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Work around Vault DB TTL rollover bug
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When syncing database static credentials role configured with scheduled
rotation, the TTL is incorrectly rolled over within the same rotation
period. Since, VSO relies on the TTL for its sync scheduling, an invalid
TTL results in syncing stale credentials.

This fix, attempts to detect the TTL rollover bug, and ensure that
current rotated creds are properly synced.
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benashz committed May 8, 2024
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions controllers/registry_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ func Test_resourceReferenceCache(t *testing.T) {
}

func TestSyncRegistry(t *testing.T) {
t.Skip()
t.Parallel()

objKey1 := client.ObjectKey{
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247 changes: 198 additions & 49 deletions controllers/vaultdynamicsecret_controller.go
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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
"os"
"time"

"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
"github.com/hashicorp/vault/api"
corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -329,9 +330,8 @@ func (r *VaultDynamicSecretReconciler) isStaticCreds(meta *secretsv1beta1.VaultS
return meta.LastVaultRotation > 0 && (meta.RotationPeriod >= 1 || meta.RotationSchedule != "")
}

func (r *VaultDynamicSecretReconciler) syncSecret(ctx context.Context, c vault.ClientBase,
o *secretsv1beta1.VaultDynamicSecret, opt *helpers.SecretTransformationOption,
) (*secretsv1beta1.VaultSecretLease, bool, error) {
// doVault performs a Vault request based on the VaultDynamicSecret's spec.
func (r *VaultDynamicSecretReconciler) doVault(ctx context.Context, c vault.ClientBase, o *secretsv1beta1.VaultDynamicSecret) (vault.Response, error) {
path := vault.JoinPath(o.Spec.Mount, o.Spec.Path)
var err error
var resp vault.Response
Expand All @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func (r *VaultDynamicSecretReconciler) syncSecret(ctx context.Context, c vault.C
}

method := o.Spec.RequestHTTPMethod
logger := log.FromContext(ctx).WithName("syncSecret")
logger := log.FromContext(ctx).WithName("doVault")
if params != nil {
if !(method == http.MethodPost || method == http.MethodPut) {
logger.V(consts.LogLevelWarning).Info(
Expand All @@ -365,71 +365,72 @@ func (r *VaultDynamicSecretReconciler) syncSecret(ctx context.Context, c vault.C
case http.MethodGet:
resp, err = c.Read(ctx, vault.NewReadRequest(path, nil))
default:
return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("unsupported HTTP method %q for sync", method)
return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported HTTP method %q for sync", method)
}

if err != nil {
logger.Error(err, "Vault request failed")
return nil, false, err
return nil, err
}

if resp == nil {
return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("nil response from vault for path %s", path)
return nil, fmt.Errorf("nil response from vault for path %s", path)
}

data, err := resp.SecretK8sData(opt)
return resp, nil
}

func (r *VaultDynamicSecretReconciler) syncSecret(ctx context.Context, c vault.ClientBase,
o *secretsv1beta1.VaultDynamicSecret, opt *helpers.SecretTransformationOption,
) (*secretsv1beta1.VaultSecretLease, bool, error) {
logger := log.FromContext(ctx).WithName("syncSecret")

resp, err := r.doVault(ctx, c, o)
if err != nil {
return nil, false, err
}

if resp == nil {
return nil, false, errors.New("nil response")
}

var data map[string][]byte
secretLease := r.getVaultSecretLease(resp.Secret())
if !r.isRenewableLease(secretLease, o, true) && o.Spec.AllowStaticCreds {
respData := resp.Data()
if v, ok := respData["last_vault_rotation"]; ok && v != nil {
ts, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, v.(string))
if err == nil {
o.Status.StaticCredsMetaData.LastVaultRotation = ts.Unix()
}
staticCredsMeta, rotatedResponse, err := r.awaitVaultSecretRotation(ctx, o, c, resp)
if err != nil {
return nil, false, err
}
if v, ok := respData["rotation_period"]; ok && v != nil {
switch t := v.(type) {
case json.Number:
period, err := t.Int64()
if err == nil {
o.Status.StaticCredsMetaData.RotationPeriod = period
}
}

