From b9058c96b206242d32773a7c936158856d1d9a9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tegwick Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 22:34:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: answer the GLAS-WP-0015 tenant question and record the DNS hazard Probing the handed-over Service DNS name from the workstation found that every *.svc.cluster.local name resolves here to one unrelated public address via the ad.binect.de search suffix -- including names of services that do not exist, which proves it is suffix expansion and not a record. Pointing SECRETS_ENGINE_PDP_URL at the Service name would send the CheckRequest body (subject, tenant, lane ids, stage, field names, purpose) and the static Bearer token to that host. Decision envelopes are structurally validated but not signed, so a responder knowing the package and version can return a well-formed allow; the fail-closed posture assumes the PDP is the PDP. Not mitigated here: choosing the transport control is the owners' call, not this consumer's. Recommended to FLEX-WP-0021-T05 that the handover be a trailing-dot FQDN or explicit address, with the response channel's authentication stated. Our pin stays unset, so the hazard is theoretical. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01E4tNMAYcSQmZWUE4wqP4ij Assistant: claude-code Assistant-Model: opus Assistant-Process: 715726@bnt-lap001 Assistant-Session: 80a42b32-cba6-4b23-8be0-68819b1a6092 --- docs/tenant-alignment.md | 42 ++++++++++++++++++ ...ETS-WP-0009-glas-claude-native-delivery.md | 44 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 86 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/tenant-alignment.md b/docs/tenant-alignment.md index 29fb950..cd03596 100644 --- a/docs/tenant-alignment.md +++ b/docs/tenant-alignment.md @@ -115,3 +115,45 @@ alone. - A supported owner access path to `flex-auth-secrets-engine` for a workstation CLI. Service DNS is not workstation connectivity, so the tenant fix above is necessary but not sufficient for activation (`FLEX-WP-0021-T05`). + +## Hazard: the Service DNS name resolves here, to the wrong host + +Probed from the workstation 2026-09-06. This is worse than "not reachable" and +is the reason the access path must be handed over explicitly rather than assumed +from a Service name. + +```text +$ getent hosts flex-auth-secrets-engine.flex-auth.svc.cluster.local +80.158.43.29 flex-auth-secrets-engine.flex-auth.svc.cluster.local.ad.binect.de + +$ getent hosts this-service-does-not-exist.flex-auth.svc.cluster.local +80.158.43.29 this-service-does-not-exist.flex-auth.svc.cluster.local.ad.binect.de + +$ getent hosts flex-auth-secrets-engine.flex-auth.svc.cluster.local. # trailing dot +(no resolution) +``` + +`/etc/resolv.conf` carries `search ad.binect.de fritz.box`, and `ad.binect.de` +answers wildcard, so **every** `*.svc.cluster.local` name resolves on this +workstation to one unrelated public address. A nonexistent service resolves +identically, which proves it is suffix expansion rather than any real record. + +Consequences if `SECRETS_ENGINE_PDP_URL` were pointed at the Service name from a +workstation: + +- The `POST /v1/check` body — subject id/type, tenant, lane/resource ids, stage, + declared field names, purpose — would go to an arbitrary internet host. It + contains no secret values, but it is a structural map of the estate's + credential lanes. +- The static Bearer token would be sent to that host. +- Decision envelopes are structurally validated but **not signed**. A responder + that knows the package name and version can return a well-formed + `effect: allow`, and this engine's checks would pass it. The fail-closed + production posture assumes the PDP is the PDP. + +This is not fixed here, because choosing the transport control is the owners' +call, not this consumer's. Recommended for `FLEX-WP-0021-T05`: hand over a +trailing-dot FQDN or an explicit address, and state the authentication of the +response channel (mTLS, or a signed envelope) rather than leaving an unsigned +allow over plaintext HTTP as the contract. This engine keeps its pin unset in +the meantime, which is why the hazard is currently theoretical. diff --git a/workplans/SECRETS-WP-0009-glas-claude-native-delivery.md b/workplans/SECRETS-WP-0009-glas-claude-native-delivery.md index 5123d78..bf7fd5f 100644 --- a/workplans/SECRETS-WP-0009-glas-claude-native-delivery.md +++ b/workplans/SECRETS-WP-0009-glas-claude-native-delivery.md @@ -52,6 +52,50 @@ priority: high state_hub_task_id: "f8069c8a-ad6b-5d0b-9a36-c2326699437d" ``` +Inbound 2026-09-06 (glas-harness `GLAS-WP-0015` production dependency handoff). +Ownership acknowledged. Answering their tenant question rather than assuming the +values lined up found a blocking defect in this repo, so the handoff earned its +keep before any activation work started. + +- **Our CheckRequest carried no `tenant` at all.** The deployed + `secrets-engine.catalog-lane.lifecycle` **v2** package reads + `request_tenant := object.get(input, "tenant", "")` against + `known_tenant := "tenant:platform"`, so an absent tenant is a `wrong_tenant` + denial rather than an ignored field. Every gated action this engine sent would + have been denied, and the omission also produced a `request_digest` matching no + correctly issued decision, because `tenant` is hashed material. Fixed in + `80eafaf`; `REQUEST_TENANT` is pinned against the vendored allow envelopes. +- **The package is v2, not the v1 glas reported.** v1 had no tenant rule and + failed open — a `rotate` under `tenant:coulomb` returned allow against the + deployed package (`decision:066e629bbf0c0924`). flex-auth superseded rather + than amended it, because a fail-open correction must be visible as a version + change. Our accepted version moved to v2 and a test refuses a v1 decision. +- **Wrong-tenant denial evidence delivered**, from flex-auth's real deny envelope + rather than asserted: `decision:7d56b7fc274ddfd6`, `matched_rule wrong_tenant`, + `binding.tenant tenant:coulomb`. Vendored with tests that we refuse it on + `effect` first and that a deny legally carries no `lifetime`. +- **Tenant mapping NOT resolved, deliberately.** `service_auth.TENANT` is + `tenant:coulomb`, which is exactly the value the package denies. Either those + are two layers sharing a namespace format or one constant is wrong. Choosing + without an owner ruling is the fail-open shape `GH-DEC-2026-008` rejected for + action vocabularies. Both constants stay as they are, not unified behind one + symbol. Recorded in `docs/tenant-alignment.md` for `KEY-WP-0013-T02` / + `APPROVAL-WP-0002-T01`. +- **Hazard found while probing the caller access path.** Every + `*.svc.cluster.local` name resolves on this workstation to one unrelated public + address via the `ad.binect.de` search suffix, including names of services that + do not exist. Pointing `SECRETS_ENGINE_PDP_URL` at the Service name would ship + CheckRequest metadata and the Bearer token to that host, and decision + envelopes are structurally validated but not signed, so a knowing responder + could return a well-formed allow. Reported to flex-auth for `FLEX-WP-0021-T05`; + not mitigated here because the transport control is the owners' call. The pin + stays unset, so the hazard is theoretical today. + +CCR-2026-0016 is explicitly treated as custody provenance, not a per-action +authorization. No unsafe-demo switch and no human runtime token will be used to +reach a prod lane. This task stays `wait`: activation is blocked on the owner +access path, not on engine work or on approval shape. + Depends on SECRETS-WP-0007-T04 and SECRETS-WP-0008-T02/T06: canonical production authorization, successful consume and scoped service authority must exist. Current production exec refuses before OpenBao because durable access-engine