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Uwe Schuster 0d2312499e #3: SecurityHeadersInterceptor — strict baseline + CspOverride ctor (Option B)
Aligns the default CSP, X-Frame-Options, HSTS and Permissions-Policy with
docs/security-baseline.md:
  - script-src/style-src drop 'unsafe-inline' and the unpkg.com allowance
  - img-src narrows from 'self' data: https: → 'self' data:
  - connect-src narrows from 'self' wss: ws: → 'self'
  - frame-ancestors flips from 'self' → 'none'
  - X-Frame-Options flips from SAMEORIGIN → DENY
  - HSTS keeps max-age=63072000 but drops includeSubDomains by default
    (apex-clobbering hazard noted in audit #1)
  - Permissions-Policy header added with the baseline sensor allowlist

Adds a CspOverride struct + ctor so consumers that genuinely need a
relaxation (Swagger UI subtree, cross-origin connect, …) can flip
individual directives without forking the interceptor. Empty fields
inherit the strict baseline.

Bumps to 0.3.6 (alongside owner's pending #4 + #5 + #6 work).

Closes #3

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-25 21:54:58 +02:00
cmake v0.1.0: initial clean-lift from fewo-webapp 2026-04-21 21:42:53 +02:00
docs v0.1.0: initial clean-lift from fewo-webapp 2026-04-21 21:42:53 +02:00
include/oatpp-authkit #3: SecurityHeadersInterceptor — strict baseline + CspOverride ctor (Option B) 2026-04-25 21:54:58 +02:00
test #3: SecurityHeadersInterceptor — strict baseline + CspOverride ctor (Option B) 2026-04-25 21:54:58 +02:00
.gitignore v0.1.0: initial clean-lift from fewo-webapp 2026-04-21 21:42:53 +02:00
CMakeLists.txt #3: SecurityHeadersInterceptor — strict baseline + CspOverride ctor (Option B) 2026-04-25 21:54:58 +02:00
README.md #2: Browser-friendly 401/403 — content-negotiate JSON vs HTML/redirect 2026-04-25 13:23:08 +02:00

oatpp-authkit

Header-only C++ library distilled from fewo-webapp's hardened auth / security stack. Header-only, oatpp 1.3+, C++17.

What's in v0.1 (the clean-lift set)

Header Purpose
interceptor/SecurityHeadersInterceptor.hpp CSP, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy. Strict defaults.
interceptor/BodySizeLimitInterceptor.hpp Reject request bodies above a configurable limit with 413 before they hit your handlers.
handler/JsonErrorHandler.hpp Normalises thrown exceptions into {status, message} JSON so controllers never leak raw HTML error pages.
util/RateLimiter.hpp In-memory token-bucket keyed on an arbitrary string (typically the client IP from clientIpTrusted).
util/TokenExtract.hpp extractToken (Cookie/Bearer), isValidIp (IPv4/IPv6 via inet_pton), clientIpTrusted (loopback-gated XFF).
startup/RequireEncryptionKey.hpp requireEncryptionKey(envVarName, encryptionEnabled, allowPlaintext) — refuse startup without a symmetric key unless a dev flag overrides.

Consume via CMake

# FetchContent (pin to a tag):
include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(oatpp-authkit
    GIT_REPOSITORY https://git.uwe-schuster.info/uwe.admin/oatpp-authkit.git
    GIT_TAG v0.1.0)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(oatpp-authkit)

target_link_libraries(app PRIVATE oatpp::authkit)

Or after cmake --install:

find_package(oatpp-authkit 0.1 REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(app PRIVATE oatpp::authkit)

Browser-friendly 401/403

By default AuthInterceptor returns application/json for every rejection, which is correct for /api/* callers but breaks browser navigation: a user following a stale link or an expired password-reset URL sees a raw {"status":"Unauthorized"} instead of a real page.

Override IAuthPolicy::unauthenticatedRedirect(path) to redirect browser navigations to a login or landing page while keeping JSON responses for fetch/axios callers (detected via path prefix /api/, X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest, or an Accept header that prefers application/json):

class AppAuthPolicy : public oatpp_authkit::IAuthPolicy {
public:
    std::optional<std::string>
    unauthenticatedRedirect(const std::string& path) override {
        return "/?next=" + oatpp_authkit::AuthInterceptor::urlEncode(path);
    }
};

Returning std::nullopt (the default) preserves the legacy JSON behaviour for all responses.

Tests

cmake -B build -DOATPP_AUTHKIT_BUILD_TESTS=ON
cmake --build build
ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure

Tests are off by default so consumers pulling the library in via FetchContent don't pay the cost.

Roadmap

  • v0.2AuthInterceptor + requireAdmin ported onto three seams (IAuthBackend, IAuthPolicy, IRuntimeConfig) so consumers plug in their own user store, public-path list, and admin role set without forking the interceptor.
  • Later — session cookie helpers, API-key rotation, re-encryption migration.

See docs/security-baseline.md for language-neutral CSP / rate-limit / body-size constants that non-C++ consumers can re-implement directly.