smallwebwaf/internal/servewaf/rulefiles_test.go

package servewaf_test

import (
	"net/http"
	"net/netip"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"reflect"
	"slices"
	"testing"
	"time"

	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/bans"
	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/requestlog"
)

// testRules are the rules most tests here load: a block rule for
// /blocked and a ban rule for /.env.
const testRules = `
blocked  path  block  ^/blocked$
probe    path  ban    ^/\.env$
`

func TestEachRuleAction(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	s, clk, server := startWithClock(t, "", map[string]string{
		rulesDir:    writeRules(t, "noted path log ^/\n"+testRules),
		banResponse: "429",
	})
	start := clk.Now()

	// A log rule notes its match, and lets the request through.
	line := s.get(client, http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)
	wantRuleIDs(t, line, "noted")

	// A block rule refuses with 403, whatever SWWAF_BAN_RESPONSE is, and
	// bans no one.
	line = s.request(client, "/blocked", http.StatusForbidden,
		requestlog.ActionRuleBlocked)
	wantRuleIDs(t, line, "noted", "blocked")
	s.get(client, http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)

	// A ban rule refuses with SWWAF_BAN_RESPONSE, and bans the client for
	// seven days, the default.
	line = s.request(client, "/.env", http.StatusTooManyRequests, requestlog.ActionBanned)
	wantRuleIDs(t, line, "noted", "probe")

	if line.BanExpires != requestlog.FormatTime(start.Add(7*24*time.Hour)) {
		t.Errorf("log line has ban_expires %q, want seven days on", line.BanExpires)
	}

	netblock := netip.MustParsePrefix(client + "/32")
	want := bans.Ban{
		Netblock: netblock,
		Start:    start,
		Expires:  start.Add(7 * 24 * time.Hour),
		Cause:    bans.CauseAttack,
		Reason:   "matched the rule probe",
		Notes: bans.Notes{
			RuleID: "probe",
			Target: "path",
			Request: bans.Request{
				Time:      start,
				Method:    http.MethodGet,
				Host:      appHost,
				Path:      "/.env",
				Status:    http.StatusTooManyRequests,
				UserAgent: userAgent,
			},
			// The four requests up to and including the probe.
			Requests: 4,
		},
	}

	got := server.Ledger.Bans(netblock)
	if len(got) != 1 || !reflect.DeepEqual(got[0], want) {
		t.Fatalf("bans\n%+v\nwant\n%+v", got, want)
	}

	// The next request is refused under the ban, without being checked
	// against the rules, and makes the ban permanent.
	clk.advance(time.Hour)

	line = s.get(client, http.StatusTooManyRequests, requestlog.ActionBanned)
	wantRuleIDs(t, line)

	if line.BanExpires != permanent {
		t.Errorf("log line has ban_expires %q, want permanent", line.BanExpires)
	}

	clk.advance(365 * 24 * time.Hour)
	s.get(client, http.StatusTooManyRequests, requestlog.ActionBanned)
}

func TestNextClearSignOfAttackAfterABanBansPermanently(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	s, clk, _ := startWithClock(t, "", map[string]string{
		rulesDir:          writeRules(t, testRules),
		attackBanDuration: "1h",
	})

	// The first probe bans for SWWAF_ATTACK_BAN_DURATION.
	line := s.request(client, "/.env", http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionBanned)
	if line.BanExpires != requestlog.FormatTime(clk.Now().Add(time.Hour)) {
		t.Errorf("log line has ban_expires %q, want an hour on", line.BanExpires)
	}

	// Once that ban has run out without a request, the client is served,
	// and its next probe bans it for good.
	clk.advance(time.Hour)
	s.get(client, http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)

	line = s.request(client, "/.env", http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionBanned)
	if line.BanExpires != permanent {
		t.Errorf("log line has ban_expires %q, want permanent", line.BanExpires)
	}
}

func TestRulesComeAfterTheOtherChecks(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	const (
		allowed = "192.0.2.60" // in SWWAF_ALLOW_NETS
		exempt  = "192.0.2.50" // in SWWAF_RATE_LIMIT_EXEMPT_NETS
	)

	s, _, server := startWithClock(t, "", map[string]string{
		rulesDir:            writeRules(t, testRules),
		allowNets:           allowed,
		rateLimitExemptNets: exempt,
		rateLimitPerMinute:  "1",
	})

