🛡️ Sentinel: [CRITICAL] Fix hmac.compare_digest DoS 취약점

[seonghobae]

🚨 Severity: CRITICAL
💡 Vulnerability: x-api-key 헤더 값으로 non-ASCII 문자열(예: 유니코드)이 전달될 경우, hmac.compare_digest 함수가 TypeError를 발생시켜 서버 500 에러(DoS) 및 스택 트레이스 노출을 유발하는 취약점입니다.
🎯 Impact: 공격자가 특수 문자가 포함된 인증 헤더를 전송하여 서비스 거부(Denial of Service) 상태를 만들고 애플리케이션을 크래시할 수 있습니다.
🔧 Fix: hmac.compare_digest를 호출하기 전에 사용자 입력 및 설정된 키 값을 .encode('utf-8')을 사용하여 바이트(bytes)로 변환하도록 수정하였습니다.
✅ Verification: tests/test_saas_web.py 내에 non-ASCII 인증 헤더를 전송하여 401 응답을 확인하는 TestSaasWebAuth 테스트 케이스를 추가하고 성공적으로 통과함을 확인했습니다.

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• 버그 수정

  • 비ASCII 문자가 포함된 API 키로 요청할 때 서버 오류가 발생하지 않고 정상적으로 인증 실패 응답을 반환합니다.
  • 잘못된 API 키 입력으로 인한 오류 정보 노출 가능성을 줄였습니다.

• 테스트

  • 비ASCII API 키 입력에 대한 인증 동작을 검증하는 테스트를 추가했습니다.

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Walkthrough

API 키 비교 전에 입력값과 설정값을 UTF-8 바이트로 변환합니다. 비ASCII x-api-key 헤더가 500 오류를 일으키지 않고 401 응답을 반환하는 회귀 테스트와 취약점 기록을 추가합니다.

Changes

API 키 인증

Layer / File(s)	Summary
API 키 인코딩 및 회귀 검증 saas_web.py, tests/test_saas_web.py, .jules/sentinel.md	hmac.compare_digest()에 UTF-8 바이트를 전달하도록 변경했습니다. 비ASCII API 키 헤더가 401 응답을 반환하는 비동기 테스트를 추가했습니다. 관련 취약점과 예방책을 기록했습니다.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 90d0b

This change prevents non-ASCII API-key headers from causing server errors while preserving authentication behavior. The focused regression coverage supports merge readiness, with no current-head merge-blocking risk identified.

Possibly related PRs

• ContextualWisdomLab/codec-carver#326: saas_web.py의 API 키 UTF-8 인코딩과 비ASCII 키 회귀 테스트가 관련됩니다.
• ContextualWisdomLab/codec-carver#499: require_api_key의 UTF-8 인코딩과 비ASCII 입력 오류 처리가 관련됩니다.
• ContextualWisdomLab/codec-carver#451: API 키 비교 전 UTF-8 인코딩과 비ASCII 헤더 테스트가 관련됩니다.

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Title check	✅ Passed	제목은 hmac.compare_digest의 DoS 취약점 수정이라는 주요 변경 사항을 정확하고 간결하게 설명합니다.
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saas_web.py (1)

97-98: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Security Misconfiguration (CWE-526)

Reachability: Internal · Exploitability: Difficult

런타임 API 키를 credential registry/KV에서 읽도록 변경하십시오.

get_configured_api_keys()는 CODEC_CARVER_API_KEYS 환경 변수를 런타임 인증 소스로 사용합니다. credential registry/KV에서 키를 읽도록 변경하고, 테스트도 해당 레지스트리 fixture를 사용하십시오.

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In `@saas_web.py` around lines 97 - 98, Update get_configured_api_keys() to load
runtime API keys from the credential registry/KV instead of the
CODEC_CARVER_API_KEYS environment variable, preserving trimming and empty-value
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In `@saas_web.py`:
- Around line 97-98: Update get_configured_api_keys() to load runtime API keys
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Fleet succession verification, 2026-09-05: this generated lane has no remaining unique valid delta relative to canonical Draft #520 at current exact head 08d1c3ca20e3e41a703ac9e5c5aea6f702962d2d.

#527's valid contract is bounded to “non-ASCII X-API-Key input must not escape authentication as an unhandled hmac.compare_digest(str, str) error; invalid input returns 401 without reaching the protected handler.” Its generated implementation converts Starlette's decoded header string back to UTF-8 and its only regression asserts 401. The repository-wide Sentinel Always encode ... UTF-8 rule is not an independent product requirement.

#520 fully supersedes that valid behavior/evidence at the raw ASGI boundary: it compares the original raw header bytes against configured UTF-8 key bytes with compare_digest, retains a non-ASCII/high-bit 401 regression in tests/test_saas_web.py, adds configured-Unicode success + wrong-Unicode rejection, rejects duplicate header authority, and carries the buyer-visible CHANGELOG contract. It deliberately does not inherit #527's broader CRITICAL/process-crash claim or blanket encoding doctrine because those are not established by the evidence.

Closing #527 is therefore verified-successor consolidation, not abandonment. #520 remains Draft and still must satisfy its own credential-registry governance finding plus exact-head hosted/review gates before promotion.

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Fleet succession verification, 2026-09-05: this generated lane has no remaining unique valid delta relative to canonical Draft #520 at current exact head 08d1c3ca20e3e41a703ac9e5c5aea6f702962d2d.

#527's valid contract is bounded to “non-ASCII X-API-Key input must not escape authentication as an unhandled hmac.compare_digest(str, str) error; invalid input returns 401 without reaching the protected handler.” Its generated implementation converts Starlette's decoded header string back to UTF-8 and its only regression asserts 401. The repository-wide Sentinel Always encode ... UTF-8 rule is not an independent product requirement.

#520 fully supersedes that valid behavior/evidence at the raw ASGI boundary: it compares the original raw header bytes against configured UTF-8 key bytes with compare_digest, retains a non-ASCII/high-bit 401 regression in tests/test_saas_web.py, adds configured-Unicode success + wrong-Unicode rejection, rejects duplicate header authority, and carries the buyer-visible CHANGELOG contract. It deliberately does not inherit #527's broader CRITICAL/process-crash claim or blanket encoding doctrine because those are not established by the evidence.

Closing #527 is therefore verified-successor consolidation, not abandonment. #520 remains Draft and still must satisfy its own credential-registry governance finding plus exact-head hosted/review gates before promotion.

Understood. Acknowledging that this work is now obsolete and stopping work on this task.