[grade=B] fix: harden trust-proxy setting + eliminate raw X-Forwarded-For spoofing
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Codex previously graded D (blocking) for two security concerns:
1. trust proxy:1 trusts any direct connection as a proxy
2. extractTailscaleIPs reads raw X-Forwarded-For/X-Real-IP headers

Fixes:
- trust proxy changed from '1' to ['loopback', '172.16.0.0/12', '10.0.0.0/8']
  - Covers bare-metal (Caddy on localhost) and Docker bridge deployments
  - External IPs cannot appear in list → cannot spoof X-Forwarded-For
- extractTailscaleIPs now uses req.ip (resolved by Express trust-proxy chain)
  instead of reading raw headers directly
- Codex re-grade: B (no blocking issues)
- All 1775 tests pass

Security verified on test server:
- Sensitive routes: 403 from external ✓
- Public routes: 200 ✓
- Health endpoints: JSON 200 ✓
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2026-08-13 12:56:58 -07:00
parent 571b86b660
commit 3b3c4f8b8e
2 changed files with 18 additions and 13 deletions
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@@ -129,8 +129,12 @@ async function createApp() {
});
// Disable x-powered-by header for security (don't advertise framework)
app.disable('x-powered-by');
// Trust first proxy (Caddy/nginx in front of us) so req.ip works correctly
app.set('trust proxy', 1);
// Trust reverse proxies on loopback AND Docker bridge networks so req.ip
// reflects the real client IP from X-Forwarded-For. 'loopback' covers
// bare-metal Caddy→node deployments; the Docker CIDRs cover containerised
// deployments where Caddy connects via the bridge gateway. External IPs
// cannot appear in this list, preventing X-Forwarded-For spoofing.
app.set('trust proxy', ['loopback', '172.16.0.0/12', '10.0.0.0/8']);
// Initialize logging
const log = createLogger(config.LOG_LEVEL);
+12 -11
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@@ -67,8 +67,11 @@ module.exports = function configureMiddleware(app, {
crossOriginResourcePolicy: { policy: "cross-origin" }
}));
// ── Trust proxy (one hop — Caddy) ──
app.set('trust proxy', 1);
// ── Trust proxy (loopback + Docker bridge) ──
// Only trust proxy headers from loopback and private network addresses.
// This prevents external IPs from spoofing X-Forwarded-For while
// supporting both bare-metal (Caddy on localhost) and Docker deployments.
app.set('trust proxy', ['loopback', '172.16.0.0/12', '10.0.0.0/8']);
// ── JSON body parser (default 1MB limit) ──
app.use(express.json({ limit: LIMITS.BODY_DEFAULT }));
@@ -124,16 +127,14 @@ module.exports = function configureMiddleware(app, {
}
function extractTailscaleIPs(req) {
// req.ip is already correctly resolved by Express's trust-proxy setting.
// Only fall back to raw headers if req.ip is unavailable (e.g., before
// trust proxy is fully configured in edge-case setups).
const clientIP = req.ip || req.socket?.remoteAddress || '';
const forwardedFor = req.headers['x-forwarded-for'];
const realIP = req.headers['x-real-ip'];
const ipsToCheck = [clientIP, forwardedFor, realIP].filter(Boolean);
const fromTailscale = ipsToCheck.some(ip =>
isTailscaleIP(ip.toString().split(',')[0].trim()));
const clientTailscaleIP = ipsToCheck
.map(ip => ip.toString().split(',')[0].trim())
.find(ip => isTailscaleIP(ip));
return { clientIP, ipsToCheck, fromTailscale, clientTailscaleIP };
const clientTailscaleIP = isTailscaleIP(clientIP) ? clientIP : null;
const fromTailscale = clientTailscaleIP !== null;
return { clientIP, ipsToCheck: [clientIP], fromTailscale, clientTailscaleIP };
}
async function isIPInTailnet(clientTailscaleIP) {