[AAP-76184] fix: harden event stream authentication (CTRL-006 AR-01, AR-02) - #1649
[AAP-76184] fix: harden event stream authentication (CTRL-006 AR-01, AR-02)#1649AlexSCorey wants to merge 2 commits into
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe event-stream API now uses timing-safe credential comparisons and cache-backed IP blacklisting. It tracks authentication failures and invalid UUID attempts with configurable thresholds, windows, and blacklist duration. ChangesEvent-stream security controls
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Mergeability Score: 🟠 High · up to The authentication hardening currently allows untrusted forwarded addresses to poison blocking state and can make failed authentication on one stream block access to all streams; valid Basic credentials may also be rejected. The PR is not ready to merge until these authentication and availability issues are corrected. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant ExternalEventStreamView
participant BlacklistManager
participant CredentialAuthentication
participant DjangoCache
Client->>ExternalEventStreamView: Submit event-stream request
ExternalEventStreamView->>BlacklistManager: Check client IP
BlacklistManager->>DjangoCache: Read blacklist entry
ExternalEventStreamView->>CredentialAuthentication: Authenticate request
CredentialAuthentication-->>ExternalEventStreamView: Return success or AuthenticationFailed
ExternalEventStreamView->>BlacklistManager: Record invalid UUID or authentication failure
BlacklistManager->>DjangoCache: Update counters and blacklist TTL
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In `@src/aap_eda/api/event_stream_authentication.py`:
- Line 99: Update TokenAuthentication.authenticate and
BasicAuthentication.authenticate so malformed non-ASCII credentials cannot
escape as TypeError from hmac.compare_digest; compare encoded byte operands or
catch and convert the TypeError to AuthenticationFailed, preserving the existing
authentication-failure handling.
In `@src/aap_eda/api/views/external_event_stream.py`:
- Around line 294-309: Update _check_rate_limit and _record_failure to use a
shared production-safe cache backend with an atomic check-and-increment or
reservation for the per-event-stream/client key, preventing concurrent requests
from bypassing the threshold or overwriting increments. Ensure production cache
configuration does not use process-local LocMemCache while preserving the
existing failure threshold and window.
- Around line 288-292: Update _get_client_ip to use REMOTE_ADDR whenever
EVENT_STREAM_REQUIRE_TRUSTED_PROXY is disabled, ignoring caller-supplied
X-Forwarded-For values. When trusted-proxy validation is enabled, only use
X-Forwarded-For after the existing trusted-proxy logic overwrites or validates
it, otherwise fall back to REMOTE_ADDR.
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In `@src/aap_eda/api/event_stream_authentication.py`:
- Around line 159-161: Update the credential payload construction in the
authentication method containing user_pass to format the Basic authentication
value as username followed directly by a colon and password, with no intervening
space. Leave the base64 encoding and hmac.compare_digest constant-time
comparison unchanged.
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Replace timing-vulnerable != comparisons with hmac.compare_digest() in TokenAuthentication and BasicAuthentication. Add per-stream per-IP rate limiting on failed authentication attempts to prevent brute-force credential recovery.
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@AlexSCorey Shouldn't these be done at the Envoy level instead of the underlying application. If there are multiple Event Stream workers then each of them will have its own cache.
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@AlexSCorey If we are trying to thwart an attacker who is sending arbitrary unique uuids this will create multiple keys and with the uuid plus the client ip.
I think the key should just have the client_ip if we detect a bogus request.
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| user_pass = f"{self.username}:{self.password}" | ||
| b64_value = base64.b64encode(user_pass.encode()).decode() | ||
| if auth_str != b64_value: | ||
| if not hmac.compare_digest(auth_str.encode(), b64_value.encode()): |
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@AlexSCorey It might be better to pass in 2 strings to a function which does the compare_digest with a comment to indicate that it is for Preventing Timing Attacks (Constant-Time Comparison). And when we have to compare 2 strings we use this function. It can be used in other places too.
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In `@src/aap_eda/api/blacklist.py`:
- Around line 42-69: Update record_auth_failure to accept the stream UUID
alongside client_ip, scope both the authentication-failure counter and blacklist
key to that stream, and preserve global blacklist handling only for invalid UUID
probes. Ensure callers and tests pass the stream identifier so the per-stream,
per-IP policy remains intact.