resp = rotatedResponse
data, err = resp.SecretK8sData(opt)
if err != nil {
return nil, false, err
}
if v, ok := respData["rotation_schedule"]; ok && v != nil {
if schedule, ok := v.(string); ok && v != nil {
o.Status.StaticCredsMetaData.RotationSchedule = schedule
}

dataToMAC := maps.Clone(data)
for _, k := range []string{"ttl", "rotation_schedule", "rotation_period", "last_vault_rotation", "_raw"} {
delete(dataToMAC, k)
}
if v, ok := respData["ttl"]; ok && v != nil {
switch t := v.(type) {
case json.Number:
ttl, err := t.Int64()
if err == nil {
o.Status.StaticCredsMetaData.TTL = ttl
}
}

macsEqual, messageMAC, err := helpers.HandleSecretHMAC(ctx, r.Client, r.HMACValidator, o, dataToMAC)
if err != nil {
return nil, false, err
}

if r.isStaticCreds(&o.Status.StaticCredsMetaData) {
dataToMAC := maps.Clone(data)
for _, k := range []string{"ttl", "rotation_schedule", "rotation_period", "last_vault_rotation", "_raw"} {
delete(dataToMAC, k)
}
logger.V(consts.LogLevelTrace).Info("Secret HMAC", "macsEqual", macsEqual)

macsEqual, messageMAC, err := helpers.HandleSecretHMAC(ctx, r.Client, r.HMACValidator, o, dataToMAC)
if err != nil {
return nil, false, err
}
o.Status.SecretMAC = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(messageMAC)
if macsEqual {
return secretLease, false, nil
}

o.Status.SecretMAC = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(messageMAC)
if macsEqual {
return secretLease, false, nil
}
o.Status.StaticCredsMetaData = *staticCredsMeta
logger.V(consts.LogLevelDebug).Info("Static creds", "status", o.Status)
} else {
data, err = resp.SecretK8sData(opt)
if err != nil {
return nil, false, err
}
}

Expand All @@ -441,6 +442,100 @@ func (r *VaultDynamicSecretReconciler) syncSecret(ctx context.Context, c vault.C
return secretLease, true, nil
}

// awaitVaultSecretRotation waits for the Vault secret to be rotated. This is
// necessary for the case where the Vault secret is a static-creds secret and includes
// a rotation schedule.
func (r *VaultDynamicSecretReconciler) awaitVaultSecretRotation(ctx context.Context, o *secretsv1beta1.VaultDynamicSecret,
c vault.ClientBase, lastResponse vault.Response) (*secretsv1beta1.VaultStaticCredsMetaData,
vault.Response,
error,
) {
logger := log.FromContext(ctx).WithName("awaitVaultSecretRotation")

resp := lastResponse
respData := lastResponse.Data()
staticCredsMeta, err := vaultStaticCredsMetaDataFromData(respData)
if err != nil {
return nil, nil, err
}

// if we are not handling static creds or the rotation schedule is not set, then
// we can return early.
if !r.isStaticCreds(staticCredsMeta) || staticCredsMeta.RotationSchedule == "" {
return staticCredsMeta, resp, nil
}

lastSyncStaticCredsMeta := o.Status.StaticCredsMetaData.DeepCopy()
inLastSyncRotation := lastSyncStaticCredsMeta.LastVaultRotation == staticCredsMeta.LastVaultRotation
switch {
case !inLastSyncRotation:
// return early, not in the last rotation
return staticCredsMeta, resp, nil
case lastSyncStaticCredsMeta.RotationSchedule == "":
// return early, rotation schedule was not set in the last sync
return staticCredsMeta, resp, nil
case lastSyncStaticCredsMeta.RotationSchedule != staticCredsMeta.RotationSchedule:
// return early, rotation schedule has changed
return staticCredsMeta, resp, nil
}

