feat: Add session-based authentication for SSH connections using HTTP Basic auth and express.js

app/app.js

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const express = require('express')
 const socketIo = require('socket.io')
 const path = require('path')
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
+const session = require('express-session')
+const sharedsession = require("express-socket.io-session")
 const config = require('./config')
 const socketHandler = require('./socket')
 const sshRoutes = require('./routes')
@@ -16,10 +18,19 @@ const sshRoutes = require('./routes')
  * @returns {express.Application} The Express application instance
  */
 function createApp() {
-  var app = express();
+  const app = express();
 
   // Resolve the correct path to the webssh2_client module
-  var clientPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'node_modules', 'webssh2_client', 'client', 'public');
+  const clientPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'node_modules', 'webssh2_client', 'client', 'public');
+
+  // Set up session middleware
+  const sessionMiddleware = session({
+    secret: config.session.secret || 'webssh2_secret',
+    resave: false,
+    saveUninitialized: true,
+    name: config.session.name || 'webssh2.sid'
+  });
+  app.use(sessionMiddleware);
 
   // Handle POST and GET parameters
   app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
@@ -31,7 +42,7 @@ function createApp() {
   // Use the SSH routes
   app.use('/ssh', sshRoutes);
 
-  return app;
+  return { app, sessionMiddleware };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -46,13 +57,21 @@ function createServer(app) {
 /**
  * Configures Socket.IO with the given server
  * @param {http.Server} server - The HTTP server instance
+ * @param {Function} sessionMiddleware - The session middleware
  * @returns {import('socket.io').Server} The Socket.IO server instance
  */
-function configureSocketIO(server) {
+function configureSocketIO(server, sessionMiddleware) {
-  return socketIo(server, {
+  const io = socketIo(server, {
     path: '/ssh/socket.io',
     cors: getCorsConfig()
-  })
+  });
+
+  // Share session with io sockets
+  io.use(sharedsession(sessionMiddleware, {
+    autoSave: true
+  }));
+
+  return io;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -80,9 +99,9 @@ function setupSocketIOListeners(io) {
  * @returns {Object} An object containing the server, io, and app instances
  */
 function startServer() {
-  const app = createApp()
+  const { app, sessionMiddleware } = createApp()
   const server = createServer(app)
-  const io = configureSocketIO(server)
+  const io = configureSocketIO(server, sessionMiddleware)
 
   // Set up Socket.IO listeners
   setupSocketIOListeners(io)

app/config.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const path = require('path')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const readConfig = require('read-config-ng')
 const Ajv = require('ajv')
+const crypto = require('crypto')
 
 /**
  * @typedef {Object} Config
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ const defaultConfig = {
     hmac: ['hmac-sha2-256', 'hmac-sha2-512', 'hmac-sha1'],
     compress: ['none', 'zlib@openssh.com', 'zlib']
   },
+  session: {
+    secret: generateSecureSecret(),
+    name: 'webssh2.sid'
+  },
   serverlog: {
     client: false,
     server: false
@@ -208,6 +213,14 @@ const configSchema = {
       },
       required: ['kex', 'cipher', 'hmac', 'compress']
     },
+    session: {
+      type: 'object',
+      properties: {
+        secret: { type: 'string' },
+        name: { type: 'string' }
+      },
+      required: ['secret', 'name']
+    },
     serverlog: {
       type: 'object',
       properties: {
@@ -271,19 +284,25 @@ function logError(message, error) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Loads the configuration
+ * Loads and merges the configuration
- * @returns {Config} The loaded configuration
+ * @returns {Config} The merged configuration
  */
 function loadConfig() {
   const configPath = getConfigPath()
 
