The audit log (readable by every role) rendered "Honeypot-Treffer" / "Honeypot hit" next to
the decoy paths, which advertises the deception layer to anyone with panel/audit access — an
attacker seeing it would know wp-admin/phpmyadmin/etc. are traps. Rename the VISIBLE labels to
neutral WAF/IDS-style threat logging so the mechanism is no longer self-revealing. The DB action
keys stay security.honeypot_* (Threats intel, history, error styling, and tests key off them);
only the human-facing text changes:
security.honeypot_hit -> "Angriffsversuch" / "Attack attempt"
security.honeypot_login -> "Login-Angriffsversuch" / "Login attack attempt"
security.honeytoken_used -> "Kompromittierte Zugangsdaten" / "Compromised credentials"
This covers the /audit page, the dashboard audit panel, and the Threats feed rows (all resolve
the same audit.actions label). A regression test asserts the audit log renders the disguised
labels and never leaks "Honeypot"/"Honeytoken" (nor the raw key). 618 tests, de/en parity, Pint.
NOTE: the admin-only Threats page header (subtitle/feed title/Honeytoken KPI) and the settings
honeypot-status section still name it "Honeypot" — those are manage-panel-gated; disguising them
too is a separate, optional follow-up.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Surgical consistency/polish tightening within the existing "Tactical Terminal"
system — no re-theme, no new tokens/fonts/colors, every change uses an existing
@theme utility. From a design review (subagent-cataloged, false-positives rejected).
- nav-item: badge tooltip is now a contextual `badge-title` prop instead of a hardcoded
"update available" — the Threats count badge showed the wrong tooltip. Sidebar passes a
real "N login attempts (24h)" title for Threats and "Update available" for Versions.
- empty-state messages (sessions/users/webauthn-keys/login-protection) bumped from the
faintest ink-4 to ink-3 — when a list is empty that line is the focal point, not meta.
- modal actions: fail2ban-config / hardening-action / system-update submit buttons go from
the softer `accent` to solid `primary` so the real action reads as primary (cancel stays
secondary; the done-state close is unchanged).
- servers list: CPU/RAM mini-bar labels ink-4 -> ink-3 to match their values.
- edit-credential: top-level error now uses the standard bordered offline error box
(border-offline/25 bg-offline/10 + alert icon), matching firewall-rule.
- file-editor: title + path get a native `title=` tooltip so a truncated long path is legible.
- add-ssh-key label rhythm (mb-1.5 -> mb-1); login-protection textarea vertical padding
(py-2 -> py-2.5, the textarea norm); webauthn-keys add button w-full sm:w-auto so it isn't
a mobile orphan; app.css font comment de-staled (fonts are self-hosted).
Deliberately NOT changed (would harm the design, not help): mail from_name kept sans vs
from_address mono (name = prose, address = technical token — the convention); the Memory
metric tone kept dynamic/threshold-based (health signal) rather than forced cyan.
Verified: vite build compiles all utilities, 617 tests green, de/en lang parity, DOM render
check of the badge + button variants.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The re-audit's top finding (HIGH): update.sh runs as root, pulled + re-exec'd its own new copy +
ran install.sh's `docker compose build` on the pulled tree with NO signature check, so a
compromised/redirected origin or a transport MITM could feed attacker commits into a root RCE. The
branch-pin (bc2f2b5) stops a local `git checkout` redirect but not a remote origin compromise —
only a signature does.
- update.sh: after the pull and BEFORE the self-update re-exec / install.sh build, verify the pulled
HEAD with `git -c gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile=<anchor> verify-commit HEAD`. Opt-in and safe by
default — skipped with a warning when no anchor is configured (existing installs keep updating),
but FAIL CLOSED once configured. The anchor is resolved from .env CLUSEV_ALLOWED_SIGNERS or the
gitignored .clusev-allowed-signers; a SET-but-missing anchor dies (no silent downgrade), and a
git-TRACKED anchor is refused (a pulled tree could otherwise swap in the attacker's own key).
- clusev-release.sh: opt-in SSH signing of the release commit + tag when CLUSEV_SIGNING_KEY is set,
so the verify side has provenance to check. Unsigned (identical behaviour) when unset.
