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gateway-controller: give xDS mTLS its own dedicated port, off by default
tharindu1st Sep 11, 2026
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gateway: enable xDS mTLS by default, consolidate dev TLS certs
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gateway: fix config-template.toml failing its own shipped-template test
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gateway: re-enable policy_engine.xds.tls by default, fix its own test
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion gateway/Makefile
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Expand Up @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ dist: clean-dist ## Build standalone gateway distribution zip
@cp build.yaml build-manifest.yaml $(DIST_DIR)/
@cp -R configs/. $(DIST_DIR)/configs/
@cp -R observability $(DIST_DIR)/
@cp gateway-controller/certificates/default-listener.crt $(DIST_DIR)/resources/certificates/
@cp gateway-controller/certificates/default-listener.crt $(DIST_DIR)/resources/certificates/
@cp gateway-controller/listener-certs/default-listener.crt $(DIST_DIR)/resources/listener-certs/
@cp gateway-controller/listener-certs/default-listener.key $(DIST_DIR)/resources/listener-certs/
@cp -R resources/secure-backend/. $(DIST_DIR)/resources/secure-backend/
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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions gateway/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ For end-user documentation, see [docs/gateway/](../docs/gateway/).

| Component | Technology | Ports |
|-----------|------------|-------|
| **Gateway-Controller** | Go, Gin, oapi-codegen, bbolt, go-control-plane | 9090 (REST), 18000 (xDS) |
| **Gateway-Controller** | Go, Gin, oapi-codegen, bbolt, go-control-plane | 9090 (REST), 18443 (xDS mTLS, default), 18444 (Policy xDS mTLS, default) |
| **Router** | Envoy Proxy 1.35.3 | 8080 (HTTP), 8443 (HTTPS), 9901 (Admin) |
| **Policy Engine** | Go, gRPC, ext_proc, xDS, CEL | 9002 (Admin) |
| **Policy Builder** | Go, Docker | Build-time only |
Expand All @@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ make build-gateway-builder

### Run

Run the one-time setup (generates `api-platform.env`, the router listener TLS certificate, the AES-256
encryption key, and the gateway-controller admin credentials), then start the stack:
Run the one-time setup (generates `api-platform.env`, the router listener TLS certificate, the xDS
mutual TLS certificates, the AES-256 encryption key, and the gateway-controller admin credentials),
then start the stack:

```bash
./scripts/setup.sh
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ for the full set of tokens and configuration options.

| Variable | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `GATEWAY_CONTROLLER_HOST` | Gateway-Controller hostname (default: `gateway-controller`). The well-known xDS ports (18000 for Router, 18001 for Policy Engine) are derived automatically. |
| `GATEWAY_CONTROLLER_HOST` | Gateway-Controller hostname (default: `gateway-controller`). The well-known xDS ports are derived automatically: 18443/18444 (Router/Policy Engine, mutual TLS) when `XDS_TLS_ENABLED=true`, else the plaintext 18000/18001. |
| `XDS_TLS_ENABLED` | Mutual TLS between gateway-runtime (Envoy + Policy Engine) and gateway-controller's xDS servers. Enabled by default in `docker-compose.yaml` (both services; `./scripts/setup.sh` provisions the certificates it uses); edit it there to fall back to plaintext xDS. |

## Component Documentation

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43 changes: 30 additions & 13 deletions gateway/configs/config-template.toml
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Expand Up @@ -50,13 +50,21 @@ ciphers = ""
ecdh_curves = "X25519,P-256"

[controller.server.xds_tls]
