Keep credentials out of stack traces - #118
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A stack trace records the arguments to every frame on it, so an exception thrown anywhere below a login call wrote the plaintext password into the trace -- and traces reach log files, error reporters, and, on a badly configured host, the response body. Mark every parameter that carries a credential #[\SensitiveParameter] so PHP redacts it. Marking the public entry point is not enough on its own. PdoAdapter hands its whole input array to verify() and fetchRow(), and it is that deeper frame which shows up in a PasswordIncorrect trace. Phpfunc::__call() is what passes the bind password to ldap_bind() and imap_open(), so its $params carries the credential for both those adapters. OAuth2Adapter's mapOwner() receives the access token. The password arrives inside $input rather than as its own parameter, so the whole array is marked. That hides the username from traces too, which is a fair trade: the username is already in the UsernameNotFound message. The test asserts both behaviour and declaration, because neither catches what the other does. A reflection-only check over the intended list would have passed while the trace still leaked; a behavioural-only check goes silent wherever traces carry no arguments. testAnUnmarkedArgumentDoesLeak guards against exactly that, failing if argument values stop appearing in traces at all, and setUp() skips the behavioural tests when zend.exception_ignore_args is on. docs/security.md notes the two things implementers need: PHP does not inherit the attribute, so custom VerifierInterface/AdapterInterface implementations must repeat it or they reopen the leak for everything below them; and it protects traces only, not log lines, exception messages, or session data.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR adds PHP ChangesCredential trace protection
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Although the PR adds broad credential redaction, the OAuth integration can still expose bearer tokens in downstream stack traces, leaving a concrete security leak. The test guidance also misstates callback annotation support, weakening future protection. Merge should wait until these issues are corrected. Possibly related PRs
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In `@src/Adapter/OAuth2Adapter.php`:
- Line 92: Update OAuth2Adapter::login and its provider/map-callback invocation
paths to prevent authorization codes, PKCE verifiers, and access tokens from
appearing in exception traces when zend.exception_ignore_args=0; sanitize
sensitive arguments before calls or enforce the established global no-argument
trace policy, and add regression coverage for provider exceptions and throwing
map callbacks.
In `@tests/SensitiveParameterTest.php`:
- Around line 58-71: Update setUp() in SensitiveParameterTest so
zend.exception_ignore_args only skips the trace-based behavioral tests, while
testParameterIsMarkedSensitive() continues to run and verify the declaration via
reflection. Use the test name or an equivalent per-test guard to preserve this
coverage.
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Two findings from review on #118, both real. The OAuth boundary was left open. Marking OAuth2Adapter::login() redacted the input array, but ProviderInterface::getAccessToken() received the authorization code and PKCE verifier as its own parameters, and the token exchange is a remote call -- an expired code, a revoked grant, a provider that is down -- which makes it one of the likelier frames in the library to end up in a trace. Confirmed by probe before fixing: the code and the verifier both appeared raw in frame 0. Mark the provider contract, LeagueProvider, and AuthorizationCodeFlow::handleCallback(), whose $query carries the code. This is the same shape as the PdoAdapter::verify() miss in the previous commit: marking the entry point does not cover a parameter the callee declares for itself. One case stays open because it cannot be closed here. The `map` option is the application's own closure, and PHP does not redact arguments of a frame the application declared, so a throwing callback still shows the token in its own frame. docs/security.md now shows how to mark it, and the test asserts the boundary falls where the docs say it does -- if a future PHP closes the gap, that fails rather than leaving the docs quietly stale. setUp() also skipped the whole class when zend.exception_ignore_args was on, including the reflection test, which the class docblock claimed still ran. The reflection check does not depend on trace arguments, and a production-style environment is the last place it should go quiet. The guard is now per behavioural test: with the setting on, 6 tests skip and 48 declaration assertions still run, where previously all 54 skipped.
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In `@src/OAuth/LeagueProvider.php`:
- Around line 73-76: Preserve credential redaction across the League OAuth
boundary by annotating or otherwise protecting the PKCE verifier, authorization
code, and access-token data passed through setPkceCode(), getAccessToken(), and
getResourceOwner(). Prefer a dependency-boundary fix; if that is not possible,
narrow the documented guarantee and add regression coverage for each failure
path.
In `@tests/SensitiveParameterTest.php`:
- Around line 408-416: Update AuthorizationRequest::__construct() to mark its
$code_verifier parameter with #[\SensitiveParameter], and add the corresponding
provider entry to SensitiveParameterTest.php so constructor validation remains
covered.
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rg -n -C 3 'league/oauth2-client|oauth2-client' "$f" || true
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<?php
function pkce_boundary($value) {
throw new RuntimeException('pkce');
}
function token_boundary($grant, array $options = []) {
throw new RuntimeException('token');
}
function owner_boundary($token) {
throw new RuntimeException('owner');
}
function wrapper_access(
#[SensitiveParameter] string $code,
#[SensitiveParameter] ?string $verifier = null
) {
pkce_boundary($verifier);
}
function wrapper_exchange(
#[SensitiveParameter] string $code,
#[SensitiveParameter] ?string $verifier = null
) {
token_boundary('authorization_code', ['code' => $code]);
}
function wrapper_owner(#[SensitiveParameter] $token) {
owner_boundary($token);
}
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show('pkce', fn() => wrapper_access('AUTH-CODE', 'PKCE-VERIFIER'));
show('exchange', fn() => wrapper_exchange('AUTH-CODE', 'PKCE-VERIFIER'));
show('owner', fn() => wrapper_owner((object) ['access_token' => 'ACCESS-TOKEN']));
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throw new RuntimeException('token');
}
function owner_boundary($token) {
throw new RuntimeException('owner');
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#[SensitiveParameter] ?string $verifier = null
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show('exchange', fn() => wrapper_exchange('AUTH-CODE', 'PKCE-VERIFIER'));
show('owner', fn() => wrapper_owner((object) ['access_token' => 'ACCESS-TOKEN']));
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Preserve OAuth credential redaction across the League boundary.
league/oauth2-client uses unannotated parameters for setPkceCode(), getAccessToken(), and getResourceOwner(). With exception arguments enabled, failures can expose the PKCE verifier, authorization code, or access-token object in the trace. Patch the dependency boundary if possible; otherwise narrow the documented guarantee and add regression tests for these failure paths.