- .gitignore /.clusev-allowed-signers (the trust anchor must never be pull-overwritable);
.env.example documents CLUSEV_ALLOWED_SIGNERS.
verify-commit + allowed-signers proven end-to-end in a scratch repo (signed→pass, unsigned→fail,
wrong-key→fail, tracked-anchor→refuse, set-but-missing→fail-closed). shellcheck clean. Activation
(provision the maintainer keypair + sign releases) is a documented maintainer step.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
From the re-audit's design/perf pass (Codex-reviewed):
- WithFleetContext::fleet() memoises per request (protected, not serialised by Livewire) —
activeServer() calls it several times per render (Files ~6x, Services ~4x), so it was re-running
the fleet query each time.
- Wireguard: cache WgTraffic->series() (60s) keyed on the window + a data fingerprint
(MAX(id) + COUNT) so a new/pruned sample busts it, but the 5s wire:poll no longer re-buckets the
whole sample history every tick (samples only land once a minute).
- dashboard: the systemd table headers (Unit/Status/Boot) were hard-coded English while a sibling
column used __(); move all four through lang keys (de+en parity).
- update-progress: localise the phase-list aria-label.
- btn: the compact `sm` size grows to the 44px R7 touch target on a coarse pointer only, so dense
row/toolbar buttons are tappable on mobile while desktop density is unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
From the whole-codebase re-audit (deferred MEDIUM findings, Codex-reviewed):
- poller: CredentialVault enforces a credential's disabled_at lock only at connect(), but
PollMetrics reuses one long-lived SSH connection per server, so a credential disabled
mid-run kept streaming metrics over the already-open session. Add Server::withActiveCredential()
(whereHas credential whereNull disabled_at); the poller selects via it and prunes any cached
client whose server left the active set, so a revocation drops the server on the next tick and
closes its session promptly.
- prod compose: add security_opt no-new-privileges:true to every service + a generous pids_limit
(fork-bomb backstop). cap_drop/read_only are deliberately left out — they need a per-service
prod smoke test (nginx :80 bind, entrypoint chown) before enabling; documented inline.
- Caddyfile + compose: strengthen the TRUSTED_PROXY_CIDR guidance — an over-broad value in
external-TLS mode lets any client forge X-Forwarded-For and defeat the IP-keyed throttles + ban.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Confirmed-security quick-wins from a full re-audit (6-agent subsystem fan-out,
Codex-reviewed). Each item ships with a regression test proven to fail pre-fix.
- files: gate file CONTENT reads (download / edit / FileEditor::load) behind the
`operate` ability so a read-only viewer keeps LISTING/browse access but can no
longer pull file bytes over the server credential (root -> /etc/shadow, keys,
.env). Hide the download/edit/delete controls from viewers in the blade, and
basename() Files::open() for parity with the other path builders.
- fail2ban: reject a leading dash/dot in validJail(). A jail name like "-h" or
"--help" was parsed by fail2ban-client as an OPTION (argument-injection) rather
than a positional jail; internal dashes ("nginx-http-auth") still pass.
- bruteforce: release the atomically-claimed ban-audit dedup slot when the
AuditEvent write throws, so a transient DB failure no longer suppresses the
auth.ip_banned audit for the whole 60s window (the ban itself is unaffected).
- update path: verify_update_request now FAILS CLOSED when UPDATE_HMAC_KEY is
unset (was fail-open -> any ./run marker could drive a root update). Pin the
self-update `git pull` to the recorded CLUSEV_BUILD_BRANCH and refuse a diverged
checkout, so a `git checkout` in the tree cannot redirect the next root update.
- wireguard: normalise the DNS input to a single comma list and QUOTE the WG_DNS
assignment in wg.env; an unquoted space previously split the assignment and
broke the next `. "$WG_ENV"`.
13 new regression tests. 614 tests, Pint, shellcheck, Codex review all green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Security re-audit + adversarial red-team of the honeypot deception and
brute-force ban layer. Fixes (all with regression tests):
HoneypotController::trap
- BAN EVASION: keyed ban off getRealMethod() not isMethod('post') — the
latter honors _method / X-HTTP-Method-Override, so a POST spoofed as PUT
dodged the ban entirely. Now any non-safe verb to a decoy bans.
- REFLECTED-BAN vs EVASION: removed the Origin-based skip; the Origin header
is attacker-controlled, so it was a trivial universal ban-evasion (send a
foreign Origin) worse than the narrow griefing it prevented.
- UNMASK/500: mb_scrub all attacker-controlled meta (ua/query/path/creds) so
invalid UTF-8 can't throw JsonEncodingException on the array-cast column.
