harden(ft,auth,net): cap transfers/frames, evict stale SRP, distrust XFF

M1: enforce the declared transfer size (clamped to MAX_SIZE) on chunk
receipt in both the Rust and Python clients — a malicious sender can no
longer grow the receive buffer unboundedly.
M2: only honor X-Forwarded-For when TRUST_PROXY is set, so a direct
client can't spoof a source IP to dodge the per-IP rate limiter.
M3: evict unverified SRP sessions after a 60s TTL on each new handshake,
preventing half-finished auths from exhausting memory.
M4: drop WS frames larger than 256 KB before they hit the store or
broadcast, bounding per-message memory and flood blast radius.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

cmd_chat/client/client.py

@@ -319,10 +319,21 @@ class Client:
         elif ft_type == "chunk":
             if transfer_id in self.received_chunks:
                 chunk_data = base64.b64decode(ft_data.get("data", ""))
-                self.received_chunks[transfer_id].append(chunk_data)
                 meta = self.transfer_meta.get(transfer_id, {})
-                total = meta.get("size", 0)
+                total = meta.get("size", 0) or 0
+                # Enforce the declared size (clamped to MAX_FILE_SIZE) on receipt:
+                # a sender can lie about `size` or just keep streaming, so abort
+                # the moment the accumulated bytes would exceed the cap.
+                cap = min(total, MAX_FILE_SIZE) if total else MAX_FILE_SIZE
                 received = sum(len(c) for c in self.received_chunks[transfer_id])
+                if received + len(chunk_data) > cap:
+                    self.received_chunks.pop(transfer_id, None)
+                    self.transfer_meta.pop(transfer_id, None)
+                    self.console.print()
+                    self.error("Transfer exceeds declared size — aborted.")
+                    return True
+                self.received_chunks[transfer_id].append(chunk_data)
+                received += len(chunk_data)
                 pct = int(received * 100 / total) if total else 0
                 self.console.print(
                     f"\r[cyan]Receiving: {pct}% ({_human_size(received)}/{_human_size(total)})[/]",

cmd_chat/server/helpers.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
@@ -10,9 +11,16 @@ def utcnow() -> datetime:
     return datetime.now(timezone.utc)
 
 
+# Only honor X-Forwarded-For when explicitly told we sit behind a trusted proxy
+# (TRUST_PROXY=1). Otherwise a direct client can spoof the header to forge a
+# source IP and dodge the per-IP rate limiter, so we use the real peer address.
+_TRUST_PROXY = os.environ.get("TRUST_PROXY", "").lower() in ("1", "true", "yes")
+
+
 def get_client_ip(request: Request) -> str:
-    if forwarded := request.headers.get("x-forwarded-for"):
+    if _TRUST_PROXY:
-        return forwarded.split(",")[0].strip()
+        if forwarded := request.headers.get("x-forwarded-for"):
+            return forwarded.split(",")[0].strip()
     return request.ip
 
 

cmd_chat/server/srp_auth.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Optional
 from uuid import uuid4
@@ -7,6 +8,11 @@ import srp
 
 srp.rfc5054_enable()
 
+# Half-finished handshakes (init without a matching verify) would otherwise pile
+# up forever, letting an attacker exhaust memory. Evict any session that hasn't
+# authenticated within this many seconds whenever a new handshake begins.
+UNVERIFIED_TTL_SECONDS = 60
+
 
 @dataclass
 class SRPSession:
@@ -15,6 +21,7 @@ class SRPSession:
     svr: Optional[srp.Verifier] = None
     session_key: Optional[bytes] = None
     authenticated: bool = False
+    created_at: float = field(default_factory=time.monotonic)
 
 
 class SRPAuthManager:
@@ -25,9 +32,20 @@ class SRPAuthManager:
             b"chat", self.password, hash_alg=srp.SHA256
         )
 
+    def _evict_stale_unverified(self) -> None:
+        now = time.monotonic()
+        stale = [
+            uid
+            for uid, s in self.sessions.items()
+            if not s.authenticated and now - s.created_at > UNVERIFIED_TTL_SECONDS
+        ]
+        for uid in stale:
+            del self.sessions[uid]
+
     def init_auth(
         self, username: str, client_public: bytes
     ) -> tuple[str, bytes, bytes]:
+        self._evict_stale_unverified()
         session = SRPSession(username=username)
 
         svr = srp.Verifier(

cmd_chat/server/views.py

@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ from .models import Message, UserSession
 from .helpers import get_client_ip, send_state, utcnow
 
 
+# Hard cap on a single relayed WS frame. The largest legitimate frame is one
+# Fernet-encrypted 64 KB file chunk (~120 KB after base64 + token overhead), so
+# 256 KB leaves headroom while bounding per-message memory and the 1000-message
+# store. Oversized frames are dropped, not stored or broadcast.
+MAX_FRAME_SIZE = 256 * 1024
+
+
 def generate_ws_token(user_id: str, secret: bytes) -> str:
     return hmac.new(secret, user_id.encode(), hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
 
@@ -152,10 +159,16 @@ async def chat_ws(request: Request, ws: Websocket, app: Sanic) -> None:
             if data is None:
                 break
 
+            text = str(data)
+            # Drop oversized frames before they reach the store/broadcast: this
+            # bounds memory and stops a single client from flooding the room.
+            if len(text) > MAX_FRAME_SIZE:
+                continue
+
             app.ctx.session_store.update_activity(user_id)
 
             message = Message(
-                text=str(data),
+                text=text,
                 username=session.username,
             )
             app.ctx.message_store.add(message)

hh/src/app.rs

@@ -573,9 +573,27 @@ fn handle_ft(
             }
         }
         ft::Ft::Chunk { id, data } => {
+            // Enforce the declared size (clamped to MAX_SIZE) on receipt — a
+            // malicious sender can lie about `size` or just keep streaming, so
+            // never let an accepted transfer grow its buffer past the cap.
+            let mut overflow = false;
             if let Some(t) = app.transfers.get_mut(&id) {
                 if t.accepted {
-                    t.buf.extend_from_slice(&data);
+                    let cap = (t.meta.size as usize).min(ft::MAX_SIZE);
+                    if t.buf.len() + data.len() > cap {
+                        overflow = true;
+                    } else {
+                        t.buf.extend_from_slice(&data);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if overflow {
+                if let Some(t) = app.transfers.remove(&id) {
+                    app.err(format!(
+                        "{} — transfer exceeds declared size (max {}), aborted",
+                        t.meta.name,
+                        ft::human((t.meta.size as usize).min(ft::MAX_SIZE))
+                    ));
                 }
             }
         }