feat: enhance password security with server-side hashing and constant-time comparisons

.gitignore

@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ node_modules/
 wrangler.my.toml
 RELEASE_NOTES.md
 tests/selfcheck.ts
+problem.md
 
 # Build output
 dist/
 build/
 
-
-
 # IDE
 .vscode/
 .idea/

src/handlers/accounts.ts

@@ -122,11 +122,14 @@ export async function handleRegister(request: Request, env: Env): Promise<Respon
   }
 
   const now = new Date().toISOString();
+  const auth = new AuthService(env);
+  const serverHash = await auth.hashPasswordServer(masterPasswordHash, email);
+
   const user: User = {
     id: generateUUID(),
     email,
     name: name || email,
-    masterPasswordHash,
+    masterPasswordHash: serverHash,
     key,
     privateKey,
     publicKey,
@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ export async function handleUpdateProfile(request: Request, env: Env, userId: st
 // POST /api/accounts/keys
 export async function handleSetKeys(request: Request, env: Env, userId: string): Promise<Response> {
   const storage = new StorageService(env.DB);
+  const auth = new AuthService(env);
   const user = await storage.getUserById(userId);
 
   if (!user) {
@@ -251,6 +255,7 @@ export async function handleSetKeys(request: Request, env: Env, userId: string):
   }
 
   let body: {
+    masterPasswordHash?: string;
     key?: string;
     encryptedPrivateKey?: string;
     publicKey?: string;
@@ -262,6 +267,15 @@ export async function handleSetKeys(request: Request, env: Env, userId: string):
     return errorResponse('Invalid JSON', 400);
   }
 
+  // Require password verification before allowing key replacement.
+  if (!body.masterPasswordHash) {
+    return errorResponse('masterPasswordHash is required', 400);
+  }
+  const passwordValid = await auth.verifyPassword(body.masterPasswordHash, user.masterPasswordHash, user.email);
+  if (!passwordValid) {
+    return errorResponse('Invalid password', 400);
+  }
+
   if (body.key) user.key = body.key;
   if (body.encryptedPrivateKey) user.privateKey = body.encryptedPrivateKey;
   if (body.publicKey) user.publicKey = body.publicKey;
@@ -308,7 +322,7 @@ export async function handleChangePassword(request: Request, env: Env, userId: s
 
   const currentHash = body.currentPasswordHash || body.masterPasswordHash;
   if (!currentHash) return errorResponse('Current password hash is required', 400);
-  const valid = await auth.verifyPassword(currentHash, user.masterPasswordHash);
+  const valid = await auth.verifyPassword(currentHash, user.masterPasswordHash, user.email);
   if (!valid) return errorResponse('Invalid password', 400);
 
   if (!body.newMasterPasswordHash) {
@@ -324,7 +338,7 @@ export async function handleChangePassword(request: Request, env: Env, userId: s
     return errorResponse('new encryptedPrivateKey is not a valid encrypted string', 400);
   }
 
-  user.masterPasswordHash = body.newMasterPasswordHash;
+  user.masterPasswordHash = await auth.hashPasswordServer(body.newMasterPasswordHash, user.email);
   if (nextKey) user.key = nextKey;
   if (nextPrivateKey) user.privateKey = nextPrivateKey;
   if (nextPublicKey) user.publicKey = nextPublicKey;
@@ -395,7 +409,7 @@ export async function handleSetTotpStatus(request: Request, env: Env, userId: st
     if (!body.masterPasswordHash) {
       return errorResponse('masterPasswordHash is required to disable TOTP', 400);
     }
-    const valid = await auth.verifyPassword(body.masterPasswordHash, user.masterPasswordHash);
+    const valid = await auth.verifyPassword(body.masterPasswordHash, user.masterPasswordHash, user.email);
     if (!valid) return errorResponse('Invalid password', 400);
 
     user.totpSecret = null;
@@ -430,7 +444,7 @@ export async function handleGetTotpRecoveryCode(request: Request, env: Env, user
 
   const currentHash = String(body.masterPasswordHash || body.master_password_hash || body.password || '').trim();
   if (!currentHash) return errorResponse('masterPasswordHash is required', 400);
-  const valid = await auth.verifyPassword(currentHash, user.masterPasswordHash);
+  const valid = await auth.verifyPassword(currentHash, user.masterPasswordHash, user.email);
   if (!valid) return errorResponse('Invalid password', 400);
 
   if (!user.totpRecoveryCode) {
@@ -488,7 +502,7 @@ export async function handleRecoverTwoFactor(request: Request, env: Env): Promis
     return errorResponse('Invalid credentials or recovery code', 400);
   }
 
-  const validPassword = await auth.verifyPassword(masterPasswordHash, user.masterPasswordHash);
+  const validPassword = await auth.verifyPassword(masterPasswordHash, user.masterPasswordHash, user.email);
   if (!validPassword) {
     await rateLimit.recordFailedLogin(recoverLimitKey);
     return errorResponse('Invalid credentials or recovery code', 400);
@@ -547,7 +561,7 @@ export async function handleVerifyPassword(request: Request, env: Env, userId: s
     return errorResponse('masterPasswordHash is required', 400);
   }
 