- Ban now runs FIRST and independently of the audit (separate guarded
try/catch) so a failing audit can never skip the ban; deceive() always 200.
- AUDIT DoS: per-IP hourly cap via atomic Cache::add(0)+increment.
DetectHoneytoken::trip
- Same guarded ban-first / audit-second structure + per-IP audit cap
(bounds an exempt or rotating source) + mb_scrub on the path.
BruteforceGuard::banNow
- Dedup the auth.ip_banned audit per IP+reason on a 60s window (was
full bantime): collapses the scanner flood without masking a legitimate
re-ban after an operator unban, and still audits distinct reasons.
Supply-chain / release / dashboard
- Pin prod base images (caddy/mariadb/redis) by @sha256 digest.
- Atomic branch+tag push in clusev-release.sh (no orphan untagged commit).
- Route github.ref_name through a validated $TAG env in ci-staging.yml.
- Strip inline credentials from the origin URL in set-repository-url.sh
(greedy match handles an @ inside the password).
- WireGuard peer name via Js::from in wire:click; settings badge shows the
real role; Threats pill/top_ip account for honeypot_login attempts.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Regression from the leak-scrub: vite.config read $process.env.VITE_HMR_HOST, but the dev container
bind-mounts .env without exporting it into the process environment — so it was ALWAYS empty and the
hmr host fell back to 'localhost'. On a remote dev box the browser then loaded the Vite client + app.css
+ app.js from localhost:5173 (ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED) → the whole panel rendered unstyled. Switch to
Vite's loadEnv (reads the .env file, same source the other VITE_* vars use) and fall back to undefined
(Vite infers the host from the request) instead of a hard 'localhost'. The real address stays in the
untracked dev .env (documented in .env.example, no IP committed). Verified: dev assets load 200 + the
login renders styled, and `npm run build` (prod) still succeeds.
Previously a POST to a fake login hit a Laravel 419 (CSRF) or 405, unmasking the framework, and the
phpMyAdmin/generic forms even posted to real paths (/index.php, /login). Now: the decoy paths are
CSRF-exempt (bootstrap/app.php) and drop BlockBannedIp (an already-banned prober stays inside the
deception, always fed a fake — never a revealing 403 — while the ban still blocks them from the REAL
login). Every fake form posts back to its own decoy, so a submit re-serves the fake page (looks like a
failed login) and trap() records the guessed username + password as threat intel (meta.tried_user /
tried_pass). DetectHoneytoken stays on the group, so a submitted canary is still caught.
The deceptive bodies were bare unstyled HTML — obvious to any human/scanner. Give each a
self-contained, offline-safe inline-CSS skin that mirrors the real thing (WordPress login grey
canvas + logo + blue button; phpMyAdmin blue theme + logo + fieldset; a clean generic admin card)
so the decoy is convincing enough to hold a probe. No external assets (CSP/airgap-safe).
nginx's `location ~ \.php$` fastcgi-passed EVERY .php path to php-fpm, which 404'd the classic
attacker probes (/wp-login.php, /xmlrpc.php, /admin.php, /vendor/…/eval-stdin.php) with 'File not
found' BEFORE they could reach the Laravel honeypot route — so those decoys never trapped behind
nginx (the feature tests hit the Laravel route directly, bypassing nginx, and missed this). Add
`try_files $uri /index.php?$query_string` to the php location so a non-existent .php falls through
to the front controller (only index.php actually exists in public/, so nothing else executes).
Verified through nginx: all .php + non-.php + dotfile decoys now serve the deceptive 200.
Re-review (completeness sweep + Codex) found: Audit\Index::saveRetention wrote the global
audit_retention_days policy ungated (a non-admin could shrink retention and prune audit evidence)
-> manage-panel guard + @can-hidden control; Settings\Email::sendTest lacked the role guard that
mount/save already had -> manage-panel; DetectHoneytoken read only form-encoded bodies via post(),
missing a JSON {"api_key":"<canary>"} replay -> now scans json() too (still body-only, no query).
