fix(security): deliver the hook secret to hooks + isolate its rate-limit bucket

Review fixes for COD-54:

- Generated hook curl commands now present X-Codeman-Hook-Secret, read from
  the secret file AT EXECUTION TIME via $CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE (exported
  into every managed session's env by tmux buildEnvExports / the direct-PTY
  env builders). Without this, every local hook 401'd the moment a managed
  tunnel came up — the enforcement existed but nothing presented the secret.
  Path-not-value keeps the secret off command lines and out of config files,
  and running sessions pick up a newly generated secret with no respawn;
  server.start() ensures the file exists up front.

- Hook-secret failures now count into a DEDICATED per-IP bucket
  (hookSecretFailures) instead of the shared authFailures map. Legacy
  (pre-secret) hook configs fire constantly from 127.0.0.1; counting their
  401s against the shared bucket would 429 every cookie-less loopback
  request — locking out the Basic-Auth login path (and, through a tunnel,
  every client, since tunneled traffic also arrives as 127.0.0.1).

- docs/security-architecture.md: secret-gated hook exemption, dedicated
  bucket, COD-55 refusal, and the residual caveat for EXTERNAL loopback
  proxies (user-run cloudflared / tailscale serve), which the
  managed-tunnel probe cannot see.

- test/cod54-hook-event-auth.test.ts: +3 tests — login path unaffected
  after hook-bucket exhaustion; generated hooks reference the header +
  $CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE without embedding the value; env builders
  export the path only.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/security-architecture.md

@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ loopback bind matters. The auth pipeline (`src/web/middleware/auth.ts`,
 `onRequest` hook) runs in this order:
 
 1. **Localhost‑only exemptions** (always first): `POST /api/hook-event` and the QR
-   `/q/` short‑code path are exempt when `req.ip` is loopback (see §3).
+   `/q/` short‑code path are exempt when `req.ip` is loopback (see §3). While the
+   **managed tunnel is running**, the hook‑event exemption additionally requires
+   the per‑instance `X-Codeman-Hook-Secret` header (COD‑54); failed presentations
+   are rate‑limited in a **dedicated bucket** (separate from Basic‑Auth failures)
+   so misfiring hooks can never lock out the login path.
 2. **Session cookie** check — a valid `codeman_session` cookie short‑circuits to
    allow.
 3. **HTTP Basic** check — correct credentials short‑circuit to allow and clear
@@ -165,17 +169,29 @@ protection is unchanged.
 with `req.ip = 127.0.0.1`**. The localhost‑only exemptions then treat those
 requests as local:
 
-- `POST /api/hook-event` — auth‑exempt for loopback. Bounded impact: it is
+- `POST /api/hook-event` — auth‑exempt for loopback **only while no managed tunnel
+  is running**. When Codeman's own tunnel is up, the exemption requires the
+  per‑instance shared secret (`X-Codeman-Hook-Secret`, 256‑bit hex in
+  `~/.codeman/hook-secret`, mode 0600, COD‑54). Local hook commands read the
+  secret file at execution time (`$CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE`, exported into every
+  managed session), so they keep working — tunneled internet traffic can't know
+  it. Even without the secret the impact is bounded: the route is
   `HookEventSchema`‑validated and requires a valid in‑memory `sessionId`; it can
   drive respawn signals, SSE broadcasts, push notifications, and transcript
-  watching — **not** arbitrary terminal input or file reads. It is a
+  watching — **not** arbitrary terminal input or file reads. ⚠️ The gate keys off
-  session‑disruption / notification‑spoofing surface, not RCE.
+  the **managed** tunnel — an externally run loopback proxy (your own
+  `cloudflared`, `tailscale serve`) is invisible to it, so the plain loopback
+  exemption still applies there (prefer `tailscale serve`, which authenticates at
+  the tailnet layer). Hook configs regenerated since COD‑54 always present the
+  header, so a future release can require the secret unconditionally.
 - QR `/q/` — still protected by its own short‑code brute‑force limiter
   (10 failures / 60s against a 62⁶ space).
 
