smallwebwaf/internal/rules/rules_test.go

package rules_test

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"log/slog"
	"maps"
	"net/http"
	"net/http/httptest"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"slices"
	"strconv"
	"testing"

	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/rules"
)

const (
	// What the process log says once Watch watches the directory, after
	// each reading of the rule files, and for one that has an error.
	watching = "watching the rule files for edits"
	read     = "read the rule files"
	hasError = "a rule file has an error, and the rules stay as they were"
	// maxLogLines is how many lines of the process log wait for a test to
	// read them.
	maxLogLines = 64
	// browser is the user agent of an ordinary visitor.
	browser = "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:140.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/140.0"
	// testFile is the rule file of a test that needs only one, and
	// firstFile the first of a test's rule files.
	testFile  = "test.rules"
	firstFile = "00-a.rules"
	// userAgent is the header that carries the user agent.
	userAgent = "User-Agent"
)

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

	for _, tc := range []struct {
		name   string
		rule   string // its target, action and regex
		uri    string // the request's path and query
		header http.Header
		want   bool
	}{
		{"path as received", `path log ^/%2eenv$`, "/%2eenv", nil, true},
		{"path not decoded", `path log ^/\.env$`, "/%2eenv", nil, false},
		{"path without the query", `path log ^/a$`, "/a?b=c", nil, true},
		{"query as received", `query log ^b=%2e$`, "/a?b=%2e", nil, true},
		{"uri as received", `uri log ^/a\?b=%2e$`, "/a?b=%2e", nil, true},
		{"uri decoded", `uri log (\.\./){2}`, "/a?f=%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f", nil, true},
		{
			"uri decoded past malformed escapes", `uri log (\.\./){2}&h=%$`,
			"/a?g=%zz&f=%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f&h=%", nil, true,
		},
		{"uri decoded only once", `uri log ^/a\.b$`, "/a%252eb", nil, false},
		{"method", `method log ^PUT$`, "/", nil, true},
		{"host", `host log ^app\.example$`, "/", nil, true},
		{
			"user_agent", `user_agent log ^sqlmap/`, "/",
			http.Header{userAgent: {"sqlmap/1.8"}}, true,
		},
		{
			"user_agent sent twice", `user_agent log ^curl/8, sqlmap/`, "/",
			http.Header{userAgent: {"curl/8", "sqlmap/1.8"}}, true,
		},
		{"user_agent missing", `user_agent log ^$`, "/", nil, true},
		{
			"referer", `referer log ^https://spam\.example/`, "/",
			http.Header{"Referer": {"https://spam.example/buy"}}, true,
		},
		{
			"a header sent twice", `header:x-api-version log ^2, 3$`, "/",
			http.Header{"X-Api-Version": {"2", "3"}}, true,
		},
		{"a header missing", `header:X-Api-Version log ^$`, "/", nil, true},
	} {
		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			t.Parallel()

			files := load(t, ruleFiles{testFile: "a-rule " + tc.rule + "\n"})

			// Every request is a PUT, which the method rule looks for.
			r := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(), http.MethodPut,
				"http://app.example"+tc.uri, nil)
			maps.Copy(r.Header, tc.header)

			got := len(files.Match(r)) == 1
			if got != tc.want {
				t.Errorf("%s matches %s: %t, want %t", tc.rule, tc.uri, got, tc.want)
			}
		})
	}
}

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

	// Each path holds a character Go's URL type would escape again, \ or
	// a non-ASCII byte, and each rule is written for the path as sent.
	for _, tc := range []struct {
		rule string // its target, action and regex
		sent string // the path and query the client sent
	}{
		{`path log ^/\.\.\\\.\.\\windows\\win\.ini$`, `/..\..\windows\win.ini`},
		{`path log ^/%2e%2e\\%2e%2e\\windows\\win\.ini$`, `/%2e%2e\%2e%2e\windows\win.ini`},
		{`path log ^/café$`, "/café?x=1"},
		{`uri log ^/%2e%2e\\%2e%2e\\boot\.ini\?x=1$`, `/%2e%2e\%2e%2e\boot.ini?x=1`},
	} {
		files := load(t, ruleFiles{testFile: "as-sent " + tc.rule + "\n"})

		// The target in origin form, as traefik sends it, and in absolute
		// form, as a client sends it to a proxy.
		for _, target := range []string{tc.sent, "http://app.example" + tc.sent} {
			r := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(), http.MethodGet, target, nil)
			wantMatched(t, files, r, "as-sent")
		}
	}
}

