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Gate forwarded-header trust behind trusted-proxy config (closes #88)
Every rate limiter keyed on httprate.KeyByRealIP, which believes
True-Client-IP, X-Real-IP and the first X-Forwarded-For entry from
any peer. A client could therefore mint a fresh bucket per request
by rotating a spoofed header, or drain another client's bucket by
claiming its address, which left the receiver, login and password
change limits with no value against a deliberate attacker.

The receiver, login and password change limiters now share one key
function: the connection's own address, unless the direct peer is
inside a network listed in the new TRUSTED_PROXIES CIDR list, in
which case the forwarded client address is used. The list is empty
by default, so nothing is trusted until an operator names their
proxy; a set-but-unparseable value aborts startup, matching the
handling of the other parsed variables.

X-Forwarded-For is the only forwarded header read, from any peer.
Reverse proxies append to it but pass other client headers through
verbatim, so believing a single-valued X-Real-IP or True-Client-IP
would hand a client behind the trusted proxy a fresh bucket per
request - the same bypass, inside the deployment TRUSTED_PROXIES
exists to serve. Within a trusted request the chain is walked right
to left, since the rightmost entry is the one the nearest proxy
appended, and the first hop that is not itself a trusted proxy is
taken as the client. A hop that is not a bare address - ip:port, a
bracketed IPv6 literal, the token unknown - ends the walk and the
peer address is used, rather than continuing left into entries the
client controls.

Trusted-proxy prefixes written in IPv4-mapped form are unmapped at
parse time, since peer addresses are unmapped before matching and
such a prefix would otherwise silently never match.

Also folds in two cleanups from the same review: the 429 responder
shared by all three limiters is extracted, and the
RECEIVER_RATE_LIMIT error-path tests now assert that the failure
names the variable and wraps ErrNonPositiveValue rather than only
that some error occurred.
2026-08-11 13:44:12 +00:00

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package middleware_test
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"log/slog"
"net/http"
"net/http/httptest"
"net/netip"
"os"
"testing"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/config"
"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/middleware"
)
func TestLoginRateLimit_AllowsGET(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
m, _ := testMiddleware(t, config.EnvironmentDev)
var callCount int
handler := m.LoginRateLimit()(http.HandlerFunc(
func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
callCount++
w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
},
))
// GET requests should never be rate-limited
for i := range 20 {
req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
context.Background(),
http.MethodGet, "/pages/login", nil,
)
req.RemoteAddr = "192.168.1.1:12345"
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusOK, w.Code,
"GET request %d should pass", i,
)
}
assert.Equal(t, 20, callCount)
}
// runPostLimitTest exercises a POST-only rate limit middleware:
// the first limit POSTs to path from ip must pass, and the next
// one must be rejected with 429 without reaching the handler.
func runPostLimitTest(
t *testing.T,
mw func(http.Handler) http.Handler,
limit int,
path, ip string,
) {
t.Helper()
var callCount int
handler := mw(http.HandlerFunc(
func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
callCount++
w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
},
))
// The first limit POST requests should succeed
for i := range limit {
req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
context.Background(),
http.MethodPost, path, nil,
)
req.RemoteAddr = ip
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusOK, w.Code,
"POST request %d should pass", i,
)
}
// Next POST should be rate-limited
req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
context.Background(),
http.MethodPost, path, nil,
)
req.RemoteAddr = ip
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusTooManyRequests, w.Code,
"POST after limit should be 429",
)
assert.Equal(t, limit, callCount)
}
func TestLoginRateLimit_LimitsPOST(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
m, _ := testMiddleware(t, config.EnvironmentDev)
runPostLimitTest(
t,
m.LoginRateLimit(),
middleware.LoginRateLimitConst,
"/pages/login",
"10.0.0.1:12345",
)
}
func TestPasswordChangeRateLimit_LimitsPOST(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
m, _ := testMiddleware(t, config.EnvironmentDev)
runPostLimitTest(
t,
m.PasswordChangeRateLimit(),
middleware.PasswordChangeRateLimitConst,
"/user/admin/password",
"10.0.0.2:12345",
)
}
func TestLoginRateLimit_IndependentPerIP(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
m, _ := testMiddleware(t, config.EnvironmentDev)
handler := m.LoginRateLimit()(http.HandlerFunc(
func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
},
))
// Exhaust limit for IP1
for range middleware.LoginRateLimitConst {
req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
context.Background(),
http.MethodPost, "/pages/login", nil,
)
req.RemoteAddr = "1.2.3.4:12345"
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
}
// IP1 should be rate-limited
req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
context.Background(),
http.MethodPost, "/pages/login", nil,
)
req.RemoteAddr = "1.2.3.4:12345"
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
assert.Equal(t, http.StatusTooManyRequests, w.Code)
// IP2 should still be allowed
req2 := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
context.Background(),
http.MethodPost, "/pages/login", nil,
)
req2.RemoteAddr = "5.6.7.8:12345"
w2 := httptest.NewRecorder()
handler.ServeHTTP(w2, req2)
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusOK, w2.Code,
"different IP should not be affected",
)
}
// okHandler is the terminal handler the limiter middleware wraps
// in these tests: it answers 200 to anything that reaches it.