 **Mitigation:** set `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` whenever a loopback‑connecting tunnel is
-up (it does not gate the hook‑event exemption, but it gates everything else and
+up — it gates everything except the (secret‑gated) hook exemption and is the
-is the documented practice). Prefer `tailscale serve` (below), which authenticates
+documented practice; since COD‑55 enabling the managed tunnel **refuses** to start
+without it unless `CODEMAN_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_NETWORK=1` explicitly
+acknowledges the exposure. Prefer `tailscale serve` (below), which authenticates
 at the tailnet layer so untrusted clients never reach the loopback port at all.
 
 ### Host‑header & Origin allowlist (DNS‑rebinding & CSRF defense)

src/hooks-config.ts

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
  *
  * Generates `.claude/settings.local.json` with hook definitions that POST
  * to Codeman's `/api/hook-event` endpoint when Claude Code fires hooks.
- * Uses `$CODEMAN_API_URL` and `$CODEMAN_SESSION_ID` env vars (set on every
+ * Uses `$CODEMAN_API_URL`, `$CODEMAN_SESSION_ID`, and `$CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE`
- * managed session) so the config is static per case directory.
+ * env vars (set on every managed session) so the config is static per case
+ * directory and free of secret values.
  *
  * Key exports:
  * - `generateHooksConfig()` — returns hooks object for settings.local.json
@@ -41,11 +42,18 @@ import { HOOK_TIMEOUT_MS } from './config/auth-config.js';
 export function generateHooksConfig(): { hooks: Record<string, unknown[]> } {
   // Read Claude Code's stdin JSON and forward it as the data field.
   // Falls back to empty object if stdin is unavailable or malformed.
+  // COD-54: present the per-instance hook secret so the bypass keeps working while
+  // a tunnel is running. The value is read from the secret file AT EXECUTION TIME
+  // (path via $CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE, set in every managed session's env), so it
+  // never lands in this config and rotation needs no respawn. If the var/file is
+  // missing the header is empty — the middleware then allows the request only on
+  // the plain loopback bypass (tunnel down), same as pre-secret behavior.
   const curlCmd = (event: HookEventType) =>
     `HOOK_DATA=$(cat 2>/dev/null || echo '{}'); ` +
     `printf '{"event":"${event}","sessionId":"%s","data":%s}' "$CODEMAN_SESSION_ID" "$HOOK_DATA" | ` +
     `curl -s -X POST "$CODEMAN_API_URL/api/hook-event" ` +
     `-H 'Content-Type: application/json' ` +
+    `-H "X-Codeman-Hook-Secret: $(cat "$CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE" 2>/dev/null)" ` +
     `--data @- ` +
     `2>/dev/null || true`;
 

src/session-cli-builder.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import type { ClaudeMode, EffortLevel } from './types.js';
 import { isEffortLevel } from './types.js';
 import { getAugmentedPath } from './utils/index.js';
+import { dataPath } from './config/instance.js';
 
 /**
  * Build Claude CLI permission flags based on the configured mode.
@@ -113,6 +114,8 @@ export function buildClaudeEnv(sessionId: string): Record<string, string | undef
     CODEMAN_MUX: '1',
     CODEMAN_SESSION_ID: sessionId,
     CODEMAN_API_URL: process.env.CODEMAN_API_URL || 'http://localhost:3000',
+    // Path only (not the secret value) — hook curls cat it at execution time (COD-54)
+    CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE: dataPath('hook-secret'),
   };
 }
 
