Harden restore-archive extraction against path traversal

extract_payload_from_archive() relied entirely on tar's own default
path-traversal protection when extracting a DirectAdmin restore
archive to locate the plugin's backup/alt_mysql payload. Explicitly
inspect the archive listing first and refuse to extract at all if any
member has an absolute path or a ".." segment, rather than trusting
that the wildcard extraction pattern happens to filter out an unsafe
member.
This commit is contained in:
Marek Miklewicz
2026-07-04 22:53:21 +02:00
parent f472a7abfc
commit b4fbd46cc1
2 changed files with 83 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -85,13 +85,24 @@ find_payload_in_dir() {
extract_payload_from_archive() {
local archive="$1"
local tmp_dir payload_member
local tmp_dir payload_member listing
[ -r "$archive" ] || return 1
command -v tar >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
payload_member="$(tar -tf "$archive" 2>/dev/null | grep -E '(^|/)backup/alt_mysql/manifest\.json$' | head -n 1 || true)"
listing="$(tar -tf "$archive" 2>/dev/null || true)"
[ -n "$listing" ] || return 1
payload_member="$(printf '%s\n' "$listing" | grep -E '(^|/)backup/alt_mysql/manifest\.json$' | head -n 1 || true)"
[ -n "$payload_member" ] || return 1
# Security: never trust tar's own default path-traversal protection alone -
# refuse to extract archives containing any absolute-path or ".." member,
# even if the offending member wouldn't otherwise match our own wildcard.
if printf '%s\n' "$listing" | grep -Eq '(^|/)\.\.(/|$)|^/'; then
log "refusing to extract archive with unsafe member paths: $archive"
return 1
fi
tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
tar -xf "$archive" -C "$tmp_dir" --wildcards '*/backup/alt_mysql/*' 'backup/alt_mysql/*' 2>/dev/null \
|| tar -xf "$archive" -C "$tmp_dir" 2>/dev/null
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
PLUGIN_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
REAL_SCRIPT="$PLUGIN_DIR/scripts/da-integration/alt_mysql_user_restore_post_pre_cleanup.sh"
TMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
trap 'rm -rf "$TMP_DIR" "/tmp/alt-mysql-traversal-proof"' EXIT
fail() {
echo "FAIL: $*" >&2
exit 1
}
# Extract the exact, real find_payload_in_dir()/extract_payload_from_archive()
# function bodies from the real script (rather than reimplementing them), so
# this test exercises the actual production logic without triggering the
# script's own main() (which needs a full DA restore environment).
FUNCS_FILE="$TMP_DIR/funcs.sh"
{
echo '#!/bin/bash'
echo 'log() { :; }'
awk '/^find_payload_in_dir\(\)/,/^\}/' "$REAL_SCRIPT"
awk '/^extract_payload_from_archive\(\)/,/^\}/' "$REAL_SCRIPT"
} > "$FUNCS_FILE"
grep -q '^find_payload_in_dir()' "$FUNCS_FILE" || fail "could not extract find_payload_in_dir() from $REAL_SCRIPT"
grep -q '^extract_payload_from_archive()' "$FUNCS_FILE" || fail "could not extract extract_payload_from_archive() from $REAL_SCRIPT"
# shellcheck source=/dev/null
source "$FUNCS_FILE"
# --- A legitimate archive must still extract normally ---
GOOD_STAGE="$TMP_DIR/good_stage"
mkdir -p "$GOOD_STAGE/backup/alt_mysql/databases"
printf 'x' > "$GOOD_STAGE/backup/alt_mysql/manifest.json"
printf 'x' > "$GOOD_STAGE/backup/alt_mysql/databases/demo_db.sql.gz"
GOOD_ARCHIVE="$TMP_DIR/good.tar"
( cd "$GOOD_STAGE" && tar -cf "$GOOD_ARCHIVE" backup/alt_mysql/manifest.json backup/alt_mysql/databases/demo_db.sql.gz )
GOOD_PAYLOAD="$(extract_payload_from_archive "$GOOD_ARCHIVE")" \
|| fail "a legitimate archive with a valid manifest must be extracted"
[ -r "$GOOD_PAYLOAD/manifest.json" ] || fail "extracted payload must contain manifest.json"
# --- An archive containing a path-traversal member must be refused entirely ---
EVIL_STAGE="$TMP_DIR/evil_stage"
mkdir -p "$EVIL_STAGE/backup/alt_mysql" "$EVIL_STAGE/evil_payload"
printf 'x' > "$EVIL_STAGE/backup/alt_mysql/manifest.json"
printf 'malicious content' > "$EVIL_STAGE/evil_payload/evil.sh"
EVIL_ARCHIVE="$TMP_DIR/evil.tar"
(
cd "$EVIL_STAGE" && {
tar -cf "$EVIL_ARCHIVE" -s ',^evil_payload/,../../../../../../tmp/alt-mysql-traversal-proof/,' \
backup/alt_mysql/manifest.json evil_payload/evil.sh 2>/dev/null \
|| tar -cf "$EVIL_ARCHIVE" --transform 's,^evil_payload/,../../../../../../tmp/alt-mysql-traversal-proof/,' \
backup/alt_mysql/manifest.json evil_payload/evil.sh
}
)
tar -tf "$EVIL_ARCHIVE" | grep -Fq '../../../../../../tmp/alt-mysql-traversal-proof/evil.sh' \
|| fail "test setup broken: the crafted archive does not actually contain a traversal member"
EVIL_OUTPUT=""
if EVIL_OUTPUT="$(extract_payload_from_archive "$EVIL_ARCHIVE" 2>&1)"; then
fail "an archive containing a path-traversal member must be refused, got payload: $EVIL_OUTPUT"
fi
[ ! -e "/tmp/alt-mysql-traversal-proof/evil.sh" ] \
|| fail "SECURITY: path-traversal member was actually extracted outside the temp dir"
echo "da_restore_archive_traversal_test: OK"