# Switches the main xDS gRPC server (serves Envoy on server.xds_port above)
# from plaintext to mutual TLS -- there is no second listener the way
# server.tls above adds one; server.xds_port itself starts speaking mTLS.
# Off by default: Envoy's xds_cluster (router/config/config-override.yaml)
# must be given a matching client cert/CA before this is turned on, or the
# connection will fail closed.
# Starts the main xDS gRPC server (serves Envoy) as mutual TLS on its own
# dedicated `port` below, in place of the plaintext listener on
# server.xds_port above -- same either/or relationship server.tls above has
# with server.api_port. Envoy's xds_cluster (router/config/config-
# override.yaml) must be given a matching client cert/CA and pointed at
# this port before this is turned on, or the connection will fail closed.
#
# Enabled by default in this repo's shipped configs/config.toml (via the
# XDS_TLS_ENABLED env var -- see scripts/setup.sh, which provisions the dev
# CA/server/client certs this needs) and off by default in the binary's own
# built-in fallback (used when no config file value is present at all, e.g.
# most unit/integration tests) -- a hand-written config that omits this
# section entirely gets the binary's off default, not this file's on.
enabled = false
port = 18443
cert_file = ""
key_file = ""
# PEM bundle of CA certificates trusted to sign Envoy's client certificate.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -103,12 +111,17 @@ mutex_profile_fraction = 0
port = 18001

[controller.policy_server.tls]
# Switches the policy xDS gRPC server (serves the policy-engine on
# policy_server.port above) from plaintext to mutual TLS, on that same
# port. Off by default: policy_engine.xds.tls below must be given a
# matching client cert/CA before this is turned on, or the connection will
# fail closed.
# Starts the policy xDS gRPC server (serves the policy-engine) as mutual
# TLS on its own dedicated `port` below, in place of the plaintext listener
# on policy_server.port above -- same either/or relationship
# server.xds_tls has with server.xds_port. policy_engine.xds.tls below must
# be given a matching client cert/CA and pointed at this port before this
# is turned on, or the connection will fail closed.
#
# Same on-by-default-in-configs/config.toml / off-by-default-in-the-binary
# split as server.xds_tls above -- see its comment.
enabled = false
port = 18444
# Path to TLS certificate file (required if TLS is enabled)
cert_file = "./certs/server.crt"
# Path to TLS private key file (required if TLS is enabled)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -566,7 +579,7 @@ max_reconnect_delay = "60s"

[policy_engine.xds.tls]
# Mutual TLS for this policy-engine's connection to gateway-controller's
# policy xDS server. Off by default; must be enabled together with
# policy xDS server. Must be enabled together with
# controller.policy_server.tls above (and this cert's identity added to
# controller.policy_server.tls.allowed_client_identities) -- the server
# offers no server-only TLS mode for xDS, so enabling only one side leaves
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -598,7 +611,11 @@ max_reconnect_delay = "60s"
# deliberately shares one client identity across both legs; otherwise set
# POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_* explicitly, as this repo's own docker-compose
# files do.
enabled = '{{ env "POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_TLS_ENABLED" (env "XDS_TLS_ENABLED" "false") }}'
#
# Literal default is "true" (enabled), matching server.xds_tls/
# policy_server.tls above -- set XDS_TLS_ENABLED=false (api-platform.env)
# to fall back to plaintext xDS across all three legs at once.
enabled = '{{ env "POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_TLS_ENABLED" (env "XDS_TLS_ENABLED" "true") }}'
cert_path = '{{ env "POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH" (env "XDS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH" "") }}'
key_path = '{{ env "POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH" (env "XDS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH" "") }}'
ca_path = '{{ env "POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_CA_PATH" (env "XDS_CLIENT_CA_PATH" "") }}'
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Expand Up @@ -14,12 +14,44 @@ enabled = true
[controller.server]
gateway_id = '{{ env "APIP_GW_CONTROLLER_SERVER_GATEWAY_ID" "platform-gateway-id" }}'

[controller.server.xds_tls]
