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<h1 id="security-reference">Security Reference<a class="headerlink" href="#security-reference" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
<p>Consolidated reference for how Changemaker Lite handles authentication, authorization, secrets, and rate limiting — plus a summary of the security audits the platform has been through.</p>
<div class="admonition info">
<p class="admonition-title">Scope</p>
<p>This page is a reference, not a setup guide. For deploy-time security checklist items, see the <a href="../#production-checklist">Production Checklist</a>. For per-variable secret generation, see <a href="../../getting-started/environment-variables/#generating-secrets">Environment Variables → Generating Secrets</a>.</p>
</div>
<hr />
<h2 id="authentication">Authentication<a class="headerlink" href="#authentication" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<h3 id="token-model">Token Model<a class="headerlink" href="#token-model" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Token</th>
<th>Lifetime</th>
<th>Storage</th>
<th>Purpose</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Access token (JWT)</td>
<td>15 min</td>
<td>Memory / Zustand store</td>
<td>Sent as <code>Authorization: Bearer</code> on every request</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Refresh token (JWT)</td>
<td>7 days</td>
<td>DB row + httpOnly cookie</td>
<td>Used at <code>/api/auth/refresh</code> to mint a new access token</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Invite token (JWT)</td>
<td>Configurable</td>
<td>Signed with separate secret</td>
<td>Volunteer invitations, single-use</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Refresh tokens are <strong>rotated atomically</strong> on every refresh call — the Prisma transaction deletes the old token and creates a new one in one step, preventing replay attacks if a refresh token leaks.</p>
<h3 id="jwt-secrets">JWT Secrets<a class="headerlink" href="#jwt-secrets" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Three separate secrets are required — sharing one across purposes defeats the separation:</p>
<table>
<thead>
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<th>Variable</th>
<th>Algorithm</th>
<th>Generate with</th>
</tr>
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<tr>
<td><code>JWT_ACCESS_SECRET</code></td>
<td>HS256</td>
<td><code>openssl rand -hex 32</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>JWT_REFRESH_SECRET</code></td>
<td>HS256</td>
<td><code>openssl rand -hex 32</code> (must differ)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>JWT_INVITE_SECRET</code></td>
<td>HS256</td>
<td><code>openssl rand -hex 32</code> (must differ)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The JWT algorithm is <strong>locked to HS256</strong> at verification time — tokens signed with any other algorithm (including <code>none</code>) are rejected. This mitigates the classic <code>alg: none</code> bypass.</p>
<h3 id="password-policy">Password Policy<a class="headerlink" href="#password-policy" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Schema-enforced at the API level:</p>
<ul>
<li>Minimum <strong>12 characters</strong></li>
<li>At least one <strong>uppercase</strong> letter</li>
<li>At least one <strong>lowercase</strong> letter</li>
<li>At least one <strong>digit</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Applies to initial admin creation, registration, password resets, and any user-modifies-password path. Passwords are hashed with <strong>bcrypt</strong> (cost factor 12) before storage.</p>
<h3 id="user-enumeration-prevention">User Enumeration Prevention<a class="headerlink" href="#user-enumeration-prevention" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Auth endpoints (<code>/login</code>, <code>/register</code>, <code>/forgot-password</code>) return <strong>generic success or 401 responses</strong> that don't reveal whether an account exists. A 401 from <code>/api/auth/me</code> does not confirm the user exists.</p>
<hr />
<h2 id="authorization-rbac">Authorization (RBAC)<a class="headerlink" href="#authorization-rbac" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>11 roles, with <code>SUPER_ADMIN</code> implicitly bypassing all role checks:</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Role</th>
<th>Scope</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>SUPER_ADMIN</code></td>
<td>Full platform access</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>INFLUENCE_ADMIN</code></td>
<td>Campaigns, responses, representatives, email queue</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>MAP_ADMIN</code></td>
<td>Locations, areas, shifts, canvassing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>BROADCAST_ADMIN</code></td>
<td>Newsletter sync, email templates</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>CONTENT_ADMIN</code></td>
<td>Landing pages, homepage, navigation, documentation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>MEDIA_ADMIN</code></td>
<td>Video library, analytics, gallery, moderation, ads</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>PAYMENTS_ADMIN</code></td>
