fix(nginx): prevent cert leak on IPv6 / unknown SNI

Two issues caused TLS to break on photos.carabosse.cloud over IPv6
(GrapheneOS + Immich app via Orange 5G NAT64):

1. Per-service vhosts only listened on IPv4 (listen 443 ssl). On IPv6,
   nginx fell back to the first vhost loaded alphabetically and served
   its certificate, breaking hostname verification on every other vhost.

2. /etc/letsencrypt/{live,archive} were 0700 root:root after certbot
   created them, so the nginx worker (user http on Arch) could not read
   the chained intermediates and served the leaf-only chain.

Changes:
- Add catch-all 00-default.conf default_server on :80 and :443 (v4+v6)
  with a self-signed cert and 'return 444'. ACME challenges still
  answered on :80.
- Add IPv6 listeners ([::]:80 and [::]:443 ssl) to immich, gitea, ntfy,
  uptime_kuma vhosts and to the temporary ACME provisioning vhost.
- Apply 0755 on /etc/letsencrypt/live and /etc/letsencrypt/archive on
  every run, not only at initial cert provisioning.
This commit is contained in:
Clément Désiles
2026-05-30 17:06:10 +02:00
parent 80026fac0b
commit 314fa715fd
10 changed files with 119 additions and 0 deletions
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@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@ Installs and configures Nginx as a reverse proxy for web applications with modul
- SSL/TLS configuration
- **Native ACME/Let's Encrypt support** (Nginx 1.25.0+)
- **Transparent proxy forwarding** (HTTP/HTTPS to other hosts)
- **Catch-all `default_server`** that rejects unknown SNI/Host with `444`
## Catch-all default_server
A `00-default.conf` vhost is deployed and marked `default_server` on both
ports 80 and 443. It uses a self-signed cert (`/etc/nginx/ssl/default.crt`)
and returns `444` (close connection) for any request whose SNI/Host does
not match an explicit vhost. ACME HTTP-01 challenges (`/.well-known/acme-challenge/`)
are still answered on port 80 so Certbot keeps working for new hostnames.
Without this, clients hitting the server IP directly (or doing HTTP/2
connection coalescing across vhosts sharing the same IP) would receive the
certificate of the first vhost loaded alphabetically, leaking that
hostname and breaking TLS verification on other vhosts.
Disable with `nginx_default_server_enabled: false`.
## Service Integration Pattern
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@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ nginx_client_max_body_size: 100M
# SSL configuration (volontarily omit TLSv1.2 here)
nginx_ssl_protocols: TLSv1.3
# Catch-all default_server (rejects unknown SNI / Host with 444).
# Prevents leaking the first-loaded vhost's cert to unrelated requests.
nginx_default_server_enabled: true
nginx_default_ssl_cert: /etc/nginx/ssl/default.crt
nginx_default_ssl_key: /etc/nginx/ssl/default.key
# Logging configuration
# Backend: 'file' (traditional /var/log/nginx/*.log) or 'journald' (systemd journal)
nginx_log_backend: journald
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@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@
path: "/etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ certbot_hostname }}/fullchain.pem"
register: certbot_cert_file
- name: Ensure letsencrypt directories are traversable by nginx
ansible.builtin.file:
path: "{{ item }}"
state: directory
mode: "0755"
loop:
- /etc/letsencrypt/live
- /etc/letsencrypt/archive
when: certbot_cert_file.stat.exists
- name: Provision certificate for {{ certbot_hostname }}
when: not certbot_cert_file.stat.exists
block:
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@@ -78,6 +78,49 @@
group: root
mode: "0755"
- name: Configure catch-all default_server
when: nginx_default_server_enabled
block:
- name: Ensure nginx ssl directory exists
ansible.builtin.file:
path: "{{ nginx_default_ssl_cert | dirname }}"
state: directory
owner: root
group: root
mode: "0755"
- name: Generate self-signed cert for default_server
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: >-
openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey rsa:2048
-keyout {{ nginx_default_ssl_key }}
-out {{ nginx_default_ssl_cert }}
-days 3650 -subj "/CN=default"
creates: "{{ nginx_default_ssl_cert }}"
- name: Restrict permissions on default_server key
ansible.builtin.file:
path: "{{ nginx_default_ssl_key }}"
owner: root
group: root
mode: "0600"
- name: Deploy default_server vhost
ansible.builtin.template:
src: default-server.conf.j2
dest: "{{ nginx_conf_dir }}/00-default.conf"
owner: root
group: root
mode: "0644"
notify: Reload nginx
- name: Remove default_server vhost when disabled
ansible.builtin.file:
path: "{{ nginx_conf_dir }}/00-default.conf"
state: absent
when: not nginx_default_server_enabled
notify: Reload nginx
- name: Ensure Certbot webroot directory exists
ansible.builtin.file:
path: /var/www/certbot
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
# Catch-all default_server vhosts
# Managed by Ansible - DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY
#
# Purpose: reject any request whose Host/SNI does not match an explicit
# server_name. Without this, the first vhost loaded alphabetically would
# leak its certificate to unrelated SNI requests (e.g. clients doing
# HTTP/2 connection coalescing or hitting the IP directly).
#
# `return 444` closes the connection without sending an HTTP response.
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
server_name _;
# Keep ACME HTTP-01 challenges working for any hostname
location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
root /var/www/certbot;
}
location / {
return 444;
}
}
server {
listen 443 ssl default_server;
listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
server_name _;
ssl_certificate {{ nginx_default_ssl_cert }};
ssl_certificate_key {{ nginx_default_ssl_key }};
return 444;
}
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name {{ certbot_hostname }};
location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {