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fix(client): fence loopback-bootstrapped GUI sessions from machine mutations - #4994

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  • The connected-client machine listener (src/client/machine-listener.ts) binds to loopback and mints a GUI session for any local caller that fetches / or /opencodex-session; the bootstrap hands out the session token, browser origin, and CSRF value together.
  • Because every value the gui-session admission checks is delivered by that bootstrap, any local process (including a different local user on a shared machine) can replay them and pass the Origin/CSRF checks. Until now that credentialless session authorized durable machine mutations: POST /api/machine/sync, POST /api/machine/shim (install/repair/uninstall), and POST /api/machine/disconnect (which also schedules a standalone recycle).
  • This PR treats the loopback bootstrap as proof of possession, not user presence. /api/machine/* keeps serving GET/HEAD status and diagnostic reads for a valid GUI session, but any other method now receives 403 instead of authorizing the mutation. Machine changes remain available through the explicit CLI commands, which invoke syncConnectedClient/disconnectClient/shim operations directly rather than over the listener.
  • Deliberate trade-off: the connected-client dashboard mutation controls (Integrations "Sync", Startup shim install/repair/uninstall, disconnect/stop) now receive 403. There is no credential a loopback listener can issue that distinguishes a real browser from a local replaying process, so the machine plane becomes read-only in the browser rather than pretending the session proves consent. The CLI remains the mutation path.
  • Scope: src/client/machine-listener.ts plus its focused test file only. The hub-relay path (/api/machine/hub-relay/*) is unaffected; it is handled before this block and authenticated by requireMachineAuth against the hub.
  • Surface note: this touches the authentication/session authorization surface, so the intake gate may classify it as a restricted surface; the change itself is a two-file, fail-closed fence.

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  • Base: origin/dev at ad9eab393
  • bun test tests/clients/client-machine-listener.test.ts: 7 pass, 0 fail (49 assertions) - the updated tests replay the exact attack (fetch /opencodex-session, extract token/origin/CSRF from the served HTML, replay them against mutation endpoints) and now observe 403 with zero side effects (syncCalls/disconnected/recycled stay at their initial values).
  • bun x tsc --noEmit: clean
  • bun run structure:check: passed
  • bun run privacy:scan: passed
  • bun scripts/file-size-ratchet.ts: passed
  • Fork CI dispatched: https://github.com/luvs01/opencodex/actions/runs/35290066366

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    • Restricted authenticated GUI sessions to read-only GET and HEAD requests for machine APIs.
    • Machine changes, including syncing, shim removal, status updates, disconnecting, and recycling, now require the local CLI.
    • Unauthorized requests to known machine endpoints now receive authentication errors instead of generic not-found responses.
    • Added support for HEAD requests when reading machine status, client, and shim information.

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The machine listener now permits only GET and HEAD requests through authenticated GUI sessions. Mutation requests return HTTP 403 and do not invoke machine operations. Tests cover status, sync, shim uninstall, disconnect, and recycle requests.

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Request method restriction and mutation coverage
src/client/machine-listener.ts, tests/clients/client-machine-listener.test.ts
After GUI-session authentication, GET and HEAD requests continue to machine API handling. Other methods return HTTP 403 and require the local CLI. Tests verify that status and sync mutations, shim uninstall, disconnect, and recycle requests are denied without invoking the related operations.

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Some authenticated GUI requests receive 404 instead of the intended read or policy response; the localized routing fix should be addressed before or shortly after merge.

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🟡 Minor · Route HEAD requests and known non-read methods through the machine… · machine-listener.ts:49-52

src/client/machine-listener.ts:49-52
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Route HEAD requests and known non-read methods through the machine policy.

machineRouteAllowed admits the read endpoints only for GET, so authenticated HEAD /api/machine/status returns 404 before handleMachineApi runs. handleMachineApi also dispatches these read endpoints only for GET.

