fix(logger): address audit findings

Redact and rate-limit error tracker fan-out, cap panic stack capture,
sanitise stdlib fallback output, strip contexts in Info/Debug, sync the
replaced logger, add Sync, UpdateLoggerE and CatchPanicRethrow, cache
the PID, and add tests.

pkg/logger/logger.go

@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"runtime"
 	"runtime/debug"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
@@ -28,10 +32,12 @@ func getLogger() *zap.SugaredLogger {
 	return Logger
 }
 
-func setLogger(l *zap.SugaredLogger) {
+func swapLogger(l *zap.SugaredLogger) *zap.SugaredLogger {
 	stateMu.Lock()
 	defer stateMu.Unlock()
+	old := Logger
 	Logger = l
+	return old
 }
 
 func getErrorTracker() errortracking.Provider {
@@ -40,6 +46,103 @@ func getErrorTracker() errortracking.Provider {
 	return errorTracker
 }
 
+// pid is constant for the life of the process; cache it off the hot path.
+var pid = os.Getpid()
+
+// maxStackBytes caps the stack trace captured for a recovered panic.
+const maxStackBytes = 16 << 10
+
+func captureStack() []byte {
+	buf := make([]byte, maxStackBytes)
+	return buf[:runtime.Stack(buf, false)]
+}
+
+// Patterns scrubbed from messages before they leave the process for the
+// error tracker. The local log is left untouched.
+var redactPatterns = []struct {
+	re   *regexp.Regexp
+	repl string
+}{
+	{regexp.MustCompile(`([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9+.\-]*://)[^\s/@:]+:[^\s/@]+@`), "${1}[REDACTED]@"},
+	{regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\b(password|passwd|pwd|secret|token|api[_-]?key|access[_-]?key)(\s*[=:]\s*)('[^']*'|"[^"]*"|[^\s,;&]+)`), "${1}${2}[REDACTED]"},
+	{regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\b(bearer|basic)\s+[A-Za-z0-9._~+/=\-]+`), "${1} [REDACTED]"},
+}
+
+func redact(s string) string {
+	for _, p := range redactPatterns {
+		s = p.re.ReplaceAllString(s, p.repl)
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+// sanitizeForStdlog escapes CR/LF and other control characters so untrusted
+// values cannot forge additional log lines on the stdlib fallback path.
+func sanitizeForStdlog(s string) string {
+	if !strings.ContainsFunc(s, func(r rune) bool { return r < 0x20 || r == 0x7f }) {
+		return s
+	}
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.Grow(len(s) + 8)
+	for _, r := range s {
+		switch {
+		case r == '\n':
+			b.WriteString(`\n`)
+		case r == '\r':
+			b.WriteString(`\r`)
+		case r == '\t':
+			b.WriteString(`\t`)
+		case r < 0x20 || r == 0x7f:
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, `\x%02x`, r)
+		default:
+			b.WriteRune(r)
+		}
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// Error tracker fan-out limiting: a global token bucket plus per-template
+// dedup, so attacker-triggerable errors cannot burn quota or flood the queue.
+const (
+	trackerBurst        = 50
+	trackerRefillPerSec = 20.0
+	trackerDedupWindow  = time.Second
+	trackerMaxKeys      = 1024
+)
+
+var limiter = struct {
+	sync.Mutex
+	tokens float64
+	last   time.Time
+	seen   map[string]time.Time
+}{tokens: trackerBurst, seen: map[string]time.Time{}}
+
+func allowTracker(key string) bool {
+	now := time.Now()
+	limiter.Lock()
+	defer limiter.Unlock()
+
+	if !limiter.last.IsZero() {
+		limiter.tokens += now.Sub(limiter.last).Seconds() * trackerRefillPerSec
+		if limiter.tokens > trackerBurst {
+			limiter.tokens = trackerBurst
+		}
+	}
+	limiter.last = now
+
+	if t, ok := limiter.seen[key]; ok && now.Sub(t) < trackerDedupWindow {
+		return false
+	}
+	if limiter.tokens < 1 {
+		return false
+	}
+	if len(limiter.seen) >= trackerMaxKeys {
+		limiter.seen = map[string]time.Time{}
+	}
+	limiter.seen[key] = now
+	limiter.tokens--
+	return true
+}
+
 func Init(dev bool) {
 
 	if dev {
@@ -61,7 +164,16 @@ func UpdateLoggerPath(path string, dev bool) {
 	UpdateLogger(&defaultConfig)
 }
 
