Keep secret get values in locked memory (closes #37)
check / check (push) Failing after 19s

Vault.GetSecret and Vault.GetSecretVersion return the decrypted value
as a *memguard.LockedBuffer instead of copying it into an ordinary
[]byte that nothing wiped. Every caller destroys the buffer, and
`secret get` writes its bytes straight to stdout, still with no
trailing newline. Instance.Print, which formatted through fmt and had
no other callers, is removed, and so is a debug log line in
`get --version` that held the plaintext value.

Model: opus-5-5
This commit was merged in pull request #87.
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2026-10-04 11:16:23 +02:00
parent 00713b8677
commit 4ed77902d1
14 changed files with 177 additions and 73 deletions
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@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ func testCreateInitialVersion(
// Verify secret can be retrieved
value, err := vault.GetSecret(secretName)
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-1-data"), value)
defer value.Destroy()
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-1-data"), value.Bytes())
// Verify version directory structure
secretDir := filepath.Join(vaultDir, "secrets.d", "integration%test")
@@ -166,7 +169,10 @@ func testCreateSecondVersion(
// Verify new value is current
value, err := vault.GetSecret(secretName)
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-2-data"), value)
defer value.Destroy()
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-2-data"), value.Bytes())
// Verify we now have two versions
versions, err = secret.ListVersions(fs, secretDir)
@@ -209,7 +215,10 @@ func testCreateThirdVersion(
// Current should be version-3
value, err := vault.GetSecret(secretName)
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-3-data"), value)
defer value.Destroy()
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-3-data"), value.Bytes())
}
func testRetrieveSpecificVersions(
@@ -225,15 +234,24 @@ func testRetrieveSpecificVersions(
// Get each version by its name
value1, err := vault.GetSecretVersion(secretName, versions[2]) // oldest
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-1-data"), value1)
defer value1.Destroy()
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-1-data"), value1.Bytes())
value2, err := vault.GetSecretVersion(secretName, versions[1]) // middle
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-2-data"), value2)
defer value2.Destroy()
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-2-data"), value2.Bytes())
value3, err := vault.GetSecretVersion(secretName, versions[0]) // newest
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-3-data"), value3)
defer value3.Destroy()
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-3-data"), value3.Bytes())
// An empty version is not one of the versions; GetSecret gets the
// current one
@@ -259,7 +277,10 @@ func testPromoteOldVersion(
// Verify current now returns the old version's value
value, err := vault.GetSecret(secretName)
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-1-data"), value)
defer value.Destroy()
assert.Equal(t, []byte("version-1-data"), value.Bytes())
// Verify the version metadata hasn't changed
// (promoting shouldn't modify timestamps)
@@ -353,8 +374,13 @@ func TestVersionConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
value, err := vault.GetSecret(secretName)
if err != nil {
errCh <- err
} else if string(value) != "initial" {
errCh <- fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errUnexpectedValue, value)
} else {
if value.String() != "initial" {
errCh <- fmt.Errorf("%w: %s",
errUnexpectedValue, value.Bytes())
}
value.Destroy()
}
done <- true