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Summary

  • Harden the console plugin nginx TLS configuration by deriving ssl_protocols
    and ssl_ciphers dynamically from the cluster's APIServer TLS security profile
  • Supports all profile types: Old, Intermediate, Modern, and Custom
  • Falls back to Intermediate defaults when the APIServer resource is unavailable
  • Adds ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on and server_tokens off to the nginx config

Details

The console plugin nginx ConfigMap now reads the cluster-wide TLS policy
(apiserver.config.openshift.io/cluster) at apply time and renders the
appropriate ssl_protocols and ssl_ciphers directives. This keeps the
console plugin consistent with other components that honor the APIServer
TLS security profile.

TLS 1.3 ciphers (TLS_*) are filtered from ssl_ciphers since nginx
handles them automatically when TLS 1.3 is negotiated.

Test plan

  • Unit tests pass (make test)
  • Build succeeds (make build)
  • Verify nginx config renders correctly with default (Intermediate) profile
  • Verify nginx config renders correctly with Modern profile (TLS 1.3 only)
  • Verify fallback behavior when APIServer resource is not readable

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Security Enhancements
    • Configured the console plugin’s web server with cluster-selected TLS protocols and cipher suites.
    • Enabled preference for secure server ciphers and concealed server version details.
    • Applied the cluster API server’s TLS security profile, with secure defaults when the profile is unavailable or unsupported.

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@jrangelramos: This pull request references OTA-2109 which is a valid jira issue.

Warning: The referenced jira issue has an invalid target version for the target branch this PR targets: expected the weakness to target the "5.1.0" version, but no target version was set.

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In response to this:

Summary

  • Add explicit ssl_protocols, ssl_ciphers, ssl_prefer_server_ciphers, and server_tokens off to the console plugin nginx server block
  • The config previously relied on UBI 9 compile-time defaults which are safe, but making them explicit improves auditability and guards against future default changes
  • Security headers (X-Frame-Options, CSP, etc.) intentionally omitted — this nginx serves JS/CSS bundles fetched by the console proxy, not HTML documents

JIRA

https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/OTA-2109

Test plan

  • Verify make build succeeds
  • Verify make verify passes
  • Deploy on a test cluster with agentic updates enabled and confirm the console plugin pod starts and serves assets over TLS

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Walkthrough

The console plugin now derives nginx TLS protocols and ciphers from the cluster APIServer TLS profile. The controller passes this profile during manifest application. The ConfigMap applies the generated TLS directives.

Changes

Console plugin TLS configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolve the APIServer TLS profile
pkg/agenticrun/controller.go, pkg/agenticrun/consoleplugin.go
ensureConsolePlugin reads the APIServer configuration. It uses Intermediate defaults when the read fails or TLS adherence is not honored. Otherwise, it resolves the configured security profile and derives protocols and ciphers.
Inject TLS settings into nginx manifests
pkg/agenticrun/consoleplugin.go, pkg/agenticrun/bindata/assets/configmap.yaml
Manifest application substitutes ${SSL_PROTOCOLS} and ${SSL_CIPHERS}. The nginx server block applies these values, prefers server ciphers, and disables server_tokens.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 2e54e