Known endpoints with unsupported methods, such as POST /api/machine/status, also return 404 instead of reaching the method restriction and returning 403. Allow HEAD for read endpoints, add HEAD handling in handleMachineApi, and route known machine endpoints through the method restriction before rejecting them. Add regressions for authenticated HEAD /api/machine/status returning 200 and authenticated POST /api/machine/status returning 403.

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In `@src/client/machine-listener.ts` around lines 49 - 52, Update
machineRouteAllowed and handleMachineApi to admit HEAD for the read endpoints
and dispatch HEAD requests consistently with GET, so authenticated HEAD
/api/machine/status returns 200. Ensure known machine endpoints with unsupported
methods, including POST /api/machine/status, reach the method restriction and
return 403 instead of being rejected as unknown routes, and add regressions for
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In `@src/client/machine-listener.ts`:
- Around line 49-52: Update machineRouteAllowed and handleMachineApi to admit
HEAD for the read endpoints and dispatch HEAD requests consistently with GET, so
authenticated HEAD /api/machine/status returns 200. Ensure known machine
endpoints with unsupported methods, including POST /api/machine/status, reach
the method restriction and return 403 instead of being rejected as unknown
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리뷰 · 우선순위 68 / 80

이 PR은 connected-client 루프백 리스너가 발급한 GUI 세션으로 기계 평면 변경(sync/shim/disconnect)이 되던 권한 구멍을 막습니다. 지금 tip(e80e571f63, package 2.59.0)의 src/client/machine-listener.ts/api/machine/*에서 GUI 세션 principal만 확인한 뒤 handleMachineApi로 넘깁니다. 세션 토큰·Origin·CSRF는 / 또는 /opencodex-session 부트스트랩이 한 번에 줍니다. 같은 기계의 다른 로컬 프로세스가 그 값을 재현하면 Origin/CSRF 검사를 통과한 채 POST /api/machine/sync, POST /api/machine/shim(install/repair/uninstall), POST /api/machine/disconnect(standalone recycle 예약 포함)까지 실행할 수 있습니다. 루프백 부트스트랩은 "소유 증명"이지 "사용자 동의"가 아닙니다.

고침은 같은 블록에서 GUI 세션이어도 GET/HEAD가 아니면 403(opencodex machine changes require the local CLI)을 돌려 변경을 거절합니다. hub-relay(/api/machine/hub-relay/*)는 이 블록보다 앞에서 requireMachineAuth로 처리되므로 범위 밖입니다. 테스트 tests/clients/client-machine-listener.test.ts는 부트스트랩에서 헤더를 뽑아 sync/shim/disconnect에 재현하던 공격을 403·부수효과 없음으로 바꿉니다. CLI는 리스너를 거치지 않고 syncConnectedClient/disconnectClient/shim을 직접 호출하므로 변경 경로는 남습니다.

의도된 트레이드오프가 큽니다. tip GUI의 gui/src/pages/Integrations.tsx(Sync), gui/src/pages/Startup.tsx(shim install/repair/uninstall), gui/src/stop-proxy.ts(client 모드 disconnect)는 이 POST들을 그대로 씁니다. 머지 순간 대시보드 기계 변경 버튼은 403이 되고, 사용자는 CLI로 우회해야 합니다. 보안상 fail-closed는 맞지만 제품 표면이 깨집니다. 점수를 68로 둔 이유입니다. 구멍은 실재하고 패치는 최소·정확하지만, UX 대체(안내 문구·CLI 딥링크·별도 proof-of-presence) 없이 버튼만 죽이는 랜딩인지 메인테이너가 먼저 결정해야 합니다. types/config 스플릿과 무관합니다. Preview deploy는 계획에 없습니다. checklist의 CodeRabbit 항목은 비어 있고 PR은 draft입니다.

src/client/machine-listener.ts (/api/machine/* GUI 세션 분기) - GET/HEAD만 통과. status/clients/shim GET 진단은 유지됩니다. POST sync/shim/disconnect는 403.
tests/clients/client-machine-listener.test.ts - 공격 재현 → 403, syncCalls/disconnected/recycled 불변. 회귀 의도가 분명합니다.
gui/src/pages/Integrations.tsx · Startup.tsx · stop-proxy.ts - tip이 아직 mutation POST를 호출합니다. 이 PR만 머지하면 UI가 조용히 실패합니다. 안내/비활성/CLI 유도가 같은 기차에 있는지 확인하세요.
PR 본문 - "credentialless bootstrap = possession" 설명은 정확합니다. restricted auth surface로 intake에 걸릴 수 있다는 경고도 본문에 있습니다.

