Stop reusing hosts after idle leftovers - #7679
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Neo - PR Security ReviewNo exploitable security vulnerabilities introduced. The PR adds HTTP response desynchronization detection and host quarantine logic that operates entirely on nuclei's internal connection state — scan target servers have no injection surface into the quarantine key derivation, the expiring-set storage, or the connection wrapper lifecycle. What Neo reviewed
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WalkthroughThe change adds a concurrent expiring set, execution-scoped desynchronized-host tracking, and pooled connection monitoring. Idle unsolicited responses poison connections, quarantine affected hosts, disable keep-alive reuse, and increment a process-wide counter. ChangesHTTP desynchronization tracking
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change quarantines hosts after idle connection leftovers, but HTTPS responses can lose TLS metadata and default-port HTTPS hosts may not be quarantined consistently. These bounded correctness issues should be fixed before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant HTTPClientPool
participant desyncConn
participant Dialers
participant ExpiringSet
HTTPClientPool->>desyncConn: read pooled connection
desyncConn->>Dialers: report unsolicited idle bytes
Dialers->>ExpiringSet: store normalized host
HTTPClientPool->>ExpiringSet: check host reuse status
ExpiringSet-->>HTTPClientPool: return expiration-aware status
HTTPClientPool->>HTTPClientPool: disable keep-alive reuse
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In `@pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/clientpool.go`:
- Around line 391-424: Update the transport setup so trackDesync wraps only
dialers.HTTP-related plain connections through DialContext, not the TLS
connection returned by DialTLSContext. Preserve the existing TLS metadata flow
so http.Transport can recognize *tls.Conn and enrichEventWithTLSMetadata
continues receiving Response.TLS details.
Apply the same fix in `@pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/desync_conn.go` around
lines 25 - 83.
In `@pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/desynced_hosts.go`:
- Around line 75-86: Update desyncedHostKey to normalize default ports
consistently with the host value passed by request.go, so equivalent HTTPS
targets such as example.com and example.com:443 produce the same key. Preserve
non-default ports and ensure both URL and host-only inputs use the identical
normalization.
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pkg/protocols/common/protocolstate/dialers.gopkg/protocols/common/protocolstate/expiring_set.gopkg/protocols/common/protocolstate/expiring_set_test.gopkg/protocols/common/protocolstate/state.gopkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/clientpool.gopkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/desync_conn.gopkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/desync_conn_test.gopkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/desynced_hosts.go
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| // Wrap keep-alive dials so an idle leftover can close the connection | ||
| // and quarantine the host. Proxies are left alone: CONNECT is performed | ||
| // by net/http outside a round trip we can mark busy/idle. | ||
| proxied := options.AliveHttpProxy != "" || options.AliveSocksProxy != "" | ||
| trackDesync := func(dial func(context.Context, string, string) (net.Conn, error)) func(context.Context, string, string) (net.Conn, error) { | ||
| if disableKeepAlives || proxied { | ||
| return dial | ||
| } | ||
| return func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) { | ||
| conn, err := dial(ctx, network, addr) | ||
| if err != nil { | ||
| return conn, err | ||
| } | ||
| return newDesyncConn(conn, addr, func(host string) { | ||
| if dialers.HTTPDesyncHosts != nil { | ||
| dialers.HTTPDesyncHosts.Store(host, desyncedHostTTL) | ||
| } | ||
| countDesyncedResponse() | ||
| }), nil | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
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| transport := &http.Transport{ | ||
| ForceAttemptHTTP2: options.ForceAttemptHTTP2, | ||
| DialContext: dialers.Fastdialer.Dial, | ||
| DialTLSContext: func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) { | ||
| DialContext: trackDesync(dialers.Fastdialer.Dial), | ||
| DialTLSContext: trackDesync(func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) { | ||
| if options.TlsImpersonate { | ||
| return dialers.Fastdialer.DialTLSWithConfigImpersonate(ctx, network, addr, tlsConfig, impersonate.Random, nil) | ||
| } | ||
| if options.HasClientCertificates() || options.ForceAttemptHTTP2 { | ||
| return dialers.Fastdialer.DialTLSWithConfig(ctx, network, addr, tlsConfig) | ||
| } | ||
| return dialers.Fastdialer.DialTLS(ctx, network, addr) | ||
| }, | ||
| }), |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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# 1) Find consumers of Response.TLS / resp.TLS in nuclei.
rg -nP --type=go -C3 '\bResp(onse)?\.TLS\b|\bresp\.TLS\b|TLSConnectionState' --glob '!**/vendor/**'
