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🚨 Severity: CRITICAL
πŸ’‘ Vulnerability: User enumeration via timing attack in authentication routes (/api/auth/login, /api/auth/change-password, /api/account). If a user did not exist, the route returned early without executing the expensive verifyPassword hashing step, creating a timing discrepancy.
🎯 Impact: Attackers could measure response times to identify valid email addresses on the platform, facilitating targeted attacks.
πŸ”§ Fix: Modified the authentication checks to always execute verifyPassword. If the user does not exist, it verifies against a dynamically generated dummy hash ('0'.repeat(32) + ':' + '0'.repeat(128)). Strict string type validation on the password was retained.
βœ… Verification: Run the test suite (npm run test:api && npm run test:unit && npm run test:coverage) which includes a new test case for a non-existent user. All tests pass with 100% coverage.


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둜그인, λΉ„λ°€λ²ˆν˜Έ λ³€κ²½, 계정 μ‚­μ œ κ²½λ‘œμ—μ„œ μ‹€μ œ ν•΄μ‹œ λ˜λŠ” 더미 ν•΄μ‹œλ‘œ λΉ„λ°€λ²ˆν˜Έλ₯Ό κ²€μ¦ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λΉ„λ¬Έμžμ—΄ μž…λ ₯은 빈 λ¬Έμžμ—΄λ‘œ κ²€μ¦ν•˜λ©° κΈ°μ‘΄ 였λ₯˜ 응닡을 μœ μ§€ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 슀λͺ¨ν¬ ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈλŠ” μ‘΄μž¬ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ” μ΄λ©”μΌμ˜ 둜그인 응닡이 401인지 ν™•μΈν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ³΄μ•ˆ 기둝에 ν•΄λ‹Ή 검증 흐름을 μΆ”κ°€ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

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  • ContextualWisdomLab/scopeweave#661: 둜그인, λΉ„λ°€λ²ˆν˜Έ λ³€κ²½, 계정 μ‚­μ œ κ²½λ‘œμ— 더미 ν•΄μ‹œ 검증을 μ μš©ν•˜λŠ” κ΄€λ ¨ κ΅¬ν˜„μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

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The login change addresses the timing difference, but the new smoke test would not catch a return to the vulnerable early-return behavior. Add a deterministic verifier-call assertion to guard this security fix.

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const dummyHash = '0'.repeat(32) + ':' + '0'.repeat(128);
const hashToVerify = u ? u.password_hash : dummyHash;
const safePassword = typeof password === 'string' ? password : '';
const isPasswordValid = verifyPassword(safePassword, hashToVerify);

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🟨 Anonymous logins can stall the server

Requests for nonexistent emails make verifyPassword run synchronous scrypt, even without a valid password. With rate limiting disabled by default, repeated requests block the event loop and delay other users.

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195-198: πŸ“ Maintainability & Code Quality | πŸ”΅ Trivial | πŸ’€ Low value

더미 ν•΄μ‹œ μƒμˆ˜ν™”λŠ” 선택적 μ •λ¦¬λ‘œ μ²˜λ¦¬ν•˜μ‹­μ‹œμ˜€.

μ‹€μ œ μ‚¬μš©μž ν•΄μ‹œλŠ” hashPasswordλ₯Ό 톡해 32자리 16μ§„μˆ˜ salt와 128자리 16μ§„μˆ˜ hash둜 μƒμ„±λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€. verifyPasswordλŠ” 더미 ν•΄μ‹œμ™€ μ‹€μ œ ν•΄μ‹œ λͺ¨λ‘μ— λ™μΌν•œ scryptSync(..., 64)와 길이가 같은 timingSafeEqual 경둜λ₯Ό μ‚¬μš©ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ salt ν˜•μ‹ 차이둜 μΈν•œ 타이밍 μ°¨μ΄λŠ” μ„±λ¦½ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ„Έ ν•Έλ“€λŸ¬κ°€ μš”μ²­λ§ˆλ‹€ 같은 λ¬Έμžμ—΄μ„ μƒμ„±ν•˜λ―€λ‘œ, 쀑볡과 μž‘μ€ λ¬Έμžμ—΄ 할당을 쀄이렀면 λͺ¨λ“ˆ μƒμˆ˜λ‘œ μž¬μ‚¬μš©ν•  수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄λŠ” 인증 경둜의 ν•„μˆ˜ μˆ˜μ •μ€ μ•„λ‹™λ‹ˆλ‹€.

