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Bernd RodlerandClaude Opus 4.8 f7e487171c security(smime): fork upstream plugin and fix two audit findings
S-01 audited bulwarkmail/plugins/smime @ 91085a3 (2,935 lines). Nine
findings, two HIGH. No backdoor and no exfiltration path anywhere in the
bundle — the problems are trust-model and input-validation gaps. Full
report in vnc/audits/SMIME-PLUGIN-AUDIT-2026-08-04.md.

Fork is source-only. The upstream smime.zip is a 1.77 MB prebuilt bundle
whose manifest reads 1.0.1 while the source reads 1.0.2, so auditing
src/ would not audit what that zip installs. We build from source.

Finding 1 (HIGH) — certificate substitution. maybeAutoImportSigner gated
on signatureValid alone, but smimeVerify runs checkChain:false, so that
only proves "signed by whoever holds this key", not that the claimed
identity is real. Self-sign a cert asserting victim@example.com, send one
signed message, and it was stored as the encryption target for that
address — the user's next Encrypt to the victim went to the attacker.
Now requires signerEmailMatch === true and !selfSigned. Both values were
already computed and displayed as untrusted in the banner; only the
import path ignored them. Tests for `true` explicitly so an undefined
match (missing From header) fails closed.

Finding 3 (MED-HIGH) — CRLF header injection. Escaping reached only
Subject and attachment filename; display names, raw addresses,
Message-ID, In-Reply-To, References and attachment Content-Type were
emitted verbatim, and formatAddress escapes only backslash and quote.
In-Reply-To/References/display names are copied from inbound mail when
replying or forwarding, so the value is attacker-supplied. Sanitising
inside formatHeader covers all 17 call sites by construction; the three
headers assembled directly get stripCrlf explicitly.

Also adds auth:observe to the manifest. The plugin registers
onAfterLogout/onAccountSwitch — real hooks (lib/plugin-hooks.ts:362-363)
— without declaring the permission, so under B-09 the session-key wipe
would silently stop running.

verify-fixes.mjs carries 19 assertions including source checks that fail
if either guard is removed or a new unsanitised interpolated header
appears. That last one immediately caught the interpolated smime-type
Content-Type header, which manual review had dismissed as static.

Finding 2 (unauthenticated CBC accepted on decrypt) is NOT fixed. This
is not safe for real mail yet — sandbox accounts only.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-04 10:00:11 +02:00

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{
"id": "smime",
"name": "S/MIME",
"version": "1.0.2",
"author": "Bulwark Mail Community",
"description": "End-to-end S/MIME for webmail: sign and encrypt outgoing messages, and automatically verify signatures and decrypt incoming CMS (PKCS#7) mail. Private keys are imported from a PKCS#12 (.p12/.pfx) file, encrypted at rest with a passphrase, and unlocked into non-extractable WebCrypto keys that never leave your browser. Runs in the privileged (same-origin) plugin tier so all cryptography happens locally with bundled pkijs/asn1js.",
"type": "ui-extension",
"tier": "privileged",
"permissions": [
"crypto:full",
"email:blob-read",
"email:raw-send",
"email:render-takeover",
"email:read",
"email:send",
"smime:read",
"auth:observe",
"ui:composer-toolbar",
"ui:email-banner",
"ui:settings-section",
"app:lifecycle"
],
"entrypoint": "index.js",
"minAppVersion": "1.7.6",
"icon": "media/icon.svg",
"banner": "media/banner.svg",
"settingsSchema": {
"encryptionStrength": {
"type": "select",
"label": "Content encryption algorithm",
"description": "Symmetric cipher used to encrypt the message body. AES-256-GCM is recommended; AES-128-GCM is slightly smaller and still strong.",
"default": "aes-256",
"options": ["aes-256", "aes-128"]
},
"autoImportSignerCerts": {
"type": "boolean",
"label": "Auto-save signer certificates",
"description": "When a validly signed message is opened, remember the signer's certificate so you can later send them encrypted mail without importing it manually.",
"default": true
},
"lockOnLogout": {
"type": "boolean",
"label": "Lock keys on logout",
"description": "Wipe all unlocked private keys from memory when you sign out or switch accounts. Leave on unless you have a specific reason not to.",
"default": true
},
"warnOnSelfSigned": {
"type": "boolean",
"label": "Warn on self-signed signer",
"description": "Show a caution banner when an incoming signature validates against a self-signed certificate (not chained to a trusted CA).",
"default": true
}
},
"locales": {
"en": {
"banner.signed_valid": "Signature valid",
"banner.signed_invalid": "Signature invalid",
"banner.encrypted": "Encrypted message",
"banner.decrypted": "Decrypted",
"banner.locked": "Encrypted — unlock your key to read",
"toolbar.sign": "Sign",
"toolbar.encrypt": "Encrypt",
"settings.title": "S/MIME keys & certificates"
}
}
}