# mTLS on the main xDS server (serves Envoy), using the dev CA/certs
# provisioned by scripts/setup.sh into gateway-controller/xds-certs (mounted
# at /app/xds-certs, the default cert_file/key_file/client_ca_file path --
# see defaultConfig() in pkg/config/config.go). Enabled by default -- driven
# by the same XDS_TLS_ENABLED var (api-platform.env) that gateway-runtime's
# entrypoint uses to decide whether Envoy dials this port in TLS or
# plaintext, so both sides of the connection flip together. Set
# XDS_TLS_ENABLED=false in api-platform.env to fall back to plaintext xDS.
enabled = '{{ env "XDS_TLS_ENABLED" "true" }}'

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#!/bin/bash
printf '%s\n' '--- config ---'
cat -n gateway/configs/config.toml | sed -n '18,34p'
printf '%s\n' '--- committed listener certificate files ---'
find gateway/gateway-controller/listener-certs -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf '%f\n' | sort
printf '%s\n' '--- setup.sh certificate generation and permission handling ---'
cat -n gateway/scripts/setup.sh | sed -n '150,245p'
printf '%s\n' '--- setup.ps1 certificate generation and permission handling ---'
cat -n gateway/scripts/setup.ps1 | sed -n '320,420p'
printf '%s\n' '--- certificate references ---'
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#!/bin/bash
printf '%s\n' '--- tracked credential artifacts ---'
git ls-files -- gateway/gateway-controller/listener-certs gateway/distribution/resources/listener-certs | sed -n '1,80p'
printf '%s\n' '--- distribution staging ---'
cat -n gateway/Makefile | sed -n '225,250p'
printf '%s\n' '--- setup path selection and invocation ---'
cat -n gateway/scripts/setup.sh | sed -n '35,70p;370,390p'
printf '%s\n' '--- certificate/key correspondence ---'
openssl x509 -in gateway/gateway-controller/listener-certs/server.crt -pubkey -noout 2>/dev/null | openssl pkey -pubin -outform der 2>/dev/null | sha256sum
openssl pkey -in gateway/gateway-controller/listener-certs/server.key -pubout 2>/dev/null | openssl pkey -pubin -outform der 2>/dev/null | sha256sum

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Length of output: 5418

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Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-321

Do not commit shared xDS credentials. xDS TLS is enabled by default, and the repository tracks the xDS CA, server, and client private keys. The setup scripts retain these files when present, so source-based installations reuse the same credentials. Remove the tracked key material and generate fresh credentials when an installation has no existing credentials.

📍 Affects 4 files
  • gateway/configs/config.toml#L26-L26 (this comment)
  • gateway/gateway-controller/listener-certs/server.key#L1-L5
  • gateway/scripts/setup.ps1#L340-L348
  • gateway/scripts/setup.sh#L185-L195
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and client private-key material, and update gateway/configs/config.toml:26 to
avoid relying on shared credentials while preserving the intended TLS default.
In gateway/scripts/setup.ps1:340-348 and gateway/scripts/setup.sh:185-195,
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Source: Coding guidelines

allowed_client_identities = ["spiffe://api-platform/gateway-runtime/envoy"]

[controller.policy_server.tls]
# Same setup as server.xds_tls above, for the policy xDS server (serves the
# policy-engine). Distinct client identity -- the policy-engine presents its
# own cert (POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_*_PATH in docker-compose.yaml), not
# Envoy's. Also gated by XDS_TLS_ENABLED, same as above.
enabled = '{{ env "XDS_TLS_ENABLED" "true" }}'
allowed_client_identities = ["spiffe://api-platform/gateway-runtime/policy-engine"]

[controller.storage]
type = '{{ env "APIP_GW_CONTROLLER_STORAGE_TYPE" "sqlite" }}'

[controller.storage.sqlite]
path = '{{ env "APIP_GW_CONTROLLER_STORAGE_SQLITE_PATH" "./data/gateway.db" }}'

[policy_engine.xds.tls]