♻️ 선택적 정리
+const DUMMY_PASSWORD_HASH = '0'.repeat(32) + ':' + '0'.repeat(128);
+
...
-  const dummyHash = '0'.repeat(32) + ':' + '0'.repeat(128);
-  const hashToVerify = u ? u.password_hash : dummyHash;
+  const hashToVerify = u ? u.password_hash : DUMMY_PASSWORD_HASH;

μ„Έ ν•Έλ“€λŸ¬μ˜ λ™μΌν•œ μœ„μΉ˜μ— μ μš©ν•˜μ‹­μ‹œμ˜€.

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Review comment at @server/app.mjs around lines 195 - 198:
μ„Έ ν•Έλ“€λŸ¬μ—μ„œ μš”μ²­λ§ˆλ‹€ 더미 λΉ„λ°€λ²ˆν˜Έ ν•΄μ‹œ λ¬Έμžμ—΄μ„ μƒμ„±ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šλ„λ‘ λͺ¨λ“ˆ μƒμˆ˜λ‘œ ν•œ 번 μ •μ˜ν•˜κ³  μž¬μ‚¬μš©ν•˜μ„Έμš”. 각 ν•Έλ“€λŸ¬μ˜
hashToVerifyκ°€ μ‚¬μš©μž ν•΄μ‹œκ°€ 없을 λ•Œ ν•΄λ‹Ή μƒμˆ˜λ₯Ό μ‚¬μš©ν•˜λ„λ‘ λ³€κ²½ν•˜κ³ , verifyPassword κ²½λ‘œλŠ” κ·ΈλŒ€λ‘œ μœ μ§€ν•˜μ„Έμš”.
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41-44: πŸ”’ Security & Privacy | πŸ”΅ Trivial | ⚑ Quick win

μ‘΄μž¬ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ” μ‚¬μš©μž κ²½λ‘œμ—μ„œ verifyPassword ν˜ΈμΆœμ„ κ²€μ¦ν•˜μ„Έμš”.

ν˜„μž¬ ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈλŠ” 응닡 μƒνƒœ 401만 κ²€μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ”°λΌμ„œ verifyPassword 호좜 전에 μ‘°κΈ° λ°˜ν™˜ν•˜λŠ” νšŒκ·€κ°€ λ°œμƒν•΄λ„ ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈκ°€ ν†΅κ³Όν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. node:test의 mock.module을 별도 ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈμ—μ„œ μ‚¬μš©ν•˜λ©΄ 지원 Node λ²„μ „μ—μ„œ 호좜 횟수λ₯Ό κ²°μ •μ μœΌλ‘œ 검사할 수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

