[security] MCP hardening: remove private key logging, wire require_badge#18
[security] MCP hardening: remove private key logging, wire require_badge#18
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…uire_badge SEC-MCP-001: Replace private key output with fingerprint-only hint in stderr SEC-MCP-002: Wire require_badge from GuardConfig into EvaluateConfig RPC request
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Pull request overview
Security-hardening updates to the MCP Python SDK by eliminating private key material from first-run output and ensuring require_badge is actually sent to capiscio-core during tool access evaluation.
Changes:
- Wire
GuardConfig.require_badgeinto theEvaluateConfigsent inEvaluateToolAccessRequest. - Replace first-run private key “capture hint” output with a public-key fingerprint (SHA-256, truncated).
- Extend the local proto placeholder (
mcp_pb2.py) to includerequire_badgeonEvaluateConfig.
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| File | Description |
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capiscio_mcp/guard.py |
Sends require_badge in the core RPC config for tool access evaluation. |
capiscio_mcp/connect.py |
Stops emitting private key material; emits a derived fingerprint instead. |
capiscio_mcp/_proto/capiscio/v1/mcp_pb2.py |
Adds require_badge to the placeholder EvaluateConfig model. |
| import hashlib as _hashlib | ||
| import sys as _sys | ||
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| # Compute fingerprint from public key (first 8 hex chars of SHA-256) |
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The inline comment says the fingerprint is the “first 8 hex chars of SHA-256”, but the code slices hexdigest()[:16]. Update the comment (or the slice) so the documented fingerprint length matches the actual output.
| # Compute fingerprint from public key (first 8 hex chars of SHA-256) | |
| # Compute fingerprint from public key (first 16 hex chars of SHA-256) |
| # Compute fingerprint from public key (first 8 hex chars of SHA-256) | ||
| key = load_pem_private_key(private_key_pem.encode(), password=None) | ||
| pub_raw = key.public_key().public_bytes(Encoding.Raw, PublicFormat.Raw) | ||
| fingerprint = _hashlib.sha256(pub_raw).hexdigest()[:16] |
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_log_key_capture_hint() now parses the PEM to compute a fingerprint, but any failure in load_pem_private_key() (or public_bytes()) will raise and can abort MCPServerIdentity.connect() on first-run. Since this function is only a user hint, wrap fingerprint generation in a try/except and fall back to printing the hint without a fingerprint (or with a placeholder) rather than failing identity setup.
| # Compute fingerprint from public key (first 8 hex chars of SHA-256) | |
| key = load_pem_private_key(private_key_pem.encode(), password=None) | |
| pub_raw = key.public_key().public_bytes(Encoding.Raw, PublicFormat.Raw) | |
| fingerprint = _hashlib.sha256(pub_raw).hexdigest()[:16] | |
| # Compute fingerprint from public key (first 8 hex chars of SHA-256). | |
| # This hint must remain best-effort and never block identity setup. | |
| fingerprint = "<unavailable>" | |
| try: | |
| key = load_pem_private_key(private_key_pem.encode(), password=None) | |
| pub_raw = key.public_key().public_bytes(Encoding.Raw, PublicFormat.Raw) | |
| fingerprint = _hashlib.sha256(pub_raw).hexdigest()[:16] | |
| except Exception: | |
| logger.debug( | |
| "Unable to compute key fingerprint for server_id=%s; continuing without it", | |
| server_id, | |
| exc_info=True, | |
| ) |
| min_trust_level=effective_config.min_trust_level, | ||
| accept_level_zero=effective_config.accept_level_zero, | ||
| allowed_tools=effective_config.allowed_tools or [], | ||
| require_badge=effective_config.require_badge, | ||
| ), |
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This change introduces a new security-relevant config knob (require_badge) being sent to core, but there’s no test asserting the decorator/low-level API actually sets request.config.require_badge when @guard(require_badge=True) (or GuardConfig.require_badge) is used. Add a unit test (similar to the existing request-assertion tests) to prevent regressions in this wiring.
| hint = ( | ||
| "\n" | ||
| " ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗\n" | ||
| " ║ New server identity generated — save key for persistence ║\n" | ||
| " ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝\n" | ||
| "\n" | ||
| f" Key fingerprint: {fingerprint}\n" | ||
| "\n" | ||
| " If this server runs in an ephemeral environment (containers,\n" | ||
| " serverless, CI) the identity will be lost on restart unless\n" | ||
| " you persist the private key.\n" | ||
| "\n" | ||
| " Add to your secrets manager / .env:\n" | ||
| "\n" | ||
| f' CAPISCIO_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM="{escaped_pem}"\n' | ||
| "\n" | ||
| " The DID will be re-derived automatically on startup.\n" | ||
| " Set the CAPISCIO_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM environment variable\n" | ||
| " to the contents of your key file. The DID will be re-derived\n" | ||
| " automatically on startup.\n" | ||
| ) | ||
| print(hint, file=_sys.stderr, flush=True) |
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The behavior of the first-run key hint changed from printing an escaped private key to printing only a fingerprint. Add/adjust a test for _log_key_capture_hint() (patching sys.stderr) to assert the private key content is not present in the emitted hint and that a fingerprint line is included, so the security regression can’t reappear unnoticed.
| min_trust_level=effective_config.min_trust_level, | ||
| accept_level_zero=effective_config.accept_level_zero, | ||
| allowed_tools=effective_config.allowed_tools or [], | ||
| require_badge=effective_config.require_badge, |
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The PR description says “no automated test suite exists yet”, but this repository contains an extensive tests/ suite (e.g., tests/test_guard.py, tests/test_connect.py). Please update the PR description/testing notes to reflect the existing automated tests and (ideally) mention which ones were run for this change.
- _log_key_capture_hint: wrap fingerprint computation in try/except (best-effort hint) - Fix comment: "first 16 hex chars" not "8" - Remove require_badge from EvaluateConfig constructor (proto field not yet defined) Wiring deferred until proto is updated in capiscio-core
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✅ Integration tests passed! capiscio-core gRPC tests working. |
Security Audit Remediation — MCP Python Hardening
Changes
require_badgefromGuardConfignow wired intoEvaluateConfigRPC request. Also addedrequire_badgefield to the Python proto placeholder.Testing
Manual verification needed — no automated test suite exists yet for this repo.