# 2) Inspect how the http protocol builds TLS-related output for responses.
rg -nP --type=go -C3 'tls_?(version|cipher)|NegotiatedProtocol' pkg/protocols/httpRepository: projectdiscovery/nuclei
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Go net/http Transport DialTLSContext custom dialer Response.TLS nil requires *tls.Conn type assertion
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When using a custom DialTLSContext in net/http.Transport, the net/http package specifically checks if the returned net.Conn is of type *tls.Conn to populate the Response.TLS field [1]. If the connection is wrapped (for example, by a logging or statistics wrapper) and fails this type assertion, Response.TLS will be nil [1]. The underlying implementation performs a type assertion (e.g., conn.(*tls.Conn)) to extract the TLS connection state [2][3][1]. If this assertion fails, the transport cannot access the TLS metadata, resulting in the following consequences: 1. Response.TLS is nil: The metadata required for TLS inspection is lost because the transport cannot reach the *tls.Conn object [1]. 2. HTTP/2 Negotiation Failures: If you attempt to use HTTP/2, the transport often silently falls back to HTTP/1.1 because it cannot confirm the ALPN protocol negotiation (which is tied to the TLS state) [2][3]. To resolve this issue while maintaining custom wrappers around your connection, you must ensure that your custom net.Conn implementation preserves access to the TLS connection state. The best practice is to ensure that your wrapper type implements the ConnectionState method [2][4]. The net/http package (and the bundled HTTP/2 implementation) will use this method if it exists, allowing it to populate Response.TLS and perform correct protocol negotiation even when the connection is not a literal *tls.Conn [2][5][4]. Alternatively, you can restructure your code so that the TLS dialer remains the outermost layer [1]. By applying your wrappers to the underlying TCP connection before passing it to the TLS dialer (or using a wrapper that preserves the *tls.Conn type assertion), you ensure that the Transport receives the concrete *tls.Conn it expects [1].
Citations:
- 1: elastic/elastic-agent-libs@94a34ed
- 2: net/http: Transport.Protocols does not support h2 with custom TLS Conn returned by Transport.DialTLSContext golang/go#78201
- 3: net/http: ConfigureTransport does not work for Transport with custom DialTLS golang/go#41236
- 4: https://pkg.go.dev/net/http
- 5: https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/net/http2
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git diff -- pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/clientpool.go
printf '%s\n' '--- wrapper definition ---'
rg -n -C8 'type desyncConn|func newDesyncConn|ConnectionState' pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool
printf '%s\n' '--- direct consumers and TLS output ---'
rg -n -C3 --type=go '(\.TLS\b|tls_version|tls_cipher|NegotiatedProtocol)' pkg/protocols/http pkg | head -240
printf '%s\n' '--- Go version and local standard-library transport behavior ---'
rg -n '^(go|toolchain) ' go.mod go.work 2>/dev/null || true
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if command -v go >/dev/null 2>&1; then
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Do not wrap TLS connections returned by DialTLSContext
For direct HTTP/1.1 HTTPS connections, trackDesync wraps the *tls.Conn returned by DialTLSContext in desyncConn. http.Transport only records the TLS state in this custom TLS path after a *tls.Conn assertion, so Response.TLS becomes nil. enrichEventWithTLSMetadata then omits the TLS version, cipher, SNI, and certificate metadata. Apply trackDesync only to DialContext, or preserve the required *tls.Conn handling.
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In `@pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/clientpool.go` around lines 391 - 424,
Update the transport setup so trackDesync wraps only dialers.HTTP-related plain
connections through DialContext, not the TLS connection returned by
DialTLSContext. Preserve the existing TLS metadata flow so http.Transport can
recognize *tls.Conn and enrichEventWithTLSMetadata continues receiving
Response.TLS details.
Apply the same fix in `@pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/desync_conn.go` around
lines 25 - 83.
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| func desyncedHostKey(target string) string { | ||
| target = strings.TrimSpace(target) | ||
| if target == "" { | ||
| return "" | ||
| } | ||
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| if parsed, err := url.Parse(target); err == nil && parsed.Host != "" { | ||
| return strings.ToLower(parsed.Host) | ||
| } | ||
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| return strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSuffix(target, "/")) | ||
| } |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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# Inspect the host values passed to httpclientpool.Get and the normalization used.
rg -nP --type=go -C4 'httpclientpool\.Get\('
rg -nP --type=go -C3 'func Get\(' pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool
rg -nP --type=go -C3 'func normalizeHost\(' pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpoolRepository: projectdiscovery/nuclei
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rg -n -C4 'desyncedHostKey|IsHostDesynced|wrappedGet|func Get|normalizeHost|\.Get\(' pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool pkg/protocols/http --glob '*.go'Repository: projectdiscovery/nuclei
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printf '%s\n' '--- desync connection address flow ---'
cat -n pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/desync_conn.go | sed -n '1,75p'
printf '%s\n' '--- host-port normalization ---'
cat -n pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/host_normalize.go
printf '%s\n' '--- request host derivation and pool calls ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- relevant desync tests ---'
sed -n '270,345p' pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/desync_conn_test.go
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Normalize the desync key for default ports.
request.go passes URL.Host to httpclientpool.Get; for https://example.com, this value is example.com. The transport passes example.com:443 to desyncedHostKey. These keys differ, so the desync mark does not enable noReuse. Preserve the scheme or apply identical default-port normalization on both paths.
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In `@pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/desynced_hosts.go` around lines 75 - 86,
Update desyncedHostKey to normalize default ports consistently with the host
value passed by request.go, so equivalent HTTPS targets such as example.com and
example.com:443 produce the same key. Preserve non-default ports and ensure both
URL and host-only inputs use the identical normalization.
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Summary
net/httpalready drops the connection; this observes the event so a host that keeps emitting leftovers cannot keep costing wrong results under back-to-back load.Summary by CodeRabbit