policy: add builtin default source policy

Embed an opt-in default source policy for Docker-managed frontend images.
Load it ahead of user policies when enabled, and cover behavior with table-
driven policy tests for signed, unsigned, floating, and labs tags.

Makes sure if there is any attack against the docker/dockerfile
releases, or they accidentally point to worng images, these are automatically detected.

In a future release these should become opt-out.

Signed-off-by: Tonis Tiigi <tonistiigi@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Tonis Tiigi
2026-04-20 16:32:39 -07:00
parent 0cc24edee5
commit 0e50635195
4 changed files with 484 additions and 0 deletions
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@@ -65,6 +65,30 @@ var sendGitQueryAsInput = sync.OnceValue(func() bool {
return false
})
// defaultPolicyEnabled reports whether the builtin default source policy is
// enabled via the BUILDX_DEFAULT_POLICY environment variable. It is opt-in
// for now; a future release may flip the default to on.
var defaultPolicyEnabled = sync.OnceValue(func() bool {
if v, ok := os.LookupEnv("BUILDX_DEFAULT_POLICY"); ok {
if vv, err := strconv.ParseBool(v); err == nil {
return vv
}
}
return false
})
// policyExplicitlyDisabled reports whether the user passed `--policy
// disabled=true`, which suppresses both user-defined and builtin default
// policies.
func policyExplicitlyDisabled(configs []buildflags.PolicyConfig) bool {
for _, cfg := range configs {
if cfg.Disabled {
return true
}
}
return false
}
type policyProgressLogger struct {
ch chan *client.SolveStatus
done chan struct{}
@@ -624,6 +648,22 @@ func configureSourcePolicy(ctx context.Context, np *noderesolver.ResolvedNode, o
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// Prepend the builtin default policy when enabled and not explicitly
// disabled. The default policy verifies trust for Docker-managed images
// (docker/dockerfile, docker/dockerfile-upstream) that may be implicitly
// loaded during a build, and passes through any other source so user
// policies retain full control.
if defaultPolicyEnabled() && !policyExplicitlyDisabled(opt.Policy) {
builtin := policyOpt{
Files: []policyFileSpec{{
Filename: policy.DefaultPolicyFilename,
Data: policy.DefaultPolicyData(),
}},
}
popts = append([]policyOpt{builtin}, popts...)
}
if len(popts) == 0 {
so.SourcePolicyProvider = nil
return nil, nil
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@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
package policy
import (
_ "embed"
)
// DefaultPolicyFilename is the synthetic filename used for the embedded
// default policy when it is loaded as a regular policy file.
const DefaultPolicyFilename = "buildx_default_policy.rego"
//go:embed default.rego
var defaultPolicyModule []byte
// DefaultPolicyData returns the embedded default policy module bytes.
func DefaultPolicyData() []byte {
return defaultPolicyModule
}
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@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
package docker
# Default policy embedded in Buildx. It verifies trust for images shipped
# by Docker that may be implicitly loaded during a build:
#
# - docker/dockerfile
# - docker/dockerfile-upstream
#
# Any image outside this managed set is allowed and passes through to user
# policies unchanged. Access by digest is always allowed. For tag-based
# access the rules below enforce a signed release from the expected GitHub
# source repository using the existing docker_github_builder_signature
# helper from builtins.rego.
is_dockerfile if {
input.image
input.image.fullRepo == "docker.io/docker/dockerfile"
}
is_dockerfile if {
input.image
input.image.fullRepo == "docker.io/docker/dockerfile-upstream"
}
dockerfile_floating_tag(tag) if tag == "latest"
dockerfile_floating_tag(tag) if tag == "labs"
dockerfile_floating_tag(tag) if tag == "master"
dockerfile_tag_requires_sig(tag) if dockerfile_floating_tag(tag)
dockerfile_tag_requires_sig(tag) if version_tag_ge(tag, 1, 21)
default_policy_deny_msgs contains msg if {
is_dockerfile
tag := input.image.tag
tag != ""
dockerfile_tag_requires_sig(tag)
not dockerfile_sig_ok(tag)
msg := sprintf("image %s is not allowed by default policy: a verified docker-github-builder signature is required for %s tag", [input.image.ref, input.image.tag])
}
dockerfile_sig_ok(tag) if {
dockerfile_floating_tag(tag)
some sig in input.image.signatures
docker_github_builder_signature(sig, "moby/buildkit")
}
dockerfile_sig_ok(tag) if {
not dockerfile_floating_tag(tag)
some sig in input.image.signatures
docker_github_builder_signature(sig, "moby/buildkit")
dockerfile_sig_ref_matches(sig, tag)