+// UpdateLogger rebuilds the logger from config. On failure the previous logger
+// stays in place; use UpdateLoggerE to get the error.
 func UpdateLogger(config *zap.Config) {
+	if err := UpdateLoggerE(config); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("logger: failed to build logger, keeping previous: %s", sanitizeForStdlog(err.Error()))
+	}
+}
+
+// UpdateLoggerE is UpdateLogger but returns the build error.
+func UpdateLoggerE(config *zap.Config) error {
 	defaultConfig := zap.NewProductionConfig()
 	defaultConfig.OutputPaths = []string{"resolvespec.log"}
 	if config == nil {
@@ -70,12 +182,23 @@ func UpdateLogger(config *zap.Config) {
 
 	logger, err := config.Build()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Print(err)
+		return err
-		return
 	}
 
-	setLogger(logger.Sugar())
+	old := swapLogger(logger.Sugar())
+	if old != nil {
+		_ = old.Sync()
+	}
 	Info("ResolveSpec Logger initialized")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Sync flushes buffered log entries. Call it on shutdown.
+func Sync() error {
+	if lg := getLogger(); lg != nil {
+		return lg.Sync()
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // InitErrorTracking initializes the error tracking provider
@@ -125,59 +248,51 @@ func extractContext(args ...interface{}) (ctx context.Context, filteredArgs []in
 }
 
 func Info(template string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lg := getLogger()
+	_, args = extractContext(args...)
-	if lg == nil {
+	message := fmt.Sprintf(template, args...)
-		log.Printf(template, args...)
+	if lg := getLogger(); lg != nil {
+		lg.Infow(message, "process_id", pid)
 		return
 	}
-	lg.Infow(fmt.Sprintf(template, args...), "process_id", os.Getpid())
+	log.Printf("%s", sanitizeForStdlog(message))
-}
-
-func Warn(template string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lg := getLogger()
-	tracker := getErrorTracker()
-	ctx, remainingArgs := extractContext(args...)
-	message := fmt.Sprintf(template, remainingArgs...)
-	if lg == nil {
-		log.Printf("%s", message)
-	} else {
-		lg.Warnw(message, "process_id", os.Getpid())
-	}
-
-	// Send to error tracker
-	if tracker != nil {
-		tracker.CaptureMessage(ctx, message, errortracking.SeverityWarning, map[string]interface{}{
-			"process_id": os.Getpid(),
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func Error(template string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lg := getLogger()
-	tracker := getErrorTracker()
-	ctx, remainingArgs := extractContext(args...)
-	message := fmt.Sprintf(template, remainingArgs...)
-	if lg == nil {
-		log.Printf("%s", message)
-	} else {
-		lg.Errorw(message, "process_id", os.Getpid())
-	}
-
-	// Send to error tracker
-	if tracker != nil {
-		tracker.CaptureMessage(ctx, message, errortracking.SeverityError, map[string]interface{}{
-			"process_id": os.Getpid(),
-		})
-	}
 }
 
 func Debug(template string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lg := getLogger()
+	_, args = extractContext(args...)
-	if lg == nil {
+	message := fmt.Sprintf(template, args...)
-		log.Printf(template, args...)
+	if lg := getLogger(); lg != nil {
+		lg.Debugw(message, "process_id", pid)
 		return
 	}
-	lg.Debugw(fmt.Sprintf(template, args...), "process_id", os.Getpid())
+	log.Printf("%s", sanitizeForStdlog(message))
+}
+
+func Warn(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	logAndTrack(errortracking.SeverityWarning, template, args)
+}
+
+func Error(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	logAndTrack(errortracking.SeverityError, template, args)
+}
+
+func logAndTrack(sev errortracking.Severity, template string, args []interface{}) {
+	ctx, remainingArgs := extractContext(args...)
+	message := fmt.Sprintf(template, remainingArgs...)
+	if lg := getLogger(); lg == nil {
+		log.Printf("%s", sanitizeForStdlog(message))
+	} else if sev == errortracking.SeverityWarning {
+		lg.Warnw(message, "process_id", pid)
+	} else {
+		lg.Errorw(message, "process_id", pid)
+	}
+
+	tracker := getErrorTracker()
+	if tracker == nil || !allowTracker(string(sev)+"|"+template) {
+		return
+	}
+	tracker.CaptureMessage(ctx, redact(message), sev, map[string]interface{}{
+		"process_id": pid,
+	})
 }
 
 // CatchPanic - Handle panic
@@ -187,7 +302,7 @@ func CatchPanicCallback(location string, cb func(err any), args ...interface{})
 	ctx, _ := extractContext(args...)
 	return func() {
 		if err := recover(); err != nil {
-			callstack := debug.Stack()
+			callstack := captureStack()
 			lg := getLogger()
 			tracker := getErrorTracker()
 
@@ -202,7 +317,7 @@ func CatchPanicCallback(location string, cb func(err any), args ...interface{})
 			if tracker != nil {
 				tracker.CapturePanic(ctx, err, callstack, map[string]interface{}{
 					"location":   location,
-					"process_id": os.Getpid(),
+					"process_id": pid,
 				})
 			}
 