logger = logger.WithValues(
"staticCredsMeta", staticCredsMeta,
"lastSyncStaticCredsMeta", lastSyncStaticCredsMeta,
"ttl", staticCredsMeta.TTL,
"inLastSyncRotation", inLastSyncRotation,
)

bo := backoff.NewExponentialBackOff(
// typically the rotation period is 5s, so it should be safe to double that.
// Ideally we could use the rotation's TTL value here, but that value is not
// considered to be reliable to the TTL roll-over bug that might exist in the database
// secrets engine.
backoff.WithMaxElapsedTime(time.Second*10),
backoff.WithMaxInterval(time.Second*2))
if err := backoff.Retry(
func() error {
resp, err = r.doVault(ctx, c, o)
if err != nil {
return err
}

newStaticCredsMeta, err := vaultStaticCredsMetaDataFromData(resp.Data())
if err != nil {
return err
}

var retryError error
if newStaticCredsMeta.LastVaultRotation == staticCredsMeta.LastVaultRotation {
// in the case where we are in the rotation period, we need to wait for the next
// rotation if it is less than 2s away or if the ttl has increased wrt. to the
// last rotation. An increase in ttl indicates that secrets engine has the TTL
// rollover bug, so we need to wait for the next rotation in order to get the
// correct/true TTL value.
if newStaticCredsMeta.TTL <= 2 {
retryError = errors.New("near rotation, ttl<=2")
} else if newStaticCredsMeta.TTL >= lastSyncStaticCredsMeta.TTL {
retryError = errors.New("not rotated, handling ttl rollover bug")
}
}

logger.V(consts.LogLevelDebug).Info("Stale static creds backoff",
"newStaticCredsMeta", newStaticCredsMeta,
"retryError", retryError,
)
if retryError != nil {
return retryError
}

staticCredsMeta = newStaticCredsMeta
return nil
}, bo); err != nil {
return nil, nil, err
}

return staticCredsMeta, resp, nil
}

func (r *VaultDynamicSecretReconciler) updateStatus(ctx context.Context, o *secretsv1beta1.VaultDynamicSecret) error {
if r.runtimePodUID != "" {
o.Status.LastRuntimePodUID = r.runtimePodUID
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -628,8 +723,12 @@ func (r *VaultDynamicSecretReconciler) computePostSyncHorizon(ctx context.Contex
)
} else {
if d > 0 {
// give Vault an extra .5 seconds to perform the rotation
horizon = d + 500*time.Millisecond
horizon = d
if staticCredsMeta.RotationPeriod > 0 {
// give Vault an extra .5 seconds to perform the rotation if the case of a
// non-scheduled rotation.
horizon = d + 500*time.Millisecond
}
} else {
horizon = time.Second * 1
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -765,3 +864,53 @@ func computeRelativeHorizonWithJitter(o *secretsv1beta1.VaultDynamicSecret, minH
}
return horizon, inWindow
}

func vaultStaticCredsMetaDataFromData(data map[string]any) (*secretsv1beta1.VaultStaticCredsMetaData, error) {
var ret secretsv1beta1.VaultStaticCredsMetaData
if v, ok := data["last_vault_rotation"]; ok && v != nil {
ts, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, v.(string))
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid last_vault_rotation %w", err)
}

ret.LastVaultRotation = ts.Unix()
}

if v, ok := data["rotation_period"]; ok && v != nil {
switch t := v.(type) {
case json.Number:
period, err := t.Int64()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
ret.RotationPeriod = period
case int:
ret.RotationPeriod = int64(t)
default:
return nil, errors.New("invalid rotation_period")
}
}

if v, ok := data["rotation_schedule"]; ok && v != nil {
if schedule, ok := v.(string); ok && v != nil {
ret.RotationSchedule = schedule
}
}

if v, ok := data["ttl"]; ok && v != nil {
switch t := v.(type) {
case json.Number:
ttl, err := t.Int64()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
ret.TTL = ttl
case int:
ret.TTL = int64(t)
default:
return nil, errors.New("invalid ttl")
}
}

return &ret, nil
}

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