In `@src/aap_eda/api/views/external_event_stream.py`:
- Around line 303-309: Call _validate_trusted_proxy_header(request) before
_get_client_ip in the event-stream request flow, ensuring proxy validation
occurs before check_blacklist or record_invalid_uuid can mutate blacklist state;
preserve the existing invalid-UUID handling afterward.
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| def record_auth_failure(self, client_ip: str) -> None: | ||
| """Record an authentication failure for the given IP. | ||
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| After EVENT_STREAM_AUTH_FAILURE_THRESHOLD failures within | ||
| EVENT_STREAM_AUTH_FAILURE_WINDOW seconds, the IP is globally | ||
| blacklisted for EVENT_STREAM_BLACKLIST_DURATION seconds. | ||
| """ | ||
| counter_key = f"{self.AUTH_FAILURE_PREFIX}:{client_ip}" | ||
| failures = cache.get(counter_key, 0) + 1 | ||
| cache.set( | ||
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| settings.EVENT_STREAM_AUTH_FAILURE_WINDOW, | ||
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| if failures >= settings.EVENT_STREAM_AUTH_FAILURE_THRESHOLD: | ||
| blacklist_key = f"{self.BLACKLIST_PREFIX}:global:{client_ip}" | ||
| cache.set( | ||
| blacklist_key, | ||
| True, | ||
| settings.EVENT_STREAM_BLACKLIST_DURATION, | ||
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| logger.warning( | ||
| "Globally blacklisted IP %s after %d auth failures", | ||
| client_ip, | ||
| failures, | ||
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| cache.delete(counter_key) |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Restore stream scope for authentication failures.
record_auth_failure stores es_auth_fail:<client_ip> and creates es_blacklist:global:<client_ip>. Failures against one stream therefore block that IP from every stream.
This conflicts with the per-stream, per-IP policy. It also conflicts with tests/unit/test_blacklist.py, which passes a stream UUID and currently raises TypeError. Accept a stream identifier for authentication failures, use a stream-scoped blacklist key, and retain the global key only for invalid UUID probes.
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In `@src/aap_eda/api/blacklist.py` around lines 42 - 69, Update
record_auth_failure to accept the stream UUID alongside client_ip, scope both
the authentication-failure counter and blacklist key to that stream, and
preserve global blacklist handling only for invalid UUID probes. Ensure callers
and tests pass the stream identifier so the per-stream, per-IP policy remains
intact.
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| client_ip = self._get_client_ip(request) | ||
| blacklist_manager.check_blacklist(client_ip) | ||
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| self.event_stream = EventStream.objects.get(uuid=kwargs["pk"]) | ||
| except (EventStream.DoesNotExist, ValidationError) as exc: | ||
| blacklist_manager.record_invalid_uuid(client_ip) |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Validate the trusted proxy before mutating blacklist state.
When trusted proxy mode is enabled, _get_client_ip uses X-Forwarded-For. Lines 303-309 use that value before line 312 validates X-Trusted-Proxy. A direct caller can set a victim IP in X-Forwarded-For and blacklist that victim through invalid UUID requests.
Call _validate_trusted_proxy_header(request) before _get_client_ip, check_blacklist, and record_invalid_uuid.
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In `@src/aap_eda/api/views/external_event_stream.py` around lines 303 - 309, Call
_validate_trusted_proxy_header(request) before _get_client_ip in the
event-stream request flow, ensuring proxy validation occurs before
check_blacklist or record_invalid_uuid can mutate blacklist state; preserve the
existing invalid-UUID handling afterward.
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This is a partial fix for AAP-76184
Replace timing-vulnerable != comparisons with hmac.compare_digest() in TokenAuthentication and BasicAuthentication. Add per-stream per-IP rate limiting on failed authentication attempts to prevent brute-force credential recovery.
AR-03 (JWT audience verification): Enforcing verify_aud by default is a breaking change for existing event streams configured with OAuth2 JWT auth and no audience value. Those streams would immediately start rejecting valid tokens. This requires a migration plan and coordination with users before rolling out, and will be addressed in a follow-up.
AR-04 (Pre-auth database queries): The event stream's auth type and credentials must be loaded from the database before authentication can be performed — the view cannot authenticate without knowing which method and secrets to use. This is an inherent constraint of the design. The rate limiting added in AR-02 mitigates the impact by cutting off repeated attempts before credential resolution occurs.
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