메인테이너의 판단이 필요한 지점

  • 대시보드 기계 변경을 이번 릴리즈에서 포기하고 CLI-only로 못 박을지, GUI에 proof-of-presence(별도 토큰·OS 프롬프트·management auth)를 먼저 설계할지.
  • 403 본문만으로 UX를 둘지, GUI에 "use ocx …" 에러/비활성 처리를 같은 PR 또는 즉시 후속으로 넣을지.
  • draft·미체크 CodeRabbit 항목을 기여자에게 되돌릴지.

너의 추천

보안 펜스 자체는 맞으니 버리지는 마세요. 다만 GUI mutation 경로(Integrations/Startup/stop-proxy)에 403을 사용자에게 보이게 처리하거나, CLI-only 정책을 릴리즈 노트·UI 카피로 명시한 뒤 머지하세요. "조용한 버튼 죽음"만으로 랜딩하지 않는 편이 좋습니다. 라벨은 바꾸지 마세요.

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Addressed the open CodeRabbit finding at 9ef9908: machineRouteAllowed now admits HEAD for the read endpoints and routes all known /api/machine/* paths through to the authenticated method restriction, so unsupported methods get 403 (or 401 unauthenticated) instead of a bare 404. handleMachineApi dispatches HEAD like GET for status/clients/shim. Regressions added: authenticated HEAD /api/machine/status returns 200, authenticated POST /api/machine/status returns 403, and the unauthenticated POST case now asserts 401. Gates re-run green (tsc, structure:check, privacy:scan, file-size ratchet, listener tests 7/7). Fork CI re-dispatched on the exact head.

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A connected-client listener mints GUI sessions to any loopback caller, and the bootstrap hands out the session token, browser origin, and CSRF value together. Any local process can replay those values and pass the Origin/CSRF checks, so the credentialless session authorized durable machine mutations (sync, shim install/uninstall, disconnect plus scheduled recycle). Treat the bootstrapped session as proof of possession rather than user presence: keep status and diagnostic GET reads working but refuse non-GET/HEAD calls under /api/machine/* with 403. Machine changes remain available through the explicit CLI commands, which invoke the same operations directly rather than over the listener.
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Rebased this branch onto current dev (f3cb520400) and force-pushed. No change to the diff; the rebase is the whole fix.

test 2/4 was failing on the file-size ratchet, and the offender was tests/server/management-provider-validation.test.ts at 5529 lines against a cap of 5506 — a file this branch does not touch. It branched from a dev commit that carried that state, and dev cleared it afterwards in #5018 by moving the newest cases into sibling files. The file is 5498 on current dev, so the branch inherited a defect that no longer exists.

Verified after the rebase: no file in the baseline exceeds its cap in this tree. CI re-approved at the new head.

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Merging. This lands the boundary AGENTS.md already describes but nothing enforced.

That file is explicit that the dashboard session stops the casual path and is not a technical barrier against a determined local agent, because any process running as the user can mint its own session from the loopback bootstrap and replay its token and CSRF value. Reads are fine under that model; durable machine changes are not, and routing them to the explicit CLI is the right place to draw it.

The widening in machineRouteAllowed is worth naming because it looks like the opposite of a fence: known machine endpoints are now admitted for every method. It opens nothing. The handler still requires a GUI session first, so an unsupported method reaches 401 and then the 403 method restriction instead of a bare 404, and the endpoints were already discoverable through their GET. The test was updated from 404 to 401 deliberately rather than adjusted to fit.

HEAD being folded in beside GET is correct too: it is a read, and a listener that answers GET but 404s HEAD on the same path is a bug waiting to be reported as a proxy problem.

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