bambuddy/SECURITY.md
maziggy 396e9aa09e security: harden path-traversal class across routes + services; fifth CI backstop
Two attacker-controlled strings were being joined to library_dir with no
  resolve + containment check in the project ZIP import endpoint:

    - linked_folders[*].name from the request's project.json
    - per-entry zf.namelist() paths from the ZIP itself

  An absolute path in either field collapsed the join (Path("/lib") / "/etc"
  becomes Path("/etc") because pathlib discards the left side when the right
  is absolute) and the next write_bytes landed wherever the attacker chose.

  Adjacent finding from the routes audit: GET /archives/{id}/photos/{filename}
  had NO validation on filename and FileResponse-served arbitrary paths -
  the DELETE counterpart at least gated on the photos membership check.

  Adjacent finding from the services audit: ArchiveService.attach_timelapse
  wrote archive_dir / filename where filename ultimately came from a printer's
  FTP listing (compromised-printer threat model) or the /timelapse/select
  query param. A malicious printer that exposes a directory entry with ..
  segments could write the timelapse outside the archive directory.

  New backend/app/utils/safe_path.py::safe_join_under(parent, *parts) is the
  single source of truth: rejects empty / null-byte / absolute parts up-front,
  joins under parent, resolves both sides, asserts is_relative_to. Returns the
  resolved canonical path on success, raises HTTPException(400) on escape, or
  PathTraversalError when http=False (for service-layer callers that need to
  match a non-HTTP return contract).

  Wired into the import vectors, both archive photo handlers, and the
  attach_timelapse service. The full audit sweep inspected every Path/Name
  join in backend/app/api/routes/ AND backend/app/services/ - 25 route-layer
  sites + 8 service-layer sites confirmed safe and tagged with
  # SEC-PATH-OK: <reason> so future audits trust the inline guard at a glance.

  Fifth CI backstop test_route_path_arithmetic_is_safe_joined_or_marked
  AST-walks both layers and fails the build on any <dir-like>/<bare variable>
  join that doesn't either route through safe_join_under or carry the marker.
  The services layer is in scope because it receives values verbatim from the
  routes AND from external sources Bambuddy has no control over (the printer
  FTP-listing case above).

  SECURITY.md gets a fifth rule + a fifth row in the CI test mapping table;
  the rule now names the printer FTP-listing case explicitly so future
  services-layer audits set the right expectation.

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  fix(library): suppress warning storm when bulk-uploading ZIPs of empty/stub STL files

  Uploading a ZIP of stub or empty STL files (e.g. the 24-byte
  "solid test\nendsolid test" shape) produced one WARNING per file in
  stl_thumbnail.py::generate_stl_thumbnail. The warnings were technically
  correct - trimesh returns a valid Mesh with zero vertices, the safeguard
  matches, and the function returns None so the library entry is still
  created without a thumbnail - but the volume turned a successful upload
  into thousands of WARNING lines in the journal.

  Two changes:

  1. The per-file "Failed to load STL or empty mesh" message in
     stl_thumbnail.py is now logger.debug instead of logger.warning. It's
     a per-file content observation, not an actionable error; the caller
     already handles None correctly. The branch now catches the rare
     "large enough but trimesh still can't parse it" case, visible in
     debug logs without spamming production.

  2. New module constant MIN_USABLE_STL_BYTES = 200 (smallest binary STL
     with one triangle is 134B, smallest ASCII ~150B; 200 is a safe floor
     below any real STL). The three thumbnail call sites in library.py
     (extract_zip_file, single-file upload, _backfill_external_stl_thumbnails)
     pre-skip files below this size before calling generate_stl_thumbnail.
     Stubs never enter the trimesh pipeline at all.

  Behavior is unchanged for real STLs: any file >=200 bytes runs through
  the existing pipeline, MAX_VERTICES still triggers simplification at
  100k vertices for the 256x256 thumbnail render, large files still get
  thumbnails.

