fix(browse): lock local auth to trusted extension

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Sina
2026-07-10 12:48:25 -07:00
parent 7c9df1c568
commit 7b3f391bbc
24 changed files with 925 additions and 147 deletions
+129 -40
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@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
* restores state. Falls back to clean slate on any failure.
*/
import { chromium, type Browser, type BrowserContext, type BrowserContextOptions, type Page, type Locator, type Cookie } from 'playwright';
import { writeSecureFile, mkdirSecure } from './file-permissions';
import { chromium, type Browser, type BrowserContext, type BrowserContextOptions, type Page, type Locator, type Cookie, type Worker } from 'playwright';
import { addConsoleEntry, addNetworkEntry, addDialogEntry, networkBuffer, type DialogEntry } from './buffers';
import { emitActivity } from './activity';
import { validateNavigationUrl } from './url-validation';
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ import { TabSession, type RefEntry } from './tab-session';
import { resolveChromiumProfile, cleanSingletonLocks } from './config';
import { withCdpSession } from './cdp-bridge';
import type { MemorySnapshot, MemoryStructureStats, MemoryTabSnapshot, MemoryProcess } from './memory-snapshot';
import { isTrustedGstackExtensionWorkerUrl } from './extension-identity';
/**
* Detect whether GSTACK_CHROMIUM_PATH points at a custom Chromium build that
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ export class BrowserManager {
// ─── Headed State ────────────────────────────────────────
private connectionMode: 'launched' | 'headed' = 'launched';
private intentionalDisconnect = false;
/** Root auth is provisioned only into the loaded gstack extension's storage. */
private extensionAuthToken: string | null = null;
// ─── Tab Count Guardrail (D5 + Codex single-tab flag) ───────
// Idempotent threshold trackers: each guardrail fires exactly once per
@@ -317,6 +319,78 @@ export class BrowserManager {
return null;
}
/**
* Give the bundled extension its bearer without publishing it through a
* loopback HTTP endpoint. chrome.storage.session is isolated per extension
* ID and restricted to trusted extension contexts, unlike an Origin header,
* which any local caller can forge.
*/
private async provisionExtensionAuth(authToken?: string): Promise<void> {
if (authToken) this.extensionAuthToken = authToken;
const token = authToken ?? this.extensionAuthToken;
if (!token || !this.context) return;
const writeToken = async (worker: Worker): Promise<void> => {
await worker.evaluate(async ({ storedToken, port }) => {
const chromeApi = (globalThis as any).chrome;
// storage.session defaults to trusted contexts, but set the access
// level explicitly so a future manifest/content-script change cannot
// silently expose the root bearer. The port is non-secret and remains
// in local storage for existing discovery behavior.
await chromeApi.storage.session.setAccessLevel({ accessLevel: 'TRUSTED_CONTEXTS' });
await chromeApi.storage.session.set({ gstackAuthToken: storedToken });
await chromeApi.storage.local.remove('gstackAuthToken');
await chromeApi.storage.local.set({ port });
}, { storedToken: token, port: this.serverPort || 34567 });
};
// A component-baked extension may start after the browser context. Keep
// listening rather than falling back to the unsafe /health bootstrap.
this.context.on('serviceworker', (worker) => {
void (async () => {
if (!(await this.isGstackExtensionWorker(worker))) return;
await writeToken(worker);
})().catch((err: any) => {
console.warn(`[browse] Could not provision late extension auth storage: ${err.message}`);
});
});
let worker: Worker | undefined;
for (const candidate of this.context.serviceWorkers()) {
if (await this.isGstackExtensionWorker(candidate)) {
worker = candidate;
break;
}
}
if (!worker) {
try {
const candidate = await this.context.waitForEvent('serviceworker', { timeout: 5000 });
if (await this.isGstackExtensionWorker(candidate)) worker = candidate;
} catch {
console.warn('[browse] Extension service worker not ready; auth will be provisioned when it starts');
return;
}
}
if (!worker) return;
try {
await writeToken(worker);
} catch (err: any) {
console.warn(`[browse] Could not provision extension auth storage: ${err.message}`);
}
}
private async isGstackExtensionWorker(worker: Worker): Promise<boolean> {
if (!isTrustedGstackExtensionWorkerUrl(worker.url())) return false;
try {
const manifest = await worker.evaluate(() => (globalThis as any).chrome.runtime.getManifest?.());
return manifest?.name === 'gstack browse'
&& manifest?.background?.service_worker === 'background.js';
} catch {
return false;
}
}
/**
* Set the proxy config applied to chromium.launch() in launch() and
* launchHeaded(). Called by server.ts at startup once the (optional) SOCKS5
@@ -326,6 +400,10 @@ export class BrowserManager {
this.proxyConfig = cfg;
}
setExtensionAuthToken(token: string | undefined): void {
if (token) this.extensionAuthToken = token;
}
/**
* Get the ref map for external consumers (e.g., /refs endpoint).