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

	files := load(t, ruleFiles{testFile: `
every-path     path  log    ^/
no-path        path  log    ^$
first-refusal  path  block  ^/probe
later-ban      path  ban    ^/probe
after          path  log    ^/
`})

	// Every log rule that matches is noted, and the block rule ends the
	// matching.
	wantMatched(t, files, get(t, "/probe"), "every-path", "first-refusal")
	wantMatched(t, files, get(t, "/page"), "every-path", "after")

	// A ban rule ends it too.
	files = load(t, ruleFiles{testFile: "ban path ban ^/\nlater path block ^/\n"})
	wantMatched(t, files, get(t, "/"), "ban")
}

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

	files := load(t, ruleFiles{
		"50-b.rules": "b1 path log ^/\n\n# a comment\n  # an indented one\nb2 path log ^/\n",
		firstFile:    "a1 path log ^/\r\n",
		// None is a rule file.
		"notes.txt":       "notes, not rules\n",
		"10-c.rules.bak":  "an old copy\n",
		"20-d.rules/keep": "a file in a directory\n",
	})

	wantMatched(t, files, get(t, "/"), "a1", "b1", "b2")

	if files.Len() != 3 {
		t.Errorf("%d rules loaded, want 3", files.Len())
	}
}

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

	for _, tc := range []struct {
		name    string
		content string
		line    int
		want    string
	}{
		{
			"too few fields", "env-file path ban\n", 1,
			"is not a rule: an id, a target, an action and a regex, " +
				"separated by spaces or tabs",
		},
		{
			"an id of other characters", "# ids\n\nenv.file path ban ^/\n", 3,
			`the id "env.file" is not an id of letters, digits, - and _`,
		},
		{
			"an unknown target", "env-file paths ban ^/\n", 1,
			`the target "paths" is not path, query, uri, method, host, ` +
				"user_agent, referer or header:<Name>",
		},
		{
			"a header without a name", "env-file header: ban ^/\n", 1,
			`the target "header:" is not path, query, uri, method, host, ` +
				"user_agent, referer or header:<Name>",
		},
		{
			"an unknown action", "env-file path deny ^/\n", 1,
			`the action "deny" is not log, block or ban`,
		},
		{
			"a regex that does not compile", "env-file path ban ^/(\n", 1,
			"the regex does not compile: error parsing regexp: " +
				"missing closing ): `^/(`",
		},
	} {
		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			t.Parallel()

			dir := writeFiles(t, ruleFiles{"00-default.rules": tc.content})
			path := filepath.Join(dir, "00-default.rules")

			wantRefused(t, dir, path+", line "+strconv.Itoa(tc.line)+": "+tc.want)
		})
	}
}

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

	dir := writeFiles(t, ruleFiles{
		"00-a.rules": "probe path log ^/a\n",
		"50-b.rules": "other path log ^/b\nprobe path ban ^/c\n",
	})

	wantRefused(t, dir, filepath.Join(dir, "50-b.rules")+`, line 2: the id "probe" `+
		"is already the id of the rule at "+filepath.Join(dir, "00-a.rules")+", line 1")
}

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

	dir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "rules.d")

	wantRefused(t, dir, "SWWAF_RULES_DIR cannot be read: open "+dir+
		": no such file or directory")
}

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

	params, lines := newParams(writeFiles(t, ruleFiles{"00-default.rules": "# none\n"}))

	files, err := rules.Load(params)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("load: %v", err)
	}

	line := lines.waitFor(t, read)
	if files.Len() != 0 || line["rules"] != 0.0 {
		t.Errorf("%d rules loaded, and the log says %v, want none", files.Len(), line)
	}
}

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

	// SWWAF_RULES_DIR does not exist, which would stop the start.
	params, _ := newParams(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "rules.d"))
	params.Enabled = false

	files, err := rules.Load(params)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("load: %v", err)
	}

	if files.Len() != 0 || files.Match(get(t, "/")) != nil {
		t.Errorf("%d rules loaded with the rule files off", files.Len())
	}

	// It would watch until the test ends.
	files.Watch(t.Context())
}

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

	dir := writeFiles(t, ruleFiles{firstFile: "first path block ^/first\n"})
	files, lines := watch(t, dir)

	// matches reports whether path matches a rule.
	matches := func(path string) bool { return len(files.Match(get(t, path))) == 1 }

	// A file added.
	save(t, dir, "50-b.rules", "second path block ^/second\n")
	lines.waitUntil(t, func() bool { return matches("/second") })
	wantMatched(t, files, get(t, "/first"), "first")