   try {
     if (fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
-      const config = readConfigFile(configPath)
+      const providedConfig = readConfigFile(configPath)
-      return validateConfig(config)
+      
+      // Deep merge the provided config with the default config
+      const mergedConfig = deepMerge(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(defaultConfig)), providedConfig)
+      
+      const validatedConfig = validateConfig(mergedConfig)
+      console.log('Merged and validated configuration')
+      return validatedConfig
     } else {
       logError(
-        '\n\nERROR: Missing config.json for webssh. Current config: ' +
+        '\n\nERROR: Missing config.json for webssh. Using default config: ' +
           JSON.stringify(defaultConfig) +
           '\n\n  See config.json.sample for details\n\n'
       )
@@ -291,7 +310,7 @@ function loadConfig() {
     }
   } catch (err) {
     logError(
-      '\n\nERROR: Missing config.json for webssh. Current config: ' +
+      '\n\nERROR: Problem loading config.json for webssh. Using default config: ' +
         JSON.stringify(defaultConfig) +
         '\n\n  See config.json.sample for details\n\n',
       err
@@ -300,6 +319,32 @@ function loadConfig() {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Generates a secure random session secret
+ * @returns {string} A random 32-byte hex string
+ */
+function generateSecureSecret() {
+  return crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('hex')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deep merges two objects
+ * @param {Object} target - The target object to merge into
+ * @param {Object} source - The source object to merge from
+ * @returns {Object} The merged object
+ */
+function deepMerge(target, source) {
+  for (const key in source) {
+    if (source.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+      if (source[key] instanceof Object && !Array.isArray(source[key])) {
+        target[key] = deepMerge(target[key] || {}, source[key])
+      } else {
+        target[key] = source[key]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return target
+}
 /**
  * The loaded configuration
  * @type {Config}

app/connectionHandler.js

@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ function handleConnection(req, res, urlParams) {
           path: '/ssh/socket.io'
         },
         ssh: {
-        host: connectionParams.host || '',
+          host: urlParams.host || '',
-        port: connectionParams.port || 22,
+          port: urlParams.port || 22
-        username: connectionParams.username || '',
-        password: connectionParams.password || ''
         },
-      autoConnect: !!(connectionParams.host && connectionParams.username && connectionParams.password)
+        autoConnect: !!req.session.sshCredentials
       };
   
     // Read the client.htm file

app/routes.js

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // server
 // /app/routes.js
-var express = require('express');
+const express = require('express');
-var router = express.Router();
+const router = express.Router();
-var handleConnection = require('./connectionHandler');
+const handleConnection = require('./connectionHandler');
-var basicAuth = require('basic-auth');
+const basicAuth = require('basic-auth');
 
 function auth(req, res, next) {
   var credentials = basicAuth(req);
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ function auth(req, res, next) {
     res.setHeader('WWW-Authenticate', 'Basic realm="WebSSH2"');
     return res.status(401).send('Authentication required.');
   }
-  req.sshCredentials = credentials;
+  // Store credentials in session
+  req.session.sshCredentials = credentials;
   next();
 }
 
@@ -22,11 +23,7 @@ router.get('/', function(req, res) {
 
 // Scenario 2: Auth required
 router.get('/host/:host', auth, function(req, res) {
-  handleConnection(req, res, { 
+  handleConnection(req, res, { host: req.params.host });
-    host: req.params.host,
-    username: req.sshCredentials.name,
-    password: req.sshCredentials.pass
-  });
 });
 
 module.exports = router;

app/socket.js

@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ function handleConnection(socket, config) {
    */
   function handleAuthentication(socket, creds, config) {
     console.log(`SOCKET AUTHENTICATE: ${socket.id}`)
+    const sessionCreds = socket.handshake.session.sshCredentials;
+    
+    if (sessionCreds) {
+      creds.username = sessionCreds.name;
+      creds.password = sessionCreds.pass;
+    }
+    
     if (isValidCredentials(creds)) {
       console.log(`SOCKET CREDENTIALS VALID: ${socket.id}`)
       initializeConnection(socket, creds, config)