The first hardening pass created the update-phase.json temp with mktemp INSIDE ./run (the
container-writable bind mount) and reopened it by pathname (`> "$tmp"`). A container racing the root
writer could unlink that temp and drop a symlink in its place before the reopen, redirecting the root
write outside ./run. All THREE status-writers now build the temp at the repo ROOT — same filesystem as
./run (so the follow-up mv -f is an atomic, symlink-safe rename(2)) but NOT mounted into any container,
so it cannot be tampered mid-write: watch.sh run_write_json, update.sh set_stage, AND install.sh
set_stage (reachable as root directly and via update.sh -> exec install.sh). The transient /.phase.*
temps are gitignored.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Audit leak-hygiene findings:
- The operator's real internal dev-VM/WireGuard IPs (10.10.90.136/.162/.165) were shipped in
vite.config.js (hmr.host), lang hint/placeholder strings, a code comment and the CHANGELOG.
vite HMR host is now env-driven (VITE_HMR_HOST, dev .env only); all other occurrences are replaced
with RFC5737 documentation addresses (203.0.113.x). Tests updated in lockstep.
- docs/ is export-ignored from the git tree and named in promote.sh's refuse-to-publish list, but was
never .dockerignore'd, so `COPY . .` baked the private docs (with private host/URL refs) into the
public image, which the git-tree leak-guard never inspects. Added docs/ (and art/) to .dockerignore.
- /update.log (new repo-root update transcript) gitignored.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Security audit (12-angle adversarial workflow) findings on the container→host boundary:
- .env was created world-readable (cp of a 644 .env.example, never chmod'd) exposing the APP_KEY
that decrypts the whole fleet's SSH vault. Now chown clusev + chmod 0600 before any secret write.
- The root updater followed attacker-planted symlinks in the container-writable ./run (update-phase.json,
update.log) → arbitrary root file write. Status writes now go via a temp + rename(2) (never follow a
link); the update transcript moved to the repo root (not the ./run bind mount).
- The generated UPDATE_HMAC_KEY was dead. The app now HMAC-signs the update-request marker
(config/clusev.php update_hmac_key; DeploymentService) and watch.sh verifies it before running a
root update, so a stray/limited write to ./run can't drive one (a full container compromise holds
the key, so this is a bar-raise + integrity check; the standing guarantee is the marker only ever
re-installs the trusted remote's code, never attacker code).
- force_kv/set_kv wrote unescaped values into a sed replacement — a & | or newline in an operator's
domain/email/port could corrupt .env or inject a sed command. Values are now CR/LF-stripped and
sed-escaped, and the HTTP port is validated numeric/in-range.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Codex R15 flagged that _clusev_ref_ok accepted malformed digest refs (short/non-hex,
which trigger a doomed pull instead of a build fallback) and refs carrying an embedded
newline in ANY segment (force_kv would then split .env, injecting an attacker-chosen key).
Anchor the check to an exact 64-hex sha256 digest and two ghcr.io path segments that each
start alphanumeric and otherwise contain only [A-Za-z0-9._-] — so no newline, "=",
whitespace or slash can appear anywhere in the ref. Malformed or tampered refs now fall
back to a local build and can never reach force_kv. Tests: +6 cases (short, non-hex,
path-traversal, ".." name, newline in digest, newline in owner).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Review found the build fallback could inherit a stale digest pin (compose build aborts), a slash-shaped/non-ghcr lock ref caused a doomed pull, env mode never persisted the pin (host restart used a nonexistent default tag), and the resolver test was unlinted/unrun in CI. Resolver now always leaves a coherent pin, validates ghcr.io/<owner>/<name>@sha256 refs only, exports the mode flag (drops the file-level shellcheck disable), and CI lints + runs the script unit tests.
Backbone sub-project #1, CI half (verified with actionlint; the runtime proof is
the first rc/stable tag push — these jobs cannot run locally).
- ci-staging.yml:
- new `images` job (needs: test): buildx builds clusev-app (Dockerfile) +
clusev-terminal (docker/terminal/Dockerfile) → private GHCR, tagged by
version; then a framework smoke-boot (`php artisan route:list`) so a class
stripped by export-ignore that is still reachable on boot fails before promote.
- `deploy-staging` widened to any tag; pulls the CI-built private image
(CLUSEV_IMAGE/CLUSEV_TERMINAL_IMAGE + CLUSEV_PULL=1) instead of building.
- new gated `promote` job (needs: [test, images], if success + stable vX.Y.Z,
no -rc): copy the exact image digests to the public GHCR, run promote.sh
(leak-guard + export-ignore tree), write release-images.lock, push code+tag.
- promote-public.yml: repurposed as a guarded manual fallback mirroring the auto
promote (image copy + lock + guard). Dropped the "beta channel" naming.