@@ -220,6 +335,19 @@ func CatchPanic(location string, args ...interface{}) func() {
 	return CatchPanicCallback(location, nil, args...)
 }
 
+// CatchPanicRethrow returns a function to defer that logs and reports a panic
+// and then re-panics. Use it inside enforcement/internal code where swallowing
+// the panic would let the caller proceed as if the work had succeeded. The
+// swallowing CatchPanic is for outermost request/goroutine boundaries only.
+func CatchPanicRethrow(location string, args ...interface{}) func() {
+	return func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			_ = HandlePanic(location, r, args...)
+			panic(r)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // HandlePanic logs a panic and returns it as an error
 // This should be called with the result of recover() from a deferred function
 // Example usage:
@@ -232,14 +360,14 @@ func CatchPanic(location string, args ...interface{}) func() {
 func HandlePanic(methodName string, r any, args ...interface{}) error {
 	tracker := getErrorTracker()
 	ctx, _ := extractContext(args...)
-	stack := debug.Stack()
+	stack := captureStack()
 	Error("Panic in %s: %v\nStack trace:\n%s", methodName, r, string(stack), ctx) // Pass context implicitly
 
 	// Send to error tracker
 	if tracker != nil {
 		tracker.CapturePanic(ctx, r, stack, map[string]interface{}{
 			"method":     methodName,
-			"process_id": os.Getpid(),
+			"process_id": pid,
 		})
 	}
 

pkg/logger/logger_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+package logger
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	errortracking "github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/errortracking"
+)
+
+type fakeTracker struct {
+	mu   sync.Mutex
+	msgs []string
+}
+
+func (f *fakeTracker) CaptureError(context.Context, error, errortracking.Severity, map[string]interface{}) {
+}
+func (f *fakeTracker) CaptureMessage(_ context.Context, m string, _ errortracking.Severity, _ map[string]interface{}) {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	f.msgs = append(f.msgs, m)
+	f.mu.Unlock()
+}
+func (f *fakeTracker) CapturePanic(context.Context, interface{}, []byte, map[string]interface{}) {}
+func (f *fakeTracker) Flush(int) bool                                                            { return true }
+func (f *fakeTracker) Close() error                                                              { return nil }
+
+func TestStdlibFallbackSafe(t *testing.T) {
+	swapLogger(nil)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log.SetOutput(&buf)
+	defer log.SetOutput(nil)
+
+	Info("100%s done\nFAKE line", "")
+	Info("%d%% %s", 5, context.Background())
+	out := buf.String()
+	if strings.Count(out, "\n") != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("log injection: %q", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestContextStrippedFromInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	swapLogger(nil)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log.SetOutput(&buf)
+	defer log.SetOutput(nil)
+	Info("saved %s", "widget", context.WithValue(context.Background(), "k", "secret"))
+	if strings.Contains(buf.String(), "EXTRA") || strings.Contains(buf.String(), "secret") {
+		t.Fatalf("context leaked: %q", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRedact(t *testing.T) {
+	in := "connect postgres://admin:hunter2@db:5432/x failed password=abc123 Authorization: Bearer eyJ.abc-d"
+	out := redact(in)
+	for _, leak := range []string{"hunter2", "abc123", "eyJ.abc-d"} {
+		if strings.Contains(out, leak) {
+			t.Errorf("%q leaked in %q", leak, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTrackerRateLimitAndRedaction(t *testing.T) {
+	swapLogger(zap.NewNop().Sugar())
+	ft := &fakeTracker{}
+	InitErrorTracking(ft)
+	defer InitErrorTracking(nil)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		Error("same template %d password=x", i)
+	}
+	if len(ft.msgs) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("dedup failed: %d events", len(ft.msgs))
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(ft.msgs[0], "password=x") {
+		t.Fatalf("not redacted: %q", ft.msgs[0])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConcurrentUpdateAndLog(t *testing.T) {
+	InitErrorTracking(&fakeTracker{})
+	defer InitErrorTracking(nil)
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
+		wg.Add(2)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for j := 0; j < 50; j++ {
+				cfg := zap.NewProductionConfig()
+				cfg.OutputPaths = []string{"stderr"}
+				_ = UpdateLoggerE(&cfg)
+			}
+		}()
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for j := 0; j < 200; j++ {
+				Error("e %d", j)
+				_ = CloseErrorTracking()
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	_ = Sync()
+}
+
+func TestCatchPanicRethrow(t *testing.T) {
+	swapLogger(zap.NewNop().Sugar())
+	defer func() {
+		if recover() == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected re-panic")
+		}
+	}()
+	func() {
+		defer CatchPanicRethrow("x")()
+		panic("boom")
+	}()
+}
+
+func TestCatchPanicSwallows(t *testing.T) {
+	swapLogger(zap.NewNop().Sugar())
+	func() {
+		defer CatchPanic("x")()
+		panic("boom")
+	}()
+}