	// A client in SWWAF_ALLOW_NETS is not checked.
	line := s.request(allowed, "/.env", http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)
	wantRuleIDs(t, line)

	// A probe over the rate limit breaks the limit before any rule sees
	// it.
	s.get(client, http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)
	line = s.request(client, "/.env", http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionRateLimited)
	wantRuleIDs(t, line)

	limitBan := server.Ledger.Bans(netip.MustParsePrefix(client + "/32"))
	if len(limitBan) != 1 || limitBan[0].Cause != bans.CauseLimit {
		t.Errorf("bans %+v, want one for a broken limit", limitBan)
	}

	// A client the rate limits do not apply to is still checked.
	s.get(exempt, http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)
	s.request(exempt, "/.env", http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionBanned)
}

func TestObserveModeLogsWhatTheRulesWouldDo(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	s, _, server := startWithClock(t, "", map[string]string{
		rulesDir: writeRules(t, testRules),
		mode:     observe,
	})

	line := s.request(client, "/blocked", http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)
	wantWouldAction(t, line, requestlog.ActionRuleBlocked)
	wantRuleIDs(t, line, "blocked")

	line = s.request(client, "/.env", http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)
	wantWouldAction(t, line, requestlog.ActionBanned)
	wantRuleIDs(t, line, "probe")

	if line.BanExpires != "" {
		t.Errorf("log line has ban_expires %q, want none", line.BanExpires)
	}

	// No ban was made.
	line = s.get(client, http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)
	wantWouldAction(t, line, "")

	if got := server.Ledger.Snapshot(); len(got) != 0 {
		t.Errorf("bans %+v, want none", got)
	}
}

func TestMetricsCountRuleMatchesAndBansForAnAttack(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	s, _, _ := startWithClock(t, "", map[string]string{
		rulesDir:     writeRules(t, testRules),
		metricsToken: token,
	})

	s.request(client, "/blocked", http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionRuleBlocked)
	s.request(client, "/.env", http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionBanned)
	s.get(client, http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionBanned)

	metrics := s.scrape()
	wantMetric(t, metrics,
		`smallwebwaf_rule_matches_total{action="block",instance="app",rule_id="blocked"}`, 1)
	wantMetric(t, metrics,
		`smallwebwaf_rule_matches_total{action="ban",instance="app",rule_id="probe"}`, 1)
	wantMetric(t, metrics, `smallwebwaf_rules_loaded{instance="app"}`, 2)
	wantMetric(t, metrics, `smallwebwaf_requests_total{action="rule_blocked",`+
		`instance="app",status_class="4xx"}`, 1)
	wantMetric(t, metrics,
		`smallwebwaf_offences_total{instance="app",kind="rule_blocked"}`, 1)
	wantMetric(t, metrics, `smallwebwaf_offences_total{instance="app",kind="attack"}`, 1)
	wantMetric(t, metrics, `smallwebwaf_bans_made_total{cause="attack",instance="app"}`, 1)
	wantMetric(t, metrics, `smallwebwaf_bans_made_total{cause="limit",instance="app"}`, 0)
	wantMetric(t, metrics, `smallwebwaf_permanent_bans{instance="app"}`, 1)
}

// writeRules writes content as a rule file into a new directory, and
// returns the directory.
func writeRules(t *testing.T, content string) string {
	t.Helper()

	dir := t.TempDir()

	err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "test.rules"), []byte(content), 0o600)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("write the rule file: %v", err)
	}

	return dir
}

// wantRuleIDs checks the request log line's rule_ids.
func wantRuleIDs(t *testing.T, line logLine, want ...string) {
	t.Helper()

	if !slices.Equal(line.RuleIDs, want) {
		t.Errorf("log line has rule_ids %v, want %v", line.RuleIDs, want)
	}
}