fix: security audit remediation (AUDIT-001, 003, 004, 005, 006, 018)

- AUDIT-001: Validate OpenSSL revoke inputs (hex-only serials, RFC 5280 reasons)
- AUDIT-003: Enforce /20 CIDR size cap at API level (create + update)
- AUDIT-004: Support comma-separated CERTCTL_AUTH_SECRET for zero-downtime key rotation
- AUDIT-005: Add ReadHeaderTimeout (5s) to prevent Slowloris
- AUDIT-006: Document audit trail query parameter exclusion rationale
- AUDIT-018: Add immediate-run-on-start to short-lived expiry scheduler loop

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- **Configurable CORS** — API restricts cross-origin requests via `CERTCTL_CORS_ORIGINS` allowlist or wildcard. Preflight caching prevents chatty browser auth flows.
- **Token Bucket Rate Limiting** — Per-IP rate limiting (configurable via `CERTCTL_RATE_LIMIT_RPS` / `CERTCTL_RATE_LIMIT_BURST`) returns 429 Too Many Requests with Retry-After header. Prevents credential stuffing and brute-force attacks.
- **No Password Storage** — certctl does not store user passwords. API keys are the sole authentication mechanism. Your API key generation, distribution, and rotation policies are your responsibility (see "Operator Responsibility" below).
- **Zero-Downtime Key Rotation** — `CERTCTL_AUTH_SECRET` accepts comma-separated keys (e.g., `new-key,old-key`). All listed keys are validated with constant-time comparison. Operators can add a new key, migrate clients, then remove the old key — no service restart required for the client migration phase. A single-key warning is logged at startup to encourage rotation configuration.
**Evidence Locations**:
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**certctl Implementation** (V2):
- **Immutable API Audit Trail** (M19) — Every API call is recorded to `audit_events` table (append-only, no update/delete). Recorded: HTTP method, path, query parameters, actor (user/agent ID), SHA-256 hash of request body (truncated 16 chars for brevity), response status code, latency in milliseconds. Excluded paths (health, ready) are configurable. Audit records are async (non-blocking) and include a timestamp.
- **Immutable API Audit Trail** (M19) — Every API call is recorded to `audit_events` table (append-only, no update/delete). Recorded: HTTP method, URL path (query parameters intentionally excluded — see security note), actor (user/agent ID), SHA-256 hash of request body (truncated 16 chars for brevity), response status code, latency in milliseconds. Excluded paths (health, ready) are configurable. Audit records are async (non-blocking) and include a timestamp. **Security: Query parameters are excluded from the audit path** because they may contain cursor tokens, API keys, or sensitive filter values; since the audit trail is append-only with no deletion, any sensitive data recorded would persist permanently.
- **Audit Trail API** — `GET /api/v1/audit?actor=...&action=...&resource_id=...&created_after=...&created_before=...` allows searching for anomalous patterns (e.g., "who accessed certificate XYZ and when?", "did anyone revoke certs at 2 AM?").
- **Expiration Threshold Alerting** — Certificate renewal policies define alert thresholds (days before expiry): default `[30, 14, 7, 0]`. When a certificate approaches a threshold, a notification is enqueued. Deduplication prevents duplicate alerts for the same cert at the same threshold. Auto status transition: cert moves to `Expiring` status at 30 days, `Expired` at 0 days.
- **Certificate Status Auto-Transitions** — When a cert is issued, it's `Active`. As expiry approaches, status auto-transitions to `Expiring` (at 30d threshold). At expiry, status becomes `Expired`. Revoked certs move to `Revoked`. These transitions are recorded in the audit trail.