*/
@@ -369,17 +447,44 @@ export class BrowserManager {
console.log(`[browse] Extensions loaded from: ${extensionsDir}`);
}
this.browser = await chromium.launch({
headless: useHeadless,
// On Windows, Chromium's sandbox fails when the server is spawned through
// the Bun→Node process chain (GitHub #276). Disable it — local daemon
// browsing user-specified URLs has marginal sandbox benefit. Also disabled
// on Linux root/CI/container, where the sandbox requires unprivileged user
// namespaces that aren't available.
chromiumSandbox: shouldEnableChromiumSandbox(),
...(launchArgs.length > 0 ? { args: launchArgs } : {}),
...(this.proxyConfig ? { proxy: this.proxyConfig } : {}),
});
const contextOptions: BrowserContextOptions = {
viewport: { width: this.currentViewport.width, height: this.currentViewport.height },
deviceScaleFactor: this.deviceScaleFactor,
};
if (this.customUserAgent) {
contextOptions.userAgent = this.customUserAgent;
}
if (extensionsDir) {
// Extensions do not attach to incognito contexts created by
// browser.newContext(). An empty userDataDir gives this off-screen mode a
// temporary persistent profile, so its real service worker can receive
// auth without sharing state with the user's headed GStack profile.
const { STEALTH_IGNORE_DEFAULT_ARGS } = await import('./stealth');
this.context = await chromium.launchPersistentContext('', {
...contextOptions,
headless: false,
chromiumSandbox: shouldEnableChromiumSandbox(),
args: launchArgs,
...(this.proxyConfig ? { proxy: this.proxyConfig } : {}),
ignoreDefaultArgs: STEALTH_IGNORE_DEFAULT_ARGS,
});
this.browser = this.context.browser();
if (!this.browser) throw new Error('Persistent extension browser did not start');
} else {
this.browser = await chromium.launch({
headless: useHeadless,
// On Windows, Chromium's sandbox fails when the server is spawned through
// the Bun→Node process chain (GitHub #276). Disable it — local daemon
// browsing user-specified URLs has marginal sandbox benefit. Also disabled
// on Linux root/CI/container, where the sandbox requires unprivileged user
// namespaces that aren't available.
chromiumSandbox: shouldEnableChromiumSandbox(),
...(launchArgs.length > 0 ? { args: launchArgs } : {}),
...(this.proxyConfig ? { proxy: this.proxyConfig } : {}),
});
this.context = await this.browser.newContext(contextOptions);
}
// Chromium disconnect → distinguish clean user-quit from crash. Both
// events look identical to Playwright (one 'disconnected' fires), but
@@ -394,15 +499,6 @@ export class BrowserManager {
void handleChromiumDisconnect(this.browser);
});
const contextOptions: BrowserContextOptions = {
viewport: { width: this.currentViewport.width, height: this.currentViewport.height },
deviceScaleFactor: this.deviceScaleFactor,
};
if (this.customUserAgent) {
contextOptions.userAgent = this.customUserAgent;
}
this.context = await this.browser.newContext(contextOptions);
if (Object.keys(this.extraHeaders).length > 0) {
await this.context.setExtraHTTPHeaders(this.extraHeaders);
}
@@ -414,6 +510,7 @@ export class BrowserManager {
// faking those to fixed values flags more bot-like, not less (D7).
const { applyStealth } = await import('./stealth');
await applyStealth(this.context);
if (extensionsDir) await this.provisionExtensionAuth();
// Create first tab
await this.newTab();
@@ -460,22 +557,11 @@ export class BrowserManager {
launchArgs.push(`--disable-extensions-except=${extensionPath}`);
launchArgs.push(`--load-extension=${extensionPath}`);
}
// Write auth token for extension bootstrap (still required even when
// the extension is component-baked — it reads ~/.gstack/.auth.json at
// startup to learn how to call the daemon).
// Write to ~/.gstack/.auth.json (not the extension dir, which may be read-only
// in .app bundles and breaks codesigning).
// Auth is provisioned into extension storage after the persistent
// context starts. Do not write a reusable token to a local file or
// return it from a public endpoint.
if (authToken) {
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');
const gstackDir = path.join(process.env.HOME || '/tmp', '.gstack');
mkdirSecure(gstackDir);
const authFile = path.join(gstackDir, '.auth.json');
try {
writeSecureFile(authFile, JSON.stringify({ token: authToken, port: this.serverPort || 34567 }));
} catch (err: any) {
console.warn(`[browse] Could not write .auth.json: ${err.message}`);
}
console.log('[browse] Extension auth will be provisioned via chrome.storage');
}
}
@@ -604,6 +690,7 @@ export class BrowserManager {
// this headed path.
const { applyStealth } = await import('./stealth');
await applyStealth(this.context);
await this.provisionExtensionAuth(authToken);
// Inject visual indicator — subtle top-edge amber gradient
// Extension's content script handles the floating pill
@@ -1561,14 +1648,14 @@ export class BrowserManager {
if (extensionPath) {
launchArgs.push(`--disable-extensions-except=${extensionPath}`);
launchArgs.push(`--load-extension=${extensionPath}`);
// Auth token is served via /health endpoint now (no file write needed).
// Extension reads token from /health on connect.
// Auth is provisioned into extension storage after the context starts.
// /health deliberately remains public status-only.
console.log(`[browse] Handoff: loading extension from ${extensionPath}`);
} else {
console.log('[browse] Handoff: extension not found — headed mode without side panel');
}
const userDataDir = path.join(process.env.HOME || '/tmp', '.gstack', 'chromium-profile');
const userDataDir = resolveChromiumProfile();
fs.mkdirSync(userDataDir, { recursive: true });
// T1: same automation-tell-stripping defaults as launchHeaded().
@@ -1614,6 +1701,8 @@ export class BrowserManager {
await newContext.setExtraHTTPHeaders(this.extraHeaders);
}
await this.provisionExtensionAuth();
// Register disconnect handler on new browser. Same clean-vs-crash
// discrimination as launch() / launchHeaded() above so a user-initiated
// Cmd+Q after a handoff doesn't trigger gbd's restart loop.