<td>Products, donations, plans, Stripe configuration</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>EVENTS_ADMIN</code></td>
<td>Ticketed events, check-in, Gancio sync</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>SOCIAL_ADMIN</code></td>
<td>Social connections, achievements, spotlights, referrals</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>USER</code></td>
<td>Volunteer portal only</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>TEMP</code></td>
<td>Auto-created on public shift signup; blocked from writes by <code>requireNonTemp</code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Middleware primitives:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>authenticate</code> — requires a valid JWT</li>
<li><code>requireRole(...roles)</code> — checks <code>req.user.role</code> against an allow-list</li>
<li><code>requireNonTemp</code> — blocks <code>TEMP</code> users from non-signup endpoints</li>
<li><code>optionalAuth</code> — identifies the user if a token is present, but doesn't require one</li>
</ul>
<p>User-management writes additionally require <code>permissions.canManageUsers: true</code> unless the actor is <code>SUPER_ADMIN</code>.</p>
<hr />
<h2 id="encryption-at-rest">Encryption at Rest<a class="headerlink" href="#encryption-at-rest" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p><code>ENCRYPTION_KEY</code> (a 64-char hex string — <code>openssl rand -hex 32</code>) is used to AES-encrypt secrets stored in the database: SMTP passwords, third-party API keys (Stripe, MaxMind, etc.), and OAuth tokens.</p>
<p><strong>Key separation is required</strong><code>ENCRYPTION_KEY</code> must differ from all three JWT secrets. The API refuses to start if any JWT secret equals the encryption key.</p>
<p>Two additional separation-of-concerns secrets (fall back to <code>JWT_ACCESS_SECRET</code> with a loud warning if empty):</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Variable</th>
<th>Purpose</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>GITEA_SSO_SECRET</code></td>
<td>Signs Gitea SSO session cookies</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>SERVICE_PASSWORD_SALT</code></td>
<td>Derives per-user passwords for provisioned services (Gitea, Rocket.Chat)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>See <a href="../../getting-started/environment-variables/#security-extras">Environment Variables → Security Extras</a> for details.</p>
<hr />
<h2 id="rate-limiting">Rate Limiting<a class="headerlink" href="#rate-limiting" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Redis-backed, keyed by IP address. Auth endpoints are the strictest:</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Endpoint group</th>
<th>Limit</th>
<th>Redis prefix</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Auth (<code>/login</code>, <code>/register</code>, <code>/refresh</code>)</td>
<td>10 / 15 min</td>
<td><code>rl:auth:</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Email sending</td>
<td>30 / hour</td>
<td><code>rl:email:</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Response submission</td>
<td>10 / hour</td>
<td><code>rl:response:</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shift signup</td>
<td>10 / hour</td>
<td><code>rl:shift-signup:</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Canvass visits</td>
<td>30 / min</td>
<td><code>rl:canvass-visit:</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Canvass bulk visits</td>
<td>5 / min</td>
<td><code>rl:canvass-visit-bulk:</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GPS tracking ingest</td>
<td>6 / min</td>
<td><code>rl:gps-tracking:</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Global (everything else)</td>
<td><code>RATE_LIMIT_MAX</code> / window</td>
<td><code>rl:global:</code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Defaults are tunable via <code>RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS</code> (default 15 min) and <code>RATE_LIMIT_MAX</code> (default 500).</p>
<p>Nginx applies a second layer of rate limiting on <code>/api/auth/*</code> in front of the API — see <a href="#security-audits">Security Audits</a> for the relevant audit that added this.</p>
<p>See the <a href="../../api/#rate-limits">API Reference → Rate Limits</a> for the full table.</p>
<hr />
<h2 id="cookies-session">Cookies &amp; Session<a class="headerlink" href="#cookies-session" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Refresh tokens</strong> are stored as <code>httpOnly</code>, <code>Secure</code> (when <code>NODE_ENV=production</code>), <code>SameSite=Lax</code> cookies — unreachable from JavaScript.</li>
<li><strong>Access tokens</strong> are not persisted; Zustand holds them in memory. Page refresh triggers a silent refresh-token exchange.</li>
<li><strong>Ban enforcement</strong>: banned users have all refresh tokens invalidated immediately at the DB level — their next refresh fails and they're logged out globally.</li>
</ul>
<hr />
<h2 id="input-validation-injection-defenses">Input Validation &amp; Injection Defenses<a class="headerlink" href="#input-validation-injection-defenses" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Vector</th>
