DashBoard/openspec/specs/security-surface-hardening/spec.md

security-surface-hardening Specification

Purpose

TBD - created by archiving change security-stability-hardening-round2. Update Purpose after archive.

Requirements

Requirement: LDAP Authentication Endpoint Configuration SHALL Be Strictly Validated

The system MUST validate LDAP authentication endpoint configuration before use, including HTTPS scheme enforcement and host allowlist checks.

Scenario: Invalid LDAP URL configuration detected

• WHEN LDAP_API_URL is missing, non-HTTPS, or points to a host outside the configured allowlist
• THEN the service MUST reject LDAP authentication calls and emit actionable diagnostics without sending credentials to that endpoint

Scenario: Valid LDAP URL configuration accepted

• WHEN LDAP_API_URL uses HTTPS and host is allowlisted
• THEN LDAP authentication requests MAY proceed with normal timeout and error handling behavior

Requirement: Security Response Headers SHALL Be Applied Globally

All HTTP responses MUST include baseline security headers suitable for dashboard and API traffic.

Scenario: Standard response emitted

• WHEN any route returns a response
• THEN response MUST include Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Referrer-Policy

Scenario: Production transport hardening

• WHEN runtime environment is production
• THEN response MUST include Strict-Transport-Security

Requirement: Pagination Input Boundaries SHALL Be Enforced

Endpoints accepting pagination parameters MUST enforce lower and upper bounds before query execution.

Scenario: Negative or zero pagination inputs

• WHEN client sends page <= 0 or page_size <= 0
• THEN server MUST normalize values to minimum supported bounds

Scenario: Excessive page size requested

• WHEN client sends page_size above configured maximum
• THEN server MUST clamp to maximum supported page size