secret: add Ref opaque-credential abstraction (Phase 1)

Phase 1 of the #6 acquisition-readiness fix from the 2026-05-01 issuer coverage audit. Pre-fix, GlobalSign / EJBCA / Sectigo store API keys / OAuth tokens / 3-header credentials as plain Go strings on the Connector struct. Encrypted at rest via internal/crypto/encryption.go (AES-256-GCM v3 + PBKDF2-600k), they sit in process memory in the clear after load and are sent in HTTP headers on every API call. Under DEBUG-level HTTP request logging, the headers leak. This commit ships the foundation type. Per-connector migrations (GlobalSign / EJBCA / Sectigo Config field changes from string to *secret.Ref, plus auth-header write-path changes) are Phase 2 — a separate commit per connector keeps each diff reviewable. Phase 1 (this commit): - internal/secret/secret.go with Ref: NewRef(src func() ([]byte, error)) — production: decrypt-on-demand NewRefFromString(s string) — tests / config-loading Use(fn func(buf []byte) error) — invoke fn with a fresh buffer, zero on return WriteTo(w io.Writer) — convenience for the "set a header" case String() — returns "[redacted]" MarshalJSON() — returns "[redacted]" IsEmpty() — for ValidateConfig paths - The bytes are zeroed (every byte set to 0) after Use returns — defeats casual heap-dump extraction. The `[redacted]` brackets (rather than `<redacted>`) avoid Go's json HTMLEscape behavior. - 9 unit tests covering: bytes-exposed-and-zeroed contract, the buffer-escape anti-pattern (asserts post-Use buffer is zeroed), WriteTo, String/MarshalJSON redaction, JSON-encoding inside a parent struct, nil-Ref safety on every method, source-error propagation, IsEmpty, direct test of the zero helper. Phase 2 (separate follow-up commits): - GlobalSign Config.APIKey / APISecret migration to *secret.Ref. - EJBCA Config.Token migration to *secret.Ref. - Sectigo Config.CustomerURI / Login / Password migration. - Each migration includes the auth-header write-path change (setAuthHeaders → Ref.WriteTo) and the env-var-loading update (NewRefFromString at config load time). - Outbound HTTP transport-wrapping for per-connector credential- header redaction in DEBUG logs (defense against third-party SDK leakage; not in scope for the foundation). Audit reference: cowork/issuer-coverage-audit-2026-05-01/RESULTS.md Top-10 fix #6 — Phase 1.
2026-06-14 13:48:59 +00:00 · 2026-05-02 02:22:07 +00:00
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+// Copyright (c) certctl
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.1
+
+package secret
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestRef_UseExposesBytesAndZeros — the canonical contract: Use
+// hands fn a buffer containing the credential, fn reads it, and
+// after fn returns the buffer is overwritten with zeros.
+func TestRef_UseExposesBytesAndZeros(t *testing.T) {
+	r := NewRefFromString("secret-token")
+
+	var captured []byte
+	err := r.Use(func(buf []byte) error {
+		// Copy so we can inspect post-zero behavior — the original
+		// buf is going to be zeroed by Use's defer.
+		captured = make([]byte, len(buf))
+		copy(captured, buf)
+		if string(buf) != "secret-token" {
+			t.Errorf("Use: want bytes 'secret-token', got %q", buf)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Use: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(captured) != "secret-token" {
+		t.Errorf("captured bytes: want 'secret-token', got %q", captured)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRef_BufferZeroedAfterUse — the load-bearing security property.
+// Without zeroing, the credential lingers in the heap and is trivially
+// extractable from a process dump. We assert via Use's internal-state
+// observation: a slice escape (with a known anti-pattern) reads zeros
+// after Use returns.
+func TestRef_BufferZeroedAfterUse(t *testing.T) {
+	r := NewRefFromString("very-secret")
+
+	// Anti-pattern: capture the slice header and read it after Use.
+	// In production code this is a bug (caller must not retain the
+	// slice). The test exercises the bug to assert the buffer was
+	// zeroed.
+	var escaped []byte
+	_ = r.Use(func(buf []byte) error {
+		escaped = buf
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	// After Use, the slice should be all zeros.
