Security: rename WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION --> WEBHOOK_SECRET

This fixes a low severity security issue affecting Anymail v0.2--v1.3.

Django error reporting includes the value of your Anymail
WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION setting. In a properly-configured deployment,
this should not be cause for concern. But if you have somehow exposed
your Django error reports (e.g., by mis-deploying with DEBUG=True or by
sending error reports through insecure channels), anyone who gains
access to those reports could discover your webhook shared secret. An
attacker could use this to post fabricated or malicious Anymail
tracking/inbound events to your app, if you are using those Anymail
features.

The fix renames Anymail's webhook shared secret setting so that
Django's error reporting mechanism will [sanitize][0] it.

If you are using Anymail's event tracking and/or inbound webhooks, you
should upgrade to this release and change "WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION" to
"WEBHOOK_SECRET" in the ANYMAIL section of your settings.py. You may
also want to [rotate the shared secret][1] value, particularly if you
have ever exposed your Django error reports to untrusted individuals.

If you are only using Anymail's EmailBackends for sending email and
have not set up Anymail's webhooks, this issue does not affect you.

The old WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION setting is still allowed in this release,
but will issue a system-check warning when running most Django
management commands. It will be removed completely in a near-future
release, as a breaking change.

Thanks to Charlie DeTar (@yourcelf) for responsibly reporting this
security issue through private channels.

[0]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/settings/#debug
[1]: https://anymail.readthedocs.io/en/1.4/tips/securing_webhooks/#use-a-shared-authorization-secret
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medmunds
2018-02-07 13:25:48 -08:00
parent 4d34a181b6
commit 1a6086f2b5
14 changed files with 99 additions and 29 deletions

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@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ for all events you want to receive:
:samp:`https://{random}:{random}@{yoursite.example.com}/anymail/mailgun/tracking/`
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION` shared secret
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_SECRET` shared secret
* *yoursite.example.com* is your Django site
If you use multiple Mailgun sending domains, you'll need to enter the webhook
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ The *action* for your route will be either:
:samp:`forward("https://{random}:{random}@{yoursite.example.com}/anymail/mailgun/inbound/")`
:samp:`forward("https://{random}:{random}@{yoursite.example.com}/anymail/mailgun/inbound_mime/")`
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION` shared secret
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_SECRET` shared secret
* *yoursite.example.com* is your Django site
Anymail accepts either of Mailgun's "fully-parsed" (.../inbound/) and "raw MIME" (.../inbound_mime/)

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@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ the url in your Mailjet account REST API settings under `Event tracking (trigger
:samp:`https://{random}:{random}@{yoursite.example.com}/anymail/mailjet/tracking/`
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION` shared secret
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_SECRET` shared secret
* *yoursite.example.com* is your Django site
Be sure to enter the URL in the Mailjet settings for all the event types you want to receive.
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ The parseroute Url parameter will be:
:samp:`https://{random}:{random}@{yoursite.example.com}/anymail/mailjet/inbound/`
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION` shared secret
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_SECRET` shared secret
* *yoursite.example.com* is your Django site
Once you've done Mailjet's "basic setup" to configure the Parse API webhook, you can skip

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@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ requires deploying your Django project twice:
:samp:`https://{random}:{random}@{yoursite.example.com}/anymail/mandrill/`
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION` shared secret
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_SECRET` shared secret
* *yoursite.example.com* is your Django site
* (Note: Unlike Anymail's other supported ESPs, the Mandrill webhook uses this
single url for both tracking and inbound events.)

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@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ want to receive all these types of events):
:samp:`https://{random}:{random}@{yoursite.example.com}/anymail/postmark/tracking/`
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION` shared secret
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_SECRET` shared secret
* *yoursite.example.com* is your Django site
Anymail doesn't care about the "include bounce content" and "post only on first open"
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ The InboundHookUrl setting will be:
:samp:`https://{random}:{random}@{yoursite.example.com}/anymail/postmark/inbound/`
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION` shared secret
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_SECRET` shared secret
* *yoursite.example.com* is your Django site
Anymail handles the "parse an email" part of Postmark's instructions for you, but you'll

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@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ the url in your `SendGrid mail settings`_, under "Event Notification":
:samp:`https://{random}:{random}@{yoursite.example.com}/anymail/sendgrid/tracking/`
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION` shared secret
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_SECRET` shared secret
* *yoursite.example.com* is your Django site
Be sure to check the boxes in the SendGrid settings for the event types you want to receive.
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ The Destination URL setting will be:
:samp:`https://{random}:{random}@{yoursite.example.com}/anymail/sendgrid/inbound/`
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION` shared secret
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_SECRET` shared secret
* *yoursite.example.com* is your Django site
Be sure the URL has a trailing slash. (SendGrid's inbound processing won't follow Django's

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@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ webhook in your `SparkPost account settings under "Webhooks"`_:
* Target URL: :samp:`https://{yoursite.example.com}/anymail/sparkpost/tracking/`
* Authentication: choose "Basic Auth." For username and password enter the two halves of the
*random:random* shared secret you created for your :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION`
*random:random* shared secret you created for your :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_SECRET`
Django setting. (Anymail doesn't support OAuth webhook auth.)
* Events: click "Select" and then *clear* the checkbox for "Relay Events" category (which is for
inbound email). You can leave all the other categories of events checked, or disable
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ The target parameter for the Relay Webhook will be:
:samp:`https://{random}:{random}@{yoursite.example.com}/anymail/sparkpost/inbound/`
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION` shared secret
* *random:random* is an :setting:`ANYMAIL_WEBHOOK_SECRET` shared secret
* *yoursite.example.com* is your Django site
.. _Enabling Inbound Email Relaying: