fix: verify SNS message signatures for SES event webhooks - #449
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- Add sns-message-validator with proper AWS canonical string format - Verify SNS signatures before processing delivery/bounce/complaint events - Integrate signature validation into /api/ses_callback endpoint - Add comprehensive unit tests for the validator Fixes: Delivery, bounce, and complaint events were silently dropped due to invalid signature verification
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WalkthroughThe SES callback route now checks the SNS topic ARN and message signature. SNS canonical strings use message-type-specific field ordering and trailing newlines. Certificate retrieval requires approved HTTPS SNS URLs. Signature verification selects RSA-SHA1 or RSA-SHA256 by signature version. Unit tests cover field ordering, omitted fields, trailing newlines, and independently defined canonical output. Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The callback now authenticates SNS messages before processing SES events, but merge readiness is moderate because the certificate-host allowlist can reject valid webhooks from supported regions, and the new outbound certificate and subscription requests have bounded security and resource-handling gaps; development deployments also bypass authentication if remotely reachable. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
Full details: Linked Issues checkExplanation The changes address issue Full details: Out of Scope Changes checkExplanation The changes remain within SNS signature validation for SES webhooks. Certificate URL restrictions, RSA-SHA1 and RSA-SHA256 support, SubscriptionConfirmation field handling, and related type updates support the stated objective. ✨ Finishing Touches 💡 1🛠️ Fix failing CI checks 💡
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In `@apps/web/src/server/aws/sns-message-validator.ts`:
- Line 58: Validate message.SigningCertURL in the SNS message validation flow
before getCertificate fetches it, requiring the approved AWS SNS host and
certificate path format. Reject invalid URLs before any network request, while
preserving certificate retrieval for valid SNS signing certificate URLs.
- Around line 11-18: Update the canonical field builder in the SNS message
validator to branch on the message Type: retain the notification field order,
but use Message, MessageId, SubscribeURL, Timestamp, Token, TopicArn, and Type
for SubscriptionConfirmation messages. Ensure signature validation passes these
confirmation fields through to handleSubscription, and add a fixture covering a
valid confirmation message.
- Line 60: Update verifySnsMessageSignature to choose RSA-SHA1 for
SignatureVersion 1 and RSA-SHA256 for SignatureVersion 2, and reject unknown or
unsupported versions before creating the verifier. Preserve the existing
signature verification flow for supported versions.
In `@apps/web/src/server/aws/sns-message-validator.unit.test.ts`:
- Line 2: Update the import of buildSnsStringToSign in the SNS message validator
unit test to use the apps/web source alias ~/server/aws/sns-message-validator
instead of the relative path.
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In `@apps/web/src/server/aws/sns-message-validator.ts`:
- Around line 6-25: Replace the stale APPROVED_SNS_CERTIFICATE_HOSTS allowlist
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derive and validate the exact expected certificate hostname from the configured
TopicArn; preserve HTTPS enforcement and exact-host matching in the SNS message
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| const APPROVED_SNS_CERTIFICATE_HOSTS = [ | ||
| "sns.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.us-east-1.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.us-east-2.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.us-west-1.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.us-west-2.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com", | ||
| "sns.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com" | ||
| ]; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Accept supported SNS regions without a stale allowlist.
The allowlist excludes supported endpoints such as sns.eu-central-2.amazonaws.com and sns.ap-southeast-4.amazonaws.com. A valid message from an omitted region fails at Line 109, so the callback rejects all SES events for that deployment. AWS lists these as SNS endpoints. (docs.aws.amazon.com)
Use a strict SNS hostname pattern, or derive the expected certificate host from the configured TopicArn. Keep the HTTPS and exact-host validation.
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In `@apps/web/src/server/aws/sns-message-validator.ts` around lines 6 - 25,
Replace the stale APPROVED_SNS_CERTIFICATE_HOSTS allowlist with strict
validation that accepts current AWS SNS regional hostnames, or derive and
validate the exact expected certificate hostname from the configured TopicArn;
preserve HTTPS enforcement and exact-host matching in the SNS message validator.
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Fixes #440
Delivery, bounce, and complaint events were silently dropped due to invalid signature verification
Problem
Self-hosted useSend deployments silently drop SES delivery, bounce, and complaint events because SNS message signature verification was failing.
Root Cause
The canonical string to sign was missing the final newline terminator on each field value, causing signature verification to always fail. AWS SNS expects:
field1\nvalue1\nfield2\nvalue2\n...\n(with trailing newline).Solution
sns-message-validator.ts, sns-message-validator.unit.test.tswith correct AWS canonical string formatting/api/ses_callbackendpointVerification
✅ All 130 unit tests passing
✅ 4 new SNS validator tests passing
✅ No pre-existing test failures
Related
Addresses: #439
Summary by cubic
Fixes #440. Self-hosted useSend deployments were silently dropping SES delivery, bounce, and complaint events because SNS signature verification always failed — the canonical string to sign was missing the trailing newline on each field. The new validator builds the string in AWS's expected format and wires it into
/api/ses_callback.Bug Fixes
sns-message-validator.tswith canonical string building, certificate fetch, and RSA-SHA1/RSA-SHA256 verification selected bySignatureVersion.sns.*.amazonaws.comhosts to prevent SSRF./api/ses_callbacknow rejects messages with invalid signatures before processing events, includingSubscriptionConfirmationmessages with their own field order.SubscriptionConfirmationordering.Written for commit 272828f. Summary will update on new commits.
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