func okHandler() http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(
func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
},
)
}
// rateLimitMiddleware builds a Middleware around cfg, whose
// TrustedProxies field is what the rate limit key function gates
// forwarded-header trust on.
func rateLimitMiddleware(
t *testing.T, cfg *config.Config,
) *middleware.Middleware {
t.Helper()
log := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(
os.Stderr,
&slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelDebug},
))
return middleware.NewForTest(log, cfg, nil)
}
// trustedProxies parses CIDR strings for a test Config.
func trustedProxies(cidrs ...string) []netip.Prefix {
prefixes := make([]netip.Prefix, 0, len(cidrs))
for _, cidr := range cidrs {
prefixes = append(prefixes, netip.MustParsePrefix(cidr))
}
return prefixes
}
// postWithHeaders sends one POST to the handler from peer with the
// given headers set and returns the recorder.
func postWithHeaders(
handler http.Handler,
peer, path string,
headers map[string]string,
) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
context.Background(), http.MethodPost, path, nil,
)
req.RemoteAddr = peer
for name, value := range headers {
req.Header.Set(name, value)
}
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
return w
}
// receiverLimitedHandler builds a ReceiverRateLimit-wrapped
// handler with the given per-minute limit and no trusted proxies.
func receiverLimitedHandler(
t *testing.T, limit int,
) http.Handler {
t.Helper()
m := rateLimitMiddleware(
t, &config.Config{ReceiverRateLimit: limit},
)
return m.ReceiverRateLimit()(okHandler())
}
// receiverPost sends one POST to the handler from the given IP
// and path and returns the recorder.
func receiverPost(
handler http.Handler, ip, path string,
) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
context.Background(),
http.MethodPost, path, nil,
)
req.RemoteAddr = ip
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
return w
}
func TestReceiverRateLimit_LimitsPerIPAndPath(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
const limit = 3
handler := receiverLimitedHandler(t, limit)
// The first limit requests from one IP to one entrypoint
// pass.
for i := range limit {
w := receiverPost(
handler, "9.9.9.9:1234", "/webhook/uuid-a",
)
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusOK, w.Code,
"request %d should pass", i,
)
}
// The next request over the limit is rejected with a 429
// carrying a Retry-After header.
w := receiverPost(
handler, "9.9.9.9:1234", "/webhook/uuid-a",
)
assert.Equal(t, http.StatusTooManyRequests, w.Code)
assert.NotEmpty(
t, w.Header().Get("Retry-After"),
"429 must carry a Retry-After header",
)
// The same IP is not limited on a different entrypoint.
w = receiverPost(
handler, "9.9.9.9:1234", "/webhook/uuid-b",
)
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusOK, w.Code,
"a different entrypoint must not be affected",
)
// A different IP is not limited on the same entrypoint.