The change dynamically applies the cluster TLS policy to the console plugin and is mergeable with owner awareness; API read errors should be sanitized before logging to avoid exposing internal API hostnames.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ensureConsolePlugin
  participant APIServer
  participant applyConsolePluginManifests
  participant nginxConfigMap
  ensureConsolePlugin->>APIServer: Fetch cluster TLS profile
  APIServer-->>ensureConsolePlugin: Return APIServer configuration
  ensureConsolePlugin->>applyConsolePluginManifests: Pass TLS profile and image
  applyConsolePluginManifests->>nginxConfigMap: Substitute SSL protocols and ciphers
  nginxConfigMap-->>applyConsolePluginManifests: Apply nginx ConfigMap
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❌ Failed checks (2 errors, 1 warning)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
No-Weak-Crypto ❌ Error The pull request introduces a path that enables weak 3DES. The changed nginxTLSDirectives function removes only cipher names beginning with TLS_ and preserves other profile ciphers. The pinned Ope… Before rendering ssl_ciphers, reject or remove all weak cipher suites, including DES/3DES, RC4, Blowfish, ECB-mode suites, MD5, and SHA-1 suites. Apply the same validation to built-in and Custom APIServer profiles. If filtering leaves no …
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs ❌ Error The pull request adds a warning at pkg/agenticrun/controller.go:194 that logs the raw APIServer Get error with %v. Production wiring creates this as a live controller-runtime REST client. Client… Do not log the raw error. Log only a fixed fallback message or a sanitized error classification, such as the Kubernetes API error reason or error type, without the error message, URL, or server-provided details.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 2 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
✅ Passed checks (12 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: hardening the console plugin nginx TLS configuration.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Stable And Deterministic Test Names ✅ Passed The pull request changes only configmap.yaml, consoleplugin.go, and controller.go. The exact diff adds no test files, Ginkgo declarations, or test-title expressions. Therefore, it introduces no …
Test Structure And Quality ✅ Passed PASS — The pull request changes only three production/configuration files and adds no *_test.go files or Ginkgo It blocks. The existing pkg/agenticrun/controller_test.go uses standard Go `testin…
Microshift Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds no Ginkgo e2e tests. The diff changes only the agenticrun ConfigMap and Go implementation files. No changed file contains It(), Describe(), Context(), or When() test declar…
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility ✅ Passed The pull request changes only three implementation/configuration files: pkg/agenticrun/bindata/assets/configmap.yaml, pkg/agenticrun/consoleplugin.go, and pkg/agenticrun/controller.go. No test o…
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS — The pull request introduces no topology-related scheduling constraint. The diff changes only nginx TLS directives, TLS profile resolution, and APIServer configuration lookup. The console plugin…
Ote Binary Stdout Contract ✅ Passed No OTE binary stdout contract violation was introduced. The only new output-related statement is klog.Warningf in Controller.ensureConsolePlugin, a runtime reconciliation method, not main(), `in…
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds no Ginkgo e2e tests. The parent-to-HEAD diff changes only three production/configuration files, and no added lines contain It, Describe, Context, or When. Therefore…
Container-Privileges ✅ Passed The pull request does not introduce any listed privilege condition. The added ConfigMap and Go logic only render TLS and nginx directives. The deployment asset is unchanged and sets `allowPrivilegeEsc…
Full details: Stable And Deterministic Test Names

Explanation

The pull request changes only configmap.yaml, consoleplugin.go, and controller.go. The exact diff adds no test files, Ginkgo declarations, or test-title expressions. Therefore, it introduces no unstable or overly specific Ginkgo test name.

Full details: Test Structure And Quality

Explanation

PASS — The pull request changes only three production/configuration files and adds no *_test.go files or Ginkgo It blocks. The existing pkg/agenticrun/controller_test.go uses standard Go testing subtests, not Ginkgo. Therefore, this pull request introduces no test-structure, cleanup, timeout, or assertion-message violation under this check.

Full details: Microshift Test Compatibility

Explanation

PASS: The pull request adds no Ginkgo e2e tests. The diff changes only the agenticrun ConfigMap and Go implementation files. No changed file contains It(), Describe(), Context(), or When() test declarations, so the MicroShift test compatibility check is not applicable.

Full details: Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility

Explanation

The pull request changes only three implementation/configuration files: pkg/agenticrun/bindata/assets/configmap.yaml, pkg/agenticrun/consoleplugin.go, and pkg/agenticrun/controller.go. No test or e2e files were added or modified, and the added lines contain no Ginkgo constructs such as It(), Describe(), Context(), or When(). Therefore, the SNO test compatibility check is not applicable.

