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Tighten asset combiner import confinement and error output - #1549

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Follow-up to wintercms/storm#245 (merged), finishing the combiner's import handling so that every compiler it registers follows the same allowed-root policy.

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  • SCSS: CombineAssets now passes its allowed import roots (themes_path(), plugins_path(), modules/) to ScssCompiler, as it already does for the JavaScript and LESS compilers. Since storm#245 the SCSS compiler only allows the asset's own directory when no roots are configured, so without this change SCSS imports that reach into another of those trees would stop resolving.
  • CSS: the @import validator refuses targets that Assetic's CssImportFilter would load as a URL (any scheme, or a protocol-relative //) instead of passing them to the path check, which can't judge them. They are left in the output for the browser to resolve, which is where remote stylesheets belong anyway.
  • Combine route: SystemController::combine() returned the raw exception message on failure, which for compiler errors includes source lines and paths. It now only does so in debug mode; otherwise it logs the exception and returns a generic message.

No composer.json change is needed: winter/storm is required as dev-develop, which already includes storm#245 and its assetic/framework ^3.2.3 requirement.

Behaviour changes to note

  • A CSS asset that @imports a remote stylesheet (e.g. a font CDN) now leaves the @import in the combined output instead of inlining the fetched response.

Tests

  • CombineAssetsTest: end-to-end coverage through combineToFile() for nested LESS imports and data-uri(), nested JavaScript includes, CSS scheme and protocol-relative imports and traversal, SCSS traversal, and allowed-root and same-tree imports for each compiler.
  • SystemControllerTest (new): compiler errors are hidden outside debug mode and shown in it.

The new block tests fail against the previous Storm/Assetic/Winter code, except the nested JavaScript include test, which was already confined and is there to keep it that way. The allow tests pass on both. modules/system, modules/backend and modules/cms suites pass; phpcs clean.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • SCSS imports are restricted to configured theme roots, while valid nested imports continue to work. CSS imports from outside allowed roots are blocked; remote and protocol-relative imports remain available for browser resolution.
    • Combined-asset failures return a generic error outside debug mode; detailed errors remain visible in debug mode.
    • Color picker values are validated against configured formats, with custom formats accepting non-empty values.

wintercms/storm#245 gave ScssCompiler the same allowed-import-roots support as the LESS and JavaScript compilers, defaulting to the asset's own directory. CombineAssets already passes its roots (themes, plugins and modules) to those siblings but registered the SCSS compiler without them, so SCSS imports that reach into another of those trees would stop resolving. It now receives the same roots.
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Asset compilation now restricts CSS imports and configures SCSS import roots. Tests cover blocked out-of-root reads and retained valid imports. When debug mode is disabled, the combiner returns a generic localized error; when enabled, it returns compiler details. ColorPicker now validates values against configured formats, except when the format setting is custom.

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SCSS can now import from shared theme, plugin, and module trees. The import checks constrain that access, and no new path escape or public error disclosure was established. The wider access is intentional but warrants review where asset trees have different owners.

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Security Blast Radius

  • observed — An SCSS asset can now import source within any configured theme, plugin, or module root, not just its own directory. This expands the deliberate cross-tree read scope but does not grant access outside the checked roots.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The SCSS validator canonicalizes candidate paths before containment checks. The path resolver processes traversal segments and symlinks, and the regression test confirms that the tested out-of-root import does not place its canary in compiled CSS.
  • observed — Compiler exception details remain available in debug mode, but the public non-debug response now omits them and reports the exception internally. Before this change, the response returned the exception message without that mode check.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — If installations isolate themes or plugins by owner, consider configuring SCSS import roots per authorized asset owner rather than allowing every asset to import from all three shared trees.
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modules/system/tests/classes/CombineAssetsTest.php (1)

240-261: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the main SCSS marker.

compileScssTo() converts empty output to '', and assertStringNotContainsString() passes for that value. A compiler regression that drops all output while omitting the blocked import would therefore pass this test. Assert .x so the test requires the main asset to compile.

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             $css = $this->compileScssTo($themeDir, 'assets/poc.scss');
             $this->assertStringNotContainsString('combine-leak-canary', $css);
+            $this->assertStringContainsString('.x', $css);
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In `@modules/system/tests/classes/CombineAssetsTest.php` around lines 240 - 261,
Update testScssCompilerBlocksRelativeTraversalImport to assert that the compiled
CSS contains the main asset marker `.x`, while retaining the assertion that the
blocked import’s canary is absent.

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In `@modules/system/tests/classes/CombineAssetsTest.php`:
- Around line 240-261: Update testScssCompilerBlocksRelativeTraversalImport to
assert that the compiled CSS contains the main asset marker `.x`, while
retaining the assertion that the blocked import’s canary is absent.

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- The CSS import validator refuses targets that CssImportFilter would load as a URL (any scheme, or a protocol-relative `//`) rather than passing them to the path check, which cannot judge them. They are left in the output for the browser to resolve.
- ColorPicker validates saved values against the same normalised format list it renders with. An unrecognised `formats` value falls back to "hex" instead of skipping validation, an array of formats accepts only the formats it lists, and "custom" is the explicit way to opt out.
- The combine route only returns compiler error messages in debug mode, since they quote source lines and paths. Otherwise it logs the exception and returns a generic message.
- Adds end-to-end combiner coverage for nested LESS imports and `data-uri()`, nested JavaScript includes, and CSS imports.
@LukeTowers LukeTowers changed the title Apply the combiner's allowed import roots to the SCSS compiler Tighten asset combiner import confinement and error output Sep 26, 2026
Unrecognised formats values passing through unvalidated is the intended behaviour from #1020, and core only uses the validated hex and all formats. The change is out of scope here.
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