fix(browse): switch cookie-import CDP from TCP port to stdio pipe

Spawns Chrome with --remote-debugging-pipe instead of
--remote-debugging-port, closing the v20 ABE cookie exfiltration window
where any same-user local process could connect to Chrome's debug port
(in the 1-3s it's listening) and call Network.getAllCookies to read
decrypted v20 cookies.

Pipe transport is inherited by Chrome only; no TCP socket binds, no
/json/list HTTP endpoint exists. Target discovery via Target.getTargets
+ Target.attachToTarget(flatten: true). Browser.getVersion replaces the
old /json/version fetch for diagnostics.

Uses node:child_process.spawn for the Chrome subprocess because Bun.spawn
exposes fds >= 3 as raw numeric fds, not streams, and Node stream-to-Web
bridges hang in Bun on those sockets.

The non-CDP path (direct SQLite + DPAPI on v10/v11 cookies) is
unchanged; this change only affects the Windows v20 ABE fallback.

Closes #1136.
This commit is contained in:
Nicolas Gomes Ferreira Dos Santos 2026-04-23 21:00:24 -07:00
parent c3f26cf7b5
commit 5d7e494258
2 changed files with 110 additions and 156 deletions

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@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
import * as path from 'path';
import * as os from 'os';
import type { Writable as NodeWritable, Readable as NodeReadable } from 'node:stream';
import { spawn as nodeSpawn } from 'node:child_process';
import { TEMP_DIR } from './platform';
// ─── Types ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@ -788,14 +789,53 @@ function isBrowserRunning(browserName: string): Promise<boolean> {
});
}
export function buildCdpSpawnArgs(
exePath: string,
userDataDir: string,
profile: string,
): string[] {
// First element is the exe path; the rest are argv[1..] for Chrome.
// Keeping the exe in the array lets tests assert on a single source of truth.
return [
exePath,
'--remote-debugging-pipe',
`--user-data-dir=${userDataDir}`,
`--profile-directory=${profile}`,
'--headless=new',
'--no-first-run',
'--disable-background-networking',
'--disable-default-apps',
'--disable-extensions',
'--disable-sync',
'--no-default-browser-check',
];
}
/**
* Extract cookies via Chrome DevTools Protocol. Launches Chrome headless with
* remote debugging on the user's real profile directory. Requires Chrome to be
* closed first (profile lock).
* Extract cookies via Chrome DevTools Protocol over a stdio pipe. Launches
* Chrome headless with --remote-debugging-pipe on the user's real profile.
* Requires Chrome to be closed first (profile lock).
*
* v20 App-Bound Encryption binds decryption keys to the original user-data-dir
* path, so a temp copy of the profile won't work Chrome silently discards
* cookies it can't decrypt. We must use the real profile.
*
* Transport: the CDP transport is Chrome's stdio pipes (parent fd 3 = write,
* parent fd 4 = read), not a TCP socket. There is no debug port to scan and
* no /json/list HTTP endpoint. A same-user process on the machine cannot
* observe or inject CDP traffic because pipe inheritance only reaches the
* child we spawned. This closes the v20 cookie exfiltration window tracked
* in issue #1136 from the v1.6.0.0 security wave.
*
* We use node:child_process.spawn instead of Bun.spawn for this subprocess
* because Bun.spawn returns raw numeric fds (not stream objects) at stdio
* indices >= 3, and Writable.toWeb / Readable.toWeb hang in Bun on the
* net.Socket endpoints. node:child_process returns net.Socket objects that
* work directly with CdpPipeTransport.
*
* Debugging note: if this path starts failing after a Chrome update, check
* the Chrome version logged below Chrome's ABE key format (v20) or CDP
* pipe framing can change between major versions.
*/
export async function importCookiesViaCdp(
browserName: string,
@ -824,99 +864,48 @@ export async function importCookiesViaCdp(
);
}
// Must use the real user data dir — v20 ABE keys are path-bound
// Must use the real user data dir — v20 ABE keys are path-bound.
const dataDir = getDataDirForPlatform(browser, 'win32');
if (!dataDir) throw new CookieImportError(`No Windows data dir for ${browser.name}`, 'not_installed');
const userDataDir = path.join(getBaseDir('win32'), dataDir);
// Launch Chrome headless with remote debugging on the real profile.
//
// Security posture of the debug port:
// - Chrome binds --remote-debugging-port to 127.0.0.1 by default. The
// port is NOT exposed to the network. Baseline threat: a local
// process running as the same user can connect.
// - Port is randomized in [9222, 9321] to avoid collisions with other
// Chrome-based tools. Not cryptographic — security relies on
// same-user-access baseline, not port secrecy.
// - Chrome is always killed in the finally block below (even on crash).
//
// KNOWN NON-GOAL (tracked as a separate hardening task for the next
// security wave):
// On Windows 10.15+ with App-Bound Encryption (v20) enabled, a
// same-user process that opens the cookie DB directly cannot decrypt
// v20 values — the DPAPI context is bound to the browser process.
// The CDP port bypasses that: `Network.getAllCookies` runs inside the
// browser, so any same-user process that connects to the debug port
// before we kill Chrome could exfiltrate decrypted v20 cookies.
// Fix direction: switch to `--remote-debugging-pipe` so the CDP
// transport is a parent/child stdio pipe, not TCP. Requires
// restructuring the extractCookiesViaCdp WebSocket client; deferred
// to a follow-up because the transport swap is non-trivial and the
