKbi9me

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Co-authored-by: Paul Nothaft <[email protected]>
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/**
* Manual database backup must not honour a caller-supplied destination
* (GHSA-jw8m-43r2-jqrm).
*
* POST /api/admin/database-backup/backup forwarded req.body straight into
* databaseBackupService.backup(), which merges options over its config:
* const { destinationPath = '/backup/database', ... } = { ...config, ...options }
* `destinationPath` is not a persistable setting (the /config allowlist only
* accepts `database_backup_*` keys), so the request body was its ONLY source.
*
* The `admin` role holds backup.create but neither settings.edit nor
* backup.restore — so it could aim a full DB dump (bcrypt hashes, gallery
* password hashes, encrypted SMTP creds) at the PUBLIC /uploads static mount
* (server.js mounts it with no auth middleware) and fetch it unauthenticated.
*
* Pins that destinationPath from the body is ignored, while the legitimate
* knobs still pass through.
*/
const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
const os = require('os');
process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test';
process.env.TEST_DATABASE_PATH = path.join(
fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'picpeak-dbbackup-')), 'db.sqlite',
);
process.env.JWT_SECRET = process.env.JWT_SECRET || 'dbbackup-test-secret';
// Capture what the route hands the service; never run a real backup.
const mockBackup = jest.fn(async () => ({ success: true }));
jest.mock('../../src/services/databaseBackup', () => ({
databaseBackupService: {
get isRunning() { return false; },
backup: (...args) => mockBackup(...args),
},
}));
const request = require('supertest');
const express = require('express');
const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
const { bootCrmDb, seedMinimal } = require('../integration/helpers/crmDb');
describe('manual database backup destination (GHSA-jw8m)', () => {
let db; let cleanup; let app; let adminToken;
beforeAll(async () => {
({ db, cleanup } = await bootCrmDb());
await seedMinimal(db);
const role = await db('roles').where({ name: 'admin' }).first();
const r = await db('admin_users').insert({
username: 'limited-admin',
email: '[email protected]',
password_hash: await bcrypt.hash('Passw0rd!', 4),
role_id: role.id,
is_active: 1,
created_at: new Date(),
updated_at: new Date(),
}).returning('id');
const id = r[0]?.id ?? r[0];
adminToken = jwt.sign(
{ id, username: 'limited-admin', type: 'admin', role: 'admin', loginTime: Date.now() },
process.env.JWT_SECRET,
{ expiresIn: '1h', issuer: 'picpeak-auth' },
);
app = express();
app.use(express.json());
app.use('/api/admin/database-backup', require('../../src/routes/adminDatabaseBackup'));
}, 120000);
afterAll(async () => { if (cleanup) await cleanup(); });
beforeEach(() => mockBackup.mockClear());
it('ignores a caller-supplied destinationPath', async () => {
const res = await request(app)
.post('/api/admin/database-backup/backup')
.set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
.send({ destinationPath: '/app/storage/uploads' });
expect(res.status).toBe(200);
// Give the fire-and-forget call a tick to land.
await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
expect(mockBackup).toHaveBeenCalled();
const opts = mockBackup.mock.calls[0][0];
expect(opts).not.toHaveProperty('destinationPath');
expect(JSON.stringify(opts)).not.toContain('uploads');
});
it('still forwards the legitimate backup knobs', async () => {
const res = await request(app)
.post('/api/admin/database-backup/backup')
.set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
.send({ compress: false, validateIntegrity: false, destinationPath: '/tmp/evil' });
expect(res.status).toBe(200);
await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
const opts = mockBackup.mock.calls[0][0];
expect(opts.compress).toBe(false);
expect(opts.validateIntegrity).toBe(false);
expect(opts).not.toHaveProperty('destinationPath');
});
it('omits absent knobs entirely so service/config defaults still apply', async () => {
const res = await request(app)
.post('/api/admin/database-backup/backup')
.set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
.send({});
expect(res.status).toBe(200);
await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
// An explicit `{compress: undefined}` would override config on spread —
// absent keys must simply not be present.
expect(mockBackup.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual({});
});
});
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/**
* Restore path containment must not break the normal restore wizard
* (GHSA-fw4c, codex round 2).