@@ -149,5 +152,7 @@ export function buildShellEnv(sessionId: string): Record<string, string | undefi
     CODEMAN_MUX: '1',
     CODEMAN_SESSION_ID: sessionId,
     CODEMAN_API_URL: process.env.CODEMAN_API_URL || 'http://localhost:3000',
+    // Path only (not the secret value) — hook curls cat it at execution time (COD-54)
+    CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE: dataPath('hook-secret'),
   };
 }

src/tmux-manager.ts

@@ -857,6 +857,9 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
       `export CODEMAN_SESSION_ID=${sessionId}`,
       `export CODEMAN_MUX_NAME=${muxName}`,
       `export CODEMAN_API_URL=${process.env.CODEMAN_API_URL || 'http://localhost:3000'}`,
+      // Path only (not the secret value): hook curl commands cat the file at
+      // execution time, so the COD-54 hook secret stays off the command line.
+      `export CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE="${dataPath('hook-secret')}"`,
     ];
     // Only unset CLAUDECODE for Claude sessions
     if (mode === 'claude') exports.splice(2, 0, 'unset CLAUDECODE');

src/web/middleware/auth.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ interface AuthState {
   authSessions: StaleExpirationMap<string, AuthSessionRecord> | null;
   authFailures: StaleExpirationMap<string, number> | null;
   qrAuthFailures: StaleExpirationMap<string, number> | null;
+  hookSecretFailures: StaleExpirationMap<string, number> | null;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ export function registerAuthMiddleware(
     authSessions: null,
     authFailures: null,
     qrAuthFailures: null,
+    hookSecretFailures: null,
   };
 
   const authPassword = process.env.CODEMAN_PASSWORD;
@@ -79,11 +81,26 @@ export function registerAuthMiddleware(
     refreshOnGet: false,
   });
 
+  // Separate hook-secret failure counter (COD-54). MUST NOT share authFailures:
+  // legacy (pre-secret) hook configs fire constantly from 127.0.0.1, and counting
+  // their 401s against the shared bucket would 429 every cookie-less request from
+  // loopback — locking out the Basic-Auth login path (and, through a tunnel, every
+  // client, since tunneled traffic also arrives as 127.0.0.1).
+  state.hookSecretFailures = new StaleExpirationMap<string, number>({
+    ttlMs: AUTH_FAILURE_WINDOW_MS,
+    refreshOnGet: false,
+  });
+
   const authSessions = state.authSessions;
   const authFailures = state.authFailures;
+  const hookSecretFailures = state.hookSecretFailures;
 
-  function sendAuthRateLimit(reply: FastifyReply, clientIp: string): void {
+  function sendAuthRateLimit(
-    const remainingMs = authFailures.getRemainingTtl(clientIp) ?? AUTH_FAILURE_WINDOW_MS;
+    reply: FastifyReply,
+    clientIp: string,
+    failures: StaleExpirationMap<string, number> = authFailures
+  ): void {
+    const remainingMs = failures.getRemainingTtl(clientIp) ?? AUTH_FAILURE_WINDOW_MS;
     const retryAfterSeconds = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(remainingMs / 1000));
     reply.header('Retry-After', String(retryAfterSeconds));
     reply.code(429).send('Too Many Requests — try again later');
@@ -118,15 +135,15 @@ export function registerAuthMiddleware(
           done();
           return;
         }
-        // Wrong/absent secret while tunneled — treat as a failed auth attempt so the
+        // Wrong/absent secret while tunneled — rate-limit per IP in the DEDICATED
-        // per-IP rate limiter (below) throttles brute-force/abuse of this route.
+        // hook bucket (never authFailures, which would lock out the login path).
         const hookIp = req.ip;
-        const hookFailures = authFailures.get(hookIp) ?? 0;
+        const hookFailures = hookSecretFailures.get(hookIp) ?? 0;
         if (hookFailures >= AUTH_FAILURE_MAX) {
-          sendAuthRateLimit(reply, hookIp);
+          sendAuthRateLimit(reply, hookIp, hookSecretFailures);
           return;
         }
-        authFailures.set(hookIp, hookFailures + 1);
+        hookSecretFailures.set(hookIp, hookFailures + 1);
         reply.code(401).send('Unauthorized: hook secret required');
         return;
       }