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-    "test:api": "node tests/api/auth-secret.test.mjs && node tests/api/smoke.mjs && node tests/api/ratelimit.test.mjs && node tests/api/attachment-status.test.mjs && node tests/api/session-revocation.test.mjs && node tests/api/orchestrator-attribution.test.mjs",
+    "test:api": "node tests/api/auth-secret.test.mjs && node tests/api/smoke.mjs && node --test --experimental-test-module-mocks tests/api/login-timing.test.mjs && node tests/api/ratelimit.test.mjs && node tests/api/attachment-status.test.mjs && node tests/api/session-revocation.test.mjs && node tests/api/orchestrator-attribution.test.mjs",
diff --git a/tests/api/login-timing.test.mjs b/tests/api/login-timing.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/api/login-timing.test.mjs
@@
+import test, { mock } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+
+process.env.SCOPEWEAVE_DB = ':memory:';
+process.env.SCOPEWEAVE_JWT_SECRET = '0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef';
+
+test('nonexistent login verifies the dummy password hash', async () => {
+  const realAuth = await import('../../server/auth.mjs?login-timing-real=1');
+  let verifyCalls = 0;
+
+  mock.module(new URL('../../server/auth.mjs', import.meta.url).href, {
+    exports: {
+      ...realAuth,
+      verifyPassword(...args) {
+        verifyCalls++;
+        return realAuth.verifyPassword(...args);
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
+  const { app } = await import('../../server/app.mjs?login-timing-test=1');
+  const response = await app.request('/api/auth/login', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      email: 'nonexistent@b.com',
+      password: 'nope',
+    }),
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(response.status, 401);
+  assert.equal(verifyCalls, 1);
+});
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Review comment at @tests/api/smoke.mjs around lines 41 - 44:
`smoke.mjs`의 둜그인 κ²€μ‚¬λŠ” 401 μ‘λ‹΅λ§Œ ν™•μΈν•˜λ―€λ‘œ μ‘΄μž¬ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ” μ‚¬μš©μžμΌ λ•Œ `verifyPassword`κ°€ ν˜ΈμΆœλ˜λŠ”μ§€λ„ κ²€μ¦ν•˜λ„λ‘
별도 `node:test` ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈλ₯Ό μΆ”κ°€ν•˜κ³ , ν•΄λ‹Ή ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈλ₯Ό API ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈ μ‹€ν–‰ λͺ…령에 μ—°κ²°ν•˜μ„Έμš”. ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈμ—μ„œ `mock.module`둜 ν˜ΈμΆœμ„
감싸 νšŸμˆ˜κ°€ μ •ν™•νžˆ ν•œ λ²ˆμΈμ§€ ν™•μΈν•˜κ³  401 응닡 검증도 μœ μ§€ν•˜μ„Έμš”.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @server/app.mjs:
- Around line 195-198: μ„Έ ν•Έλ“€λŸ¬μ—μ„œ μš”μ²­λ§ˆλ‹€ 더미 λΉ„λ°€λ²ˆν˜Έ ν•΄μ‹œ λ¬Έμžμ—΄μ„ μƒμ„±ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šλ„λ‘ λͺ¨λ“ˆ μƒμˆ˜λ‘œ ν•œ 번 μ •μ˜ν•˜κ³ 
μž¬μ‚¬μš©ν•˜μ„Έμš”. 각 ν•Έλ“€λŸ¬μ˜ hashToVerifyκ°€ μ‚¬μš©μž ν•΄μ‹œκ°€ 없을 λ•Œ ν•΄λ‹Ή μƒμˆ˜λ₯Ό μ‚¬μš©ν•˜λ„λ‘ λ³€κ²½ν•˜κ³ , verifyPassword κ²½λ‘œλŠ”
κ·ΈλŒ€λ‘œ μœ μ§€ν•˜μ„Έμš”.

Review comments at @tests/api/smoke.mjs:
- Around line 41-44: `smoke.mjs`의 둜그인 κ²€μ‚¬λŠ” 401 μ‘λ‹΅λ§Œ ν™•μΈν•˜λ―€λ‘œ μ‘΄μž¬ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ” μ‚¬μš©μžμΌ λ•Œ
`verifyPassword`κ°€ ν˜ΈμΆœλ˜λŠ”μ§€λ„ κ²€μ¦ν•˜λ„λ‘ 별도 `node:test` ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈλ₯Ό μΆ”κ°€ν•˜κ³ , ν•΄λ‹Ή ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈλ₯Ό API ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈ μ‹€ν–‰ λͺ…령에
μ—°κ²°ν•˜μ„Έμš”. ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈμ—μ„œ `mock.module`둜 ν˜ΈμΆœμ„ 감싸 νšŸμˆ˜κ°€ μ •ν™•νžˆ ν•œ λ²ˆμΈμ§€ ν™•μΈν•˜κ³  401 응닡 검증도 μœ μ§€ν•˜μ„Έμš”.

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