*
* `source` is usually a SOURCE TYPE, not a path: RestoreWizard posts
* 'local' | 's3' | 'upload', and restoreService.restore() branches on those
* literals before deriving a directory. The first version of the containment
* check treated `source` as a path, so path.resolve('local') landed outside
* the configured backup roots and BOTH /validate and /start returned 400 —
* blocking every normal restore.
*/
const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
const os = require('os');
process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test';
process.env.TEST_DATABASE_PATH = path.join(
fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'picpeak-restorepath-')), 'db.sqlite',
);
process.env.JWT_SECRET = process.env.JWT_SECRET || 'restorepath-test-secret';
const { bootCrmDb, seedMinimal } = require('../integration/helpers/crmDb');
describe('restore path allowlist (GHSA-fw4c)', () => {
let db; let cleanup; let checkRestorePathsAllowed;
beforeAll(async () => {
({ db, cleanup } = await bootCrmDb());
await seedMinimal(db);
// Configure a backup root so the allowlist is actually active.
for (const [key, value] of [['backup_destination_path', '/backup']]) {
const existing = await db('app_settings').where({ setting_key: key }).first();
if (existing) {
await db('app_settings').where({ setting_key: key }).update({ setting_value: JSON.stringify(value) });
} else {
await db('app_settings').insert({
setting_key: key, setting_value: JSON.stringify(value), setting_type: 'backup',
});
}
}
({ checkRestorePathsAllowed } = require('../../src/routes/adminRestore')._internal);
}, 120000);
afterAll(async () => { if (cleanup) await cleanup(); });
it('allows the wizard\'s source TYPE tokens', async () => {
for (const source of ['local', 's3', 'upload']) {
const err = await checkRestorePathsAllowed({
source, manifestPath: '/backup/manifests/backup-manifest-1.json',
});
expect(err).toBeNull();
}
});
it('allows an s3:// source URL', async () => {
const err = await checkRestorePathsAllowed({
source: 's3://bucket/key/backup.tar.gz',
manifestPath: '/backup/manifests/backup-manifest-1.json',
});
expect(err).toBeNull();
});
it('still rejects a manifestPath outside the configured roots', async () => {
const err = await checkRestorePathsAllowed({
source: 'local', manifestPath: '/etc/passwd',
});
expect(err).toMatch(/inside a configured backup location/i);
});
it('still rejects a traversal manifestPath', async () => {
const err = await checkRestorePathsAllowed({
source: 'local', manifestPath: '/backup/../etc/shadow',
});
expect(err).toBeTruthy();
});
it('accepts a real path source inside the roots', async () => {
const err = await checkRestorePathsAllowed({
source: '/backup/run-1', manifestPath: '/backup/run-1/manifest.json',
});
expect(err).toBeNull();
});
});
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/**
* Backup/restore hardening — GHSA-h652 (unbounded gunzip) and GHSA-hgp8
* (unkeyed manifest checksum).
*
* h652: decompressFile() piped gunzip straight to disk with no expanded-size
* bound, so a small crafted .gz could fill the volume.
*
* hgp8: the manifest checksum is a plain SHA-256 — it proves the manifest was
* not corrupted, not that it is authentic. BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY upgrades new
* manifests to a keyed HMAC. It is deliberately OPT-IN and verify-if-present:
* the key cannot live in the database (the database is inside the backup), so
* a mandatory HMAC would lock an operator out of the exact disaster-recovery
* case this system exists for.