	// A file edited.
	save(t, dir, firstFile, "first path block ^/edited\n")
	lines.waitUntil(t, func() bool { return !matches("/first") })
	wantMatched(t, files, get(t, "/edited"), "first")

	// A file removed.
	err := os.Remove(filepath.Join(dir, "50-b.rules"))
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("remove: %v", err)
	}

	lines.waitUntil(t, func() bool { return !matches("/second") })
	wantMatched(t, files, get(t, "/edited"), "first")
}

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

	dir := writeFiles(t, ruleFiles{firstFile: "first path block ^/first\n"})
	files, lines := watch(t, dir)

	// The edit's second line has an unknown action, so the rules stay as
	// they were, the first line's earlier version included.
	save(t, dir, firstFile, "first path block ^/edited\nsecond path bann ^/second\n")

	line := lines.waitFor(t, hasError)
	want := filepath.Join(dir, firstFile) +
		`, line 2: the action "bann" is not log, block or ban`

	if line["error"] != want || line["level"] != "ERROR" {
		t.Errorf("logged %v, want an error %q", line, want)
	}

	wantMatched(t, files, get(t, "/first"), "first")
	wantMatched(t, files, get(t, "/second"))

	// Once mended, the file is read again.
	save(t, dir, firstFile, "first path block ^/edited\nsecond path ban ^/second\n")
	lines.waitUntil(t, func() bool { return len(files.Match(get(t, "/second"))) == 1 })
	wantMatched(t, files, get(t, "/edited"), "first")
}

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

	params, _ := newParams(filepath.Join("..", "..", "share", "rules.d"))

	files, err := rules.Load(params)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("load the default file: %v", err)
	}

	// Probes sent by a browser, by the rule that refuses them.
	for rule, targets := range map[string][]string{
		"env-file":    {"/.env", "/.env.production", "/.ENV"},
		"vcs-dir":     {"/.git/config", "/.git", "/.svn/entries"},
		"secrets-dir": {"/.aws/credentials", "/.ssh/id_rsa"},
		"secret-file": {"/.htpasswd", "/.DS_Store", "/.git-credentials"},
		"editor-dir":  {"/.vscode/sftp.json"},
		"backup-file": {
			"/wp-config.php.bak", "/index.php~", "/dump.sql", "/backup.sql.gz",
		},
		"log-file":     {"/debug.log"},
		"compose-file": {"/docker-compose.yml", "/compose.yaml"},
		"php-shell":    {"/shell.php"},
		"path-traversal": {
			"/static/../../etc/passwd", "/f?f=%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2fetc%2fpasswd",
		},
	} {
		for _, target := range targets {
			wantRefusedBy(t, files, target, browser, rule)
		}
	}

	// Scanners, by their user agents.
	for _, scanner := range []string{
		"sqlmap/1.8.4#stable (https://sqlmap.org)",
		"Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Nuclei - Open-source project)",
	} {
		wantRefusedBy(t, files, "/", scanner, "scanner-agent")
	}

	// Ordinary requests to a code forge for files of those names deeper
	// in its paths, and for other files at its root.
	for _, target := range []string{
		"/owner/repo/src/branch/main/.env.example",
		"/owner/repo/src/branch/main/.env",
		"/owner/repo/src/branch/main/.github/workflows/ci.yml",
		"/owner/repo/src/branch/main/.vscode/settings.json",
		"/owner/repo/src/branch/main/.htaccess",
		"/owner/repo/src/branch/main/docker-compose.yml",
		"/owner/repo/src/branch/main/db/schema.sql",
		"/owner/repo/raw/branch/main/debug.log",
		"/owner/repo.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack",
		"/owner/repo/src/branch/main/docs/../README.md",
		"/user/login?redirect_to=%2fowner%2frepo",
		"/index.php",
		"/.well-known/security.txt",
	} {
		r := get(t, target)
		r.Header.Set(userAgent, browser)

		matched := files.Match(r)
		if len(matched) != 0 {
			t.Errorf("%s matched %v, want no rule", target, ids(matched))
		}
	}

	// A request without a user agent is only noted.
	wantMatched(t, files, get(t, "/"), "empty-agent")
}

// ruleFiles are files to write into a directory of rule files, by name.
type ruleFiles map[string]string