// baseline threat is still "attacker already has same-user access."
//
// Debugging note: if this path starts failing after a Chrome update,
// check the Chrome version logged below — Chrome's ABE key format (v20)
// or /json/list shape can change between major versions.
const debugPort = 9222 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);
const chromeProc = Bun.spawn([
exePath,
`--remote-debugging-port=${debugPort}`,
`--user-data-dir=${userDataDir}`,
`--profile-directory=${profile}`,
'--headless=new',
'--no-first-run',
'--disable-background-networking',
'--disable-default-apps',
'--disable-extensions',
'--disable-sync',
'--no-default-browser-check',
], { stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'pipe' });
// Spawn Chrome with CDP over stdio pipes:
// stdio[0] stdin — ignored (Chrome expects nothing on stdin)
// stdio[1] stdout — piped
// stdio[2] stderr — piped
// stdio[3] — CDP write side (parent -> Chrome, net.Socket)
// stdio[4] — CDP read side (Chrome -> parent, net.Socket)
const [exe, ...chromeArgs] = buildCdpSpawnArgs(exePath, userDataDir, profile);
const chromeProc = nodeSpawn(exe, chromeArgs, {
stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
});
// Wait for Chrome to start, then find a page target's WebSocket URL.
// Network.getAllCookies is only available on page targets, not browser.
let wsUrl: string | null = null;
const startTime = Date.now();
let loggedVersion = false;
while (Date.now() - startTime < 15_000) {
try {
// One-time version log for future diagnostics when Chrome changes v20 format.
if (!loggedVersion) {
try {
const versionResp = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${debugPort}/json/version`);
if (versionResp.ok) {
const v = await versionResp.json() as { Browser?: string };
console.log(`[cookie-import] CDP fallback: ${browser.name} ${v.Browser || 'unknown version'}`);
loggedVersion = true;
}
} catch {}
}
const resp = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${debugPort}/json/list`);
if (resp.ok) {
const targets = await resp.json() as Array<{ type: string; webSocketDebuggerUrl?: string }>;
const page = targets.find(t => t.type === 'page');
if (page?.webSocketDebuggerUrl) {
wsUrl = page.webSocketDebuggerUrl;
break;
}
}
} catch {
// Not ready yet
}
await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 300));
}
if (!wsUrl) {
const writeSocket = chromeProc.stdio[3] as NodeJS.WritableStream | null;
const readSocket = chromeProc.stdio[4] as NodeJS.ReadableStream | null;
if (!writeSocket || !readSocket) {
chromeProc.kill();
throw new CookieImportError(
`${browser.name} headless did not start within 15s`,
'cdp_timeout',
'retry',
'Chrome was spawned but CDP pipe endpoints (stdio[3]/[4]) are not available',
'cdp_error',
);
}
const transport = new CdpPipeTransport(
writeSocket as unknown as import('node:stream').Writable,
readSocket as unknown as import('node:stream').Readable,
);
try {
// Connect via CDP WebSocket
const cookies = await extractCookiesViaCdp(wsUrl, domains);
// One-time version log for future diagnostics when Chrome changes v20 format.
try {
const v = await transport.send('Browser.getVersion');
const product = (v as { product?: string }).product ?? 'unknown version';
console.log(`[cookie-import] CDP fallback: ${browser.name} ${product}`);
} catch {
// Diagnostic only — don't fail the import if Browser.getVersion misbehaves.
}
const cookies = await extractCookiesViaCdpPipe(transport, domains);
const domainCounts: Record<string, number> = {};
for (const c of cookies) {
@ -925,80 +914,11 @@ export async function importCookiesViaCdp(
return { cookies, count: cookies.length, failed: 0, domainCounts };
} finally {
transport.close();
chromeProc.kill();
}
}
async function extractCookiesViaCdp(wsUrl: string, domains: string[]): Promise<PlaywrightCookie[]> {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const ws = new WebSocket(wsUrl);
let msgId = 1;
const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
ws.close();
reject(new CookieImportError('CDP cookie extraction timed out', 'cdp_timeout'));
}, 10_000);
ws.onopen = () => {
// Enable Network domain first, then request all cookies
ws.send(JSON.stringify({ id: msgId++, method: 'Network.enable' }));
};
ws.onmessage = (event) => {
const data = JSON.parse(String(event.data));
// After Network.enable succeeds, request all cookies
if (data.id === 1 && !data.error) {
ws.send(JSON.stringify({ id: msgId, method: 'Network.getAllCookies' }));
return;
}
if (data.id === msgId && data.result?.cookies) {
clearTimeout(timeout);
ws.close();
// Normalize domain matching: domains like ".example.com" match "example.com" and vice versa
const domainSet = new Set<string>();
for (const d of domains) {
domainSet.add(d);
domainSet.add(d.startsWith('.') ? d.slice(1) : '.' + d);
}
const matched: PlaywrightCookie[] = [];
for (const c of data.result.cookies as CdpCookie[]) {
if (!domainSet.has(c.domain)) continue;
matched.push({
name: c.name,
value: c.value,
domain: c.domain,
path: c.path || '/',
expires: c.expires === -1 ? -1 : c.expires,
secure: c.secure,
httpOnly: c.httpOnly,
sameSite: cdpSameSite(c.sameSite),
});
}
resolve(matched);
} else if (data.id === msgId && data.error) {
clearTimeout(timeout);
ws.close();
reject(new CookieImportError(
`CDP error: ${data.error.message}`,
'cdp_error',
));
}
};
ws.onerror = (err) => {
clearTimeout(timeout);
reject(new CookieImportError(
`CDP WebSocket error: ${(err as any).message || 'unknown'}`,
'cdp_error',
));
};
});
}
interface CdpCookie {
name: string;
value: string;

