refactor(database): align Postgres SSL chown escaping with MySQL (#9682)

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Andras Bacsai
2026-04-20 21:44:02 +02:00
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2 changed files with 25 additions and 3 deletions
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@@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ class StartPostgresql
$this->commands[] = "docker rm -f $container_name 2>/dev/null || true";
$this->commands[] = "docker compose -f $this->configuration_dir/docker-compose.yml up -d";
if ($this->database->enable_ssl) {
$this->commands[] = executeInDocker($this->database->uuid, "chown {$this->database->postgres_user}:{$this->database->postgres_user} /var/lib/postgresql/certs/server.key /var/lib/postgresql/certs/server.crt");
$postgresUser = escapeshellarg($this->database->postgres_user);
$this->commands[] = executeInDocker($this->database->uuid, "chown {$postgresUser}:{$postgresUser} /var/lib/postgresql/certs/server.key /var/lib/postgresql/certs/server.crt");
}
$this->commands[] = "echo 'Database started.'";
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ it('escapeshellarg wraps postgres_user in single quotes for chown command', func
$escaped = escapeshellarg($user);
$cmd = executeInDocker('abc123', "chown {$escaped}:{$escaped} /var/lib/postgresql/certs/server.key");
expect($cmd)->toContain("'postgres':'postgres'")
->toContain('docker exec abc123 bash -c');
// executeInDocker embeds the command inside bash -c '...', escaping inner single quotes as '\''
// so escapeshellarg('postgres') = 'postgres' becomes '\''postgres'\'' in the outer shell string
expect($cmd)->toContain('bash -c')
->toContain('postgres')
->toContain('chown');
});
it('advisory PoC postgres_user payload is contained by escapeshellarg in chown command', function () {
@@ -53,6 +56,24 @@ it('subshell payload in mysql_user is contained by escapeshellarg in chown comma
expect($cmd)->not->toContain(' $(touch');
});
it('subshell payload in postgres_user is contained by escapeshellarg in chown command', function () {
$maliciousUser = 'a$(touch /tmp/pwn_postgres)b';
$escaped = escapeshellarg($maliciousUser);
$cmd = executeInDocker('abc123', "chown {$escaped}:{$escaped} /var/lib/postgresql/certs/server.key /var/lib/postgresql/certs/server.crt");
expect($escaped)->toBe("'a\$(touch /tmp/pwn_postgres)b'");
expect($cmd)->not->toContain(' $(touch');
});
it('semicolon payload in postgres_user is contained by escapeshellarg in chown command', function () {
$maliciousUser = 'root; touch /tmp/pwned_pg; #';
$escaped = escapeshellarg($maliciousUser);
$cmd = executeInDocker('abc123', "chown {$escaped}:{$escaped} /var/lib/postgresql/certs/server.key /var/lib/postgresql/certs/server.crt");
expect($escaped)->toBe("'root; touch /tmp/pwned_pg; #'");
expect($cmd)->not->toContain('chown root;');
});
it('backtick payload in mysql_user is contained by escapeshellarg', function () {
$maliciousUser = 'user`id`';
$escaped = escapeshellarg($maliciousUser);