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@github-actions github-actions released this 25 Sep 22:40
· 62 commits to main since this release

In short

InactiveBleed is fixed: disabled accounts cannot obtain new
sessions through REST or keep using revoked credentials. People account
creation and the Active control now enforce the administrator's chosen status.

Security

InactiveBleed:

Enforce account deactivation across authentication and existing sessions. Thanks to esbrito81 and xet7.

REST login, API authentication, private attachment reads and uploads, imports
and exports now share an active-account check. REST and header-login token
issuance test account status atomically; LDAP leaves token issuance to the
validated login pipeline. Disabling an account clears its tokens and Meteor
disconnects the sessions observing them. A startup observer also revokes tokens
on existing disabled accounts and direct database updates. Reactivation does
not restore old tokens. Anonymous public-board access remains public; already
authorized operations are not rolled back.

People's Active control uses the administrator-only method and reports errors.
Admin-created users receive their active status, administrator flag, profile,
organizations and teams before insertion, through a trusted server context.
Creation is awaited and ordinary users cannot invoke the admin creation method.
Attributable disabled-account authentication attempts are summarized as
InactiveBleed in Admin Panel / Problems.

Upcoming regression audit: positive and negative Node tests cover authentication,
atomic issuance, revocation, logging failure, attachment contexts and a source
sweep across server, models, imports, packages and client code. The affected
HTTP, LDAP, export, team-membership and security-catalog suites pass. A Meteor
build and three Chromium tests pass, covering inactive creation, REST and DDP
login, old Bearer/cookie/legacy upload credentials, live-session disconnection,
direct database deactivation, reactivation, People toggles and admin-only
account creation. Live LDAP and the FerretDB matrix were not exercised.

Thanks to above GitHub users for their contributions.

More details at ChangeLog