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reCaptcha fails to load when default Content Security Policy settings are enabled

Summary

We use Google's reCaptcha to protect against brute force logins. We have noticed that after upgrading to 13.12.1 that the Content Security Policy now blocks reCaptcha from loading. This prevents people from logging in.

After searching I have found that the reCaptcha integration is missing the nonce field in the script HTML element. Which interferes with the default usage of CSP's 'strict-dynamic'.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install/upgrade to GitLab 13.12.
  2. Enable reCaptcha integration for login.
  3. Start a new private browser window pointed to the sign in page of your GitLab installation.
  4. Observe the Web Developer's Network tab to see it block loading of reCaptcha.

What is the current bug behavior?

reCaptcha fails to load on the sign in page due to nonce field missing in the script element. Nonce field is required by the default Content Security Policy's 'strict-dynamic' setting.

What is the expected correct behavior?

reCaptcha should be loading and allowing people to sign in.

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

https://b2.thomasjosif.com/file/thomasjosif/img/chrome_wKDv9hDY5j.png https://b2.thomasjosif.com/file/thomasjosif/img/chrome_kCq3EdHW4c.png

Output of checks

Results of GitLab environment info

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root@web5-gitlab:~# sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info

System information
System:         Ubuntu 20.04
Current User:   git
Using RVM:      no
Ruby Version:   2.7.2p137
Gem Version:    3.1.4
Bundler Version:2.1.4
Rake Version:   13.0.3
Redis Version:  6.0.12
Git Version:    2.31.1
Sidekiq Version:5.2.9
Go Version:     unknown

GitLab information
Version:        13.12.1
Revision:       bec931306a7
Directory:      /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails
DB Adapter:     PostgreSQL
DB Version:     12.6
URL:            https://gitlab.hgdc.co
HTTP Clone URL: https://gitlab.hgdc.co/some-group/some-project.git
SSH Clone URL:  git@gitlab.hgdc.co:some-group/some-project.git
Using LDAP:     no
Using Omniauth: yes
Omniauth Providers:

GitLab Shell
Version:        13.18.0
Repository storage paths:
- default:      /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories
GitLab Shell path:              /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell
Git:            /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/git

Results of GitLab application Check

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root@web5-gitlab:~# sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check SANITIZE=true
Checking GitLab subtasks ...

Checking GitLab Shell ...

GitLab Shell: ... GitLab Shell version >= 13.18.0 ? ... OK (13.18.0) Running /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/bin/check Internal API available: OK Redis available via internal API: OK gitlab-shell self-check successful

Checking GitLab Shell ... Finished

Checking Gitaly ...

Gitaly: ... default ... OK

Checking Gitaly ... Finished

Checking Sidekiq ...

Sidekiq: ... Running? ... yes Number of Sidekiq processes (cluster/worker) ... 1/1

Checking Sidekiq ... Finished

Checking Incoming Email ...

Incoming Email: ... Checking Reply by email ...

IMAP server credentials are correct? ... Exception: Tried to load unspecified class: Symbol Init.d configured correctly? ... skipped MailRoom running? ... skipped

Checking Reply by email ... Finished

Checking Incoming Email ... Finished

Checking LDAP ...

LDAP: ... LDAP is disabled in config/gitlab.yml

Checking LDAP ... Finished

Checking GitLab App ...