<th>Defense</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>SQL injection</td>
<td>Prisma parameterizes every query; no raw SQL in route handlers</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>XSS (stored)</td>
<td><code>escape-html</code> on user-supplied text before DB insert; DOMPurify on rich content</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SSTI</td>
<td>Handlebars templates run with <code>noEscape: false</code> (default escaping on)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Path traversal</td>
<td><code>path.resolve</code> + <code>startsWith</code> check against the allowed root for all file-serving routes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Open redirect</td>
<td>Redirect <code>?next=</code> params validated against an allow-list of same-origin paths</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CSV injection</td>
<td>Leading <code>=</code>, <code>+</code>, <code>-</code>, <code>@</code> characters in exported cells are prefixed with <code>'</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>QR payload DoS</td>
<td><code>/api/qr</code> enforces a hard cap on input text length</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Request bodies are validated with <strong>Zod</strong> schemas before reaching the service layer. Invalid requests return <code>400 VALIDATION_ERROR</code> with the failing path.</p>
<hr />
<h2 id="nginx-transport">Nginx &amp; Transport<a class="headerlink" href="#nginx-transport" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Nginx adds the following security headers to all responses:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>Strict-Transport-Security</code> (HSTS) with long max-age</li>
<li><code>Permissions-Policy</code> restricting browser feature access</li>
<li><code>Content-Security-Policy</code> with <code>frame-ancestors</code> configured for legit embed targets</li>
<li><code>X-Forwarded-For</code> / <code>X-Real-IP</code> set so the API sees the original client IP (important for rate limiting)</li>
<li>Hides the nginx version banner</li>
</ul>
<p>SSL/TLS termination is handled by the tunnel provider (Pangolin or Cloudflare) — nginx itself listens on plain HTTP inside the Docker network.</p>
<hr />
<h2 id="redis-database">Redis &amp; Database<a class="headerlink" href="#redis-database" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Redis authentication</strong> is mandatory — <code>REDIS_PASSWORD</code> has no default and the API refuses to connect without it.</li>
<li><strong>MongoDB</strong> (used by Rocket.Chat) runs with <code>--auth</code> and a keyfile mounted read-only; replica-set auth is required for every connection.</li>
<li>The PostgreSQL instance accepts connections only from the Docker bridge network — no host port is exposed for the container's internal <code>5432</code> (host maps to <code>5433</code> for developer tooling only).</li>
</ul>
<hr />
<h2 id="security-audits">Security Audits<a class="headerlink" href="#security-audits" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Four external/internal security audits have been performed on the platform.</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Date</th>
<th>Scope</th>
<th>Findings</th>
<th>Full Report</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Feb 11 2025</td>
<td>Initial audit — auth, sessions, tokens, XSS</td>
<td>13</td>
<td><code>SECURITY_AUDIT_2025-02-11.md</code> (repo root)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mar 22 2026</td>
<td>JWT hardening, webhook auth, CSV injection, QR DoS</td>
<td></td>
<td><em>Internal</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mar 27 2026</td>
<td>IDOR, XSS, path traversal, MongoDB auth, SSTI, open redirect</td>
<td>33 (30 fixed)</td>
<td><em>Internal</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mar 30 2026</td>
<td>IDOR in action items/ticketed events, nginx rate limit, JWT secret reuse</td>
<td>19</td>
<td><em>Internal</em></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Audit-driven changes already in the codebase include: JWT algorithm lockdown, separate invite/refresh secrets, refresh-token rotation, user enumeration prevention, the encryption-key separation requirement, nginx auth rate limiting, MongoDB keyfile auth, and the input-validation defenses listed above.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Reporting a vulnerability</p>
<p>Security-sensitive reports should go to <code>admin@bnkops.ca</code> directly rather than a public Gitea issue. Please include a minimal reproduction and the affected version.</p>
</div>
<hr />
<h2 id="related">Related<a class="headerlink" href="#related" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="../#production-checklist">Production Checklist</a> — pre-launch hardening items</li>
<li><a href="../../getting-started/environment-variables/">Environment Variables</a> — every secret-bearing variable with generation commands</li>
<li><a href="../../api/#authentication">API Reference → Authentication</a> — token flow diagram and role table</li>
<li><a href="../../admin/people-access/">Admin → People &amp; Access</a> — operational user management</li>
</ul>
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