src/web/server.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import { hostname as getHostname } from 'node:os';
 import { dataPath } from '../config/instance.js';
+import { getHookSecret } from '../config/hook-secret.js';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import { Session, isExternalCliMode, type BackgroundTask } from '../session.js';
 import type { ClaudeMode, SessionState } from '../types.js';
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
   private authSessions: StaleExpirationMap<string, import('./ports/auth-port.js').AuthSessionRecord> | null = null;
   private authFailures: StaleExpirationMap<string, number> | null = null;
   private qrAuthFailures: StaleExpirationMap<string, number> | null = null;
+  private hookSecretFailures: StaleExpirationMap<string, number> | null = null;
   private pushStore: PushSubscriptionStore = new PushSubscriptionStore();
   private teamWatcher: TeamWatcher = new TeamWatcher();
   private _orchestratorLoop: import('../orchestrator-loop.js').OrchestratorLoop | null = null;
@@ -608,6 +610,7 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
       this.authSessions = authState.authSessions;
       this.authFailures = authState.authFailures;
       this.qrAuthFailures = authState.qrAuthFailures;
+      this.hookSecretFailures = authState.hookSecretFailures;
     }
 
     // WebSocket support (terminal I/O — low-latency bidirectional channel)
@@ -1816,6 +1819,10 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
       this.host === '0.0.0.0' || this.host === 'localhost' || this.host === '::1' ? '127.0.0.1' : this.host;
     process.env.CODEMAN_API_URL = `${protocol}://${apiHost}:${this.port}`;
 
+    // Ensure the COD-54 hook secret exists on disk before any session exports
+    // $CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE — hook curls cat that path at execution time.
+    getHookSecret();
+
     // Start scheduled runs cleanup timer
     this.cleanup.setInterval(
       () => {
@@ -2292,6 +2299,10 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
       this.qrAuthFailures.dispose();
       this.qrAuthFailures = null;
     }
+    if (this.hookSecretFailures) {
+      this.hookSecretFailures.dispose();
+      this.hookSecretFailures = null;
+    }
     this.activePlanOrchestrators.clear();
     this.cleaningUp.clear();
 

test/cod54-hook-event-auth.test.ts

@@ -147,4 +147,40 @@ describe('COD-54 hook-event auth — rate limiting', () => {
     }
     expect(saw429).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it('hook-secret failures do NOT lock out the Basic-Auth login path (separate bucket)', async () => {
+    // The previous test exhausted the hook bucket for 127.0.0.1. Legacy (pre-secret)
+    // hooks fire constantly, so if they shared authFailures, every cookie-less
+    // request from loopback would now 429 — locking out login (and, via a tunnel,
+    // every client). Assert the login path is unaffected:
+    // 1. A credential-less request still gets a 401 challenge, NOT 429.
+    const unauthed = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/status`);
+    expect(unauthed.status).toBe(401);
+    // 2. Correct Basic credentials still authenticate.
+    const authed = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/status`, {
+      headers: { Authorization: 'Basic ' + Buffer.from(`${TEST_USER}:${TEST_PASS}`).toString('base64') },
+    });
+    expect(authed.status).toBe(200);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('COD-54 secret delivery — generated hooks + session env present the secret', () => {
+  it('generated hook curl commands send the secret header, read from the file at exec time', async () => {
+    const { generateHooksConfig } = await import('../src/hooks-config.js');
+    const config = generateHooksConfig();
+    const commands = JSON.stringify(config);
+    // Header present, value sourced from $CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE (not embedded).
+    expect(commands).toContain(HOOK_SECRET_HEADER);
+    expect(commands).toContain('$CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE');
+    expect(commands).not.toContain(getHookSecret());
+  });
+
+  it('session env builders export CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE (path only, never the value)', async () => {
+    const { buildClaudeEnv, buildShellEnv } = await import('../src/session-cli-builder.js');
+    const claudeEnv = buildClaudeEnv('test-session');
+    const shellEnv = buildShellEnv('test-session');
+    expect(claudeEnv.CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE).toMatch(/hook-secret$/);
+    expect(shellEnv.CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE).toMatch(/hook-secret$/);
+    expect(JSON.stringify(claudeEnv)).not.toContain(getHookSecret());
+  });
 });