Git configured correctly? ... yes Database config exists? ... yes All migrations up? ... yes Database contains orphaned GroupMembers? ... no GitLab config exists? ... yes GitLab config up to date? ... yes Log directory writable? ... yes Tmp directory writable? ... yes Uploads directory exists? ... yes Uploads directory has correct permissions? ... yes Uploads directory tmp has correct permissions? ... skipped (no tmp uploads folder yet) Init script exists? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has no init script) Init script up-to-date? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has no init script) Projects have namespace: ... 13/3 ... yes 47/4 ... yes 8/5 ... yes 8/6 ... yes 8/7 ... yes 13/8 ... yes 19/11 ... yes 140/13 ... yes 36/14 ... yes 35/15 ... yes 8/16 ... yes 8/17 ... yes 19/18 ... yes 36/19 ... yes 47/20 ... yes 49/21 ... yes 49/22 ... yes 8/25 ... yes 36/26 ... yes 8/27 ... yes 13/28 ... yes 13/29 ... yes 13/30 ... yes 19/33 ... yes 13/34 ... yes 19/37 ... yes 62/38 ... yes 63/40 ... yes 68/43 ... yes 13/52 ... yes 63/53 ... yes 8/55 ... yes 35/56 ... yes 8/57 ... yes 63/58 ... yes 13/59 ... yes 63/60 ... yes 13/61 ... yes 13/64 ... yes 85/65 ... yes 85/66 ... yes 85/67 ... yes 85/68 ... yes 85/69 ... yes 85/70 ... yes 85/71 ... yes 85/72 ... yes 86/73 ... yes 86/74 ... yes 86/75 ... yes 86/76 ... yes 86/77 ... yes 86/78 ... yes 86/79 ... yes 13/80 ... yes 13/82 ... yes 13/83 ... yes 13/84 ... yes 13/85 ... yes 62/86 ... yes 13/88 ... yes 97/89 ... yes 98/90 ... yes 98/91 ... yes 101/93 ... yes 101/94 ... yes 101/95 ... yes 101/96 ... yes 101/98 ... yes 101/99 ... yes 8/100 ... yes 101/101 ... yes 106/102 ... yes 8/103 ... yes 13/104 ... yes 108/105 ... yes 19/106 ... yes 62/107 ... yes 19/108 ... yes 109/109 ... yes 13/110 ... yes 8/111 ... yes 19/112 ... yes 19/114 ... yes 13/115 ... yes 106/116 ... yes 13/117 ... yes 13/118 ... yes 106/119 ... yes 120/120 ... yes 120/121 ... yes 8/122 ... yes 8/123 ... yes 63/124 ... yes 35/125 ... yes 132/126 ... yes 8/127 ... yes 8/128 ... yes 35/129 ... yes 62/130 ... yes 62/131 ... yes 140/132 ... yes 63/133 ... yes 101/134 ... yes 62/135 ... yes Redis version >= 5.0.0? ... yes Ruby version >= 2.7.2 ? ... yes (2.7.2) Git version >= 2.31.0 ? ... yes (2.31.1) Git user has default SSH configuration? ... yes Active users: ... 31 Is authorized keys file accessible? ... skipped (authorized keys not enabled) GitLab configured to store new projects in hashed storage? ... yes All projects are in hashed storage? ... no Try fixing it: Please migrate all projects to hashed storage as legacy storage is deprecated in 13.0 and support will be removed in 14.0. For more information see: doc/administration/repository_storage_types.md

Checking GitLab App ... Finished

Checking GitLab subtasks ... Finished

Possible fixes

Workaround
gitlab_rails['content_security_policy'] = {
    enabled: true,
    report_only: false,
    directives: {
      default_src: "'self'",
      base_uri: "'self'",
      child_src: "'none'",
      connect_src: "'self'",
      font_src: "'self'",
      form_action: "'self' https: http:",
      frame_ancestors: "'self'",
      frame_src: "'self' https://www.recaptcha.net/ https://www.google.com https://content.googleapis.com https://content-compute.googleapis.com https://content-cloudbilling.googleapis.com https://content-cloud>
      img_src: "'self' data: blob: http: https:",
      manifest_src: "'self'",
      media_src: "'self'",
      script_src: "'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' https://www.recaptcha.net https://www.google.com https://apis.google.com",
      style_src: "'self' 'unsafe-inline'",
      worker_src: "'self'",
      object_src: "'none'",
      report_uri: nil
    }
}
Edited by Dominic Couture