Refuse image requests whose Referer is on referer_blocklist (closes #90)

A new setting, referer_blocklist (PIXA_REFERER_BLOCKLIST), lists hosts
written and matched as allowlist_hosts are, with the same matcher and the
same entry check; a bad entry aborts startup naming the setting and the
entry. Both image routes check the Referer first and answer 403 with the
JSON error, so a blocked request fetches nothing and is refused whether or
not the image is cached. No Referer, or one that does not parse as a URL
with a host, is served; README.md and config.example.yml say this makes the
list easy to get around. The CIDR-list entry reader is renamed listEntries
now that host lists use it too.

Model: opus-5-5
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2026-10-04 19:08:30 +00:00
parent b2c6bc91d0
commit c9a8b926db
7 changed files with 141 additions and 34 deletions
+11 -5
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
"time"
"go.uber.org/fx"
"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/allowlist"
"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/config"
"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/database"
"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ type Handlers struct {
sessMgr *session.Manager
encGen *encurl.Generator
csrfProtect func(http.Handler) http.Handler
// refererBlocklist matches the hosts of referer_blocklist; its IsAllowed
// reports whether a URL's host is on that list.
refererBlocklist *allowlist.HostAllowList
}
// New creates a new Handlers instance.
@@ -50,11 +55,12 @@ func New(lc fx.Lifecycle, params Params) (*Handlers, error) {
}
s := &Handlers{
log: params.Logger.Get(),
hc: params.Healthcheck,
db: params.Database,
config: params.Config,
csrfProtect: csrfProtect,
log: params.Logger.Get(),
hc: params.Healthcheck,
db: params.Database,
config: params.Config,
csrfProtect: csrfProtect,
refererBlocklist: allowlist.New(params.Config.RefererBlocklist),
}
lc.Append(fx.Hook{