- promote-stable.yml: removed (no beta→stable step in a single-channel model).
Deploy inputs are GitHub vars/secrets (GHCR_OWNER, PUBLIC_GHCR_OWNER,
PUBLIC_REPO_SLUG, STAGING_*, GHCR_TOKEN, PUBLIC_REPO_TOKEN, PROMOTE_FORBIDDEN) —
never hardcoded.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A dashboard-triggered update that failed on the host left the /update-progress
page spinning to a vague 10-minute timeout — no error was ever shown, because
nothing wrote a failure marker for the page to read. Fix: make failures visible
and prevent the credential-prompt hang class.
- docker/restart-sentinel/watch.sh: run update.sh under `timeout -k 30 1800` with
its output tee'd to run/update.log; on ANY non-zero exit (update.sh or its
exec'd install.sh) — and on the early compose-missing / updater-missing paths —
write {"stage":"error"} to run/update-phase.json via write_update_error().
- update.sh: export GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 + GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_* and wrap the pull
in `timeout 300`, so a private-repo credential miss fails fast instead of
hanging on a non-interactive prompt.
- DeploymentService::updatePhase(): whitelist the 'error' stage.
- update-progress.blade.php: add an error state (#js-status-error) + showError();
the status-feed poll now stops and shows it on stage=error, marking the active
phase red — instead of looping.
- lang/{en,de}/update.php: error_heading / error_hint / back_button.
- UpdateProgressTest: feed surfaces stage=error; page renders the error branch.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The in-panel help "First login" section still claimed you log in with the
literal default password `clusev` and that "the panel forces a password change
immediately". Both are false since this cycle: the installer generates a RANDOM
password shown once in the closing summary, and EnsureSecurityOnboarded only
nudges (skippable), never forces.
- help/overview.blade.php (en+de): rewritten — sign in with the initial
password from the installer summary; setting your own is recommended (a
banner reminds) but not forced.
- lang/{en,de}/auth.php: default-password banner → "Initial password still in
use" / "Initialpasswort noch aktiv".
- ResetAdmin.php: reset output "Einmal-Passwort" → "Neues Passwort".
- EnsureSecurityOnboarded.php: comment wording aligned.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Password rotation is a nudge, not a wall (Install sets must_change_password=true
but EnsureSecurityOnboarded only prompts and is skippable), so calling the
generated credential a "one-time password" wrongly implied forced/single-use
rotation. Renamed the user-facing term everywhere:
- README + lang/{en,de}/accounts.php: "one-time password" / "Einmal-Passwort"
→ "initial password" / "Initialpasswort"; temp_intro "must change on first
sign-in" → "prompted to change" / "sollte … geändert werden".
- Install.php $description: "Standard-Passwort (Zwangswechsel …)" → "zufälligem
Initialpasswort (Wechsel empfohlen, nicht erzwungen)".
- Install.php / CreateUser.php comments aligned.
Kept "one-time backup codes" (2FA codes are single-use) and "shown only once"
(the summary is displayed once).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Operator-facing docs must show the short host commands, not the long
docker-compose invocation (same convention already enforced for the in-panel
help/versions/MOTD surfaces):
- Updating: `sudo ./update.sh` -> `sudo clusev update`.
- Recovery: `docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml exec app php artisan
clusev:reset-admin` -> `clusev reset-admin`.
Add README.md to CommandShortcutsTest's DISPLAY_SURFACES and
UPDATE_COMMAND_SURFACES so the README is regression-guarded too.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The sidebar "Help" item, the command-palette entry and the `g h` shortcut now
open the public documentation site in a new tab instead of the in-panel help
page — no duplicated docs to keep in sync.
- config/clusev.php: add `docs_url` (env CLUSEV_DOCS_URL, default
https://docs.clusev.com) so the docs host is configurable per install.
- sidebar + command-palette: Help href -> config('clusev.docs_url'),
target=_blank rel=noopener.
- app.js: navigate() opens absolute http(s) URLs via
window.open(_, '_blank', 'noopener'); go() resolves leader keys absent from
CMDK_GO via the (config-driven) nav list, so `g h` follows the docs URL.
The in-panel /help route/component is kept (unlinked) as an offline fallback.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Quick start: the installer no longer asks for a domain — it installs over IP/HTTP and prompts only
for the HTTP port + admin email; a domain (auto-HTTPS) is set later in the dashboard.