package-lock.json

@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/base64-arraybuffer/-/base64-arraybuffer-0.1.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-437oANT9tP582zZMwSvZGy2nmSeAb8DW2me3y+Uv1Wp2Rulr8Mqlyrv3E7MLxmsiaPSMMDmiDVzgE+e8zlMx9g=="
     },
+    "base64-js": {
+      "version": "1.5.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/base64-js/-/base64-js-1.5.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-AKpaYlHn8t4SVbOHCy+b5+KKgvR4vrsD8vbvrbiQJps7fKDTkjkDry6ji0rUJjC0kzbNePLwzxq8iypo41qeWA=="
+    },
     "base64id": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/base64id/-/base64id-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -466,6 +471,15 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "buffer": {
+      "version": "5.7.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer/-/buffer-5.7.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-EHcyIPBQ4BSGlvjB16k5KgAJ27CIsHY/2JBmCRReo48y9rQ3MaUzWX3KVlBa4U7MyX02HdVj0K7C3WaB3ju7FQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "base64-js": "^1.3.1",
+        "ieee754": "^1.1.13"
+      }
+    },
     "buffer-from": {
       "version": "1.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer-from/-/buffer-from-1.1.2.tgz",
@@ -748,6 +762,22 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.3.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-+IJOX0OqlHCszo2mBUq+SrEbCj6w7Kpffqx60zYbPTFaO4+yYgRjHwcZNpWvaTylDHaV7PPmBHzSecZiMhtPgw=="
     },
+    "cookie-parser": {
+      "version": "1.3.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie-parser/-/cookie-parser-1.3.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YN/8nzPcK5o6Op4MIzAd4H4qUal5+3UaMhVIeaafFYL0pKvBQA/9Yhzo7ZwvBpjdGshsiTAb1+FC37M6RdPDFg==",
+      "requires": {
+        "cookie": "0.1.3",
+        "cookie-signature": "1.0.6"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "cookie": {
+          "version": "0.1.3",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.1.3.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-mWkFhcL+HVG1KjeCjEBVJJ7s4sAGMLiBDFSDs4bzzvgLZt7rW8BhP6XV/8b1+pNvx/skd3yYxPuaF3Z6LlQzyw=="
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "cookie-signature": {
       "version": "1.0.6",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie-signature/-/cookie-signature-1.0.6.tgz",
@@ -765,6 +795,14 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-ZQBvi1DcpJ4GDqanjucZ2Hj3wEO5pZDS89BWbkcrvdxksJorwUDDZamX9ldFkp9aw2lmBDLgkObEA4DWNJ9FYQ==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "crc": {
+      "version": "3.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/crc/-/crc-3.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-iX3mfgcTMIq3ZKLIsVFAbv7+Mc10kxabAGQb8HvjA1o3T1PIYprbakQ65d3I+2HGHt6nSKkM9PYjgoJO2KcFBQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "buffer": "^5.1.0"
+      }
+    },
     "create-error-class": {
       "version": "3.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/create-error-class/-/create-error-class-3.0.2.tgz",
@@ -1617,6 +1655,81 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "express-session": {
+      "version": "1.18.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express-session/-/express-session-1.18.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-m93QLWr0ju+rOwApSsyso838LQwgfs44QtOP/WBiwtAgPIo/SAh1a5c6nn2BR6mFNZehTpqKDESzP+fRHVbxwQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "cookie": "0.6.0",
+        "cookie-signature": "1.0.7",
+        "debug": "2.6.9",
+        "depd": "~2.0.0",
+        "on-headers": "~1.0.2",
+        "parseurl": "~1.3.3",
+        "safe-buffer": "5.2.1",
+        "uid-safe": "~2.1.5"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "cookie": {
+          "version": "0.6.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.6.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-U71cyTamuh1CRNCfpGY6to28lxvNwPG4Guz/EVjgf3Jmzv0vlDp1atT9eS5dDjMYHucpHbWns6Lwf3BKz6svdw=="
+        },
+        "cookie-signature": {
+          "version": "1.0.7",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie-signature/-/cookie-signature-1.0.7.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-NXdYc3dLr47pBkpUCHtKSwIOQXLVn8dZEuywboCOJY/osA0wFSLlSawr3KN8qXJEyX66FcONTH8EIlVuK0yyFA=="
+        },
+        "debug": {
+          "version": "2.6.9",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-2.6.9.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-bC7ElrdJaJnPbAP+1EotYvqZsb3ecl5wi6Bfi6BJTUcNowp6cvspg0jXznRTKDjm/E7AdgFBVeAPVMNcKGsHMA==",
+          "requires": {