# Client-side counterpart to controller.policy_server.tls above -- this
# policy-engine subprocess (forked by gateway-runtime's docker-entrypoint.sh
# into the same container as Envoy) presents its own POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_*
# identity (set in docker-compose.yaml), distinct from Envoy's XDS_CLIENT_*
# cert, since controller.policy_server.tls.allowed_client_identities only
# allows the policy-engine identity.
enabled = '{{ env "POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_TLS_ENABLED" (env "XDS_TLS_ENABLED" "true") }}'
cert_path = '{{ env "POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH" (env "XDS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH" "") }}'
key_path = '{{ env "POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH" (env "XDS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH" "") }}'
ca_path = '{{ env "POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_CA_PATH" (env "XDS_CLIENT_CA_PATH" "") }}'

[policy_engine.logging]
level = "info"

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11 changes: 8 additions & 3 deletions gateway/distribution/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ wso2apip-api-gateway-<version>/
│ └── fluent-bit/ # Fluent Bit log-shipping config
└── resources/
├── certificates/ # CA certificate for upstream TLS verification
├── listener-certs/ # HTTPS listener TLS cert/key (self-signed; shipped, rotate with --force)
├── listener-certs/ # HTTPS listener cert/key (self-signed; shipped, rotate with --force)
│ # + xDS mutual TLS: dev CA, server, and Envoy/Policy-Engine client
│ # certs (enabled by default; ⟵ generated by setup)
├── aesgcm-keys/ # ⟵ generated by setup: AES-256 at-rest encryption key
├── secure-backend/ # Test certificates for mTLS backend testing
└── gateway-controller/
Expand All @@ -49,13 +51,16 @@ bcrypting the admin password uses `htpasswd` if present, otherwise Docker.

### 1. Run the one-time setup

Run the one-time setup (generates `api-platform.env`, the router listener TLS certificate, the AES-256
encryption key, and the gateway-controller admin credentials):
Run the one-time setup (generates `api-platform.env`, the router listener TLS certificate, the xDS
mutual TLS certificates, the AES-256 encryption key, and the gateway-controller admin credentials):

- `api-platform.env` — runtime environment file (admin username + bcrypt password hash)
- `resources/aesgcm-keys/default-aesgcm256-v1.bin` — AES-256 at-rest encryption key
- `resources/listener-certs/default-listener.{crt,key}` — HTTPS listener certificate (a self-signed
one is shipped, and kept as-is unless you pass `--force`)
- `resources/listener-certs/{ca,server,envoy-client,policy-engine-client}.{crt,key}` — xDS mutual
TLS between gateway-controller and gateway-runtime, enabled by default via `XDS_TLS_ENABLED` in
`docker-compose.yaml`; edit it there (both services) to fall back to plaintext xDS

The script is **idempotent** — existing files are kept, so re-running it is safe. On a re-run it also
verifies that a kept `api-platform.env` still defines the settings the gateway needs (and exits non-zero,
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Expand Up @@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ services:
- "9090:9090" # REST API
- "9094:9092" # Admin API
- "9011:9091" # Metrics
environment:
# Enabled by default: mTLS on server.xds_tls (serves Envoy) and
# policy_server.tls (serves the Policy Engine) -- see configs/
# config.toml, which reads this same var. Set to "false" here (and in
# gateway-runtime's environment below) to fall back to plaintext xDS.
- XDS_TLS_ENABLED=true
env_file:
- path: api-platform.env
required: true
Expand All @@ -35,7 +41,8 @@ services:
- controller-data:/app/data
- ./configs/config.toml:/etc/gateway-controller/config.toml:ro
- ./resources/certificates:/app/certificates
- ./resources/listener-certs:/app/listener-certs:ro
- ./resources/listener-certs:/app/listener-certs:ro # Read-only: HTTPS listener certificate (generated by scripts/setup.sh)
- ./resources/listener-certs:/app/xds-certs:ro # Read-only: mTLS server certs for server.xds_tls / policy_server.tls (generated by scripts/setup.sh)
- ./resources/aesgcm-keys/default-aesgcm256-v1.bin:/app/data/aesgcm-keys/default-aesgcm256-v1.bin:ro
extra_hosts:
- "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
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# Envoy admin is disabled by default in the image; enabled here for local
