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shopdb-flask/shopdb/plugins/loader.py
cproudlock dd30ca0c3f ADR-013 Phase 2: verify every plugins.* import via a meta_path guard
A re-review showed the previous "single import choke point" claim was wrong:
`plugins` is a normal importable package, so core request handlers that do
`from plugins.<name>.models import ...` never passed through the loader and ran
unverified - an attacker who dropped a file into plugins/<name>/ got arbitrary
in-process code execution on an ordinary HTTP request (and a planted .pyc ran
from cache). Gating load_plugin_class covered only plugin.py, one path of many.

Fix: importguard.py installs a sys.meta_path finder (under enforcement) that
intercepts EVERY plugins.<name>.* import, verifies the plugin's signed
provenance once, then verifies each module file against it and execs the exact
bytes it hashed - read once, compiled, exec'd, never a .pyc, never a re-opened
file. This closes the submodule bypass and the planted-bytecode read, and the
read-once exec closes the verify-vs-exec TOCTOU on the import path. The import
system, not one method, is the real choke point.

- init_app installs the guard when PLUGIN_REQUIRE_SIGNED, clears it otherwise.
- load_plugin_class now verifies plugin.py from a single read and execs that
  buffer (finding #3 on that file); its submodule imports flow through the guard.
- docs: stamp-bundled must cover every plugin dir present (a disabled plugin's
  module can be imported by core); recommend a read-only plugins/ owned by the
  deploy user as defense in depth (closes the residual migrate-time race an
  attacker with concurrent write could otherwise attempt).

Earlier review's fixes #3 (migrate code paths) and #4 (shelf content binding)
were confirmed sound and are unchanged. 7 import-guard tests (submodule verify,
tamper, unsigned refused, planted .pyc ignored, real import through the guard,
install/uninstall). 1061 pass, naming green.
2026-07-18 21:47:32 -04:00