+	for i, b := range escaped {
+		if b != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("byte %d not zeroed: 0x%02x", i, b)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRef_WriteTo writes the secret to a writer and asserts the
+// write happened correctly + the staging buffer is zeroed.
+func TestRef_WriteTo(t *testing.T) {
+	r := NewRefFromString("Bearer abc123")
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	n, err := r.WriteTo(&buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteTo: %v", err)
+	}
+	if int64(buf.Len()) != n {
+		t.Errorf("WriteTo: want %d bytes, got %d", buf.Len(), n)
+	}
+	if buf.String() != "Bearer abc123" {
+		t.Errorf("WriteTo: wrong bytes, got %q", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRef_StringRedacted — Ref.String() must NEVER return the
+// underlying bytes. Catches accidental fmt.Sprintf("%v", cfg) leaks.
+func TestRef_StringRedacted(t *testing.T) {
+	r := NewRefFromString("super-secret-token")
+	got := r.String()
+	if got != "[redacted]" {
+		t.Errorf("String: want '[redacted]', got %q", got)
+	}
+	// Test the implicit fmt.Stringer interface too.
+	got = fmt.Sprintf("%v", r)
+	if got != "[redacted]" {
+		t.Errorf("fmt.Sprintf: want '[redacted]', got %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRef_MarshalJSONRedacted — JSON-encoding a Ref returns
+// "[redacted]". Catches API-surface leak via GET /issuers etc.
+func TestRef_MarshalJSONRedacted(t *testing.T) {
+	r := NewRefFromString("my-api-key")
+	got, err := json.Marshal(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Marshal: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(got) != `"[redacted]"` {
+		t.Errorf("MarshalJSON: want '\"[redacted]\"', got %s", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRef_MarshalJSONInStruct — a config struct holding a *Ref
+// field marshals with the credential redacted.
+func TestRef_MarshalJSONInStruct(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := struct {
+		Name string `json:"name"`
+		Key  *Ref   `json:"key"`
+	}{
+		Name: "globalsign",
+		Key:  NewRefFromString("the-key"),
+	}
+	got, err := json.Marshal(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Marshal: %v", err)
+	}
+	want := `{"name":"globalsign","key":"[redacted]"}`
+	if string(got) != want {
+		t.Errorf("MarshalJSON struct: want %s, got %s", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRef_NilSafety — calling methods on a nil *Ref returns errors,
+// not panics. Defensive programming for paths that haven't wired
+// the Ref yet.
+func TestRef_NilSafety(t *testing.T) {
+	var r *Ref
+
+	if got := r.String(); got != "[redacted]" {
+		t.Errorf("nil Ref.String: want '[redacted]', got %q", got)
+	}
+	// Use on nil returns an error, doesn't panic.
+	if err := r.Use(func(buf []byte) error { return nil }); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Use on nil Ref: expected error")
+	}
+	// WriteTo on nil returns an error, doesn't panic.
+	if _, err := r.WriteTo(io.Discard); err == nil {
+		t.Error("WriteTo on nil Ref: expected error")
+	}
+	if !r.IsEmpty() {
+		t.Error("IsEmpty on nil Ref: want true")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRef_SourceErrorPropagated — when the source closure returns
+// an error (decrypt failure, etc.), Use propagates it.
+func TestRef_SourceErrorPropagated(t *testing.T) {
+	sentinel := errors.New("decrypt failed")
+	r := NewRef(func() ([]byte, error) { return nil, sentinel })
+
+	err := r.Use(func(buf []byte) error {
+		t.Error("fn should not be called when source errors")
+		return nil
+	})
+	if !errors.Is(err, sentinel) {
+		t.Errorf("Use: want sentinel in chain, got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRef_IsEmpty — empty source returns IsEmpty=true.
+func TestRef_IsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	if !NewRefFromString("").IsEmpty() {
+		t.Error("empty string Ref: want IsEmpty=true")
+	}
+	if NewRefFromString("x").IsEmpty() {
+		t.Error("non-empty Ref: want IsEmpty=false")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestZero — direct test of the zero helper to lock the
+// implementation: every byte set to 0.
+func TestZero(t *testing.T) {
+	b := []byte("not-zero")
+	zero(b)
+	for i, x := range b {
+		if x != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("byte %d: want 0, got %d", i, x)
+		}
+	}
+}