}
decision := {
"allow": count(default_policy_deny_msgs) == 0,
"deny_msg": [msg | some msg in default_policy_deny_msgs],
}
# ---- helpers ----
# parse_version returns [major, minor] when tag matches a version pattern
# like "1", "1.21", "1.21.0", "1.21.0-labs". For a major-only tag such as
# "1", the minor component is treated as effectively unbounded so floating
# major tags are handled like the newest release in that major line.
parse_version(tag) := [maj, min] if {
m := regex.find_all_string_submatch_n(`^(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:\.\d+)?(?:-labs)?$`, tag, 1)
count(m) == 1
maj := to_number(m[0][1])
min := to_number(m[0][2])
}
parse_version(tag) := [maj, 999999] if {
m := regex.find_all_string_submatch_n(`^(\d+)(?:-labs)?$`, tag, 1)
count(m) == 1
maj := to_number(m[0][1])
}
version_tag_ge(tag, target_major, _) if {
v := parse_version(tag)
v[0] > target_major
}
version_tag_ge(tag, target_major, target_minor) if {
v := parse_version(tag)
v[0] == target_major
v[1] >= target_minor
}
dockerfile_sig_ref_matches(sig, tag) if {
ref := trim_prefix(sig.signer.sourceRepositoryRef, "refs/tags/dockerfile/")
ref != sig.signer.sourceRepositoryRef
tag_labs := endswith(tag, "-labs")
ref_labs := endswith(ref, "-labs")
tag_labs == ref_labs
version_tag_selector_matches(
trim_suffix(tag, "-labs"),
trim_suffix(ref, "-labs"),
)
}
version_tag_selector_matches(selector, candidate) if {
selector == candidate
}
version_tag_selector_matches(selector, candidate) if {
m := regex.find_all_string_submatch_n(`^(\d+)\.(\d+)$`, selector, 1)
count(m) == 1
parse_version(selector) == parse_version(candidate)
}
version_tag_selector_matches(selector, candidate) if {
m := regex.find_all_string_submatch_n(`^(\d+)$`, selector, 1)
count(m) == 1
sel := parse_version(selector)
cand := parse_version(candidate)
sel[0] == cand[0]
}
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@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
package policy
import (
"context"
"testing"
"time"
gwpb "github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/gateway/pb"
"github.com/moby/buildkit/solver/pb"
moby_buildkit_v1_sourcepolicy "github.com/moby/buildkit/sourcepolicy/pb"
"github.com/moby/buildkit/sourcepolicy/policysession"
policyimage "github.com/moby/policy-helpers/image"
policytypes "github.com/moby/policy-helpers/types"
ocispecs "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
"github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go/pkg/fulcio/certificate"
"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
)
// makeDefaultPolicy returns a Policy instance backed by the embedded
// default policy module, optionally wired to a mock signature verifier
// returning the supplied SignatureInfo for image attestations.
func makeDefaultPolicy(t *testing.T, sigInfo *policytypes.SignatureInfo) *Policy {
t.Helper()
var verifierProvider PolicyVerifierProvider
if sigInfo != nil {
verifierProvider = func() (PolicyVerifier, error) {
return &mockPolicyVerifier{
verifyImage: func(_ context.Context, _ policyimage.ReferrersProvider, _ ocispecs.Descriptor, _ *ocispecs.Platform) (*policytypes.SignatureInfo, error) {
return sigInfo, nil
},
}, nil
}
}
return NewPolicy(Opt{
Files: []File{{
Filename: DefaultPolicyFilename,
Data: DefaultPolicyData(),
}},
Log: func(level logrus.Level, msg string) {
t.Logf("[%s] %s", level, msg)
},
VerifierProvider: verifierProvider,
})
}
// dockerGithubBuilderSig returns a SignatureInfo that satisfies the
// docker_github_builder_signature helper for the given source repository
// and ref. Pass an empty ref to omit the SourceRepositoryRef field.
func dockerGithubBuilderSig(sourceRepo, sourceRef string) *policytypes.SignatureInfo {
return &policytypes.SignatureInfo{
Kind: policytypes.KindDockerGithubBuilder,
SignatureType: policytypes.SignatureBundleV03,
Timestamps: []policytypes.TimestampVerificationResult{
{Type: "rekor", URI: "https://rekor.sigstore.dev", Timestamp: time.Date(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)},
},
Signer: &certificate.Summary{
CertificateIssuer: "CN=sigstore-intermediate,O=sigstore.dev",
Extensions: certificate.Extensions{
Issuer: "https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com",
SourceRepositoryURI: "https://github.com/" + sourceRepo,
SourceRepositoryRef: sourceRef,
RunnerEnvironment: "github-hosted",
},
},
}
}
// runDefaultPolicyImage evaluates the default policy against the given image
// reference. An attestation chain and an empty image config are always
// supplied so that the policy can fully resolve metadata and produce a
// decision (rather than requesting more data via the next response).
