security(globalsign): remove InsecureSkipVerify and pin CA pool (H-5)

The GlobalSign Atlas HVCA connector previously used InsecureSkipVerify:true
on its mTLS TLS config, disabling server certificate validation and
defeating the purpose of the client-side mTLS handshake. This was a
CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability silently degrading
trust on every production call to GlobalSign's signing API.

Remediation (per H-5 audit finding, Lens 4.4):

- Remove InsecureSkipVerify from all three http.Client construction sites
  (ValidateConfig, getHTTPClient, and legacy initialisation path).
- Introduce buildServerTLSConfig() helper that constructs tls.Config with
  MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12 (addresses adjacent L-1 recommendation).
- New optional config field `server_ca_path` (env:
  CERTCTL_GLOBALSIGN_SERVER_CA_PATH). When unset the connector trusts the
  system root CA bundle (correct default for GlobalSign's publicly-trusted
  HVCA endpoints). When set the bundle is loaded via x509.NewCertPool() +
  AppendCertsFromPEM, and only those roots are trusted (supports private
  HVCA deployments and defence-in-depth root pinning).
- Error wrapping chain: "failed to read server CA bundle at %s" and
  "no valid PEM certificates found in server CA bundle at %s" surface
  config problems at ValidateConfig time instead of silently failing at
  request time.

Docs, config, service env-seed, and GUI issuer type definition updated to
expose the new field. Tests: 9 dead `InsecureSkipVerify: true` client
TLSClientConfig blocks (no-ops against httptest.NewServer plain-HTTP)
replaced with bare http.Client; new TestGlobalSign_ServerTLSConfig covers
pinned-CA trust, untrusted-server rejection, missing-file and invalid-PEM
error paths.

Verification:
- go build ./... clean
- go vet ./... clean
- go test -race ./internal/connector/issuer/globalsign/... ./internal/config/... ./internal/service/... ok
- go test ./... (excluding testcontainers-gated repo layer) ok
- golangci-lint run ./... 0 issues
- govulncheck ./... 0 reachable vulns
- Per-layer coverage: service 68.7% (≥55), handler 83.6% (≥60), domain 82.0% (≥40), middleware 63.8% (≥30)
- globalsign package coverage: 75.9%
- Invariant sweep: 0 InsecureSkipVerify references remain in globalsign
  package (only a test-file comment documenting the removal).
This commit is contained in:
Shankar
2026-04-17 01:40:58 +00:00
parent 371b9836e0
commit 25564021e8
6 changed files with 257 additions and 67 deletions
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
"io"
"log/slog"
"net/http"
"os"
"strings"
"time"
@@ -64,6 +65,14 @@ type Config struct {
// Must match the certificate in ClientCertPath.
// Required. Set via CERTCTL_GLOBALSIGN_CLIENT_KEY_PATH environment variable.
ClientKeyPath string `json:"client_key_path"`
// ServerCAPath is the filesystem path to a PEM file containing the CA
// certificate(s) used to verify the GlobalSign Atlas HVCA API server certificate.
// Optional. If empty, the system trust store is used. This option exists for
// private/lab deployments of GlobalSign Atlas that terminate TLS with an
// internal CA not present in the host's default trust bundle.
// Set via CERTCTL_GLOBALSIGN_SERVER_CA_PATH environment variable.
ServerCAPath string `json:"server_ca_path,omitempty"`
}
// Connector implements the issuer.Connector interface for GlobalSign Atlas HVCA.
@@ -153,14 +162,12 @@ func (c *Connector) ValidateConfig(ctx context.Context, rawConfig json.RawMessag
return fmt.Errorf("failed to load GlobalSign client certificate: %w", err)
}
// Create an mTLS client for validation
tlsConfig := &tls.Config{
Certificates: []tls.Certificate{cert},
// InsecureSkipVerify=true allows testing against self-signed server certs.
// In production, GlobalSign's API uses a proper certificate chain.
// This matches the pattern used by other connectors (F5, network scanner, etc.)
// that also need to bypass hostname verification for internal/lab environments.
InsecureSkipVerify: true,
// Build a verifying mTLS TLS config. If ServerCAPath is set, that PEM
// bundle is used as the trust anchor for the server certificate;
// otherwise the system trust store is used. TLS 1.2 is the minimum.
tlsConfig, err := buildServerTLSConfig(&cfg, cert)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to build GlobalSign TLS config: %w", err)
}
validationClient := &http.Client{
@@ -225,9 +232,9 @@ func (c *Connector) getHTTPClient(ctx context.Context) (*http.Client, error) {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load GlobalSign client certificate: %w", err)
}
tlsConfig := &tls.Config{
Certificates: []tls.Certificate{cert},
InsecureSkipVerify: true,
tlsConfig, err := buildServerTLSConfig(c.config, cert)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to build GlobalSign TLS config: %w", err)
}
return &http.Client{
@@ -238,6 +245,38 @@ func (c *Connector) getHTTPClient(ctx context.Context) (*http.Client, error) {
}, nil
}
// buildServerTLSConfig returns a TLS configuration for the GlobalSign Atlas
// HVCA API client. It always verifies the server certificate. When
// cfg.ServerCAPath is set, the PEM bundle at that path is used as the
// trust anchor (enables pinning a private/lab CA); otherwise the host's
// system trust store is used. TLS 1.2 is the minimum protocol version.
//
// This helper is the single source of truth for both the ValidateConfig
// probe client and the steady-state getHTTPClient production client, so
// any future TLS policy change applies uniformly.
func buildServerTLSConfig(cfg *Config, clientCert tls.Certificate) (*tls.Config, error) {
tlsConfig := &tls.Config{
Certificates: []tls.Certificate{clientCert},
MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12,
}
if cfg.ServerCAPath != "" {
caPEM, err := os.ReadFile(cfg.ServerCAPath)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read server CA bundle at %s: %w", cfg.ServerCAPath, err)
}
pool := x509.NewCertPool()
if !pool.AppendCertsFromPEM(caPEM) {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no valid PEM certificates found in server CA bundle at %s", cfg.ServerCAPath)
}
tlsConfig.RootCAs = pool
}
return tlsConfig, nil
}
// IssueCertificate submits a certificate order to GlobalSign Atlas HVCA.
// Returns the serial number immediately; typically the cert is available within seconds (DV) to minutes (OV).
func (c *Connector) IssueCertificate(ctx context.Context, request issuer.IssuanceRequest) (*issuer.IssuanceResult, error) {