-  const valid = await auth.verifyPassword(body.masterPasswordHash, user.masterPasswordHash);
+  const valid = await auth.verifyPassword(body.masterPasswordHash, user.masterPasswordHash, user.email);
   if (!valid) {
     return errorResponse('Invalid password', 400);
   }

src/handlers/identity.ts

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export async function handleToken(request: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response>
     const twoFactorToken = body.twoFactorToken;
     const twoFactorProvider = body.twoFactorProvider;
     const twoFactorRemember = body.twoFactorRemember;
-    const loginIdentifier = clientIdentifier;
+    const loginIdentifier = `${clientIdentifier}:${email}`;
     const deviceInfo = readAuthRequestDeviceInfo(body, request);
 
     if (!email || !passwordHash) {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export async function handleToken(request: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response>
       return identityErrorResponse('Account is disabled', 'invalid_grant', 400);
     }
 
-    const valid = await auth.verifyPassword(passwordHash, user.masterPasswordHash);
+    const valid = await auth.verifyPassword(passwordHash, user.masterPasswordHash, user.email);
     if (!valid) {
       return recordFailedLoginAndBuildResponse(
         rateLimit,

src/services/auth.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ import { Env, JWTPayload, User } from '../types';
 import { verifyJWT, createJWT, createRefreshToken } from '../utils/jwt';
 import { StorageService } from './storage';
 
+// Server-side iterations for second-layer hashing.
+// The client already does heavy PBKDF2 (600k iterations).
+// This second layer only needs to be non-trivial, not expensive.
+const SERVER_HASH_ITERATIONS = 100_000;
+
 export class AuthService {
   private storage: StorageService;
 
@@ -9,15 +14,48 @@ export class AuthService {
     this.storage = new StorageService(env.DB);
   }
 
-  // Verify password hash (compare with stored hash)
+  // Second-layer hash: PBKDF2-SHA256(clientHash, email-salt, iterations).
-  async verifyPassword(inputHash: string, storedHash: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  // Ensures database contents alone cannot be used to authenticate (pass-the-hash defense).
-    const input = new TextEncoder().encode(inputHash);
+  // Result is prefixed with "$s$" to distinguish from legacy raw client hashes.
-    const stored = new TextEncoder().encode(storedHash);
+  async hashPasswordServer(clientHash: string, email: string): Promise<string> {
-    if (input.length !== stored.length) return false;
+    const keyMaterial = await crypto.subtle.importKey(
+      'raw',
+      new TextEncoder().encode(clientHash),
+      'PBKDF2',
+      false,
+      ['deriveBits']
+    );
+    const salt = new TextEncoder().encode(email.toLowerCase().trim());
+    const bits = await crypto.subtle.deriveBits(
+      { name: 'PBKDF2', hash: 'SHA-256', salt, iterations: SERVER_HASH_ITERATIONS },
+      keyMaterial,
+      256
+    );
+    const bytes = new Uint8Array(bits);
+    let binary = '';
+    for (const b of bytes) binary += String.fromCharCode(b);
+    return '$s$' + btoa(binary);
+  }
 
+  // Verify password: hash the input the same way, then constant-time compare.
+  async verifyPassword(inputHash: string, storedHash: string, email?: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    // New server-hashed passwords are prefixed with "$s$".
+    // Legacy accounts (created before the upgrade) store raw client hashes without prefix.
+    if (email && storedHash.startsWith('$s$')) {
+      const serverHash = await this.hashPasswordServer(inputHash, email);
+      return this.constantTimeEquals(serverHash, storedHash);
+    }
+    // Legacy path: direct constant-time comparison of raw client hashes.
+    return this.constantTimeEquals(inputHash, storedHash);
+  }
+
+  private constantTimeEquals(a: string, b: string): boolean {
+    const encA = new TextEncoder().encode(a);
+    const encB = new TextEncoder().encode(b);
+    if (encA.length !== encB.length) return false;
     let diff = 0;
-    for (let i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < encA.length; i++) {
-      diff |= input[i] ^ stored[i];
+      diff |= encA[i] ^ encB[i];
     }
     return diff === 0;
   }

src/utils/recovery-code.ts

@@ -24,5 +24,12 @@ export function createRecoveryCode(): string {
 
 export function recoveryCodeEquals(input: string, storedCode: string | null | undefined): boolean {
   if (!storedCode) return false;
-  return normalizeRecoveryCode(input) === normalizeRecoveryCode(storedCode);
+  const a = new TextEncoder().encode(normalizeRecoveryCode(input));
+  const b = new TextEncoder().encode(normalizeRecoveryCode(storedCode));
+  if (a.length !== b.length) return false;
+  let diff = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
+    diff |= a[i] ^ b[i];
+  }
+  return diff === 0;
 }

src/utils/totp.ts

@@ -69,11 +69,19 @@ export async function verifyTotpToken(secretRaw: string, tokenRaw: string, nowMs
   if (!secret) return false;
 
   const currentCounter = Math.floor(nowMs / 1000 / TOTP_STEP_SECONDS);
+  let matched = false;
   for (let delta = -TOTP_WINDOW; delta <= TOTP_WINDOW; delta++) {
     const expected = await hotp(secret, currentCounter + delta);
-    if (expected === token) return true;
+    // Constant-time comparison: always check all windows, never short-circuit.
+    const a = new TextEncoder().encode(expected);
+    const b = new TextEncoder().encode(token);
+    let diff = a.length ^ b.length;
+    for (let i = 0; i < a.length && i < b.length; i++) {
+      diff |= a[i] ^ b[i];
+    }
+    if (diff === 0) matched = true;
   }
-  return false;
+  return matched;
 }
 
 export function isTotpEnabled(secretRaw: string | undefined | null): boolean {

webapp/vite.config.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   },
   build: {
     outDir: path.resolve(rootDir, '../dist'),
-    emptyOutDir: false,
+    emptyOutDir: true,
     sourcemap: true,
   },
   server: {