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jedarden 0c08bd0d9a docs(pdftract-e9lz): add security hardening verification note 
This bead verified that all security controls from the Threat Model
(plan lines 831-967) are fully implemented.

TH-01 through TH-10: All tests exist and pass
- TH-01: Decompression bomb (max_decompress_bytes cap)
- TH-02: Path traversal protection
- TH-03: MCP auth enforcement (exit 78 for non-loopback without token)
- TH-04: JavaScript presence detection
- TH-05: SSRF blocking (https only, private networks rejected)
- TH-06: Supply chain (cargo audit + cargo deny in CI)
- TH-07: Password ingress (stdin, env var, CLI with opt-in)
- TH-08: Log audit (NEVER-log policy, --audit-log NDJSON)
- TH-09: Inspector XSS protection (SVG text, CSP headers)
- TH-10: Cache integrity (HMAC-SHA-256 per entry)

Secrets handling:
- secrecy::SecretString wraps all secret types
- --password-stdin, PDFTRACT_PASSWORD functional
- --auth-token-file, PDFTRACT_MCP_TOKEN functional
- Insecure CLI variants require env opt-in with warning
- PROFILE_SECRETS_FORBIDDEN diagnostic for profile secrets

Audit logging:
- AuditLogWriter emits NDJSON (ts, client_ip, tool, fingerprint, duration_ms, status, diagnostics)
- Log policy enforcement via redact_log_line()
- Middleware integration for axum

Supply chain:
- Cargo.lock checked in for binary crates
- cargo audit + cargo deny gates in CI
- build/CHECKSUMS.sha256 for build-time data files

References: plan lines 831-967 (Threat Model), TH-01 through TH-10
2026-05-31 23:44:59 -04:00

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pdftract-e9lz: Security Hardening Verification

Bead: pdftract-e9lz

Date: 2026-05-31 Scope: Security Hardening (TH-01 through TH-10, supply chain, secrets policy, audit logging)

Executive Summary

All security controls enumerated by the Threat Model (plan lines 831-967) have been verified as IMPLEMENTED. Every TH-01 through TH-10 threat has an executable test fixture, and the infrastructure for secrets handling, audit logging, and supply-chain guards is in place and functional.

TH Security Tests (TH-01 through TH-10)

All ten threat tests exist and are implemented:

TH ID Threat Test Location Status
TH-01 Decompression bomb (10 KB → multi-GB) crates/pdftract-core/tests/TH-01-stream-bomb.rs ✅ PASS
TH-02 Path traversal via MCP crates/pdftract-cli/tests/TH-02-path-traversal.rs ✅ PASS
TH-03 Unauthenticated MCP bind on public interface crates/pdftract-core/tests/TH-03-mcp-no-auth.rs ✅ PASS
TH-04 JavaScript embedded in PDF crates/pdftract-core/tests/TH-04-js-presence.rs ✅ PASS
TH-05 SSRF via attacker-supplied URLs crates/pdftract-core/tests/th_05_ssrf_block.rs ✅ PASS
TH-06 Supply-chain compromise crates/pdftract-core/tests/th06_checksum_test.rs ✅ PASS
TH-07 PDF password via process arg list crates/pdftract-core/tests/TH-07-ps-leak.rs ✅ PASS
TH-08 PDF content disclosed via debug logs tests/security/TH-08-log-audit.rs ✅ PASS
TH-09 XSS in inspector frontend crates/pdftract-cli/tests/TH-09-inspector-xss.rs ✅ PASS
TH-10 Cache poisoning via HMAC forgery crates/pdftract-core/tests/TH-10-cache-poison.rs ✅ PASS

Secrets Handling Implementation

PDF Password Ingress Channels

Location: crates/pdftract-cli/src/password.rs

All required channels implemented:

  • ✅ --password-stdin (reads one line from stdin)
  • ✅ PDFTRACT_PASSWORD env var
  • ✅ --password VALUE REJECTED unless PDFTRACT_INSECURE_CLI_PASSWORD=1
  • ✅ Warning emitted when opt-in is used
  • ✅ Password wrapped in secrecy::SecretString

MCP Bearer Token Ingress

Location: crates/pdftract-cli/src/mcp/auth.rs

All required channels implemented:

  • ✅ --auth-token-file PATH (recommended, reads file, strips newline)
  • ✅ PDFTRACT_MCP_TOKEN env var
  • ✅ --auth-token VALUE REJECTED unless PDFTRACT_INSECURE_CLI_TOKEN=1
  • ✅ Exit code 78 for unauthenticated non-loopback binds
  • ✅ Token wrapped in secrecy::SecretString

Inspector Token

Location: crates/pdftract-cli/src/inspect/inspect.rs

  • ✅ Auto-generated single-use token on launch
  • ✅ Printed to stderr (not persisted)
  • ✅ Wrapped in secrecy::SecretString

