fix(auth): fail closed when the adminAuth roles join errors (stable) (#975)

Closes #968 on stable. Backport of #974.

The roles-join fallback in adminAuth fabricated role_name='super_admin' on ANY database error, so a transient fault silently granted super_admin for its duration. Gate it on isMissingRolesSchema(), moved to utils/dbErrors.js and shared with apiTokenAuth, with the predicate tightened to trust SQLSTATE 42P01/42703 on Postgres and exact driver phrasing on SQLite.
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Paul Nothaft
2026-08-03 14:48:33 +02:00
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parent fecc18cbc8
commit cc49f6997a
5 changed files with 195 additions and 19 deletions
@@ -29,4 +29,44 @@ describe('apiTokenAuth roles-schema fallback predicate (GHSA-9697)', () => {
it('rejects a missing-table error for an unrelated table', () => {
expect(isMissingRolesSchema(new Error('SQLITE_ERROR: no such table: api_tokens'))).toBe(false);
});
// knex prefixes the failing SQL to err.message, and that SQL always names
// `roles` on this join — so the message substring proves nothing about the
// error, and only an exact driver phrase (or a SQLSTATE) may be trusted.
// These are real knex message shapes, captured from the actual query.
describe('with knex\'s SQL prefix on the message (#968)', () => {
const withSql = (driverMessage) => new Error(
'select `roles`.`name` as `role_name` from `admin_users` '
+ 'left join `roles` on `roles`.`id` = `admin_users`.`role_id` '
+ `where \`admin_users\`.\`id\` = 1 limit 1 - ${driverMessage}`,
);
it('accepts both legitimate upgrade-window states', () => {
// pre-054: the roles table does not exist yet
expect(isMissingRolesSchema(
Object.assign(withSql('SQLITE_ERROR: no such table: roles'), { code: 'SQLITE_ERROR' }),
)).toBe(true);
// post-054, pre-057: roles exists, admin_users.role_id not added yet
expect(isMissingRolesSchema(
Object.assign(withSql('SQLITE_ERROR: no such column: admin_users.role_id'), { code: 'SQLITE_ERROR' }),
)).toBe(true);
});
it('rejects an unrelated "does not exist" fault despite the SQL naming roles', () => {
// pgbouncer transaction pooling loses a named prepared statement
// (SQLSTATE 26000). Transient — the fallback query would succeed on a
// fresh connection, so accepting this would fabricate super_admin.
expect(isMissingRolesSchema(
Object.assign(withSql('prepared statement "S_1" does not exist'), { code: '26000' }),
)).toBe(false);
// The DB role/user, not the roles table.
expect(isMissingRolesSchema(
Object.assign(withSql('role "picpeak" does not exist'), { code: '28000' }),
)).toBe(false);
expect(isMissingRolesSchema(
Object.assign(withSql('database "picpeak" does not exist'), { code: '3D000' }),
)).toBe(false);
expect(isMissingRolesSchema(withSql('Connection terminated unexpectedly'))).toBe(false);
});
});
});