- Add pending restart detection when .env exists but not loaded
- Update frontend to show pending state instead of re-showing setup
- Fix QuickSecuritySetup to refresh security status after configuration
- Remove auto-restart attempts from security setup
- Show deployment-appropriate restart instructions
- Update documentation to reflect new update mechanism
Related to security setup issues after removing sudo/auto-restart capabilities
Security Fixes:
- Fix path traversal vulnerability in tar extraction (HIGH)
- Validate and sanitize paths from tar archives
- Prevent directory traversal attacks via ../
- Ensure extracted files stay within destination directory
- Remove weak SHA-256 password hashing code (MEDIUM)
- Removed unused SHA-256 hash function from crypto package
- All password hashing now uses bcrypt (cost 12) exclusively
- Added warning comment about proper password hashing
- Fix error information leakage (MEDIUM)
- Add sanitizeErrorMessage helper function
- Log detailed errors internally while returning generic messages
- Prevent exposure of system internals in error responses
- Change default CORS from * to restrictive (MEDIUM)
- Default to no CORS headers (same-origin only)
- Allow localhost origins only in development mode
- Require explicit configuration for production CORS
These fixes address all critical and medium severity issues found
in the security audit while maintaining backward compatibility.
The Pulse logo now displays an orange "RC" badge when running a release
candidate version. This helps users identify when they're testing pre-release
versions.
- Backend now detects RC versions and sets channel field accordingly
- Frontend displays RC badge next to Pulse logo when channel is "rc"
- Works for both git-based and VERSION file-based builds
- Fix auto-updater to handle single-binary structure
- Fix Docker build to copy frontend before Go compilation
- Add development script for frontend rebuilds
- Remove unnecessary frontend directory copying in updater
The embedded frontend change simplifies deployment but required
updates to various build and update systems.
- Support both old (root) and new (bin/) tarball structures
- Use writable directories for temp and backup files (data dir instead of /tmp)
- Fixes update failures for users on v4.1.5 and earlier
- Fixed hardcoded version fallback showing 4.1.1 instead of current version
- Fixed install script syntax error that prevented fresh installations
- Identified root cause of Docker persistence issue (notification UI not saving)
- Identified missing save functionality in frontend notification settings
Issues addressed: #277, #278, #282
Replaced sudo-based updater with a cleaner directory-based approach:
- Pulse binary now installs to /opt/pulse/bin/pulse (owned by pulse user)
- Symlink created at /usr/local/bin/pulse for PATH convenience
- Pulse user has full write access to /opt/pulse, enabling self-updates
- Removed sudo dependency and security risks
- Simplified update logic - no special scripts or permissions needed
This is more secure, simpler, and works in all environments (containers, VMs, bare metal)
- Fix bug where RC channel always returned first release without proper comparison
- Ensure RC channel returns the latest release (newest by creation date)
- Stable channel correctly returns first non-prerelease
- Add manual update instructions for users stuck on rc.1
- Add System tab with Performance, Network, and Updates sections
- Implement Check for Updates and Apply Update functionality
- Add support for PULSE_UPDATE_SERVER environment variable for testing
- Fix Settings tab navigation issues
- Version bump to v4.1.0-rc.1
- Use background context for update downloads to prevent cancellation
- Detect actual binary location and update correct file
- Support both 'pulse' and 'pulse-backend' service names
- Copy VERSION file to multiple locations for compatibility
- Handle flat tarball structure from GitHub releases
- Frontend now passes currently selected channel when checking for updates
- Backend accepts channel parameter to check specific channel without saving
- Fixed applyUpdateFiles to handle flat tarball structure (not nested in pulse-* directory)
- Fixed extraction logic to properly copy pulse binary, frontend, and VERSION file
- Users no longer need to toggle channels and save to see update button
Security Features Added:
- Secure-by-default configuration export/import with ALLOW_UNPROTECTED_EXPORT environment variable
- Rate limiting (5 attempts/minute) to prevent brute force attacks on sensitive endpoints
- Comprehensive audit logging for all export/import attempts with IP tracking
- Frontend Security tab showing API protection status and configuration guidance
- Frontend now shows when export is blocked and disables buttons appropriately
- Strong passphrase requirement (minimum 12 characters) for exports
Technical Implementation:
- New RateLimiter component with automatic cleanup and middleware support
- Security status API endpoint showing protection state
- Enhanced error messaging with specific guidance for homelab vs production use
- Proper authentication flow with API token validation
- Updated documentation reflecting new security model
Breaking Changes:
- Export/import now requires API_TOKEN unless ALLOW_UNPROTECTED_EXPORT=true is set
- Minimum passphrase length increased from none to 12 characters
Additional Improvements:
- Fixed architecture-specific updates for better cross-platform support
- Removed RC label from UI header
- Updated security documentation with clear setup instructions
The ConfigHandlers were calling config.SaveConfig() which uses
globalPersistence initialized at startup with potentially wrong path.
Now handlers use their own persistence instance directly which is
initialized with the correct DataPath.
This was causing Docker configurations to still save to /etc/pulse
even though we thought we fixed it in v4.0.6.
Fixes#253 (for real this time)
- Fix Docker persistence bug where config was saved to /etc/pulse instead of /data
- Fix Windows VM memory reporting with balloon drivers
- Add GetVMStatus method to get detailed VM info including balloon memory
- Update diagnostics endpoint to use correct config paths
Fixes#253 (Docker persistence)
Fixes#258 (Windows VM memory reporting)
- Fix hardcoded fallback version (was 4.0.3, now 4.0.4)
- Look for VERSION file in multiple locations (/opt/pulse/VERSION)
- Fixes version display when installed via community script
- Detect Node.js based installations (any version before v4)
- Block auto-update with migration required message
- Add detailed migration instructions to install.sh
- Check for .env, node_modules, old services, etc.
- Direct users to create fresh installation for v4
- Remove private repo references from update validation
- Change GitHub API URL back to public repo (rcourtman/Pulse)
- This reverts the test changes made for private repo update testing
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