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@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
import * as path from 'path';
import * as os from 'os';
import { PassThrough } from 'node:stream';
import { CdpPipeTransport, extractCookiesViaCdpPipe } from '../src/cookie-import-browser';
import { CdpPipeTransport, extractCookiesViaCdpPipe, buildCdpSpawnArgs } from '../src/cookie-import-browser';
// ─── Test Constants ─────────────────────────────────────────────
@ -785,3 +785,37 @@ describe('extractCookiesViaCdpPipe', () => {
expect(transport.sent).toHaveLength(0);
});
});
describe('buildCdpSpawnArgs', () => {
test('includes --remote-debugging-pipe', () => {
const args = buildCdpSpawnArgs('C:\\chrome.exe', 'C:\\udd', 'Default');
expect(args).toContain('--remote-debugging-pipe');
});
test('never includes --remote-debugging-port', () => {
const args = buildCdpSpawnArgs('C:\\chrome.exe', 'C:\\udd', 'Default');
expect(args.some(a => /^--remote-debugging-port/.test(a))).toBe(false);
});
test('passes user-data-dir and profile-directory', () => {
const args = buildCdpSpawnArgs('C:\\chrome.exe', 'C:\\udd', 'Profile 1');
expect(args).toContain('--user-data-dir=C:\\udd');
expect(args).toContain('--profile-directory=Profile 1');
});
test('includes headless and hardening flags', () => {
const args = buildCdpSpawnArgs('C:\\chrome.exe', 'C:\\udd', 'Default');
for (const expected of [
'--remote-debugging-pipe',
'--headless=new',
'--no-first-run',
'--disable-background-networking',
'--disable-default-apps',
'--disable-extensions',
'--disable-sync',
'--no-default-browser-check',
]) {
expect(args).toContain(expected);
}
});
});