+            "ms": "2.0.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "depd": {
+          "version": "2.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/depd/-/depd-2.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-g7nH6P6dyDioJogAAGprGpCtVImJhpPk/roCzdb3fIh61/s/nPsfR6onyMwkCAR/OlC3yBC0lESvUoQEAssIrw=="
+        },
+        "ms": {
+          "version": "2.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-Tpp60P6IUJDTuOq/5Z8cdskzJujfwqfOTkrwIwj7IRISpnkJnT6SyJ4PCPnGMoFjC9ddhal5KVIYtAt97ix05A=="
+        },
+        "safe-buffer": {
+          "version": "5.2.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.2.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-rp3So07KcdmmKbGvgaNxQSJr7bGVSVk5S9Eq1F+ppbRo70+YeaDxkw5Dd8NPN+GD6bjnYm2VuPuCXmpuYvmCXQ=="
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "express-socket.io-session": {
+      "version": "1.3.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express-socket.io-session/-/express-socket.io-session-1.3.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ila9jN7Pu9OuNIDzkuW+ZChR2Y0TzyyFITT7xiOWCjuGCDUWioD382zqxI7HOaa8kIhfs3wTLOZMU9h6buuOFw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "cookie-parser": "~1.3.3",
+        "crc": "^3.3.0",
+        "debug": "~2.6.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "debug": {
+          "version": "2.6.9",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-2.6.9.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-bC7ElrdJaJnPbAP+1EotYvqZsb3ecl5wi6Bfi6BJTUcNowp6cvspg0jXznRTKDjm/E7AdgFBVeAPVMNcKGsHMA==",
+          "requires": {
+            "ms": "2.0.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "ms": {
+          "version": "2.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-Tpp60P6IUJDTuOq/5Z8cdskzJujfwqfOTkrwIwj7IRISpnkJnT6SyJ4PCPnGMoFjC9ddhal5KVIYtAt97ix05A=="
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "extend-shallow": {
       "version": "3.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/extend-shallow/-/extend-shallow-3.0.2.tgz",
@@ -2182,6 +2295,11 @@
         "safer-buffer": ">= 2.1.2 < 3"
       }
     },
+    "ieee754": {
+      "version": "1.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ieee754/-/ieee754-1.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dcyqhDvX1C46lXZcVqCpK+FtMRQVdIMN6/Df5js2zouUsqG7I6sFxitIC+7KYK29KdXOLHdu9zL4sFnoVQnqaA=="
+    },
     "ignore": {
       "version": "4.0.6",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ignore/-/ignore-4.0.6.tgz",
@@ -3079,6 +3197,11 @@
         "ee-first": "1.1.1"
       }
     },
+    "on-headers": {
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/on-headers/-/on-headers-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-pZAE+FJLoyITytdqK0U5s+FIpjN0JP3OzFi/u8Rx+EV5/W+JTWGXG8xFzevE7AjBfDqHv/8vL8qQsIhHnqRkrA=="
+    },
     "once": {
       "version": "1.4.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/once/-/once-1.4.0.tgz",
@@ -3400,6 +3523,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-NuaNSa6flKT5JaSYQzJok04JzTL1CA6aGhv5rfLW3PgqA+M2ChpZQnAC8h8i4ZFkBS8X5RqkDBHA7r4hej3K9A==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "random-bytes": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/random-bytes/-/random-bytes-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-iv7LhNVO047HzYR3InF6pUcUsPQiHTM1Qal51DcGSuZFBil1aBBWG5eHPNek7bvILMaYJ/8RU1e8w1AMdHmLQQ=="
+    },
     "range-parser": {
       "version": "1.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/range-parser/-/range-parser-1.2.1.tgz",
@@ -4546,6 +4674,14 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-/aCDEGatGvZ2BIk+HmLf4ifCJFwvKFNb9/JeZPMulfgFracn9QFcAf5GO8B/mweUjSoblS5In0cWhqpfs/5PQA==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "uid-safe": {
+      "version": "2.1.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uid-safe/-/uid-safe-2.1.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KPHm4VL5dDXKz01UuEd88Df+KzynaohSL9fBh096KWAxSKZQDI2uBrVqtvRM4rwrIrRRKsdLNML/lnaaVSRioA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "random-bytes": "~1.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "unbox-primitive": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unbox-primitive/-/unbox-primitive-1.0.2.tgz",

package.json

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
     "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
     "debug": "~4.1.0",
     "express": "^4.14.1",
+    "express-session": "^1.18.0",
+    "express-socket.io-session": "^1.3.5",
     "fs": "0.0.1-security",
     "read-config-ng": "~3.0.7",
     "socket.io": "~2.2.0",