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fix(security): bind generated Xray client inbounds to loopback - #879

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Summary

The seeded Xray client template listens on 0.0.0.0 without authentication. Change its inbound listeners to 127.0.0.1 so importing the subscription does not expose the client's local proxy to its network.

A data migration updates system xray_subscription templates while preserving document formatting and text outside inbounds. Non-system and non-Xray templates are unchanged; downgrade deliberately does not restore public listeners. Administrators can still intentionally edit their client templates.

Scope and compatibility

Standalone on current dev. This PR owns the loopback migration and its test; the duplicate is removed from #756. It requires no routing, security-stack or Node PR. The migration follows the current 8e2f1a9c4b70 revision.

Validation

The current five-database CI matrix completes the migrations and loopback regression, then reports 568 passed, 2 skipped and the same unrelated FinalMask fixture failure on each database. That baseline test is fixed separately in #889, whose complete database matrix passes.

  • pytest -q tests/test_xray_loopback_migration.py: 1 passed, covering system/non-system templates, inbound-only replacement and formatting preservation.
  • Fresh SQLite alembic upgrade head: passed; alembic heads reports one head (a8c2d491e705).
  • Scoped Ruff and git diff --check: passed.

This changes the default binding in existing system templates; maintainers can review that policy independently of the synchronization work.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Xray subscription templates now bind SOCKS and HTTP listeners to the local device, rather than all network interfaces.
    • Existing system Xray templates are updated to use the same local-only listener setting.

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The default Xray template now binds its SOCKS and HTTP inbounds to 127.0.0.1. A database migration updates matching listeners in existing system Xray subscription templates. A SQLite-backed test checks the migration against five template cases.

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Xray loopback binding

Layer / File(s) Summary
Default Xray template
dashboard/src/features/templates/forms/client-template-form.ts
The default SOCKS and HTTP inbound listen addresses change from 0.0.0.0 to 127.0.0.1.
Migration for existing templates
app/db/migrations/versions/a8c2d491e705_bind_xray_client_inbounds_to_loopback.py, tests/test_xray_loopback_migration.py
The migration rewrites matching listener values only within the inbounds array of system Xray subscription templates. It updates rows only when content changes. The test covers canonical, customized, non-system, non-Xray, and already-safe templates.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 89dea

An edited system template can still expose the local Xray proxy after migration. Close this gap before merging unless that remaining exposure is explicitly accepted.

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A rabbit checked the Xray door,
And nudged its listening address in.
The old templates followed suit,
While tests checked each case in turn.
Then off hopped I, with loopback ears.

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This can be change by admins and its not a big deal for final user

…d use loopback in new Xray client templates

Point down_revision at a4d8c7e91b32 (dev's head) so there is a single
Alembic head again, and make the dashboard's starter Xray client template
listen on 127.0.0.1 so newly created templates don't reintroduce the
exposed SOCKS and HTTP inbounds.
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- Around line 26-27: Update the EXPOSED_LISTENER pattern and its migration
replacement so JSON-escaped spellings of the listen key, such as “lis\u0074en”,
receive the same loopback conversion as the literal key. Preserve unrelated
template content and formatting.

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Comment on lines +26 to +27

EXPOSED_LISTENER = re.compile(r'("listen"\s*:\s*)"0\.0\.0\.0"')

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Handle escaped listen keys in system Xray templates.

The migration only matches the literal "listen" key. A valid persisted system template containing "lis\u0074en": "0.0.0.0" can therefore keep a public inbound listener. Subscription generation parses that template as JSON, retains inbounds, and sends the inbound to Xray. Apply the same loopback conversion to JSON-equivalent listen keys while preserving unrelated content and formatting.

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around lines 26 - 27:
Update the EXPOSED_LISTENER pattern and its migration replacement so
JSON-escaped spellings of the listen key, such as “lis\u0074en”, receive the
same loopback conversion as the literal key. Preserve unrelated template content
and formatting.

