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fix(core): honour the scan context when acquiring worker slots and JS runtimes - #7678
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… runtimes Four acquires in the scan path ignored the context they were given, so a cancelled scan could not leave until unrelated work finished: - executeTemplateSpray and executeTemplatesOnTarget acquire a worker slot via AdaptiveWaitGroup.Add, which passes context.Background(). - executeHostSpray does the same. - flow.GetJSRuntime acquires from a process-global goja pool with sizedpool.Get(context.TODO()). Each of these can wait a long time. A worker slot is held for as long as a template runs, and a JS runtime stays checked out for the whole flow including any wait on the rate limiter, so the pool saturates under concurrent scans. A scan whose context is already cancelled then queues for a runtime it only needs in order to unwind, and its own cancellation cannot break the wait. Both spray loops already check ctx.Done() at the top of each iteration, so the acquire was the only place cancellation was invisible. GetJSRuntime now takes a context and returns an error. This changes an exported signature; it has one caller in-tree.
Neo - PR Security ReviewNo exploitable security vulnerabilities in this delta. The two changed files refactor awaitEntries to pass the caller context into the goroutine work function, giving SMB listing operations end-to-end cancellation awareness. No auth logic, credential material, user-controlled sinks, or new public API are touched. What Neo reviewed
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WalkthroughExecution scheduling and JavaScript runtime acquisition now honor cancellation contexts. Canceled scans stop waiting for workpool or runtime capacity, and runtime acquisition errors propagate through flow execution. ChangesExecution cancellation
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A rabbit waits where work slots gleam,
Then hops away from a canceled stream.
The runtime listens, swift and bright,
And leaves the pool without a fight.
Scan paths pause when context says,
“No more hops through busy maze.”
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Security Review — No exploitable vulnerabilities found
Reviewed the incremental delta since 841cd85 (7496794). 139 files changed, ~12 k lines added.
Scope: exploitable security vulnerabilities only (injection, auth bypass, credential exposure, SSRF, path traversal, insecure deserialization, information disclosure).
What was reviewed
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.github/workflows/security-context.yml |
✅ No untrusted input in run: steps — all values are GitHub-controlled context variables |
pkg/authprovider/authx/file.go |
✅ SOPS decryption integration is clean; extension allow-list enforced before read |
pkg/authprovider/authx/dynamic.go |
✅ Template variable substitution uses a controlled Extracted map — no injection path |
pkg/installer/template_ownership.go |
✅ SHA-256 digest tracking + IsPathWithinDirectory + symlink detection — net improvement |
pkg/installer/template.go |
✅ getTemplateOutputLocation enforces path containment on every archive entry |
pkg/js/libs/http/http.go |
✅ protocolstate.IsHostAllowed enforced on initial request and every redirect |
pkg/js/libs/net/net.go |
✅ Proxy URL sourced from scan config context, not from external targets |
pkg/input/formats/raw/raw.go |
✅ Straightforward raw-HTTP parser; no code execution surface |
pkg/protocols/http/request.go |
✅ Context propagation + DisableCookie guard — same theme as the original PR |
pkg/reporting/exporters/sarif/sarif.go |
✅ normalizeValue produces plain-text strings for a JSON file format; no HTML/exec sink |
pkg/catalog/config/nucleiconfig.go |
✅ Config management; standard file writes with controlled paths |
internal/runner/runner.go |
✅ Runner refactoring; no new attack surface |
No findings. The delta is security-neutral to security-positive: it adds integrity checking (SHA-256 template ownership), encrypted credential support (SOPS), tighter context propagation, and host allowlist enforcement in JS clients.
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In `@pkg/protocols/file/request.go`:
- Around line 61-63: Propagate errors from the AddWithContext callback in the
file protocol’s getInputPaths flow instead of returning only from the callback.
Ensure context.Canceled stops filepath.Glob or filepath.WalkDir enumeration and
is returned through ExecuteWithResults without starting additional workers;
limit the change to the file protocol and do not modify offlinehttp.
In `@pkg/protocols/offlinehttp/request.go`:
- Around line 70-72: Update getInputPaths and its callers to accept and
propagate the context used by input.Context(). When wg.AddWithContext returns an
error in the path-enumeration callback, cancel or otherwise signal that context
so filepath.WalkDir and glob iteration stop processing remaining paths, while
preserving the existing early return from the callback.