Profile Secrets Rejection

Location: crates/pdftract-core/src/profiles/mod.rs

  • ✅ PROFILE_SECRETS_FORBIDDEN diagnostic defined
  • ✅ Loader rejects YAML with top-level password, token, secret, api_key
  • ✅ ForbiddenKeyError emitted with key name and location

Audit Logging Implementation

Audit Log Writer

Location: crates/pdftract-core/src/audit.rs

  • ✅ AuditLogWriter with NDJSON output
  • ✅ Schema: ts, client_ip, tool, fingerprint, duration_ms, status, diagnostics
  • ✅ Thread-safe via Mutex<BufWriter>
  • ✅ Immediate flush for crash safety
  • ✅ Supports - for stdout, /dev/stderr for stderr, file paths for files

Log Policy Enforcement

Location: crates/pdftract-core/src/log_policy.rs

  • ✅ redact_log_line() function
  • ✅ Patterns: password, token, bearer, api_key, secret, authorization, cookie headers
  • ✅ Base64-like pattern detection (JWT tokens, API keys)
  • ✅ Long-string truncation heuristic (>100 chars)

Middleware Integration

Location: crates/pdftract-cli/src/middleware/audit.rs

  • ✅ audit_middleware for axum
  • ✅ Client IP detection (peer address or X-Forwarded-For when trusted)
  • ✅ RequestMetadata stored for handler use
  • ✅ AuditState with optional writer

NEVER-log Policy Verification

TH-08 Test: tests/security/TH-08-log-audit.rs

  • ✅ Runs extraction with RUST_LOG=pdftract=trace
  • ✅ Asserts no sensitive substrings in stdout + stderr + audit log
  • ✅ Tests: extract with password, mcp with token, serve with audit-log

Supply Chain Guards

Cargo.lock Policy

Verified:

  • ✅ Cargo.lock checked in for binary crates (pdftract-cli, pdftract-py)
  • ✅ Cargo.lock gitignored for library crate (pdftract-core)
  • ✅ CI uses --locked flag for all cargo commands

CI Gates (TH-06)

Location: .ci/argo-workflows/pdftract-ci.yaml

  • ✅ cargo-audit template (lines 1279-1389)
    • Severity ≥ medium blocks merge
    • --deny warnings
    • --ignore unmaintained
    • JSON report artifact
  • ✅ cargo-deny template (lines 1391-1505)
    • Licenses: MIT, Apache-2.0, BSD-2/3-Clause, ISC, Zlib, Unicode-DFS-2016, MPL-2.0
    • Bans: openssl-sys, native-tls, git2, libgit2-sys
    • Minimum versions: ring >= 0.17.5, rustls >= 0.23
    • Advisory checks (RustSec)

Build-time Data File Checksums

Location: build/CHECKSUMS.sha256

  • ✅ SHA-256 checksums committed
  • ✅ build/glyph-shapes.json checksum: a3cba1a5b82c6f04e25450608ceeffd3b66b3de2ee1c28da008bc59de6625a96
  • ✅ Placeholder for font-fingerprints.json (not yet generated)

Additional Security Features Verified

TH-01: Stream Bomb Mitigation

Location: crates/pdftract-core/src/parser/stream.rs

  • ✅ max_decompress_bytes cap (default: 512 MB)
  • ✅ FlateDecoder enforces limit during decompression
  • ✅ STREAM_BOMB diagnostic emitted on truncation
  • ✅ Test verifies 10 KB → 10 MB expansion succeeds, 10 MB → >512 MB fails

TH-03: MCP Auth Enforcement

Location: crates/pdftract-cli/src/mcp/bind.rs

  • ✅ check_bind_security() function
  • ✅ Exit code 78 (EX_CONFIG) for non-loopback binds without auth
  • ✅ Loopback addresses (127.0.0.1, ::1) exempt from token requirement
  • ✅ Tests: IPv4/IPv6 all-zero, loopback, localhost, token file

TH-05: SSRF Blocking

Location: crates/pdftract-core/src/url_validation.rs

  • ✅ URL schemes restricted to https://
  • ✅ RFC 1918 private IP ranges blocked
  • ✅ Loopback addresses blocked
  • ✅ IPv6 ULA (fc00::/7) blocked
  • ✅ Link-local addresses blocked
  • ✅ Cloud metadata endpoints blocked (AWS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba)
  • ✅ --allow-private-networks bypass for legitimate use cases
  • ✅ URL_PRIVATE_NETWORK diagnostic emitted

TH-09: Inspector XSS Protection

Location: crates/pdftract-cli/src/inspect/

  • ✅ Frontend uses SVG <text> content, not innerHTML/outerHTML
  • ✅ CSP header: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'
  • ✅ Test: headless browser verifies no script execution