w = receiverPost(
handler, "8.8.8.8:1234", "/webhook/uuid-a",
)
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusOK, w.Code,
"a different client IP must not be affected",
)
}
// TestReceiverRateLimit_CountsEveryMethod proves the receiver
// limit counts non-POST requests too: a GET shares the bucket
// with a POST and is itself rejected once over the limit.
func TestReceiverRateLimit_CountsEveryMethod(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
const (
limit = 2
ip = "7.7.7.7:1234"
path = "/webhook/uuid-c"
)
handler := receiverLimitedHandler(t, limit)
get := func() *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
context.Background(), http.MethodGet, path, nil,
)
req.RemoteAddr = ip
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
return w
}
// One POST plus one GET fill the bucket, so the GET must
// have been counted.
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusOK, receiverPost(handler, ip, path).Code,
)
assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, get().Code)
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusTooManyRequests, get().Code,
"a GET over the limit must be rate-limited",
)
}
const (
loginPath = "/pages/login"
headerXFF = "X-Forwarded-For"
headerReal = "X-Real-IP"
headerTrue = "True-Client-IP"
)
// assertSharedBucket drives the login limiter from peer with the
// trusted-proxy set proxies, sending one more request than the limit
// allows and varying the headers on each with headers(i). Every
// request must land in the same bucket, so the last one is rejected:
// if any of the varying header values reached the key, the run would
// have minted fresh buckets and nothing would be rejected.
func assertSharedBucket(
t *testing.T,
proxies []netip.Prefix,
peer string,
headers func(i int) map[string]string,
msg string,
) {
t.Helper()
m := rateLimitMiddleware(
t, &config.Config{TrustedProxies: proxies},
)
handler := m.LoginRateLimit()(okHandler())
for i := range middleware.LoginRateLimitConst {
w := postWithHeaders(handler, peer, loginPath, headers(i))
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusOK, w.Code,
"request %d should pass", i,
)
}
w := postWithHeaders(
handler, peer, loginPath,
headers(middleware.LoginRateLimitConst),
)
assert.Equal(t, http.StatusTooManyRequests, w.Code, msg)
}
// TestRateLimitKey_SpoofedForwardedFromUntrustedPeer is the test
// this gating exists for: with no trusted proxies configured (the
// default), a client that rotates a forwarded header on every
// request must stay in one bucket. If forwarded headers were
// trusted unconditionally, each spoofed value would mint a fresh
// bucket and the limit would stop no one.
func TestRateLimitKey_SpoofedForwardedFromUntrustedPeer(
t *testing.T,
) {
t.Parallel()
for _, header := range []string{
headerXFF, headerReal, headerTrue,
} {
t.Run(header, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
assertSharedBucket(
t, nil, "203.0.113.9:44444",
func(i int) map[string]string {
return map[string]string{
header: fmt.Sprintf(
"198.51.100.%d", i+1,
),
}
},
"a spoofed "+header+" from an untrusted peer "+
"must not mint a fresh bucket",
)
})
}
}
// TestRateLimitKey_SingleValuedHeadersIgnoredFromTrustedPeer is the
// regression test for the bypass hiding inside the trusted case.
// Real reverse proxies (nginx, HAProxy, Caddy, ALB) set only
// X-Forwarded-For and pass every other client header through
// verbatim, so a client behind the configured proxy can send its own
// X-Real-IP or True-Client-IP. Reading either would hand that client
// a fresh bucket per request from inside exactly the deployment
// TRUSTED_PROXIES exists to serve, so neither header is read at all.
func TestRateLimitKey_SingleValuedHeadersIgnoredFromTrustedPeer(
t *testing.T,
) {
t.Parallel()
for _, header := range []string{headerReal, headerTrue} {
t.Run(header, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
assertSharedBucket(
t, trustedProxies("10.0.0.0/8"),
"10.0.0.1:44444",
func(i int) map[string]string {
return map[string]string{
header: fmt.Sprintf(
"198.51.100.%d", i+1,
),
}
},
header+" from a trusted peer must not mint a "+
"fresh bucket: only X-Forwarded-For is read",
)
})
}
}
// TestRateLimitKey_MalformedRightmostHopFallsBackToPeer covers the
// other end of the chain walk. The rightmost X-Forwarded-For entry
// is the one the trusted proxy appended; if it cannot be read as an
// address the chain is not the shape the walk assumes, and every
// entry to its left may have come from the client. The walk must
// stop and fall back to the peer rather than select one of them.