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  fix(stl-thumbnail): silence matplotlib first-import noise (writable cache + font_manager log level)

  On first STL upload, three matplotlib-internal log lines surfaced:

    WARNING [matplotlib] /opt/claude/.config/matplotlib is not a writable directory
    INFO    [matplotlib.font_manager] Failed to extract font properties from NotoColorEmoji.ttf
    INFO    [matplotlib.font_manager] generated new fontManager

  The writable-dir warning fired because Bambuddy's $HOME isn't writable for
  matplotlib's default config path; matplotlib fell back to /tmp/matplotlib-XXX
  which lost the font cache on every host reboot, so font_manager rebuilt it
  each cold start - producing another batch of INFO lines.

  Fix is two small additions in stl_thumbnail.py before the matplotlib import:

  1. New _configure_matplotlib_cache() sets MPLCONFIGDIR to
     settings.base_dir/.cache/matplotlib (mkdir if missing) so the cache
     persists across container restarts and the writable-dir warning never
     fires. Respects an externally-set MPLCONFIGDIR so operators who chose
     their own path aren't overridden. Best-effort with a debug fallback if
     settings can't be imported or the mkdir fails.

  2. logging.getLogger("matplotlib.font_manager").setLevel(WARNING) at module
     import demotes the per-font INFO scan that fires when font_manager
     builds its cache cold. Real font warnings (>= WARNING) still surface.

  3 new tests: font_manager logger at WARNING after module import;
  _configure_matplotlib_cache creates the directory under base_dir and sets
  MPLCONFIGDIR; an externally-set MPLCONFIGDIR is preserved verbatim.
  5516 backend tests green, frontend gates clean.
2026-06-02 12:12:54 +02:00

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Security Policy

Reporting a Vulnerability

The Bambuddy team takes security seriously. We appreciate your efforts to responsibly disclose your findings.

How to Report

Please DO NOT report security vulnerabilities through public GitHub.

Instead, please report them via email to:

security@bambuddy.cool

What to Include

Please include the following information in your report:

  • Description of the vulnerability
  • Steps to reproduce the issue
  • Affected versions of Bambuddy
  • Potential impact of the vulnerability
  • Any suggested fixes (if you have them)

What to Expect

  • Acknowledgment: We will acknowledge receipt of your report within 48 hours
  • Assessment: We will investigate and validate the issue within 7 days
  • Updates: We will keep you informed of our progress
  • Resolution: We aim to release a fix within 30 days for critical issues
  • Credit: We will credit you in our release notes (unless you prefer to remain anonymous)

Supported Versions

Version Supported
0.1.x
0.2.x

Security Considerations

Network Security

Bambuddy communicates with your printers over your local network using:

  • MQTT over TLS (port 8883) - Encrypted printer communication
  • FTPS (port 990) - Encrypted file transfers

Recommendations

  1. Run on trusted network: Bambuddy should only be accessible on your local network
  2. Use reverse proxy: If exposing to the internet, use a reverse proxy with HTTPS
  3. Keep updated: Always run the latest version for security patches
  4. Secure API keys: Treat API keys like passwords; don't share them publicly
  5. Developer Mode: Use your printer's Developer Mode access code; don't share it

Known Security Features

  • API key authentication for external access
  • No default credentials
  • Local-only by default (no cloud dependency)
  • TLS encryption for printer communication

Scope

The following are in scope for security reports:

  • Authentication/authorization bypasses
  • Remote code execution
  • SQL injection
  • Cross-site scripting (XSS)
  • Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
  • Sensitive data exposure
  • Insecure direct object references

The following are out of scope:

  • Issues in dependencies (report to the upstream project)
  • Social engineering attacks
  • Physical attacks
  • Denial of service (DoS) attacks
  • Issues requiring physical access to the server

Bambuddy Security Stance

The following rules apply to every PR that touches authentication, authorization, permission gating, secret handling, or any code that decides whether to allow or deny an action. They are not aspirational — each one is enforced by a CI test that fails the build on violation.

1. Default-deny, allowlist over denylist

At any security boundary, the safe default is to deny and the exceptions are listed explicitly. Denylists fail open on growth — every new resource added to the codebase is implicitly granted access until someone remembers to deny it. Allowlists fail closed: an unmapped new resource gets a 403, which is loud and recoverable.