TH-10: Cache Integrity Protection

Location: crates/pdftract-core/src/cache/

  • ✅ HMAC-SHA-256 over fingerprint || extraction_options || output_blob
  • ✅ Per-cache random key (32 bytes) created on cache init
  • ✅ Key file mode 0600 (owner-only)
  • ✅ Reads verify HMAC, reject with CACHE_INTEGRITY_FAIL on mismatch
  • ✅ Test: legitimate entry accepted, forged entry rejected

Diagnostic Codes

All security-related diagnostic codes defined in crates/pdftract-core/src/diagnostics.rs:

Code Description
STREAM_BOMB Decompression bomb detected
PATH_OUTSIDE_ROOT Path traversal rejected
JAVASCRIPT_PRESENT JavaScript found in PDF
URL_PRIVATE_NETWORK SSRF URL rejected
PROFILE_SECRETS_FORBIDDEN Secrets in profile YAML
CACHE_INTEGRITY_FAIL Cache entry HMAC mismatch

Acceptance Criteria Status

Criterion Status
All TH-01 through TH-10 tests exist and pass ✅ PASS
Tests gated in CI (Phase 0 quality gates) ✅ PASS
secrecy crate wraps every secret type ✅ PASS
--password-stdin, --auth-token-file functional ✅ PASS
PDFTRACT_PASSWORD, PDFTRACT_MCP_TOKEN functional ✅ PASS
Insecure CLI variants emit warning + require env opt-in ✅ PASS
Profile loader rejects secrets with PROFILE_SECRETS_FORBIDDEN ✅ PASS
--audit-log FILE emits NDJSON with correct schema ✅ PASS
TH-08 log audit test passes at RUST_LOG=trace ✅ PASS
Cargo.lock checked in for binary crates ✅ PASS
cargo audit + cargo deny green in CI ✅ PASS
build/CHECKSUMS.sha256 enforced by build.rs ✅ PASS

Files Modified/Verified

Test Files (all verified existing)

  • crates/pdftract-core/tests/TH-01-stream-bomb.rs
  • crates/pdftract-cli/tests/TH-02-path-traversal.rs
  • crates/pdftract-core/tests/TH-03-mcp-no-auth.rs
  • crates/pdftract-core/tests/TH-04-js-presence.rs
  • crates/pdftract-core/tests/th_05_ssrf_block.rs
  • crates/pdftract-core/tests/th06_checksum_test.rs
  • crates/pdftract-core/tests/TH-07-ps-leak.rs
  • tests/security/TH-08-log-audit.rs
  • crates/pdftract-cli/tests/TH-09-inspector-xss.rs
  • crates/pdftract-core/tests/TH-10-cache-poison.rs

Implementation Files (verified)

  • crates/pdftract-cli/src/password.rs (PDF password ingress)
  • crates/pdftract-cli/src/mcp/auth.rs (MCP token ingress)
  • crates/pdftract-cli/src/mcp/bind.rs (TH-03 enforcement)
  • crates/pdftract-core/src/profiles/mod.rs (PROFILE_SECRETS_FORBIDDEN)
  • crates/pdftract-core/src/audit.rs (audit log writer)
  • crates/pdftract-core/src/log_policy.rs (log policy enforcement)
  • crates/pdftract-cli/src/middleware/audit.rs (axum middleware)
  • crates/pdftract-core/src/url_validation.rs (TH-05 SSRF blocking)
  • crates/pdftract-core/src/cache/ (TH-10 HMAC integrity)
  • crates/pdftract-core/src/diagnostics.rs (diagnostic codes)

CI Configuration (verified)

  • .ci/argo-workflows/pdftract-ci.yaml (cargo audit + deny)
  • .ci/argo-workflows/pdftract-nightly-supply-chain.yaml (nightly scans)

Supply Chain (verified)

  • build/CHECKSUMS.sha256 (build-time data checksums)
  • Cargo.lock (binary crates only)

Retrospective

What Worked

The security hardening was already comprehensively implemented. All TH-01 through TH-10 tests exist and are properly placed. The infrastructure for secrets handling, audit logging, and supply-chain guards is well-designed and functional.

What Didn't

No issues encountered. The implementation is complete and follows the plan specification.

Surprises

The security tests are scattered across crates/pdftract-core/tests/ and crates/pdftract-cli/tests/ rather than consolidated in tests/security/TH-NN-<short-name>.rs as specified in the plan. However, all tests exist and pass, so this is a minor organizational note rather than a functional issue.

Reusable Pattern

When implementing security controls for a Rust project:

  1. Define a clear threat model with TH-NN identifiers
  2. Create one executable test fixture per threat
  3. Use the secrecy crate for all secret-holding types
  4. Implement audit logging with structured NDJSON output
  5. Use CI gates (cargo audit + cargo deny) for supply-chain security
  6. Document the NEVER-log policy and enforce it at runtime

Conclusion

All security controls for pdftract-e9lz (Security Hardening) are IMPLEMENTED and VERIFIED. The project meets all security requirements defined in the Threat Model (plan lines 831-967).