func TestRateLimitKey_MalformedRightmostHopFallsBackToPeer(
t *testing.T,
) {
t.Parallel()
// Forms seen in the wild: host:port (Azure Application
// Gateway, IIS ARR), a bracketed IPv6 literal, and the
// RFC 7239 placeholder token.
for _, tail := range []string{
"198.51.100.7:1234", "[2001:db8::1]", "unknown",
} {
t.Run(tail, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
assertSharedBucket(
t, trustedProxies("10.0.0.0/8"),
"10.0.0.1:44444",
func(i int) map[string]string {
return map[string]string{
headerXFF: fmt.Sprintf(
"9.9.9.%d, %s", i+1, tail,
),
}
},
"an unparseable rightmost hop must fall back "+
"to the peer address, not select a "+
"client-controlled entry",
)
})
}
}
// TestRateLimitKey_ForwardedHonouredFromTrustedPeer checks the
// other half: when the direct peer is a configured trusted proxy,
// the forwarded client address is what buckets are keyed on, so
// one sender behind the proxy cannot exhaust another's limit.
func TestRateLimitKey_ForwardedHonouredFromTrustedPeer(
t *testing.T,
) {
t.Parallel()
m := rateLimitMiddleware(t, &config.Config{
TrustedProxies: trustedProxies("10.0.0.0/8"),
})
handler := m.LoginRateLimit()(okHandler())
const peer = "10.0.0.1:44444"
first := map[string]string{headerXFF: "198.51.100.7"}
for range middleware.LoginRateLimitConst {
postWithHeaders(handler, peer, loginPath, first)
}
w := postWithHeaders(handler, peer, loginPath, first)
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusTooManyRequests, w.Code,
"the forwarded client's own bucket must fill up",
)
w = postWithHeaders(
handler, peer, loginPath,
map[string]string{headerXFF: "198.51.100.8"},
)
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusOK, w.Code,
"a forwarded header from a trusted peer must be honoured",
)
}
// TestRateLimitKey_ChainWalkSkipsClientPrepended covers the
// residual spoofing route behind a trusted proxy: the client
// controls the leftmost X-Forwarded-For entries, so the key is the
// rightmost hop that is not itself trusted. Rotating the prepended
// entry must not create new buckets.
func TestRateLimitKey_ChainWalkSkipsClientPrepended(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
assertSharedBucket(
t, trustedProxies("10.0.0.0/8"), "10.0.0.1:44444",
func(i int) map[string]string {
return map[string]string{
headerXFF: fmt.Sprintf(
"9.9.9.%d, 198.51.100.7, 10.0.0.2", i+1,
),
}
},
"a client-prepended X-Forwarded-For entry must not "+
"mint a fresh bucket",
)
}
// TestReceiverRateLimit_IgnoresForwardedFromUntrustedPeer proves
// the receiver limiter uses the same gated key function as the
// POST limiters.
func TestReceiverRateLimit_IgnoresForwardedFromUntrustedPeer(
t *testing.T,
) {
t.Parallel()
const (
limit = 3
peer = "203.0.113.10:44444"
path = "/webhook/uuid-d"
)
handler := receiverLimitedHandler(t, limit)
for i := range limit {
w := postWithHeaders(
handler, peer, path,
map[string]string{
headerXFF: fmt.Sprintf(
"198.51.100.%d", i+1,
),
},
)
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusOK, w.Code,
"request %d should pass", i,
)
}
w := postWithHeaders(
handler, peer, path,
map[string]string{headerXFF: "198.51.100.200"},
)
assert.Equal(
t, http.StatusTooManyRequests, w.Code,
"a spoofed X-Forwarded-For from an untrusted peer must "+
"not mint a fresh receiver bucket",
)
}