- The first admin now gets a RANDOM one-time password (shown once in the summary), not the literal
'clusev'; rotation is recommended (a warning banner nudges) but no longer forced.
- add the web terminal to Features (per-server + Clusev-host SSH, host-key pinned); mention the
first-run guided tour; point the domain/TLS section at the dashboard.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The panel domain is a dashboard concern now (System page → panel_domain override + Caddy
on-demand TLS), so the installer no longer asks for it. A fresh interactive install goes
straight to bare-IP/HTTP (prompts only for the HTTP port + admin email). The domain still
works everywhere it needs to: CLUSEV_DOMAIN=… preset for scripted installs is kept, and a
non-interactive re-run (update.sh) still preserves the existing .env domain; the closing
banner and the bare-IP warning now point the operator to Dashboard → System for the domain.
shellcheck clean; bash -n OK.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A guided tour for new operators: a dimmed+blurred overlay with an enterprise description card
(mono eyebrow "01 / 06", display title, body, progress bar, back/skip/next). A step with a
target spotlights the matching sidebar nav item (a box-shadow "hole" lights it while everything
else dims); welcome + finish are centred cards. On narrow viewports (sidebar hidden) it falls
back to centred cards.
- auto-opens once per account (users.onboarding_tour_completed_at is null → autostart); skip or
finish calls Tour::markSeen() which stamps it, so it never auto-opens again.
- relaunchable any time from Settings (a client-side 'onboarding:start' window event — no DB change).
- @persist'd in the layout + a sessionStorage guard so a wire:navigate or fast reload right after
dismissal can't re-open it before markSeen persists.
- nav-item now merges its attribute bag (data-tour passes through without duplicating class/href).
Browser-verified: auto-open → spotlight walks Dashboard/Servers/Terminal/Settings → skip stamps +
closes → navigation doesn't reopen → Settings relaunch works; zero console errors. 4 feature tests;
full suite 473 pass; Codex review CLEAN.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The ssh2 sidecar connected with no host-key verification, so a MITM could present its own key
and capture the (decrypted) SSH credential — the phpseclib fleet path pins via TOFU but the
sidecar did not. The resolve endpoint now returns the server's TOFU-pinned host key; the sidecar
verifies the presented key against it (crypto.timingSafeEqual) during the handshake, before any
credential is sent.
parseHostKeyPin distinguishes three states so a corrupted record can't silently unpin:
null → no pin (Clusev host / never-contacted server) → accept, TOFU first use
false → a pin is present but malformed/undecodable → FAIL CLOSED (reject)
Buffer → enforce the pin (reject a mismatch as MITM)
Verified in-browser against a real server: valid key connects + runs; a swapped key is rejected
as MITM; a garbage non-empty key fails closed — all before any credential leaves the sidecar.
Full suite 469 pass; Codex re-review CLEAN.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Rotation is optional now, so a well-known default ('clusev') would be a standing takeover
credential on a fleet-root console. The installer now creates the first admin with a random
Str::password(16), printed once on the CLUSEV_ADMIN_PASSWORD= line that install.sh already
surfaces in the closing banner. must_change_password still nudges a rotation, but even if the
operator keeps it, the secret is no longer guessable.
Verified: the printed password authenticates + differs per install; noop-when-admin-exists is
intact; Codex review APPROVED.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The "Clusev host" terminal resolves to an SSH login now (resolve never returns kind:'host'), so the
sidecar's local-shell path was unreachable:
- docker/terminal/server.js: drop startHost(), the spec.kind==='host' branch, the node-pty require
and HOST_SHELL/HOST_CWD constants — the sidecar only ever opens an SSH PTY.
- Dockerfile: drop the python3/make/g++ toolchain (only there to compile node-pty's native addon);
package.json: drop the node-pty dependency. Leaner, faster image.
- compose (dev+prod): drop the now-unused TERMINAL_HOST_CWD env and the .:/workspace:ro mount.
- remove grep-confirmed-unused lang keys (settings 2FA/stub-tab keys, accounts twofa/cannot_remove,
auth recovery_done/regenerate_confirm, common back/retry/more/loading, servers firewall/fail2ban
unavailable variants) and the unused x-server-item Blade component.
Verified: lean sidecar rebuilds + the server terminal still connects/runs; full suite 467 pass; all
pages 200 with no raw-key leaks and no console errors.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
boban