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"""Plugin discovery and loading.
The loader reads each plugin's manifest.json before instantiating the
plugin class. Dependency sorting and contract-version compatibility
checks operate on manifests, not plugin instances. The plugin class is
imported and instantiated only after the manifest passes validation.
Failure policy (per the enforcing-plugin-contract skill):
- In dev/test (app.config.DEBUG or TESTING true): re-raise the original
exception so failures are loud.
- In production: log the failure with full context and exclude the
plugin from registration. The framework keeps booting.
"""
import importlib
import importlib.util
import json
import logging
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Dict, List, Type, Optional
from flask import Flask
from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet, InvalidSpecifier
from packaging.version import Version, InvalidVersion
from .base import BasePlugin
from .registry import PluginRegistry
from ..exceptions import (
PluginError,
PluginNotFoundError,
PluginContractError,
PluginVersionError,
PluginDependencyError,
)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class PluginLoader:
"""Discovers and loads plugins from the plugins directory."""
def __init__(self, plugins_dir: Path, registry: PluginRegistry):
self.plugins_dir = plugins_dir
self.registry = registry
self._loaded_plugins: Dict[str, BasePlugin] = {}
self._plugin_classes: Dict[str, Type[BasePlugin]] = {}
self._manifests: Dict[str, dict] = {}
# Set by PluginManager.init_app; a PluginVerifier or None (no policy).
self.verifier = None
def _is_strict_mode(self, app: Optional[Flask]) -> bool:
"""Return True if loader should re-raise instead of isolating failures."""
if app is None:
return True
return bool(app.config.get('DEBUG') or app.config.get('TESTING'))
def _handle_failure(self, app: Optional[Flask], exc: Exception, name: str) -> None:
"""In strict mode re-raise; in production log with context and continue."""
if self._is_strict_mode(app):
raise exc
logger.exception(f'Plugin {name} failed to load: {exc}')
def discover_plugins(self) -> List[str]:
"""Discover available plugins in plugins directory."""
available = []
if not self.plugins_dir.exists():
return available
for item in self.plugins_dir.iterdir():
if not item.is_dir():
continue
if (item / 'plugin.py').exists():
available.append(item.name)
return available
def load_manifest(self, name: str) -> dict:
"""Load the plugin's manifest.json.
Raises PluginNotFoundError if the manifest does not exist or is
unparseable. The result is cached.
"""
if name in self._manifests:
return self._manifests[name]
manifest_path = self.plugins_dir / name / 'manifest.json'
if not manifest_path.exists():
raise PluginNotFoundError(
f'Plugin {name} has no manifest.json at {manifest_path}',
plugin_name=name,
)
try:
with open(manifest_path) as f:
manifest = json.load(f)
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
raise PluginContractError(
f'Plugin {name} has invalid manifest.json: {e}',
plugin_name=name,
) from e
for required in ('name', 'version', 'description'):
if not manifest.get(required):
raise PluginContractError(
f'Plugin {name} manifest.json missing required field "{required}"',
plugin_name=name,
)
if manifest['name'] != name:
raise PluginContractError(
f'Plugin directory "{name}" does not match manifest name "{manifest["name"]}"',
plugin_name=name,
)
self._manifests[name] = manifest
return manifest
def check_contract_version(self, name: str, contract_version: str) -> None:
"""Verify the plugin's core_version range includes contract_version.
Raises PluginVersionError on mismatch.
"""
manifest = self.load_manifest(name)
core_version_spec = manifest.get('core_version', '')
if not core_version_spec:
return
try:
specifier = SpecifierSet(core_version_spec)
framework_version = Version(contract_version)
except (InvalidSpecifier, InvalidVersion) as e:
raise PluginContractError(
f'Plugin {name} has invalid version specifier "{core_version_spec}": {e}',
plugin_name=name,
) from e
if framework_version not in specifier:
raise PluginVersionError(
f'Plugin {name} requires core_version {core_version_spec} '
f'but framework is at {contract_version}',
plugin_name=name,
)
def load_plugin_class(self, name: str) -> Type[BasePlugin]:
"""Import the plugin's plugin.py and return the BasePlugin subclass.
Raises PluginNotFoundError if plugin.py is missing.
Raises PluginContractError if the module has no BasePlugin subclass
or import fails.
"""
if name in self._plugin_classes:
return self._plugin_classes[name]
plugin_dir = self.plugins_dir / name
plugin_module_path = plugin_dir / 'plugin.py'
if not plugin_module_path.exists():
raise PluginNotFoundError(
f'Plugin {name} plugin.py not found at {plugin_module_path}',
plugin_name=name,
)
# Under enforcement, verify plugin.py from a SINGLE read and exec exactly
# those bytes (no re-open, no .pyc), so there is no verify-vs-exec gap on
# this file. Its submodule imports (from .models import ...) and every
# `from plugins.X...` in core code are verified by the sys.meta_path
# guard installed at init_app - the import system, not this method, is
# the real choke point (findings #1, #2, #3).
enforcing = self.verifier is not None and self.verifier.require_signed
if enforcing:
from .packaging import strip_bytecode, no_bytecode
from .importguard import PluginImportGuard, PluginVerificationError
strip_bytecode(plugin_dir)
try:
source = PluginImportGuard(
self.plugins_dir, self.verifier).verified_source(
name, 'plugin.py')
except PluginVerificationError as e:
raise PluginContractError(
f'Plugin {name} failed signature verification: {e}',
plugin_name=name,
) from e
try:
spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
f'plugins.{name}.plugin', plugin_module_path)
module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
with no_bytecode():
exec(compile(source, str(plugin_module_path), 'exec'),
module.__dict__)
except Exception as e:
raise PluginContractError(
f'Plugin {name} import failed: {e}',
plugin_name=name,
) from e
else:
try:
spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
f'plugins.{name}.plugin', plugin_module_path,
)
module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
spec.loader.exec_module(module)
except Exception as e:
raise PluginContractError(
f'Plugin {name} import failed: {e}',
plugin_name=name,
) from e
for attr_name in dir(module):
attr = getattr(module, attr_name)
if (isinstance(attr, type)
and issubclass(attr, BasePlugin)
and attr is not BasePlugin):
self._plugin_classes[name] = attr
return attr
raise PluginContractError(
f'Plugin {name} module has no BasePlugin subclass',
plugin_name=name,
)
def load_plugin(self, name: str, app: Flask, db) -> Optional[BasePlugin]:
"""Load and instantiate a plugin.
Returns the plugin instance on success. In strict mode (dev/test),
any failure raises. In production, returns None and logs the
failure with full context.
"""
if name in self._loaded_plugins:
return self._loaded_plugins[name]
try:
from shopdb import __contract_version__
manifest = self.load_manifest(name)
self.check_contract_version(name, __contract_version__)
# verify-at-load is enforced inside load_plugin_class (the single
# import choke point), so EVERY path that imports plugin code -
# load_plugin, discover_available, CLI introspection - fails closed.
for dep in manifest.get('dependencies', []):
if not self.registry.is_enabled(dep):
raise PluginDependencyError(
f'Plugin {name} requires {dep} which is not enabled',
plugin_name=name,
)
plugin_class = self.load_plugin_class(name)
plugin = plugin_class()
plugin.init_app(app, db)
self._loaded_plugins[name] = plugin
return plugin
except PluginError as e:
self._handle_failure(app, e, name)
return None
except Exception as e:
wrapped = PluginError(
f'Unexpected failure loading plugin {name}: {e}',
plugin_name=name,
)
self._handle_failure(app, wrapped, name)
return None
def load_enabled_plugins(self, app: Flask, db) -> Dict[str, BasePlugin]:
"""Load all enabled plugins in dependency order."""
loaded = {}
enabled = self.registry.get_enabled_plugins()
sorted_plugins = self._sort_by_dependencies(enabled)
for name in sorted_plugins:
plugin = self.load_plugin(name, app, db)
if plugin:
loaded[name] = plugin
logger.info(f'Loaded plugin: {name} v{plugin.meta.version}')
return loaded
def _sort_by_dependencies(self, plugin_names: List[str]) -> List[str]:
"""Sort plugins so dependencies come first.
Reads dependencies from manifest.json directly; does not
instantiate plugin classes during sort. Detects a dependency cycle
(a back edge in the DFS) and raises PluginDependencyError rather than
looping or silently dropping a plugin.
"""
sorted_list = []
visited = set() # fully processed (post-order emitted)
visiting = set() # on the current DFS stack; a revisit here is a cycle
def visit(name):
if name in visited:
return
if name in visiting:
raise PluginDependencyError(
f'Circular plugin dependency involving "{name}"',
plugin_name=name,
)
visiting.add(name)
# Only the manifest read is tolerant; a cycle raised by a nested
# visit must propagate, so the dep recursion sits outside the guard
# (PluginDependencyError is itself a PluginError).
try:
deps = self.load_manifest(name).get('dependencies', [])
except PluginError:
deps = []
for dep in deps:
if dep in plugin_names:
visit(dep)
visiting.discard(name)
visited.add(name)
sorted_list.append(name)
for name in plugin_names:
visit(name)
return sorted_list
def get_loaded_plugin(self, name: str) -> Optional[BasePlugin]:
"""Get an already loaded plugin."""
return self._loaded_plugins.get(name)
def get_all_loaded(self) -> Dict[str, BasePlugin]:
"""Get all loaded plugins."""
return self._loaded_plugins.copy()