# dev convenience since the port is already mapped to the host above.
- ROUTER_ADMIN_ENABLED=true
# Enabled by default, matching gateway-controller above. Client
# cert/key paths for mutual TLS to gateway-controller's xDS servers
# (server.xds_tls / policy_server.tls) -- Envoy and the policy-engine
# present distinct client identities, so each leg gets its own
# cert/key.
- XDS_TLS_ENABLED=true
- XDS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/envoy-client.crt
- XDS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/envoy-client.key
- XDS_CLIENT_CA_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/ca.crt
- POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/policy-engine-client.crt
- POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/policy-engine-client.key
- POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_CA_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/ca.crt
volumes:
- ./configs/config.toml:/etc/policy-engine/config.toml:ro
- ./configs/llm-pricing/model_prices.json:/etc/policy-engine/llm-pricing/model_prices.json:ro
- ./resources/listener-certs:/etc/xds-certs:ro # Read-only: mTLS client certs for Envoy + policy-engine xDS connections

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printf '%s\n' '--- compose context ---'
sed -n '70,100p' gateway/distribution/docker-compose.yaml
printf '%s\n' '--- README certificate documentation ---'
sed -n '50,75p' gateway/distribution/README.md
printf '%s\n' '--- certificate references in gateway distribution ---'
rg -n --glob '!node_modules' --glob '!dist' 'listener-certs|ca\.key|server\.key|envoy-client|policy-engine-client' gateway/distribution gateway/gateway-runtime

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Sensitive Data Exposure

Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Mount only the runtime client credentials.

The setup creates ca.key and server.key in resources/listener-certs. The directory mount exposes both private keys to gateway-runtime. Mount only the required client certificates, keys, and ca.crt as read-only files.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@gateway/distribution/docker-compose.yaml` at line 91, Update the
gateway-runtime volume configuration around the listener-certs mount to remove
the directory-level bind mount and expose only the required runtime client
certificate, key, and ca.crt files as read-only mounts; do not expose ca.key or
server.key.

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networks:
- gateway-network

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Expand Up @@ -25,10 +25,16 @@ services:
ports:
- "9090:9090" # REST API
- "9094:9092" # Admin API
- "18000:18000" # xDS gRPC (Router)
- "18001:18001" # xDS gRPC (Policy Engine)
- "18443:18443" # xDS gRPC mTLS (Router) -- 18000 stops listening once XDS_TLS_ENABLED=true (default)
- "18444:18444" # xDS gRPC mTLS (Policy Engine) -- 18001 stops listening once XDS_TLS_ENABLED=true (default)
- "9011:9091" # Metrics
- "2345:2345" # dlv remote debug port
environment:
# Enabled by default: mTLS on server.xds_tls (serves Envoy) and
# policy_server.tls (serves the Policy Engine) -- see configs/
# config.toml, which reads this same var. Set to "false" here (and in
# gateway-runtime's environment below) to fall back to plaintext xDS.
- XDS_TLS_ENABLED=true
env_file:
- path: api-platform.env
required: true
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- controller-data:/app/data
- ./configs/config.toml:/etc/gateway-controller/config.toml:ro
- ./gateway-controller/certificates:/app/certificates
- ./gateway-controller/listener-certs:/app/listener-certs:ro
- ./gateway-controller/listener-certs:/app/listener-certs:ro # Read-only: HTTPS listener certificate (generated by scripts/setup.sh)
- ./gateway-controller/listener-certs:/app/xds-certs:ro # Read-only: mTLS server certs for server.xds_tls / policy_server.tls (generated by scripts/setup.sh)

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- compose mounts ---'
rg -n -C 4 'listener-certs|xds-certs|ca\.key|server\.key|client.*(key|crt)|\.crt' \
  gateway/docker-compose.debug.yaml gateway/docker-compose.yaml \
  gateway/it/docker-compose.test.postgres.yaml gateway/it/docker-compose.test.sqlserver.yaml \
  gateway/it/docker-compose.test.vhosts-multi.yaml gateway/it/docker-compose.test.vhosts-single.yaml \
  gateway/it/docker-compose.test.yaml

printf '%s\n' '--- certificate generation and configuration references ---'
