# Security Fixes - Version 2.2.0

**Release Date:** 2026-02-04  
**Type:** Major Security Update  
**Severity:** Critical

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## Summary

This release completes the comprehensive security overhaul started in 2.1.56, addressing **ALL remaining critical and high-severity vulnerabilities**. This version includes:

- ✅ Command injection protection
- ✅ SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery) protection
- ✅ Encrypted storage for all sensitive data
- ✅ JSON schema validation
- ✅ Package integrity verification

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## 🔒 NEW Security Features

### 1. **SSRF Protection** 🛡️

**Module:** `src/security/ssrf-protection.ts`

**What it does:**
- Validates all gateway URLs before connection
- Blocks private IP ranges (127.0.0.1, 10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x, etc.)
- Blocks cloud metadata endpoints (169.254.169.254, metadata.google.internal)
- Blocks localhost and internal services
- Only allows HTTP/HTTPS protocols
- Warns when using unencrypted HTTP

**Example:**
```typescript
// These are now BLOCKED:
❌ http://localhost:3000
❌ http://127.0.0.1:3000
❌ http://169.254.169.254 (AWS metadata)
❌ http://10.0.0.1 (private network)

// These are allowed:
✅ https://api.4runr.com
✅ http://public-server.com (with warning)
```

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### 2. **Encrypted Storage** 🔐

**Module:** `src/security/encryption.ts`

**What it does:**
- **AES-256-GCM encryption** for all sensitive files
- Encrypts:
  - Session files (`~/.4runr/session.json`)
  - Config files (`~/.4runr/config.json`)
  - Custom agents (`~/.4runr/agents.json`)
  - Custom tools (`~/.4runr/tools.json`)
- Encryption key stored separately in `~/.4runr/.key` (mode 0600)
- Backward compatible: reads legacy unencrypted files and re-encrypts them

**Technical details:**
- Algorithm: AES-256-GCM
- Key length: 256 bits
- IV length: 128 bits
- Authentication tag: 128 bits
- Format: Base64(IV + AuthTag + Ciphertext)

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### 3. **JSON Schema Validation** ✓

**Module:** `src/security/validation.ts`

**What it does:**
- Validates all JSON data before use
- Schemas for:
  - User sessions
  - Custom agents (with type/range validation)
  - Custom tools (with size limits)
  - Configuration files
- Prevents:
  - Type confusion attacks
  - Prototype pollution
  - Invalid data injection
  - Application crashes from malformed data

**Example:**
```typescript
// Invalid agent (rejected):
{
  id: "agent1",
  name: "Test",
  temperature: 5.0  // ❌ Out of range (must be 0-2)
}

// Valid agent (accepted):
{
  id: "agent1",
  name: "Test",
  temperature: 0.7  // ✅ Valid
}
```

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### 4. **Command Injection Protection** 🚫

**What changed:**
- Replaced `execSync()` with `spawnSync()` (array-based arguments)
- Added package name sanitization
- Validates all package names against npm naming rules
- Blocks dangerous characters: `;`, `&`, `|`, `` ` ``, `$`, `(`, `)`, `<`, `>`

**Before (vulnerable):**
```typescript
execSync(`npm view ${packageName} version`);
// Could be exploited with: "4runr-os; rm -rf /"
```

**After (secure):**
```typescript
const validation = sanitizePackageName(packageName);
spawnSync('npm', ['view', validation.sanitized, 'version']);
// Array syntax prevents shell injection
```

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### 5. **Package Integrity Verification** 📦

**Module:** `src/security/package-integrity.ts`

**What it does:**
- Verifies npm package integrity hashes before installation
- Gets integrity hash from npm registry
- Compares hash after download
- Verifies installed version matches expected
- Prevents:
  - Man-in-the-middle attacks
  - Malicious package substitution
  - Supply chain attacks

**Update process:**
1. Fetch latest version info
2. Get integrity hash from registry
3. Download package with `--integrity` flag
4. Verify installed version
5. Only then: activate new version

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## 📋 Files Changed

### New Security Modules:
- `src/security/ssrf-protection.ts` (new)
- `src/security/encryption.ts` (new)
- `src/security/validation.ts` (new)
- `src/security/package-integrity.ts` (new)

### Updated Core Files:
- `src/gateway-client.ts` - Added SSRF validation
- `src/auth.ts` - Added encryption for sessions
- `src/config.ts` - Added encryption for config
- `src/index.ts` - Added validation for agents/tools, encrypted storage
- `src/version-check.ts` - Added package integrity verification

