fix(ssh-capture): drop relay FIFO, rsyslog→/proc/1/fd/1 direct

The named pipe at /run/systemd/journal/syslog-relay had two problems
beyond its argv leak: any root-in-container process could (a) `cat`
the pipe and watch the live SIEM feed, and (b) write to it and inject
forged log lines. Since an attacker with a shell is already root
inside the honeypot, file permissions can't fix it.

Point rsyslog's auth/user actions directly at /proc/1/fd/1 — the
container-stdout fd Docker attached to PID 1 — and delete the
mkfifo + cat relay from the entrypoint. No pipe on disk, nothing to
read, nothing to inject, and one fewer cloaked process in `ps`.
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2026-04-18 02:12:32 -04:00
parent 2843aafa1a
commit b0e00a6cc4
3 changed files with 23 additions and 28 deletions

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@@ -34,13 +34,15 @@ RUN sed -i \
-e 's|^#\?LogLevel.*|LogLevel VERBOSE|' \
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
# rsyslog: forward auth.* and user.* to named pipe in RFC 5424 format.
# The entrypoint relays the pipe to stdout for Docker log capture.
# rsyslog: forward auth.* and user.* to PID 1's stdout in RFC 5424 format.
# /proc/1/fd/1 is the container-stdout fd Docker attached — writing there
# surfaces lines in `docker logs` without needing a named pipe + relay cat
# (which would be readable AND writable by any root-in-container process).
RUN printf '%s\n' \
'# syslog-relay log bridge — auth + user events → named pipe as RFC 5424' \
'# auth + user events → container stdout as RFC 5424' \
'$template RFC5424fmt,"<%PRI%>1 %TIMESTAMP:::date-rfc3339% %HOSTNAME% %APP-NAME% %PROCID% %MSGID% %STRUCTURED-DATA% %msg%\n"' \
'auth,authpriv.* |/run/systemd/journal/syslog-relay;RFC5424fmt' \
'user.* |/run/systemd/journal/syslog-relay;RFC5424fmt' \
'auth,authpriv.* /proc/1/fd/1;RFC5424fmt' \
'user.* /proc/1/fd/1;RFC5424fmt' \
> /etc/rsyslog.d/50-journal-forward.conf
# Silence default catch-all rules so we own auth/user routing exclusively

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@@ -31,15 +31,10 @@ ls /var/www/html
HIST
fi
# Logging pipeline: named pipe → rsyslogd (RFC 5424) → stdout → Docker log capture.
# Pipe lives under /run/systemd/journal/ and the relay process is cloaked via
# exec -a so `ps aux` shows "systemd-journal-fwd" instead of a raw `cat`.
mkdir -p /run/systemd/journal
mkfifo /run/systemd/journal/syslog-relay
bash -c 'exec -a "systemd-journal-fwd" cat /run/systemd/journal/syslog-relay' &
# Start rsyslog (reads /etc/rsyslog.d/50-journal-forward.conf, writes to the pipe above)
# Logging pipeline: rsyslogd (RFC 5424) → /proc/1/fd/1 → Docker log capture.
# No intermediate pipe/relay — a named FIFO would be readable AND writable
# by any root-in-container process, letting an attacker either eavesdrop on
# the SIEM feed or inject forged log lines.
rsyslogd
# File-catcher: mirror attacker drops into host-mounted quarantine with attribution.

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@@ -144,27 +144,25 @@ def test_dockerfile_prompt_command_logger():
assert "logger" in df
def test_entrypoint_creates_named_pipe():
assert "mkfifo" in _entrypoint_text()
def test_entrypoint_relay_pipe_path_is_disguised():
def test_entrypoint_has_no_named_pipe():
# Named pipes in the container are a liability — readable and writable
# by any root process. The log bridge must not rely on one.
ep = _entrypoint_text()
# Pipe lives under /run/systemd/journal/, not the obvious /var/run/decnet-logs.
assert "/run/systemd/journal/syslog-relay" in ep
assert "decnet-logs" not in ep
assert "mkfifo" not in ep
assert "syslog-relay" not in ep
def test_entrypoint_cat_relay_is_cloaked():
def test_entrypoint_has_no_relay_cat():
# No intermediate cat relay either (removed together with the pipe).
ep = _entrypoint_text()
# `cat` is invoked via exec -a so ps shows systemd-journal-fwd.
assert "systemd-journal-fwd" in ep
assert "exec -a" in ep
assert "systemd-journal-fwd" not in ep
def test_dockerfile_rsyslog_uses_disguised_pipe():
def test_dockerfile_rsyslog_targets_pid1_stdout():
df = _dockerfile_text()
assert "/run/systemd/journal/syslog-relay" in df
# rsyslog writes straight to /proc/1/fd/1 — no pipe file on disk.
assert "/proc/1/fd/1" in df
assert "syslog-relay" not in df
assert "decnet-logs" not in df