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In `@src/OAuth/LeagueProvider.php` around lines 73 - 76, Preserve credential
redaction across the League OAuth boundary by annotating or otherwise protecting
the PKCE verifier, authorization code, and access-token data passed through
setPkceCode(), getAccessToken(), and getResourceOwner(). Prefer a
dependency-boundary fix; if that is not possible, narrow the documented
guarantee and add regression coverage for each failure path.
AuthorizationRequest::__construct() stores the code verifier, so it needs the same mark every other credential-bearing parameter carries. league/oauth2-client does not mark its own parameters, and the attribute is not inherited, so a throw below AbstractProvider::getAccessToken() or getResourceOwner() puts the authorization code and the access token on the trace in the clear. Nothing in this package can close that; document where the guarantee stops and assert it, so a future League release that marks its parameters fails the test rather than leaving the docs stale.
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316-321: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winState that unmarked application callback parameters leak.
Lines 316-321 and 357-367 state that PHP does not redact application-owned callback frames. PHP does redact a callback parameter when the application declares
#[\SensitiveParameter].Describe this test as an unmarked application callback. State that this library cannot add the attribute to application code.
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- * A `map` callback is the application's own closure, and PHP will not - * redact the arguments of a frame the application declared. The library can - * only keep the token out of *its* frames; documenting that boundary is the + * This `map` callback is an application-owned closure with an unmarked token + * parameter. PHP therefore leaves its token argument visible. The library can + * only keep the token out of *its* frames; the application can mark its own + * callback parameter. Documenting that boundary is theAlso applies to: 357-367
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In `@docs/security.md`:
- Around line 270-272: Update the PKCE verifier statement in the security
documentation to reflect League OAuth2 client 2.8.1 behavior: downstream League
frames may expose the stored verifier when trace arguments are enabled. Add
regression coverage for a failure occurring while the code_verifier parameter
frame is active.
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In `@tests/SensitiveParameterTest.php`:
- Around line 316-321: Update the documentation comments around the affected
test to explicitly describe the callback as an unmarked application callback
whose parameter remains visible, and state that the library cannot add
#[\SensitiveParameter] to application-owned code. Preserve the existing boundary
explanation that redaction applies only to library frames.
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League copies the stored verifier into the request parameters, so it is a frame argument while getAccessTokenRequest() builds the request -- a throw there, such as a malformed token URL, puts it on the trace. The earlier note claimed the opposite because the only failure covered happened after that frame had returned.
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A stack trace records the arguments to every frame on it, so an exception thrown anywhere below a login call wrote the plaintext password into the trace. Traces reach log files, error reporters, and — on a badly configured host — the response body, so the password ends up sitting in several systems that were never meant to hold it, typically with wider access than the password database has.
This marks every parameter carrying a credential
#[\SensitiveParameter], so PHP replaces the value withObject(SensitiveParameterValue)wherever it appears in a trace. 39 parameters across 19 files: the verifier contract and both implementations, the htpasswd internals, all nine adapterlogin()methods,LoginService::login(), the rehash writer, and the API token path.Available since PHP 8.2, so this does not depend on raising the
composer.jsonfloor.Marking the entry point was not enough
The behavioural test failed on its first run, with the plaintext still in a
PasswordIncorrecttrace. Three places forward a credential past the public method:PdoAdapter::verify($input, $data)andfetchRow($input)— the adapter hands its whole input array to its own helpers, so markinglogin()left the password one frame deeper. That deeper frame is the one that actually appears in the trace.Phpfunc::__call($method, $params)— the test-seam proxy is what passes the bind password toldap_bind()andimap_open(), so$paramscarries the credential for both those adapters.OAuth2Adapter::mapOwner(array $owner, $token)— the OAuth access token is a bearer credential.$inputis marked wholesaleThe password arrives inside
$input['password']rather than as its own parameter, and array members cannot be marked individually, so the whole array parameter is. That hides the username from traces as well — a fair trade, since the username is already in theUsernameNotFoundmessage.The test asserts behaviour and declaration
Neither check catches what the other does:
PasswordIncorrect/UsernameNotFoundtraces contain no plaintext, plus twoHtpasswdVerifiersubclasses that throw fromcomputeContext()/computeBinary()to reach the deep apr1 frames.A reflection-only test over the intended list would have passed while the trace still leaked — it would not have found the three cases above. A behavioural-only test goes silent wherever traces carry no arguments, so
testAnUnmarkedArgumentDoesLeakfails if argument values stop appearing in traces at all, andsetUp()skips the behavioural tests whenzend.exception_ignore_argsis on.Docs
New "Passwords in Stack Traces" section in
docs/security.md, covering the two things implementers need to know: PHP does not inherit the attribute, so customVerifierInterface/RehashStorageInterface/AdapterInterfaceimplementations must repeat it or they reopen the leak for everything below them; and it protects traces only — not log lines you write yourself, exception messages, or session data.Testing
vendor/bin/phpunit— 353 tests green, up from 308. The 18 skips are pre-existing (8 LDAP without a server, 10 PDO withoutPDO_TEST_DSN). No PHPUnit deprecations.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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