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
+9 -17
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@@ -301,8 +301,9 @@ func updateVersionMetadata(
return nil
}
// GetSecret retrieves the current version of a secret from this vault
func (v *Vault) GetSecret(name string) ([]byte, error) {
// GetSecret retrieves the current version of a secret from this vault.
// The caller must destroy the returned buffer.
func (v *Vault) GetSecret(name string) (*memguard.LockedBuffer, error) {
secret.DebugWith("Getting secret from vault",
slog.String("vault_name", v.Name),
slog.String("secret_name", name),
@@ -326,7 +327,10 @@ func (v *Vault) GetSecret(name string) ([]byte, error) {
// GetSecretVersion retrieves a specific version of a secret. The version
// must be one of the secret's versions; GetSecret gets the current one.
func (v *Vault) GetSecretVersion(name string, version string) ([]byte, error) {
// The caller must destroy the returned buffer.
func (v *Vault) GetSecretVersion(
name string, version string,
) (*memguard.LockedBuffer, error) {
secret.DebugWith("Getting secret version from vault",
slog.String("vault_name", v.Name),
slog.String("secret_name", name),
@@ -372,26 +376,14 @@ func (v *Vault) GetSecretVersion(name string, version string) ([]byte, error) {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decrypt version: %w", err)
}
// Create a copy to return since the buffer will be destroyed
result := make([]byte, decryptedValue.Size())
copy(result, decryptedValue.Bytes())
decryptedValue.Destroy()
secret.DebugWith("Successfully decrypted secret version",
slog.String("secret_name", name),
slog.String("version", version),
slog.String("vault_name", v.Name),
slog.Int("decrypted_length", len(result)),
slog.Int("decrypted_length", decryptedValue.Size()),
)
// Debug: Log metadata about the decrypted value without exposing the actual secret
secret.Debug("Vault secret decryption debug info",
"secret_name", name,
"version", version,
"decrypted_value_length", len(result),
"is_empty", len(result) == 0)
return result, nil
return decryptedValue, nil
}
// UnlockVault unlocks the vault and returns the long-term private key