Fix relay-auth whitelist authorizing any requester (GHSA-vx4h-56qj-wcp7)

The auth whitelist auto-accepted kind-22242 (NIP-42) signing for any
caller: whitelistAutoAccept bypassed the per-requester permission check
in the SignerProvider/NIP-46 query path, letting any installed app or
bunker client silently obtain relay-auth signatures for whitelisted
relays (confused deputy, CWE-863).

The whitelist is now only a relay constraint: non-whitelisted relays
still auto-reject, but membership no longer grants signing. Kind-22242
requests always require a requester-scoped SIGN_EVENT permission
(relay-specific or wildcard grant) or fall through to the user prompt,
matching the whitelist's documented behavior and the approval UIs.

Adds SignerProviderQueryTest covering: no silent signing without a
grant, silent signing with relay-scoped/wildcard grants, auto-reject of
non-whitelisted relays before any permission lookup, and unchanged
empty-whitelist behavior.
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greenart7c3
2026-08-10 08:48:50 -03:00
parent 65fea7d6b3
commit 24a5e2071c
2 changed files with 207 additions and 25 deletions
@@ -108,40 +108,40 @@ object SignerProviderQuery {
val historyDatabase = Amber.instance.getHistoryDatabase(account.npub)
val permDao = Amber.instance.dao(account.npub)
// For kind 22242 (NIP-42 relay auth), extract relay host once for both whitelist and permission checks
// For kind 22242 (NIP-42 relay auth), extract relay host once for the
// whitelist gate and the requester-scoped permission checks below.
val relayHost = if (event.kind == 22242) {
RelayUrlUtils.extractHostAndPort(AmberEvent.relay(event))
} else {
""
}
val whitelistAutoAccept = if (event.kind == 22242) {
// The auth whitelist is only a relay constraint: when non-empty, relays
// outside the list are auto-rejected. Membership never authorizes signing
// by itself — a requester-scoped permission (or user prompt) is still
// required, otherwise any app/NIP-46 client could silently obtain
// relay-auth signatures (GHSA-vx4h-56qj-wcp7).
if (event.kind == 22242) {
val authWhitelist = Amber.instance.settings.authWhitelist
when {
authWhitelist.isEmpty() -> false
relayHost in authWhitelist -> true
else -> {
scope.launch {
historyDatabase.dao().addHistory(
listOf(
HistoryEntity(
0,
requesterId,
uriString.replace("content://$appId.", ""),
event.kind,
TimeUtils.now(),
false,
content = event.toJson(),
),
if (authWhitelist.isNotEmpty() && relayHost !in authWhitelist) {
scope.launch {
historyDatabase.dao().addHistory(
listOf(
HistoryEntity(
0,
requesterId,
uriString.replace("content://$appId.", ""),
event.kind,
TimeUtils.now(),
false,
content = event.toJson(),
),
account.npub,
)
}
return MatrixCursor(arrayOf("rejected")).also { it.addRow(arrayOf("true")) }
),
account.npub,
)
}
return rejectedCursor()
}
} else {
false
}
var permission = if (event.kind == 22242) {
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ object SignerProviderQuery {
}
}
val signPolicy = permDao.getSignPolicy(requesterId)
val isRemembered = whitelistAutoAccept || IntentUtils.isRemembered(signPolicy, permission) ?: return null
val isRemembered = IntentUtils.isRemembered(signPolicy, permission) ?: return null
if (!isRemembered) {
scope.launch {
historyDatabase.dao().addHistory(
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
package com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner
import android.content.Context
import android.net.Uri
import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.database.ApplicationDao
import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.database.ApplicationPermissionsEntity
import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.database.HistoryDao
import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.database.HistoryDatabase
import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.models.Account
import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.models.AmberSettings
import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.service.installAmberInstance
import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.core.Event
import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.utils.TimeUtils
import io.mockk.every
import io.mockk.mockk
import io.mockk.mockkObject
import io.mockk.unmockkObject
import io.mockk.verify
import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
import org.junit.After
import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
import org.junit.Before
import org.junit.Test
/**
* Regression tests for GHSA-vx4h-56qj-wcp7: the NIP-42 relay-auth whitelist
* must act only as a relay constraint (non-whitelisted relays auto-reject),
* never as an authorization grant. Signing a kind-22242 event always requires
* a requester-scoped permission (or a user prompt).
*
* MatrixCursor is an android.jar stub in local unit tests, so cursor contents
* cannot be inspected here; instead these tests verify whether signing was
* reached at all ([Account.signSync]) and which permission lookups ran.
*/
class SignerProviderQueryTest {