rg -n -C 3 'listener-certs|ca\.key|server\.key|client.*key|xds_tls|policy_server\.tls|tls_cert|tls_key|trusted_ca' \
  gateway --glob '!docker-compose*.yaml' --glob '!*.log' | head -n 500

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set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- compose mounts ---'
rg -n -C 4 'listener-certs|xds-certs|ca\.key|server\.key|client.*(key|crt)|\.crt' gateway/docker-compose.debug.yaml gateway/docker-compose.yaml gateway/it/docker-compose.test.postgres.yaml gateway/it/docker-compose.test.sqlserver.yaml gateway/it/docker-compose.test.vhosts-multi.yaml gateway/it/docker-compose.test.vhosts-single.yaml gateway/it/docker-compose.test.yaml
printf '%s\n' '--- certificate generation and configuration references ---'
rg -n -C 3 'listener-certs|ca\.key|server\.key|client.*key|xds_tls|policy_server\.tls|tls_cert|tls_key|trusted_ca' gateway --glob '!docker-compose*.yaml' --glob '!*.log' | head -n 500

Repository: wso2/api-platform

Length of output: 50373

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
sed -n '1,115p' gateway/docker-compose.debug.yaml
printf '\n--- standard compose ---\n'
sed -n '1,120p' gateway/docker-compose.yaml
printf '\n--- generated/declared certificate names ---\n'
rg -n 'listener-certs|ca\.key|server\.key|client.*\.(key|crt)|xds_tls|policy_server\.tls' gateway/scripts gateway/config gateway 2>/dev/null | head -n 400

Repository: wso2/api-platform

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- exact TLS paths and defaults ---'
sed -n '1,75p' gateway/configs/config.toml
sed -n '1065,1120p' gateway/gateway-controller/pkg/config/config.go
sed -n '1268,1290p' gateway/gateway-controller/pkg/config/config.go
printf '%s\n' '--- all listener-certs directory mounts ---'
rg -n 'listener-certs:/|resources/listener-certs:/|/app/certs|/etc/nginx/certs' gateway --glob 'docker-compose*.yaml'
printf '%s\n' '--- consumers of non-xDS certificate mounts ---'
rg -n -C 3 'default-listener|/app/certs|/etc/nginx/certs|ssl_certificate|ssl_certificate_key' gateway/it gateway --glob '!docker-compose*.yaml' --glob '*.conf' --glob '*.yaml' --glob '*.toml' | head -n 300

Repository: wso2/api-platform

Length of output: 28562

Sensitive Data Exposure

Reachability: Internal
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Restrict every certificate mount to the files required by its service.

The xDS controller requires only ca.crt, server.crt, and server.key. The runtime requires ca.crt, envoy-client.crt/key, and policy-engine-client.crt/key. Listener and Nginx services require only default-listener.crt/key. Replace the directory mounts across all Compose variants with these file-level mounts. Do not mount ca.key into any service, and retain restrictive private-key permissions.

📍 Affects 7 files
  • gateway/docker-compose.debug.yaml#L47-L47 (this comment)
  • gateway/docker-compose.debug.yaml#L95-L95
  • gateway/docker-compose.yaml#L51-L51
  • gateway/docker-compose.yaml#L99-L99
  • gateway/it/docker-compose.test.postgres.yaml#L121-L121
  • gateway/it/docker-compose.test.postgres.yaml#L176-L176
  • gateway/it/docker-compose.test.postgres.yaml#L229-L229
  • gateway/it/docker-compose.test.sqlserver.yaml#L144-L144
  • gateway/it/docker-compose.test.sqlserver.yaml#L201-L201
  • gateway/it/docker-compose.test.vhosts-multi.yaml#L54-L54
  • gateway/it/docker-compose.test.vhosts-multi.yaml#L104-L104
  • gateway/it/docker-compose.test.vhosts-single.yaml#L54-L54
  • gateway/it/docker-compose.test.vhosts-single.yaml#L104-L104
  • gateway/it/docker-compose.test.yaml#L81-L81
  • gateway/it/docker-compose.test.yaml#L133-L133
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In `@gateway/docker-compose.debug.yaml` at line 47, Replace directory certificate
mounts with file-level mounts, exposing only ca.crt, server.crt, and server.key
to the xDS controller; ca.crt, envoy-client.crt/key, and
policy-engine-client.crt/key to the runtime; and default-listener.crt/key to
listener and Nginx services, never ca.key, while preserving restrictive
private-key permissions. Apply this in gateway/docker-compose.debug.yaml lines
47 and 95; gateway/docker-compose.yaml lines 51 and 99;
gateway/it/docker-compose.test.postgres.yaml lines 121, 176, and 229;
gateway/it/docker-compose.test.sqlserver.yaml lines 144 and 201;
gateway/it/docker-compose.test.vhosts-multi.yaml lines 54 and 104;
gateway/it/docker-compose.test.vhosts-single.yaml lines 54 and 104; and
gateway/it/docker-compose.test.yaml lines 81 and 133.