func runDefaultPolicyImage(t *testing.T, p *Policy, ref string) *policysession.DecisionResponse {
t.Helper()
src := &gwpb.ResolveSourceMetaResponse{
Source: &pb.SourceOp{Identifier: "docker-image://" + ref},
Image: &gwpb.ResolveSourceImageResponse{
Digest: "sha256:abababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababab",
Config: []byte(`{"created":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","config":{}}`),
AttestationChain: newTestAttestationChain(t),
},
}
resp, _, err := p.CheckPolicy(context.Background(), &policysession.CheckPolicyRequest{
Platform: &pb.Platform{OS: "linux", Architecture: "amd64"},
Source: src,
})
require.NoError(t, err)
require.NotNil(t, resp)
return resp
}
func TestDefaultPolicyAllowsNonImageSources(t *testing.T) {
p := makeDefaultPolicy(t, nil)
src := &gwpb.ResolveSourceMetaResponse{
Source: &pb.SourceOp{Identifier: "https://example.com/foo.tar.gz"},
HTTP: &gwpb.ResolveSourceHTTPResponse{
Checksum: "sha256:0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
},
}
resp, _, err := p.CheckPolicy(context.Background(), &policysession.CheckPolicyRequest{
Source: src,
})
require.NoError(t, err)
require.Equal(t, moby_buildkit_v1_sourcepolicy.PolicyAction_ALLOW, resp.Action)
}
func TestDefaultPolicyImages(t *testing.T) {
testCases := []struct {
name string
sig *policytypes.SignatureInfo
ref string
allow bool
denyMsg string
}{
{
name: "allows_unrelated_images",
ref: "alpine:latest",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_digest_only_always_allowed",
ref: "docker/dockerfile@sha256:cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_tagged_digest_denied",
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21.0@sha256:cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.21.0 tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_old_version_allowed_unsigned",
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.20.0",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_requires_signature",
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21.0",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.21.0 tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_minor_version_requires_signature",
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.21 tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_major_version_requires_signature",
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1 tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_allowed_with_matching_signature",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.21.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21.0",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_minor_version_allowed_with_matching_patch_signature",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.21.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_allowed_with_matching_signature_labs",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.21.0-labs"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21.0-labs",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_allowed_with_matching_signature_labs2",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.21.0-labs"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21-labs",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_allowed_with_matching_signature_labs3",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.21.0-labs"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1-labs",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_allowed_with_matching_signature_labs4",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.21.0-labs"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:labs",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_denied_with_nonlabs_signature_for_labs_tag",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.21.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1-labs",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1-labs tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_denied_with_mismatched_ref_labs",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.22.0-labs"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21.0-labs",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.21.0-labs tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_denied_with_nonlabs_signature_for_exact_labs_tag",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.21.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21.0-labs",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.21.0-labs tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_denied_with_wrong_signature_repo",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("docker/dockerfile", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.21.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21.0",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.21.0 tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_upstream_new_version_denied_with_wrong_signature_repo",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("docker/dockerfile-upstream", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.21.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile-upstream:1.21.0",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.21.0 tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_upstream_new_version_requires_signature",
ref: "docker/dockerfile-upstream:1.21.0",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.21.0 tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_upstream_new_version_allowed_with_matching_signature",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.21.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile-upstream:1.21.0",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_upstream_new_version_denied_with_mismatched_ref",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.22.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile-upstream:1.21.0",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.21.0 tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_denied_with_mismatched_ref",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.22.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21.0",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.21.0 tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_minor_version_denied_with_newer_patch_ref",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.23.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.22",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.22 tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_denied_with_mismatched_ref_labs",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.22.0-labs"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21.0-labs",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.21.0-labs tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_new_version_denied_with_wrong_signature_tag",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/1.21.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:1.21.0",
denyMsg: "signature is required for 1.21.0 tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_latest_allowed_with_signature_any_ref",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.30.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile:latest",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_latest_denied_without_signature",
ref: "docker/dockerfile:latest",
denyMsg: "signature is required for latest tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_upstream_latest_allowed_with_signature_any_ref",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/tags/dockerfile/1.30.0"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile-upstream:latest",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_upstream_latest_denied_without_signature",
ref: "docker/dockerfile-upstream:latest",
denyMsg: "signature is required for latest tag",
},
{
name: "dockerfile_upstream_master_allowed_with_signature_any_ref",
sig: dockerGithubBuilderSig("moby/buildkit", "refs/heads/master"),
ref: "docker/dockerfile-upstream:master",
allow: true,
},
{
name: "dockerfile_upstream_master_denied_without_signature",
ref: "docker/dockerfile-upstream:master",
denyMsg: "signature is required for master tag",
},
}
for _, tc := range testCases {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
p := makeDefaultPolicy(t, tc.sig)
resp := runDefaultPolicyImage(t, p, tc.ref)
if tc.allow {
require.Equal(t, moby_buildkit_v1_sourcepolicy.PolicyAction_ALLOW, resp.Action)
require.Empty(t, resp.DenyMessages)
return
}
require.Equal(t, moby_buildkit_v1_sourcepolicy.PolicyAction_DENY, resp.Action)
require.Len(t, resp.DenyMessages, 1)
require.Contains(t, resp.DenyMessages[0].Message, tc.denyMsg)
})
}
}