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github-spec-kit/src/specify_cli/_download_security.py
Pascal THUET 3a7a8758f7 fix: harden bounded reads and redirect validation (#3671)
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"""Helpers for bounded HTTP downloads."""
from __future__ import annotations
import io
import socket
from ipaddress import IPv4Address, IPv6Address, ip_address
from typing import NoReturn, TypeVar
from urllib.parse import ParseResult, urlparse
ErrorT = TypeVar("ErrorT", bound=Exception)
MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES = 50 * 1024 * 1024
READ_CHUNK_SIZE = 64 * 1024
# Tighter ceiling for responses that are read fully into memory and parsed as
# JSON. The 50 MiB MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES default is sized for archive/payload
# downloads; JSON metadata responses are far smaller, so capping them close to
# their real size shrinks the memory-DoS surface and keeps the "too large"
# error reachable (rather than only triggering on tens of MiB). Pass it
# explicitly at each JSON call site so the intended bound is pinned there.
# METADATA covers fixed-shape single-object responses (an OAuth token, one
# release's metadata): a few KiB in practice, 1 MiB is already generous.
MAX_JSON_METADATA_BYTES = 1 * 1024 * 1024
def _ip_address_without_scope(
hostname: str,
) -> IPv4Address | IPv6Address | None:
"""Parse a canonical IP literal, validating an optional IPv6 zone ID."""
if "%" in hostname:
# Accept only the RFC 6874 ``%25<zone>`` spelling. Other escapes can
# alter the IPv6 address when urllib unquotes the authority.
address_text, separator, zone = hostname.partition("%25")
if (
not separator
or ":" not in address_text
or "%" in address_text
or "%" in zone
):
return None
if not zone or any(
not (character.isascii() and (character.isalnum() or character in "._~-"))
for character in zone
):
return None
else:
address_text = hostname
try:
address = ip_address(address_text)
except ValueError:
return None
if "%" in hostname and not isinstance(address, IPv6Address):
return None
return address
def _is_ip_loopback(address: IPv4Address | IPv6Address | None) -> bool:
if address is None:
return False
mapped = getattr(address, "ipv4_mapped", None)
return address.is_loopback or bool(mapped and mapped.is_loopback)
def _is_ip_local_redirect_target(
address: IPv4Address | IPv6Address | None,
) -> bool:
"""Treat loopback and unspecified listener aliases as local targets."""
if address is None:
return False
mapped = getattr(address, "ipv4_mapped", None)
return _is_ip_loopback(address) or address.is_unspecified or bool(
mapped and mapped.is_unspecified
)
def _parse_url(url: str) -> ParseResult | None:
"""Parse *url*, rejecting missing hosts and malformed ports."""
try:
parsed = urlparse(url)
hostname = parsed.hostname
# Accessing ``port`` performs urllib's range and syntax validation.
parsed.port
except (TypeError, ValueError):
return None
if not hostname:
return None
if "%" in hostname:
# urllib unquotes reg-name/IPv4 authorities before connecting. Reject
# them so encoded dots, characters, ports, or brackets cannot make the
# validated hostname differ from the effective target. The only safe
# percent form retained is a validated bracketed IPv6 zone ID.
if _ip_address_without_scope(hostname) is None:
return None
elif ":" not in hostname:
try:
hostname.encode("idna")
except UnicodeError:
return None
return parsed
def _is_definite_loopback_host(hostname: str) -> bool:
"""Recognize only unambiguous hosts that may safely authorize HTTP."""
if not hostname.isascii():
return False
if hostname == "localhost":
return True
return _is_ip_loopback(_ip_address_without_scope(hostname))
def _is_potential_local_target_host(hostname: str) -> bool:
"""Conservatively classify aliases that could reach a local listener."""
if ":" in hostname:
return _is_ip_local_redirect_target(_ip_address_without_scope(hostname))
try:
host = hostname.encode("idna").decode("ascii").lower().removesuffix(".")
except UnicodeError:
return False
if host == "localhost" or host.endswith(".localhost"):
return True
address = _ip_address_without_scope(host)
if address is None:
# Historical IPv4 spellings are resolver-dependent. They are never
# trusted to authorize HTTP, but treating them as potentially local
# prevents them from bypassing a remote-to-loopback redirect check.
try:
address = ip_address(socket.inet_aton(host))
except OSError:
return False
return _is_ip_local_redirect_target(address)
def is_loopback_url(url: str) -> bool:
"""Return whether *url* has an unambiguous loopback host."""
parsed = _parse_url(url)
return parsed is not None and _is_definite_loopback_host(parsed.hostname)
def _is_potential_local_target_url(url: str) -> bool:
parsed = _parse_url(url)
return parsed is not None and _is_potential_local_target_host(parsed.hostname)
def is_https_or_localhost_http(url: str) -> bool:
"""Return True if *url* is HTTPS, or HTTP limited to loopback hosts.
Shared scheme-safety predicate used by the auth HTTP redirect handler and
direct URL validations in CLI download flows.
A hostname is always required: a URL without one (e.g. ``https:///x``)
has no real target and is rejected regardless of scheme.
The HTTP exception is deliberately limited to unambiguous ``localhost``
and canonical IPv4/IPv6 loopback literals. Ambiguous numeric, Unicode, and
unspecified-address aliases are classified defensively for redirects but
never authorize HTTP. No DNS lookup is performed; DNS and hosts-file
aliases require connection-level rebinding protection outside this helper.
"""
parsed = _parse_url(url)
if parsed is None:
return False
return parsed.scheme == "https" or (
parsed.scheme == "http" and _is_definite_loopback_host(parsed.hostname)
)
def is_safe_download_redirect(old_url: str, new_url: str) -> bool:
"""Return whether a redirect preserves the shared download URL policy."""
if not is_https_or_localhost_http(new_url):
return False
return not _is_potential_local_target_url(new_url) or is_loopback_url(old_url)
def _raise(error_type: type[ErrorT], message: str) -> NoReturn:
raise error_type(message)
def read_response_limited(
response,
*,
max_bytes: int = MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES,
error_type: type[ErrorT] = ValueError,
label: str = "download",
) -> bytes:
"""Read at most *max_bytes* from a response object.
``response.read(n)`` is only guaranteed to return *up to* ``n`` bytes and may
return fewer even when more data is pending (e.g. chunked transfer encoding),
so a single ``read(max_bytes + 1)`` cannot enforce the bound on its own. Read
in a loop until EOF or until one byte past the limit has been accumulated.
*max_bytes* is keyword-only. It defaults to the module-wide
``MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES`` (50 MiB) ceiling for archive/payload downloads;
callers with a tighter budget (e.g. small JSON responses) should pass an
explicit value so the intended bound is pinned at the call site rather than
tracking changes to the shared default.
"""
if isinstance(max_bytes, bool) or not isinstance(max_bytes, int):
raise TypeError("max_bytes must be an integer")
if max_bytes < 0:
raise ValueError("max_bytes must be non-negative")
output = io.BytesIO()
total = 0
limit = max_bytes + 1
while total < limit:
chunk = response.read(min(READ_CHUNK_SIZE, limit - total))
if not chunk:
break
total += len(chunk)
if total > max_bytes:
_raise(error_type, f"{label} exceeds maximum size of {max_bytes} bytes")
output.write(chunk)
return output.getvalue()