fix: reduce OAuth login-CSRF risk (RSK-046)

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Summary

Following up on the two open risks flagged after v0.47 phase 3:

• RSK-046 (OAuth login-CSRF): added a real, zero-frontend-dependency defense-in-depth layer. GET /v1/auth/oauth/{provider}/callback now rejects a request whose Referer header is present and names neither the OAuth provider's own domain (accounts.google.com/github.com) nor nothing at all. A genuine callback always arrives as a browser redirect from the provider's consent page, while the practical CSRF delivery vector (a crafted callback link placed in an email or on an attacker's page) arrives with either no Referer or the wrong one. An absent Referer is still allowed through (some browsers/extensions legitimately omit it). This is documented as risk reduction, not closure — a determined attacker page can still omit/spoof its own referrer; the complete fix needs client-side state binding once a real frontend exists.
• RSK-048 (unverified against live providers): re-verified Google's and GitHub's OAuth contracts against their current real documentation rather than relying on prior knowledge — confirmed the OIDC userinfo endpoint's email_verified is genuinely boolean (this codebase correctly avoids the legacy endpoint known for sometimes returning it as a string), and confirmed GitHub's Accept: application/json requirement was already correctly handled. Paystack's docs are bot-blocked from automated fetching, so that part of RSK-048 remains open — it genuinely needs a live test-mode credential to close.

Test plan

• gofmt/go vet/go build clean
• Full go test ./... and go test -race ./... clean against real Postgres+Redis
• New TestOAuthCallbackRejectsWrongReferer covers wrong/correct-provider/absent referer
• Docker rebuild + boot smoke clean

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Security

  • OAuth callbacks now reject requests when a provided referrer does not match the expected Google or GitHub domain. Missing or unreadable referrers continue through the existing callback validation.
  • This adds a layer of protection against forged OAuth callback requests; it does not fully eliminate login-CSRF risk.

• Documentation

  • Updated security records to reflect the remaining OAuth risk and note that Paystack’s current charge and verification contracts have not yet been re-verified.

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Walkthrough

The OAuth callback now rejects a present, parseable Referer with a nonempty host when that host does not match the requested provider. Tests cover mismatched, matching, and missing Referers. Risk records describe the check as partial mitigation and retain open OAuth state-binding and Paystack verification items.

Changes

OAuth callback risk reduction

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Callback Referer validation and tests internal/api/humanauth_mfa_handler.go, internal/api/humanauth_mfa_handler_test.go	The callback rejects a present Referer host that does not match the requested Google or GitHub provider before OAuth completion. Tests cover a mismatched host, a Google host, and a missing Referer.
Risk status records .ilana/decisions.md, .ilana/ledger.md, .ilana/risks.md, .ilana/state.json	The records describe the Referer check as partial mitigation, retain client-side state binding as an open item, note pending live Paystack verification, and increment the decision counter.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b3420

The callback change has a test-coverage gap, but no new production failure is established. The PR is mergeable with follow-up to make the test distinguish Referer rejection from ordinary state rejection.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to b3420

The new check rejects some suspicious callbacks before sign-in, but it is only a partial defense. The existing OAuth state check remains in place. No newly introduced security bypass was established, though behavior with live providers has not been verified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The independently reachable surface is the public Google or GitHub callback. A request that passes the Referer pre-filter still needs a consumable state and successful provider completion before it can produce a session or MFA challenge.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — An attacker-delivered callback with no usable Referer can still enter the pre-existing OAuth completion flow. This limits the new check’s protection but does not establish a PR-introduced bypass of state validation; no retained security finding was supplied.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The callback is publicly routed with IP limiting. Its new check reads a request header, while CompleteOAuth remains responsible for validating and consuming state bound to the requested provider.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — Rejecting on Referer before completion avoids consuming state on that path. The new callback test checks response status for three Referer cases, but does not distinguish state-consumption outcomes.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — When a browser client exists, bind OAuth state to the initiating client rather than relying on Referer for login-CSRF protection. Verify callback Referer variants against live providers and test whether rejection preserves state for a subsequent legitimate callback.

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internal/api/humanauth_mfa_handler_test.go (1)

86-86: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Make the Referer test distinguish rejection from invalid state.

All three requests use the unknown state y, so they return invalid_oauth_state even without the Referer check. Generate a valid state and use an invalid code. Assert invalid_oauth_state for the wrong Referer and oauth_provider_error for matching and absent Referer. Use a fresh state for each callback because OAuth states are single-use.

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In `@internal/api/humanauth_mfa_handler_test.go` at line 86, Update the Referer
test around its callback requests to use a valid, single-use OAuth state and an
invalid code. Create a fresh state for each request, then assert that the wrong
Referer returns invalid_oauth_state while matching and absent Referers return
oauth_provider_error.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@internal/api/humanauth_mfa_handler_test.go`:
- Line 86: Update the Referer test around its callback requests to use a valid,
single-use OAuth state and an invalid code. Create a fresh state for each
request, then assert that the wrong Referer returns invalid_oauth_state while
matching and absent Referers return oauth_provider_error.

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• internal/api/humanauth_mfa_handler.go
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