Full details: Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility

Explanation

PASS — The pull request introduces no topology-related scheduling constraint. The diff changes only nginx TLS directives, TLS profile resolution, and APIServer configuration lookup. The console plugin Deployment is unchanged; its existing maxUnavailable: 1, Linux nodeSelector, and infra toleration are not introduced by this pull request. No anti-affinity, topology spread constraint, replica calculation, control-plane selector, arbiter toleration, or worker-only scheduling constraint was added.

Full details: Ote Binary Stdout Contract

Explanation

No OTE binary stdout contract violation was introduced. The only new output-related statement is klog.Warningf in Controller.ensureConsolePlugin, a runtime reconciliation method, not main(), init(), TestMain(), suite setup, or another listed process-level location. The changed TLS helpers and manifest substitution perform no output. The OTE main() and suite setup are unchanged, and the relevant package init() only registers a scheme.

Full details: Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility

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PASS: The pull request adds no Ginkgo e2e tests. The parent-to-HEAD diff changes only three production/configuration files, and no added lines contain It, Describe, Context, or When. Therefore the IPv4 and disconnected-network test compatibility check is not applicable.

Full details: No-Weak-Crypto

Explanation

The pull request introduces a path that enables weak 3DES. The changed nginxTLSDirectives function removes only cipher names beginning with TLS_ and preserves other profile ciphers. The pinned OpenShift TLSProfiles[Old] list contains DES-CBC3-SHA. When the honored APIServer profile is Old, the controller passes that list to the function and substitutes it into the new ssl_ciphers directive. DES-CBC3-SHA is 3DES with a SHA-1 MAC. This behavior did not exist in the base ConfigMap, which had no ssl_ciphers directive.

Resolution

Before rendering ssl_ciphers, reject or remove all weak cipher suites, including DES/3DES, RC4, Blowfish, ECB-mode suites, MD5, and SHA-1 suites. Apply the same validation to built-in and Custom APIServer profiles. If filtering leaves no usable TLS 1.2-or-earlier ciphers, use a validated Intermediate cipher list or return an error. Add tests that verify the Old and Custom profiles cannot render DES-CBC3-SHA or other flagged suites.

Full details: Container-Privileges

Explanation

The pull request does not introduce any listed privilege condition. The added ConfigMap and Go logic only render TLS and nginx directives. The deployment asset is unchanged and sets allowPrivilegeEscalation: false, drops ALL capabilities, and sets runAsNonRoot: true. No added privileged, hostPID, hostNetwork, hostIPC, or SYS_ADMIN settings exist.

Full details: No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs

Explanation

The pull request adds a warning at pkg/agenticrun/controller.go:194 that logs the raw APIServer Get error with %v. Production wiring creates this as a live controller-runtime REST client. Client-go transport errors can include the request URL, including the cluster API hostname, and the vendored client-go source documents errors such as Get "http://foo.bar/api/v1". This introduces logging that may expose an internal hostname when the APIServer read fails. No other new logging statements were found in the diff.

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In `@pkg/agenticrun/consoleplugin.go`:
- Around line 52-69: Update the cipher handling around the ciphers loop to
convert supported IANA TLS 1.2 names, including
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, into nginx/OpenSSL syntax before
filtering. Filter only TLS 1.3 suites, preserve converted custom TLS 1.2 suites,
and use the Intermediate fallback only when no supported non-TLS-1.3 cipher
remains.

In `@pkg/agenticrun/controller.go`:
- Line 196: Update ensureConsolePlugin so it checks ShouldHonorClusterTLSProfile
before calling resolveTLSProfileSpec; apply the cluster
APIServer.Spec.TLSSecurityProfile only when honoring is enabled, otherwise
retain the component default for NGINX TLS settings.
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Read the cluster's APIServer TLS security profile and render the nginx
ssl_protocols and ssl_ciphers directives dynamically. This ensures the
console plugin respects cluster-wide TLS policy (Old/Intermediate/
Modern/Custom) and any admin overrides.

Falls back to the Intermediate profile when the APIServer resource
cannot be read.

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