*/
const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
const os = require('os');
const zlib = require('zlib');
process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test';
process.env.TEST_DATABASE_PATH = path.join(
fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'picpeak-bkharden-')), 'db.sqlite',
);
process.env.JWT_SECRET = process.env.JWT_SECRET || 'bkharden-test-secret';
const { restoreService } = require('../../src/services/restoreService');
const backupManifest = require('../../src/services/backupManifest');
describe('decompressFile expanded-size bound (GHSA-h652)', () => {
let dir;
beforeAll(() => { dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'picpeak-gz-')); });
afterAll(() => { fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }); });
afterEach(() => { delete process.env.RESTORE_MAX_DECOMPRESSED_BYTES; });
it('aborts when the decompressed stream exceeds the limit', async () => {
// 5 MB of zeroes compresses to a few KB — the classic shape of the attack.
const gzPath = path.join(dir, 'bomb.gz');
fs.writeFileSync(gzPath, zlib.gzipSync(Buffer.alloc(5 * 1024 * 1024, 0)));
process.env.RESTORE_MAX_DECOMPRESSED_BYTES = String(64 * 1024); // 64 KB
await expect(
restoreService.decompressFile(gzPath, path.join(dir, 'out-bomb'))
).rejects.toThrow(/exceeds limit/i);
});
it('still decompresses a normal file within the limit', async () => {
const payload = Buffer.from('SELECT 1;\n'.repeat(100));
const gzPath = path.join(dir, 'ok.gz');
fs.writeFileSync(gzPath, zlib.gzipSync(payload));
const outPath = path.join(dir, 'out-ok');
await restoreService.decompressFile(gzPath, outPath);
expect(fs.readFileSync(outPath)).toEqual(payload);
});
});
describe('manifest checksum keying (GHSA-hgp8)', () => {
// validateManifest requires all of these sections to be present.
const baseManifest = () => ({
manifest: { version: '1.0', id: 'test' },
backup: { type: 'full' },
system: { platform: 'linux' },
application: { version: '1.0.0' },
files: { count: 1, manifest: [{ path: 'a.jpg', size: 1 }] },
database: { type: 'sqlite' },
verification: { total_checksum: null, checksum_algorithm: null },
});
afterEach(() => { delete process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY; });
it('produces a different digest when a key is set', () => {
const m = baseManifest();
const unkeyed = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(m, { keyed: false });
const keyed = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(m, { keyed: 'secret-key' });
expect(keyed).not.toBe(unkeyed);
});
it('validates a legacy unkeyed manifest even when a key IS configured', () => {
// Disaster recovery: manifests written before keying must not become
// un-restorable the moment the operator sets a key.
const m = baseManifest();
m.verification.checksum_algorithm = 'sha256';
m.verification.total_checksum = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(m, { keyed: false });
process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY = 'secret-key';
expect(() => backupManifest.validateManifest(m)).not.toThrow();
});
it('accepts a keyed manifest when the matching key is configured', () => {
process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY = 'secret-key';
const m = baseManifest();
m.verification.checksum_algorithm = 'hmac-sha256';
m.verification.total_checksum = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(m, { keyed: 'secret-key' });
expect(() => backupManifest.validateManifest(m)).not.toThrow();
});
it('rejects a keyed manifest whose body was tampered with', () => {
process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY = 'secret-key';
const m = baseManifest();
m.verification.checksum_algorithm = 'hmac-sha256';
m.verification.total_checksum = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(m, { keyed: 'secret-key' });
m.files.manifest[0].path = '../../etc/passwd';
expect(() => backupManifest.validateManifest(m)).toThrow(/checksum verification failed/i);
});
it('does NOT brick restore when a keyed manifest meets a missing key', () => {
// Key lost with the host — the precise moment a restore is needed.
const m = baseManifest();
m.verification.checksum_algorithm = 'hmac-sha256';
m.verification.total_checksum = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(m, { keyed: 'secret-key' });
delete process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY;
expect(() => backupManifest.validateManifest(m)).not.toThrow();
});
});
describe('manifest checksum coverage (canonicalization)', () => {
const fullManifest = () => ({
manifest: { version: '1.0', id: 'test' },
backup: { type: 'full' },
system: { platform: 'linux' },
application: { version: '1.0.0' },
files: { count: 1, manifest: [{ path: 'a.jpg', size: 1 }] },
database: { type: 'sqlite' },
verification: { total_checksum: null, checksum_algorithm: 'sha256' },
});
afterEach(() => { delete process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY; });
it('covers nested file entries (the old replacer dropped them)', () => {
const m = fullManifest();
m.verification.total_checksum = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(m, { keyed: false });
// Tampering a file path must now change the digest.