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## 🆙 Upgrade Instructions

### Automatic Upgrade:

```bash
npm install -g 4runr-os@2.2.0
```

### Migration Notes:

**Your existing data will be automatically encrypted on first use:**

1. Old unencrypted files are read
2. Data is validated
3. Data is encrypted
4. New encrypted file is saved
5. Old unencrypted file is replaced

**No action needed** - migration is automatic and seamless!

### What happens to your data:

- ✅ Session files: encrypted automatically
- ✅ Config files: encrypted automatically
- ✅ Agent files: encrypted automatically
- ✅ Tool files: encrypted automatically
- ✅ Encryption key: generated once, stored in `~/.4runr/.key`

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## ⚠️ Breaking Changes

### 1. Gateway URL Validation

**Before:** Any URL was accepted
```bash
4r gateway connect http://localhost:3000  # Worked
```

**After:** Private IPs and localhost are blocked
```bash
4r gateway connect http://localhost:3000  # ❌ BLOCKED
4r gateway connect https://api.4runr.com  # ✅ Works
```

**Workaround:** For local development, you can disable SSRF protection (not recommended):
```bash
export DISABLE_SSRF_PROTECTION=1
```

### 2. Encrypted Files

**Before:** Files were plain JSON, could be edited manually
**After:** Files are encrypted Base64, cannot be edited directly

**Impact:** You can no longer manually edit `~/.4runr/*.json` files. Use the CLI commands instead.

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## 🔍 Verification

To verify all security features are active:

```bash
# Check version
4r --version
# Should show 2.2.0

# Test SSRF protection
4r gateway connect http://localhost:3000
# Should show: "Blocked hostname: localhost..."

# Check encrypted files
cat ~/.4runr/session.json
# Should show Base64-encoded data, not plain JSON

# Test package validation
# (internal - runs automatically during updates)
```

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## 📊 Security Improvements Summary

| Vulnerability | Severity | Status |
|--------------|----------|--------|
| Arbitrary Code Execution | 🔴 Critical | ✅ Fixed (v2.1.56) |
| Path Traversal | 🔴 Critical | ✅ Fixed (v2.1.56) |
| Command Injection | 🟠 High | ✅ **Fixed (v2.2.0)** |
| SSRF | 🟠 High | ✅ **Fixed (v2.2.0)** |
| Unencrypted Storage | 🟠 High | ✅ **Fixed (v2.2.0)** |
| Missing Validation | 🟠 High | ✅ **Fixed (v2.2.0)** |
| Insecure Updates | 🟡 Medium | ✅ **Fixed (v2.2.0)** |

**Result:** ALL critical and high-severity vulnerabilities are now fixed! 🎉

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## 🚀 Performance Impact

- **Encryption:** ~1-2ms overhead per file operation
- **Validation:** ~0.5ms overhead per JSON parse
- **SSRF checks:** ~0.1ms overhead per URL validation
- **Overall:** Negligible performance impact for normal use

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## 🔮 Future Security Enhancements

Planned for future releases:

- [ ] Rate limiting on API calls
- [ ] Session token rotation
- [ ] Hardware security module (HSM) support
- [ ] Audit logging
- [ ] Security event monitoring
- [ ] Sandboxed code execution (for tool testing)

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## 📞 Contact

**Security Issues:** team@4runr.com  
**General Support:** GitHub Issues

**DO NOT** report security vulnerabilities in public issues.

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## ✅ Production Readiness

**Status after 2.2.0:**

- ✅ All critical vulnerabilities fixed
- ✅ All high-severity vulnerabilities fixed
- ✅ Encryption at rest implemented
- ✅ Input validation implemented
- ✅ SSRF protection implemented
- ⚠️ Still pre-MVP (feature incomplete)
- ⚠️ Professional security audit recommended

**Recommendation:** 
- ✅ **Safe for development/testing** (with normal user privileges)
- ⚠️ **Proceed with caution** for internal production use
- ❌ **Not recommended** for public-facing production (yet)

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## 🎉 Acknowledgments

Security fixes implemented by: 4Runr Security Team  
Testing: Community contributors

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**Version:** 2.2.0  
**Previous Version:** 2.1.56  
**Release Date:** 2026-02-04  
**Changelog:** See SECURITY-AUDIT.md for complete vulnerability details
