Refuse an origin with a * inside at startup (closes #61)

access_control_allow_origin accepted values such as https://* or
https://*example.com, which the CORS middleware reads as a pattern that
lets other sites read responses. Any value that contains * and is not
exactly * now aborts startup naming the key, its variable and the value.

Model: opus-5-5

internal/config/config.go

@@ -611,7 +611,10 @@ func (c *Config) validate() error {
 // validateAccessControlAllowOrigin checks that access_control_allow_origin
 // is "*" or one origin, a scheme and host with nothing after them, as
 // browsers send it in the Origin header. Anything else, such as a bare
-// hostname or a trailing slash, would match no request.
+// hostname or a trailing slash, would match no request. An origin with a
+// "*" inside, such as https://*example.com, is refused because the CORS
+// middleware reads that "*" as a pattern and would let other sites read
+// responses.
 func (c *Config) validateAccessControlAllowOrigin() error {
 	origin := c.AccessControlAllowOrigin
 	if origin == "*" {
@@ -619,7 +622,8 @@ func (c *Config) validateAccessControlAllowOrigin() error {
 	}
 
 	parsed, err := url.Parse(origin)
-	if err != nil || parsed.Host == "" || parsed.Scheme+"://"+parsed.Host != origin {
+	if err != nil || parsed.Host == "" || parsed.Scheme+"://"+parsed.Host != origin ||
+		strings.Contains(origin, "*") {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s: value %q is %w",
 			settingName(keyAccessControlAllowOrigin), origin, errNotAnOrigin)
 	}