m.files.manifest[0].path = '../../etc/passwd';
expect(() => backupManifest.validateManifest(m)).toThrow(/checksum verification failed/i);
});
it('still accepts a manifest written with the legacy serialization', () => {
const m = fullManifest();
m.verification.total_checksum = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(
m, { keyed: false, legacy: true }
);
expect(() => backupManifest.validateManifest(m)).not.toThrow();
});
});
describe('checksum verification is shared and downgrade-aware (codex round 2)', () => {
const fullManifest = () => ({
manifest: { version: '1.0', id: 'test' },
backup: { type: 'full' },
system: { platform: 'linux' },
application: { version: '1.0.0' },
files: { count: 1, manifest: [{ path: 'a.jpg', size: 1 }] },
database: { type: 'sqlite' },
verification: { total_checksum: null, checksum_algorithm: 'sha256' },
});
afterEach(() => {
delete process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY;
delete process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_REQUIRE_KEYED;
});
it('accepts a legacy-serialized manifest through the SHARED verifier', () => {
// restoreService recomputed the digest itself with the canonical
// serializer, which rejected every pre-existing backup.
const m = fullManifest();
m.verification.total_checksum = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(
m, { keyed: false, legacy: true },
);
const res = backupManifest.verifyManifestChecksum(m);
expect(res.valid).toBe(true);
expect(res.warnings.join(' ')).toMatch(/legacy checksum serialization/i);
});
it('warns but accepts an unkeyed manifest when a key is configured', () => {
const m = fullManifest();
m.verification.total_checksum = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(m, { keyed: false });
process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY = 'secret-key';
const res = backupManifest.verifyManifestChecksum(m);
expect(res.valid).toBe(true);
expect(res.warnings.join(' ')).toMatch(/authenticity NOT established/i);
});
it('REJECTS the algorithm downgrade once REQUIRE_KEYED is on', () => {
// Attacker rewrites the manifest, strips checksum_algorithm and recomputes
// a plain SHA-256. With the strict flag set that must not verify.
const m = fullManifest();
m.files.manifest[0].path = '../../etc/passwd';
m.verification.total_checksum = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(m, { keyed: false });
process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY = 'secret-key';
process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_REQUIRE_KEYED = 'true';
const res = backupManifest.verifyManifestChecksum(m);
expect(res.valid).toBe(false);
expect(res.error).toMatch(/downgrade/i);
});
it('rejects a keyed manifest with no key when REQUIRE_KEYED is on', () => {
const m = fullManifest();
m.verification.checksum_algorithm = 'hmac-sha256';
m.verification.total_checksum = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(m, { keyed: 'k' });
process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_REQUIRE_KEYED = 'true';
expect(backupManifest.verifyManifestChecksum(m).valid).toBe(false);
});
it('REJECTS a manifest whose checksum was stripped entirely', () => {
// The cheapest bypass of every rule above: delete the field instead of
// forging it. Both the helper's early return and restoreService's
// `if (…total_checksum)` guard used to wave that through.
const m = fullManifest();
delete m.verification.total_checksum;
const res = backupManifest.verifyManifestChecksum(m);
expect(res.valid).toBe(false);
expect(res.error).toMatch(/no checksum/i);
delete m.verification;
expect(backupManifest.verifyManifestChecksum(m).valid).toBe(false);
});
it('REJECTS an unkeyed manifest under REQUIRE_KEYED even with no key configured', () => {
// Strict mode is a claim about the manifests, not about this host — so a
// fresh disaster-recovery box that lost BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY must not
// silently start accepting plain SHA-256 manifests again.
const m = fullManifest();
m.verification.total_checksum = backupManifest.calculateManifestChecksum(m, { keyed: false });
process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_REQUIRE_KEYED = 'true';
delete process.env.BACKUP_MANIFEST_KEY;
const res = backupManifest.verifyManifestChecksum(m);
expect(res.valid).toBe(false);
expect(res.error).toMatch(/downgrade/i);
});
});