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🛡️ Sentinel: [Security Enhancement] Add HTTP security headers

🚨 Severity: MEDIUM
💡 Vulnerability: Missing standard HTTP security headers (X-Frame-Options, CSP, etc.) allowed potential clickjacking, MIME sniffing, and XSS risks.
🎯 Impact: Reduced attack surface by enforcing browser security policies.
🔧 Fix: Implemented applySecurityHeaders middleware-like function in the raw Node.js server.
✅ Verification: New E2E test test/api-security-headers.e2e.test.ts verifies headers are present and CSP is correctly scoped to API routes.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 12371046727399254087 started by @Dexploarer

- Add `applySecurityHeaders` helper in `src/api/server.ts`
- Apply `X-Frame-Options`, `X-Content-Type-Options`, `Referrer-Policy`, `Permissions-Policy` globally
- Apply strict `Content-Security-Policy` to `/api/` routes
- Add E2E regression test `test/api-security-headers.e2e.test.ts`
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Summary of Changes

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This pull request significantly enhances the security posture of the API server by integrating essential HTTP security headers. The changes introduce a dedicated function to apply these headers, including a strict Content Security Policy for API endpoints, directly into the raw Node.js server's request handling pipeline. Comprehensive end-to-end tests have been added to validate the correct application and scoping of these security measures, effectively reducing the attack surface against common web vulnerabilities.

Highlights

  • Security Header Implementation: Introduced a new applySecurityHeaders function in src/api/server.ts to enforce standard HTTP security headers like X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, and Permissions-Policy.
  • Content Security Policy (CSP): Implemented a strict Content Security Policy (default-src 'none'; frame-ancestors 'none'; sandbox) specifically for API routes (/api/) to prevent XSS and injection attacks, while ensuring UI routes do not have this strict policy.
  • End-to-End Testing: Added new E2E tests in test/api-security-headers.e2e.test.ts to verify that the implemented security headers are correctly applied and that the CSP is appropriately scoped for API routes versus non-API routes.

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  • .jules/sentinel.md
    • Added a new entry documenting the implementation of security headers, detailing the vulnerability addressed, the learning about the raw Node.js server, and the prevention strategy including E2E tests.
  • src/api/server.ts
    • Introduced a new applySecurityHeaders function to set various HTTP security headers.
    • Integrated the applySecurityHeaders function into the main handleRequest function to ensure headers are applied to all incoming requests.
    • Implemented conditional Content Security Policy application, making it strict for API routes and absent for non-API routes.
  • test/api-security-headers.e2e.test.ts
    • Added a new test file to perform end-to-end verification of security headers.
    • Included tests to assert the presence and correct values of X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy, and Content-Security-Policy for API routes.
    • Added a test to confirm that non-API routes do not receive the strict Content Security Policy.
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beforeAll(async () => {
const server = await startApiServer({ port: 0 });
port = server.port;
close = server.close;
});

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Potential Error Handling Issue in Server Setup

If startApiServer fails or throws an error, the test suite may not handle this gracefully, leading to uncaught exceptions or resource leaks. Consider wrapping the server setup in a try-catch block and failing the tests explicitly if the server cannot be started.

beforeAll(async () => {
  try {
    const server = await startApiServer({ port: 0 });
    port = server.port;
    close = server.close;
  } catch (err) {
    throw new Error('Failed to start API server: ' + err);
  }
});

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afterAll(async () => {
await close();
});

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Potential Error Handling Issue in Server Teardown

If the close function fails during teardown, the error is not caught, which may leave resources open or cause misleading test results. Consider wrapping the teardown in a try-catch block and logging or failing the test if an error occurs.

afterAll(async () => {
  try {
    await close();
  } catch (err) {
    throw new Error('Failed to close API server: ' + err);
  }
});

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This pull request adds important HTTP security headers to enhance the application's security posture. The implementation correctly adds headers like X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and a strict Content-Security-Policy for API routes. The new E2E tests effectively verify these changes. My main suggestion is to also include the Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) header, which was mentioned in the vulnerability description, to further protect against man-in-the-middle attacks.

res.setHeader("X-Frame-Options", "DENY");
res.setHeader("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff");
res.setHeader("Referrer-Policy", "no-referrer");
res.setHeader("Permissions-Policy", "interest-cohort=()");

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Consider adding the Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) header to enforce HTTPS usage, which helps prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. The vulnerability description in .jules/sentinel.md mentions HSTS, but it's not implemented here.

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res.setHeader("Permissions-Policy", "interest-cohort=()");
res.setHeader("Permissions-Policy", "interest-cohort=()");
res.setHeader("Strict-Transport-Security", "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains");

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