In `@pkg/tmplexec/flow/vm_test.go`:
- Around line 50-55: Update
TestGetJSRuntimeUnblocksCancelledAcquireWhenPoolIsFull to invoke GetJSRuntime
with an active context, verify the acquisition remains pending while all runtime
slots are occupied, then cancel the context and assert it returns a prompt
error. Update TestWorkflowSubtemplatesUnblockCancelledAcquire so both initial
subtemplates hold the two available slots, add a third subtemplate that must
wait, and cancel the parent context to verify the pending acquisition unblocks
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pkg/protocols/file/smb_bridge.go (1)
87-87: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftMake active SMB directory listing cancellable.
enumerateSMBInputspassesctxonly tosmbsession.Dial.ListDirandListTreecall the session backend without a context, and deferredsess.Close()runs only after those calls return. A stalled SMB listing can therefore delay cancellation until the directory operation completes.Make the listing operation context-aware, or interrupt it safely when
ctx.Done()closes. Add a regression test that cancels afterDialsucceeds while enumeration is blocked.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@pkg/protocols/file/smb_bridge.go`:
- Line 87: Update enumerateSMBInputs and the session listing path used by
ListDir/ListTree so cancellation after Dial succeeds interrupts a blocked SMB
directory operation, while preserving normal listing behavior; ensure sess.Close
or an equivalent safe interruption occurs when ctx.Done() fires, and add a
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In `@pkg/js/libs/smbsession/session.go`:
- Line 212: Update awaitEntries so its normalized non-nil context is passed to
both listing closures, ensuring listDir and listTree never call ctx.Err() on a
nil context. Adjust the callback signature and add nil-context tests covering
both listing APIs.
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Fixes #7935
Problem
Four acquires in the scan path ignore the context they are given, so a cancelled scan cannot leave until unrelated work finishes.
pkg/core/execute_options.goexecuteTemplateSpraywg.Add()→AdaptiveWaitGroup.AddWithContext(context.Background())pkg/core/execute_options.goexecuteHostSpraywp.Add()→ samepkg/core/executors.goexecuteTemplatesOnTargetsg.Add()→ samepkg/tmplexec/flow/vm.goGetJSRuntimesizedgojapool.Get(context.TODO())None of these return quickly under load. A worker slot is held for as long as a template runs, and a JS runtime stays checked out for the whole flow — including any wait on the rate limiter, since
flowacquires the runtime inExecuteWithResultsand only then reachesrequestExecutor→rateLimitTake.Both spray loops already check
ctx.Done()at the top of each iteration, so the acquire is the only place cancellation is invisible. Once a goroutine is inside it, the check above can never be reached again.Why it matters
flow's goja pool is process-global — built once underjsOnce, shared by every scan in the process, and clamped to a minimum of 100. Running the engine as a library with several concurrent scans, the pool saturates, and a scan whose context is already cancelled queues for a runtime it only needs in order to unwind. It cannot leave until an unrelated scan releases one.We hit this in production. Goroutine profiles from seven wedged scans, across six processes and four hosts:
GetJSRuntimeEvery one sits exactly on the pool cap. In each, the scan's own goroutine is parked in:
waiting for a worker slot held by goroutines that are themselves waiting on
sizedpool.Get(context.TODO()). Cancelling the scan changes nothing, because neither wait observes it.Change
AdaptiveWaitGroup.Add()→AddWithContext(ctx)at the three worker-pool sites, returning when it errors.AddWithContextdecrements its own counter and skipswg.Add(1)on failure, so the error paths correctly do not callDone().GetJSRuntimetakes acontext.Contextand returns an error, passing it tosizedpool.Get.pkg/js/compileralready does this correctly viapooljsc.AddWithContext(ctx); onlyflowdid not.Notes for review
Exported signature change.
GetJSRuntime(opts)becomesGetJSRuntime(ctx, opts) (*goja.Runtime, error). It has one in-tree caller. If you would rather not break it, happy to addGetJSRuntimeWithContextand leave a deprecated wrapper — say the word.workflow_execute.godeliberately untouched. It has the sameswg.Add()pattern in two places, but workflow execution is a separate path and I have no evidence of it wedging, so I left it out rather than widen the diff on speculation. Glad to include it if you want the pattern fixed consistently.Test
TestGetJSRuntimeHonoursContextcovers both directions: a live context still gets a runtime, a cancelled one gets an error.semaphore.Acquirereports a cancelled context before it checks whether a slot is free, so the test does not need to saturate the pool to be meaningful. RevertingGet(ctx)toGet(context.TODO())fails it immediately withAn error is expected but got nil.go build ./...,go vet, andgo test ./pkg/core/... ./pkg/tmplexec/...pass locally.Summary by CodeRabbit