smallwebwaf/internal/proxy/ratelimits_test.go

package proxy_test

import (
	"net/http"
	"sync/atomic"
	"testing"

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

// minute is the window of SWWAF_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE, as a log line's
// limit_hit names it.
const minute = "minute"

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

	var calls atomic.Int32

	app := startApp(t, func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) {
		calls.Add(1)
	})
	addr, out := startProxy(t, app.URL, map[string]string{
		trustedProxies:     trustLocalhost,
		rateLimitPerMinute: "1",
	})

	const otherClient = "203.0.113.10"

	// With a limit of one request a minute, a client's second request is
	// refused, with 403 by default. A client is one IPv4 address, or one
	// IPv6 /64; an IPv4 address in IPv6 form is that IPv4 address.
	requests := []struct {
		client string // as X-Forwarded-For names it
		logged string // as the log line's client_ip names it
		want   int
	}{
		{client, client, http.StatusOK},
		{client, client, http.StatusForbidden},
		{otherClient, otherClient, http.StatusOK},
		{"::ffff:" + otherClient, otherClient, http.StatusForbidden},
		{"2001:db8::1", "2001:db8::1", http.StatusOK},
		{"2001:db8::8000:0:0:1", "2001:db8::8000:0:0:1", http.StatusForbidden},
		{"2001:db8:0:1::1", "2001:db8:0:1::1", http.StatusOK},
	}

	for i, sent := range requests {
		req := newRequest(t, http.MethodGet, addr, "/", http.NoBody)
		req.Header.Set(forwardedFor, sent.client)
		wantStatus(t, do(t, req), sent.want)

		line := out.requestLines(t, i+1)[i]
		if line.ClientIP != sent.logged {
			t.Errorf("log line has client_ip %q, want %q", line.ClientIP, sent.logged)
		}

		if sent.want == http.StatusOK {
			wantLine(t, line, http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)
		} else {
			wantLine(t, line, http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionRateLimited)

			if line.LimitHit != minute {
				t.Errorf("log line has limit_hit %q, want minute", line.LimitHit)
			}
		}
	}

	if calls.Load() != 4 {
		t.Errorf("the app was called %d times, want 4", calls.Load())
	}
}

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

	const denied = "192.0.2.50" // in SWWAF_DENY_NETS

	s, _, server := startWithClock(t, "", map[string]string{
		rateLimitPerMinute:   "1",
		rateLimitExemptPaths: "/assets/,/favicon.ico",
		denyNets:             denied,
		deniedCountries:      "kp",
	})

	// The answers are kept before the requests, so that none waits for
	// GeoJS.
	server.GeoJS.Load([]lookup.Answer{
		keptAnswer(client, "DE"), keptAnswer(fromKP, "KP"),
	})

	// With a limit of one request a minute, the requests for paths under a
	// prefix are not counted, so client's first request for / is within
	// the limit; and once client has reached it, they are not refused.
	s.request(client, "/assets/app.js", http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)
	s.request(client, "/favicon.ico?v=2", http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)
	s.get(client, http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)

	line := s.request(client, "/assets/app.js", http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)
	if line.LimitHit != "" {
		t.Errorf("log line has limit_hit %q, want none", line.LimitHit)
	}

	// A path outside every prefix is counted: /assets is not under
	// /assets/, and breaks the limit.
	s.request(client, "/assets", http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionRateLimited)

	// A ban, SWWAF_DENY_NETS and the country lists still refuse a path
	// under a prefix.
	s.request(client, "/assets/app.js", http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionBanned)
	s.request(denied, "/assets/app.js", http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionDenied)
	s.request(fromKP, "/assets/app.js",
		http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionCountryDenied)
}

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

	for _, sent := range []string{
		// A prefix matches only at the start of the path.
		"/static/assets/app.js",
		// .. once percent-decoded: an app may act on these as /login, the
		// last as a path under /sneak/app/ or as /assets/x.
		"/assets/../login",
		"/assets/%2e%2e/login",
		"/assets/..%2Flogin",
		"/assets/..;/login",
		"/sneak/app/src/branch/main/..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2Fassets/x",
		// An encoded slash or a backslash: Go's router takes /assets%2Fx
		// for one path segment, not a path under /assets/.
		"/assets%2Fx",
		"/assets%2fx",
		`/assets/x\y`,
	} {
		t.Run(sent, func(t *testing.T) {
			t.Parallel()

			s, _, _ := startWithClock(t, "", map[string]string{
				rateLimitPerMinute:   "1",
				rateLimitExemptPaths: "/assets/",
			})

			// Counted, the second request breaks the limit of one request
			// a minute.
			s.request(client, sent, http.StatusOK, requestlog.ActionForward)
			s.request(client, sent, http.StatusForbidden, requestlog.ActionRateLimited)
		})
	}
}