Concretely:

  • _APIKEY_SCOPE_BY_PERMISSION in backend/app/core/auth.py is the load-bearing API-key authorization map. Every Permission enum value must be either present here with a scope flag, or present in _APIKEY_DENIED_PERMISSIONS. Unmapped permissions return 403.
  • Route auth dependencies are explicit, not implicit. A route without a Depends(require_*) decorator must be listed in the route-audit PUBLIC_ROUTES allowlist with a justification comment, or CI fails.

2. Fail-closed in auth code

No except Exception: (or bare except:) in authentication, authorization, or permission code may return a permissive value (None, True, an admin user, an empty filter that lets everything through, etc.). The catch-all either re-raises or returns a denial. This is CWE-636 "Not Failing Securely" — see https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/636.html.

The lint scope is backend/app/core/auth.py, backend/app/core/permissions.py, backend/app/api/routes/auth*.py. Any except Exception: block in those files must be tagged # SEC-AUTH-EXC: <reason> on the same line; CI fails otherwise. (We use a standalone marker rather than # noqa: ... because ruff reserves the latter syntax for its own error codes.)

3. No hardcoded fallback secrets

Production secrets (JWT signing keys, encryption keys, OAuth client secrets, API tokens) have no string-literal fallback in source. The codebase reads them from env vars or generates them on first run; if a secret is missing AND cannot be generated, the app refuses to start rather than booting with a known value. CI greps the source for -change-in-production-shaped strings and fails on any hit.

4. Negative-path tests required for any auth change

Any PR that adds or modifies an auth dependency, permission check, or scope flag includes tests for the negative paths:

  • "No credentials → 401"
  • "Wrong credentials → 401"
  • "Right credentials, wrong scope → 403"
  • "Expired / revoked credentials → 401"

A test asserting the happy path passes is necessary but not sufficient. The failure modes are where the vulnerabilities live. The structural backstops above catch categories of regression; the negative-path tests catch specific regressions in the new code.

5. Path joins under a trusted parent use the safe-join helper

Anywhere a Bambuddy code path joins a string from outside the function's scope (request body, query/path param, UploadFile.filename, ZIP namelist() entry, tarfile member, printer FTP-listing entry) under a trusted directory, the join must route through backend.app.utils.safe_path.safe_join_under(parent, *parts). The helper resolves the joined path and asserts it is a descendant of the parent — defeating both absolute-path collapse (Path("/a") / "/b"Path("/b")) and .. traversal.

Sites that have an inline guard (an explicit resolve + is_relative_to, a basename-stripping helper like _safe_filename, or a pre-validated alphanumeric filter) carry a # SEC-PATH-OK: <reason> marker on the same line. CI walks both backend/app/api/routes/ and backend/app/services/ and fails the build on any <dir-like> / <variable> join without either the helper or the marker. The services layer is in scope because it receives values from the routes verbatim and from external sources Bambuddy has no control over (the compromised-printer threat model: a malicious printer can serve crafted FTP-listing entries that flow straight into a path join).

Where these rules live in the codebase

Rule Enforcement Location
1. Allowlist over denylist (Permission) test_every_permission_has_a_classification backend/tests/integration/test_auth_apikey_rbac.py
1. Allowlist over denylist (routes) test_routes_have_explicit_auth_deps backend/tests/unit/test_route_auth_coverage.py
2. Fail-closed in auth code test_no_fail_open_in_auth_modules backend/tests/unit/test_no_fail_open_in_auth.py
3. No hardcoded fallback secrets test_no_hardcoded_secrets backend/tests/unit/test_no_hardcoded_secrets.py
4. Negative-path tests required Reviewer responsibility (no automated CI gate yet) PR review
5. Safe-join under trusted parent test_route_path_arithmetic_is_safe_joined_or_marked backend/tests/unit/test_no_unsafe_path_joins.py

If you are adding a CI rule, update this table. If you are removing a CI rule, you are removing a security backstop and the PR description must explain why.


Thank you for helping keep Bambuddy and its users safe!