// writeFiles writes files into a new directory, and returns it.
func writeFiles(t *testing.T, files ruleFiles) string {
	t.Helper()

	dir := t.TempDir()

	for name, content := range files {
		path := filepath.Join(dir, name)

		err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o700)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("mkdir: %v", err)
		}

		err = os.WriteFile(path, []byte(content), 0o600)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("write %s: %v", name, err)
		}
	}

	return dir
}

// save writes content to the rule file name in dir as an editor that
// saves by renaming does, so that the file is never seen half written.
func save(t *testing.T, dir, name, content string) {
	t.Helper()

	path := filepath.Join(dir, name)

	err := os.WriteFile(path+".tmp", []byte(content), 0o600)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("write %s: %v", name, err)
	}

	err = os.Rename(path+".tmp", path)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("rename: %v", err)
	}
}

// newParams returns Params for the rule files in dir, switched on, with
// the process log in the processLog returned.
func newParams(dir string) (rules.Params, processLog) {
	lines := make(processLog, maxLogLines)

	return rules.Params{
		Dir:        dir,
		Enabled:    true,
		ProcessLog: slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(lines, nil)),
	}, lines
}

// load writes files into a new directory and loads the rules in it.
func load(t *testing.T, files ruleFiles) *rules.Files {
	t.Helper()

	params, _ := newParams(writeFiles(t, files))
	params.ProcessLog = slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler)

	loaded, err := rules.Load(params)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("load: %v", err)
	}

	return loaded
}

// watch loads the rules in dir, runs their Watch until the test ends, and
// waits until it watches the directory.
func watch(t *testing.T, dir string) (*rules.Files, processLog) {
	t.Helper()

	params, lines := newParams(dir)

	files, err := rules.Load(params)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("load: %v", err)
	}

	ctx, stop := context.WithCancel(t.Context())
	stopped := make(chan struct{})

	go func() {
		files.Watch(ctx)
		close(stopped)
	}()

	t.Cleanup(func() {
		stop()
		<-stopped
	})

	lines.waitFor(t, watching)

	return files, lines
}

// wantRefused checks that loading the rule files in dir fails with the
// error want.
func wantRefused(t *testing.T, dir, want string) {
	t.Helper()

	params, _ := newParams(dir)

	_, err := rules.Load(params)
	if err == nil || err.Error() != want {
		t.Errorf("error %v, want %s", err, want)
	}
}

// get returns a GET request for target, a path and an optional query, as
// smallwebwaf's server reads it, without a user agent.
func get(t *testing.T, target string) *http.Request {
	t.Helper()

	return httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(), http.MethodGet,
		"http://app.example"+target, nil)
}

// wantRefusedBy checks that a GET request for target with the user agent
// sent matches rule alone, and that rule refuses it.
func wantRefusedBy(t *testing.T, files *rules.Files, target, sent, rule string) {
	t.Helper()

	r := get(t, target)
	r.Header.Set(userAgent, sent)

	matched := files.Match(r)
	if len(matched) != 1 || matched[0].ID != rule || matched[0].Action == rules.ActionLog {
		t.Errorf("%s from %q matched %v, want %s alone, refusing it", target,
			sent, ids(matched), rule)
	}
}

// wantMatched checks the ids of the rules r matches, in order.
func wantMatched(t *testing.T, files *rules.Files, r *http.Request, want ...string) {
	t.Helper()

	got := ids(files.Match(r))
	if !slices.Equal(got, want) {
		t.Errorf("%s matched %v, want %v", r.URL, got, want)
	}
}

// ids returns the ids of matched.
func ids(matched []rules.Rule) []string {
	got := make([]string, 0, len(matched))
	for _, rule := range matched {
		got = append(got, rule.ID)
	}

	return got
}

// processLog receives the lines of a process log, each a JSON object, for
// a test to wait for.
type processLog chan string

// Write receives a line of the process log.
func (l processLog) Write(line []byte) (int, error) {
	l <- string(line)

	return len(line), nil
}

// waitFor returns the next line of the process log whose message is msg,
// passing over the lines before it. It waits as long as that takes, so
// that a slow test process cannot fail the test.
func (l processLog) waitFor(t *testing.T, msg string) map[string]any {
	t.Helper()

	for line := range l {
		var fields map[string]any

		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(line), &fields)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("process log line %q is not JSON: %v", line, err)
		}

		if fields["msg"] == msg {
			return fields
		}
	}

	return nil
}

// waitUntil waits for the rule files to be read until done reports true,
// as it does once they have been read after the test's last change. One
// change can be seen more than once, and so read more than once.
func (l processLog) waitUntil(t *testing.T, done func() bool) {
	t.Helper()

	for !done() {
		l.waitFor(t, read)
	}
}