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From: dev <dev@local>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:12:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] SECURITY.md: audit result, rsa advisory assessment,
 session/data notes

cargo audit finds one advisory (RUSTSEC-2023-0071, no fix). Assessed
not exploitable here: server only verifies RSA signatures, holds no
private key. Session, Google verification, rate limit, backup posture
documented alongside.
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+# Security notes
+
+Audited 2026-10-13 with `cargo audit` (1307 advisories, 333 crates).
+
+## RUSTSEC-2023-0071: rsa crate, Marvin timing sidechannel (medium, no fix)
+
+The `rsa` crate (via `jsonwebtoken`'s `rust_crypto` feature, used to verify
+Google ID-token signatures) has no fixed upgrade. Assessment for this
+service: the Marvin attack recovers **private** keys through a decryption
+timing oracle. This server only performs **public-key verification** of
+Google-issued tokens; it holds no RSA private key and never decrypts or
+signs with RSA. The vulnerable operation does not occur here. Accepted risk,
+revisit if an upstream fix lands or if private-key RSA use is added.
+
+## Session handling
+
+- Sessions are random 128-bit tokens in HttpOnly, SameSite=Lax cookies,
+  30-day expiry. No passwords exist; email sign-in is deliberately
+  low-assurance (any name + email starts a local-only account).
+- Google sign-in verifies ID-token signature, audience, issuer, expiry,
+  and email_verified server-side; `state` is single-use, 10-minute expiry.
+- Autosave is per-user rate-limited (30/min) to protect SQLite's writer.
+
+## Data handling
+
+- All data stays on the host's SQLite file. No analytics, no third-party
+  trackers. CDN dependencies (KaTeX, Google Fonts, Google Identity
+  Services) load from their CDNs only on pages that need them.
+- Daily backups: `deploy/termux-backup.sh` (VACUUM INTO, 7-day rotation).