whaleprep/SECURITY.md
dev 0f2a9743f2 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.
2026-10-13 00:12:08 +05:30

1.4 KiB

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).