private val context = mockk<Context>(relaxed = true)
private lateinit var amber: Amber
private lateinit var dao: ApplicationDao
private lateinit var account: Account
companion object {
private const val REQUESTER = "com.attacker.app"
private const val NPUB = "npub1test000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
private const val WHITELISTED_HOST = "relay.example.com"
private const val WHITELISTED_URL = "wss://relay.example.com"
private const val OTHER_URL = "wss://evil.example.com"
private val HEX = "ab".repeat(32)
private fun relayAuthJson(relayUrl: String) = """{"kind":22242,"tags":[["relay","$relayUrl"]],"content":""}"""
}
@Before
fun setUp() {
mockkObject(AmberLog)
every { AmberLog.d(any(), any<String>()) } returns Unit
every { AmberLog.d(any(), any(), any()) } returns Unit
val historyDao = mockk<HistoryDao>(relaxed = true)
val historyDatabase = mockk<HistoryDatabase>()
every { historyDatabase.dao() } returns historyDao
dao = mockk()
amber = mockk()
every { amber.applicationIOScope } returns CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Unconfined)
every { amber.getHistoryDatabase(any()) } returns historyDatabase
every { amber.dao(any()) } returns dao
installAmberInstance(amber)
account = mockk()
every { account.npub } returns NPUB
every { account.hexKey } returns HEX
mockkObject(LocalPreferences)
every { LocalPreferences.loadFromEncryptedStorageSync(any(), any()) } returns account
every { LocalPreferences.allSavedAccounts(any()) } returns emptyList()
}
@After
fun tearDown() {
unmockkObject(LocalPreferences)
unmockkObject(AmberLog)
}
private fun signEventUri(): Uri {
val uri = mockk<Uri>()
every { uri.toString() } returns "content://${BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID}.SIGN_EVENT"
return uri
}
private fun queryRelayAuth(relayUrl: String) = SignerProviderQuery.query(
context = context,
requesterId = REQUESTER,
callerPackageName = null,
operationUri = signEventUri(),
arguments = arrayOf(relayAuthJson(relayUrl), "", NPUB),
)
private fun acceptedPermission(relay: String) = ApplicationPermissionsEntity(
id = 1,
pkKey = REQUESTER,
type = "SIGN_EVENT",
kind = 22242,
acceptable = true,
rememberType = 0,
acceptUntil = TimeUtils.now() + 3600,
rejectUntil = 0,
relay = relay,
)
private fun stubNoGrants() {
every { dao.getPermissionForRelay(REQUESTER, "SIGN_EVENT", 22242, WHITELISTED_HOST) } returns null
every { dao.getWildcardRelayPermission(REQUESTER, "SIGN_EVENT", 22242) } returns null
every { dao.getSignPolicy(REQUESTER) } returns null
}
private fun stubSigning() {
val signed = Event("cd".repeat(32), HEX, TimeUtils.now(), 22242, arrayOf(arrayOf("relay", WHITELISTED_URL)), "", "ef".repeat(64))
every { account.signSync<Event>(any(), 22242, any(), any()) } returns signed
}
@Test
fun `whitelisted relay does not auto-accept a requester with no permission`() {
every { amber.settings } returns AmberSettings(authWhitelist = listOf(WHITELISTED_HOST))
stubNoGrants()
val cursor = queryRelayAuth(WHITELISTED_URL)
// null = no silent signing; the caller must surface a user prompt.
assertNull(cursor)
verify { dao.getPermissionForRelay(REQUESTER, "SIGN_EVENT", 22242, WHITELISTED_HOST) }
verify(exactly = 0) { account.signSync<Event>(any(), any(), any(), any()) }
}
@Test
fun `whitelisted relay signs silently when the requester holds an accepted relay grant`() {
every { amber.settings } returns AmberSettings(authWhitelist = listOf(WHITELISTED_HOST))
every { dao.getPermissionForRelay(REQUESTER, "SIGN_EVENT", 22242, WHITELISTED_HOST) } returns acceptedPermission(WHITELISTED_HOST)
every { dao.getSignPolicy(REQUESTER) } returns null
stubSigning()
queryRelayAuth(WHITELISTED_URL)
verify { account.signSync<Event>(any(), 22242, any(), any()) }
}
@Test
fun `whitelisted relay signs silently when the requester holds a wildcard relay grant`() {
every { amber.settings } returns AmberSettings(authWhitelist = listOf(WHITELISTED_HOST))
every { dao.getPermissionForRelay(REQUESTER, "SIGN_EVENT", 22242, WHITELISTED_HOST) } returns null
every { dao.getWildcardRelayPermission(REQUESTER, "SIGN_EVENT", 22242) } returns acceptedPermission("*")
every { dao.getSignPolicy(REQUESTER) } returns null
stubSigning()
queryRelayAuth(WHITELISTED_URL)
verify { account.signSync<Event>(any(), 22242, any(), any()) }
}
@Test
fun `non-whitelisted relay is auto-rejected before any permission lookup`() {
every { amber.settings } returns AmberSettings(authWhitelist = listOf(WHITELISTED_HOST))
queryRelayAuth(OTHER_URL)
verify(exactly = 0) { dao.getPermissionForRelay(any(), any(), any(), any()) }
verify(exactly = 0) { dao.getWildcardRelayPermission(any(), any(), any()) }
verify(exactly = 0) { account.signSync<Event>(any(), any(), any(), any()) }
}
@Test
fun `empty whitelist keeps the normal permission flow`() {
every { amber.settings } returns AmberSettings(authWhitelist = emptyList())
stubNoGrants()
val cursor = queryRelayAuth(WHITELISTED_URL)
assertNull(cursor)
verify { dao.getPermissionForRelay(REQUESTER, "SIGN_EVENT", 22242, WHITELISTED_HOST) }
verify(exactly = 0) { account.signSync<Event>(any(), any(), any(), any()) }
}
}