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Free-Guy-IR added a commit to Free-Guy-IR/panel that referenced this pull request Oct 11, 2026
… (upstream PR PasarGuard#879)

The seeded system Xray client template and the dashboard's default for a new
one both listen on 0.0.0.0 with socks and http 'auth: noauth', so any device
on the user's network can use the user's proxy and quota. Upstream PR PasarGuard#879 is
open (its maintainer called it the admins' choice); the fork takes it.
Migration bfd88026565b, chained after fd33c6013baa and written for the fork,
rewrites only the inbound listeners of system xray_subscription templates and
leaves the rest of the text untouched; it is idempotent, and its downgrade
does not reopen the listeners. Tests: tests/test_xray_client_loopback.py (RED
3 of 3, GREEN 3 of 3) and dashboard/src/fork/templates/xray-default-loopback.test.ts
(RED, then GREEN). SQLite: upgrade from d8b2c4f60a17, downgrade, re-upgrade,
and alembic check are clean.
Free-Guy-IR added a commit to Free-Guy-IR/panel that referenced this pull request Oct 11, 2026
 hardening, PasarGuard#617 CORS, PasarGuard#879 loopback Xray client inbounds, Fork Tests, and the parity-gate follow-ups

Migrations: P13's fork migration bfd88026565b (after fd33c6013baa) was a
second head. The integration's own merge revision 8158387867c9 now joins
0374ac83604b with bfd88026565b instead of fd33c6013baa (the approved
re-seat; no upstream-authored migration is edited). One head. SQLite:
upgrade from d8b2c4f60a17, alembic check, downgrade to d8b2c4f60a17,
re-upgrade and alembic check all pass.

OVERRIDES.md: union. app/utils/jwt.py keeps P10's revocation-epoch clause
and adds P13's PasarGuard#756 iat/exp rule; app/notification/webhook/__init__.py takes
P13's PasarGuard#756 proxy_settings clause; the P4b user-modal.tsx entry and P13's
client-template-form.ts entry both stay; the P5 and P11 clauses on
node/__init__.py, node_checker.py and record_usages.py are kept.
Free-Guy-IR added a commit to Free-Guy-IR/panel that referenced this pull request Oct 11, 2026
…ray template after a rollback

R1B-FIX's rollback proof was written on b3044ef, before P13's
bfd88026565b (upstream PR PasarGuard#879) reached int. That migration rewrites the
seeded system Xray client template's socks and http listeners from
0.0.0.0 to 127.0.0.1, and its downgrade is a no-op, so a rollback to the
production revision keeps the safer listeners. On the merged tree five
cases failed:
- three that compare every row with the pre-release snapshot saw the
  rewritten client_templates row;
- the guarded-path case expected fd33c6013baa as the second head after a
  downgrade to 0374ac83604b, where it is now bfd88026565b above it;
- the dry run's list of revisions to remove now includes bfd88026565b.

The row snapshot now applies the migration's own
bind_client_listeners_to_loopback to a copy of the pre-release database;
the head and removal lists name bfd88026565b. A new case pins that the
rewritten template is the only data a rollback keeps from the release.
The guard is unchanged: with fd33c6013baa's downgrade guard removed, four
cases fail, including the prod-image start test.
Free-Guy-IR added a commit to Free-Guy-IR/panel that referenced this pull request Oct 11, 2026
…URL the entry point needs

After P13's PasarGuard#879 migration reached int, the dry run lists bfd88026565b
among the revisions to remove, and a rollback keeps the system Xray client
template's listeners on 127.0.0.1 (main accepted this as intended). The
entry point also needs the async driver URL when --url is given.
Free-Guy-IR added a commit to Free-Guy-IR/panel that referenced this pull request Oct 11, 2026
…anges take the secrets lock first, and empty credentials never reach a node

Brings release/v5.34.25-p7b aff0dd6: the proxy_secret_claims table and
migration e79833e2a0b2 (single head on 8158387867c9), 409 for a credential
another user holds or held, committed-read duplicate repair, the group
resync marker written only under the proxy secrets lock with a bounded
wait, template applies prepared from the locked row, and the one-command
rollback that also removes the claims.

The only conflict was specs/003-close-open-audit-items/quickstart.md,
resolved as the union: int's async-URL note and PasarGuard#879 loopback line are
kept, and P7b's e79833e2a0b2 revision and proxy_secret_claims discard line
are added.
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