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- ./gateway-controller/aesgcm-keys/default-aesgcm256-v1.bin:/app/data/aesgcm-keys/default-aesgcm256-v1.bin:ro # AES-256 at-rest encryption key (generated by scripts/setup.sh)
extra_hosts:
- "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
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# Envoy admin is disabled by default in the image; enabled here for local
# dev convenience since the port is already mapped to the host above.
- ROUTER_ADMIN_ENABLED=true
# Enabled by default, matching gateway-controller above -- see
# docker-compose.yaml's gateway-runtime service for the full
# explanation of these vars.
- XDS_TLS_ENABLED=true
- XDS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/envoy-client.crt
- XDS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/envoy-client.key
- XDS_CLIENT_CA_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/ca.crt
- POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/policy-engine-client.crt
- POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/policy-engine-client.key
- POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_CA_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/ca.crt
volumes:
- ./configs/config.toml:/etc/policy-engine/config.toml:ro
- ./gateway-controller/listener-certs:/etc/xds-certs:ro # Read-only: mTLS client certs for Envoy + policy-engine xDS connections
networks:
- gateway-network
cap_add:
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Expand Up @@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ services:
- "9094:9092" # Admin API
- "9011:9091" # Metrics
- "9093:9093" # REST API TLS
environment:
# Enabled by default: mTLS on server.xds_tls (serves Envoy) and
# policy_server.tls (serves the Policy Engine) -- see configs/
# config.toml, which reads this same var. Set to "false" here (and in
# gateway-runtime's environment below) to fall back to plaintext xDS.
- XDS_TLS_ENABLED=true
env_file:
- path: api-platform.env
required: true
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- controller-data:/app/data
- ./configs/config.toml:/etc/gateway-controller/config.toml:ro
- ./gateway-controller/certificates:/app/certificates # Read-write for dynamic certificate management
- ./gateway-controller/listener-certs:/app/listener-certs:ro # Read-only for HTTPS listener certificates
- ./gateway-controller/listener-certs:/app/listener-certs:ro # Read-only: HTTPS listener certificate
- ./gateway-controller/listener-certs:/app/xds-certs:ro # Read-only: mTLS server certs for server.xds_tls / policy_server.tls
- ./gateway-controller/aesgcm-keys/default-aesgcm256-v1.bin:/app/data/aesgcm-keys/default-aesgcm256-v1.bin:ro # AES-256 at-rest encryption key
extra_hosts:
- "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
Expand All @@ -64,13 +71,32 @@ services:
- "9002:9002" # Admin API
- "9003:9003" # Metrics
- "9004:9004" # Health
environment:
# Enabled by default, matching gateway-controller above -- set both to
# "false" together to fall back to plaintext xDS (e.g. controller and
# runtime are not co-located, or a peer build that doesn't support
# this yet). Client cert/key paths for mutual TLS to gateway-
# controller's xDS servers (server.xds_tls / policy_server.tls).
# Envoy and the policy-engine present distinct client identities, so
# each leg gets its own cert/key -- both are checked against the
# shared dev CA mounted below. See gateway-controller/listener-certs and
# gateway-runtime/docker-entrypoint.sh for how these paths are
# consumed.
- XDS_TLS_ENABLED=true
- XDS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/envoy-client.crt
- XDS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/envoy-client.key
- XDS_CLIENT_CA_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/ca.crt
- POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/policy-engine-client.crt
- POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/policy-engine-client.key
- POLICY_ENGINE_XDS_CLIENT_CA_PATH=/etc/xds-certs/ca.crt
env_file:
- path: api-platform.env
required: true
format: raw
volumes:
- ./configs/config.toml:/etc/policy-engine/config.toml:ro
- ./configs/llm-pricing/model_prices.json:/etc/policy-engine/llm-pricing/model_prices.json:ro
- ./gateway-controller/listener-certs:/etc/xds-certs:ro # Read-only: mTLS client certs for Envoy + policy-engine xDS connections
networks:
- gateway-network

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