Avoid storing full remember-me cookie in session during 2FA challenge

Previously the `RememberMe` object (containing the AES-encrypted password and
the decryption key) was serialized directly into the PHP session while waiting
for the user to complete the 2FA challenge. Because PHP sessions are written
to disk in plaintext, this exposed the key and ciphertext in the same place,
sufficient to recover the user's password.

Fix by splitting the secret across the session and the database, mirroring the
design of the normal (non-2FA) remember-me flow:

- Call `persist()` at login time so the AES key goes to the database
  immediately, never touching the session.
- Store only the cookie value string (ciphertext + IV) in the session.
  The ciphertext is not exploitable without the key.
- After a successful 2FA challenge, reconstruct the `RememberMe` object via a
  new `RememberMe::fromCookieData()` factory that does a DB lookup by IV and
  restores the canonical expiry from the database row.
- Only then send the browser cookie, so the cookie never reaches the browser
  unless the second factor was verified.

Canceled challenges remove the created DB row, while abandoned challenges
leave an orphaned DB row which is cleaned up by the existing
`RememberMe::removeExpired()` mechanism.

`RememberMe::fromCookieData()` sets `$expiresAt` from the database row so
the browser cookie issued after 2FA inherits the expiry stored at login time
rather than receiving a fresh 30-day window computed at challenge-completion
time. The renewal path in `AuthenticationController::loginAction()` is
unaffected, because `renew()` constructs a new object via `fromCredentials()`.
This commit is contained in:
Johannes Rauh 2026-05-08 10:49:16 +02:00
parent 5284553a74
commit 215d2ec108
5 changed files with 35 additions and 17 deletions

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@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ class AuthenticationController extends CompatController
$form->getPressedSubmitElement()?->getName() === TwoFactorChallengeForm::SUBMIT_CANCEL;
if ($csrfValid && $cancelPressed) {
// The login flow may have persisted a remember-me record before issuing the
// challenge. Remove it now since the challenge was canceled and the cookie
// was never delivered to the browser.
RememberMe::removeAllByUsername((new TwoFactorState())->getChallengedUser()->getUsername());
Session::getSession()->purge();
$this->redirectNow($this->withRedirect('authentication/login'));
}

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@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ class LoginForm extends CompatForm
if ($this->getElement('rememberme')->isChecked()) {
$rememberMe = RememberMe::fromCredentials($user->getUsername(), $password);
$twoFactorState->setRememberMeCookie($rememberMe);
$twoFactorState->setRememberMeCookieData($rememberMe->getCookie()->getValue());
$rememberMe->persist();
}
$redirectUrl = Url::fromPath('authentication/twofactor');

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@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use Icinga\Application\Logger;
use Icinga\Authentication\Auth;
use Icinga\Authentication\TwoFactorState;
use Icinga\Web\Form\Element\LoginRedirect;
use Icinga\Web\RememberMe;
use Icinga\Web\Session;
use Icinga\Web\Url;
use ipl\Html\Attributes;
@ -126,10 +127,10 @@ class TwoFactorChallengeForm extends CompatForm
$response = Icinga::app()->getResponse();
if ($rememberMe = $twoFactorState->getRememberMeCookie()) {
if ($cookieData = $twoFactorState->getRememberMeCookieData()) {
try {
$rememberMe = RememberMe::fromCookieData($cookieData);
$response->setCookie($rememberMe->getCookie());
$rememberMe->persist();
} catch (Exception $e) {
Logger::error('Failed to let user "%s" stay logged in: %s', $user->getUsername(), $e);
}

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@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
namespace Icinga\Authentication;
use Icinga\User;
use Icinga\Web\RememberMe;
use Icinga\Web\Session;
use Icinga\Web\Session\SessionNamespace;
@ -21,8 +20,8 @@ class TwoFactorState
/** @var string Session key storing the challenged User */
protected const SESSION_CHALLENGED_USER = 'challenged_user';
/** @var string Session key storing the temporary {@see RememberMe} instance */
protected const SESSION_REMEMBER_ME_COOKIE = 'remember_me_cookie';
/** @var string Session key storing the raw remember-me cookie */
protected const SESSION_REMEMBER_ME_COOKIE_DATA = 'remember_me_cookie_data';
/** @var SessionNamespace Session namespace scoping the challenge state */
protected SessionNamespace $session;
@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ class TwoFactorState
public function completeChallenge(): void
{
$this->session->delete(static::SESSION_CHALLENGED_USER);
$this->session->delete(static::SESSION_REMEMBER_ME_COOKIE);
$this->session->delete(static::SESSION_REMEMBER_ME_COOKIE_DATA);
}
/**
@ -71,25 +70,25 @@ class TwoFactorState
}
/**
* Set the remember-me instance to issue after a successful challenge
* Set the remember-me cookie value to issue after a successful challenge
*
* @param RememberMe $cookie Temporary remember-me instance
* @param string $cookieData
*
* @return void
*/
public function setRememberMeCookie(RememberMe $cookie): void
public function setRememberMeCookieData(string $cookieData): void
{
$this->session->set(static::SESSION_REMEMBER_ME_COOKIE, $cookie);
$this->session->set(static::SESSION_REMEMBER_ME_COOKIE_DATA, $cookieData);
}
/**
* Get the stored remember-me instance
* Get the stored remember-me cookie value
*
* @return ?RememberMe
* @return ?string null if no value was set
*/
public function getRememberMeCookie(): ?RememberMe
public function getRememberMeCookieData(): ?string
{
return $this->session->get(static::SESSION_REMEMBER_ME_COOKIE);
return $this->session->get(static::SESSION_REMEMBER_ME_COOKIE_DATA);
}
/**

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@ -98,9 +98,21 @@ class RememberMe
*
* @return static
*/
public static function fromCookie()
public static function fromCookie(): static
{
$data = explode('|', $_COOKIE[static::COOKIE]);
return static::fromCookieData($_COOKIE[static::COOKIE]);
}
/**
* Create the remember me component from cookie data
*
* @param string $data The cookie data
*
* @return static
*/
public static function fromCookieData(string $data): static
{
$data = explode('|', $data);
$iv = base64_decode(array_pop($data));
$select = (new Select())
@ -135,6 +147,7 @@ class RememberMe
$rememberMe->username = $rs->username;
$rememberMe->encryptedPassword = $data[0];
$rememberMe->expiresAt = strtotime($rs->expires_at);
return $rememberMe;
}