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author | Maxim Dounin <mdounin@mdounin.ru> |
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date | Tue, 13 Jun 2023 18:15:59 +0300 |
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<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc. --> <!DOCTYPE article SYSTEM "../../../../dtd/article.dtd"> <article name="Security" link="/en/docs/njs/security.html" lang="en" rev="1" toc="no"> <section> <para> All njs security issues should be reported to <literal>security-alert@nginx.org</literal>. </para> <para> Patches are signed using one of the <link doc="../../pgp_keys.xml">PGP public keys</link>. </para> </section> <section id="considerations" name="Special considerations"> <para> njs does not evaluate dynamic code and especially the code received from the network in any way. The only way to evaluate that code using njs is to configure the <link doc="../http/ngx_http_js_module.xml" id="js_import">js_import</link> directive in nginx. JavaScript code is loaded once during nginx start. </para> <para> In nginx/njs threat model, JavaScript code is considered a trusted source in the same way as <literal>nginx.conf</literal> and sites certificates. What this means in practice: <list type="bullet"> <listitem> memory disclosure and other security issues triggered by JavaScript code modification are not considered security issues, but as ordinary bugs </listitem> <listitem> measures should be taking for protecting JavaScript code used by njs </listitem> <listitem> if no <link doc="../http/ngx_http_js_module.xml" id="js_import">js_import</link> directives are present in <literal>nginx.conf</literal>, nginx is safe from JavaScript-related vulnerabilities </listitem> </list> </para> </section> </article>