Turn off session resumption on wolfSSL servers verifying clients

wolfSSL shares its session cache between contexts, so a session resumed
on a server that checks client certificates could carry a certificate
checked against another server's CA, or against a client CA replaced
since. Such a server no longer resumes sessions.
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yhirose committed 2026-10-16 21:38:40 -04:00
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@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ cpp-httplib supports multiple TLS backends through an abstraction layer:
> [!NOTE]
> **wolfSSL limitation:** `get_ca_certs()` and `get_ca_names()` only reflect CA certificates loaded via `load_ca_cert_store()`. Certificates loaded through `set_ca_cert_path()` or system certificates (`load_system_certs`) are not enumerable.
>
> A wolfSSL server that verifies client certificates does not resume TLS sessions: wolfSSL shares its session cache between contexts, so a resumed session could carry a certificate checked against another server's client CA.
> [!NOTE]
> **BoringSSL (best-effort):** BoringSSL builds under `CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT` and is exercised by CI against current upstream. Because BoringSSL does not guarantee API stability, support is best-effort — breakage may occasionally land. Two known behavioral differences vs OpenSSL: (1) BoringSSL's public headers require C++14 or later, so consumers must compile accordingly; (2) hostname verification is SAN-only per RFC 6125 §6.4.4 (no CN fallback).
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@@ -22010,6 +22010,18 @@ inline int session_ex_data_index() {
return index;
}
// A resumed session skips the client's certificate, so a server that checks
// one would let in a certificate checked against another server's CA, as
// wolfSSL shares its session cache between contexts, or against a CA since
// replaced by update_server_client_ca().
inline void disable_server_resumption(WolfSSLContext *wctx) {
if (!wctx->is_server) { return; }
wolfSSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(wctx->ctx, WOLFSSL_SESS_CACHE_OFF);
#ifdef HAVE_SESSION_TICKET
wolfSSL_CTX_NoTicketTLSv12(wctx->ctx);
#endif
}
// wolfSSL verify callback wrapper
inline int wolfssl_verify_callback(int preverify_ok,
WOLFSSL_X509_STORE_CTX *x509_ctx) {
@@ -22279,6 +22291,7 @@ inline void set_verify_client(ctx_t ctx, bool require) {
auto wctx = static_cast<impl::WolfSSLContext *>(ctx);
wctx->verify_client = require;
if (require) {
impl::disable_server_resumption(wctx);
wolfSSL_CTX_set_verify(
wctx->ctx, SSL_VERIFY_PEER | SSL_VERIFY_FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT,
wctx->verify_callback ? impl::wolfssl_verify_callback : nullptr);
@@ -23015,6 +23028,7 @@ inline bool set_verify_callback(ctx_t ctx, VerifyCallback callback) {
wctx->verify_callback = std::move(callback);
if (wctx->verify_callback) {
impl::disable_server_resumption(wctx);
wolfSSL_CTX_set_verify(wctx->ctx, SSL_VERIFY_PEER,
impl::wolfssl_verify_callback);
} else {
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@@ -4978,6 +4978,90 @@ TEST(SSLClientServerTest, ClientResumesSessionUntilClientCAChanges) {
}
#endif
#ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_WOLFSSL_SUPPORT
// wolfSSL shares its session cache between contexts, so a resumed session
// could carry a client certificate checked against another server's CA, or
// against a client CA since replaced.
TEST(SSLClientServerTest, ClientSessionIsNotResumedPastItsCA) {
SSLServer svr(SERVER_CERT_FILE, SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE, CLIENT_CA_CERT_FILE);
ASSERT_TRUE(svr.is_valid());
// Trusts a CA that did not sign the client's certificate.
SSLServer other(SERVER_CERT_FILE, SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE, SERVER_CERT2_FILE);
ASSERT_TRUE(other.is_valid());
for (auto s : {&svr, &other}) {
s->Get("/test", [](const Request &, Response &res) {
res.set_content("ok", "text/plain");
});
}
thread t = thread([&]() { ASSERT_TRUE(svr.listen(HOST, PORT)); });
thread t2 = thread([&]() { ASSERT_TRUE(other.listen(HOST, PORT + 1)); });
auto se = detail::scope_exit([&] {
other.stop();
svr.stop();
t2.join();
t.join();
});
svr.wait_until_ready();
other.wait_until_ready();
auto ctx = wolfSSL_CTX_new(wolfTLSv1_2_client_method());
auto ctx_se = detail::scope_exit([&] { wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx); });
wolfSSL_CTX_set_verify(ctx, WOLFSSL_VERIFY_NONE, nullptr);
ASSERT_EQ(WOLFSSL_SUCCESS, wolfSSL_CTX_use_certificate_file(
ctx, CLIENT_CERT_FILE, WOLFSSL_FILETYPE_PEM));
ASSERT_EQ(WOLFSSL_SUCCESS,
wolfSSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(ctx, CLIENT_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE,
WOLFSSL_FILETYPE_PEM));
WOLFSSL_SESSION *session = nullptr;
auto session_se = detail::scope_exit([&] {
if (session) { wolfSSL_SESSION_free(session); }
});
// A request over a new connection, resuming `session` when there is one and
// keeping the connection's own in its place. Tells whether it was answered.
auto get = [&](int port) {
auto error = Error::Success;
auto sock = detail::create_client_socket(
HOST, "", port, AF_UNSPEC, false, false, nullptr,
/*connection_timeout_sec=*/5, 0,
/*read_timeout_sec=*/5, 0,
/*write_timeout_sec=*/5, 0, std::string(), error);
if (sock == INVALID_SOCKET) { return false; }
auto sock_se = detail::scope_exit([&] { detail::close_socket(sock); });
auto ssl = wolfSSL_new(ctx);
auto ssl_se = detail::scope_exit([&] { wolfSSL_free(ssl); });
wolfSSL_set_fd(ssl, static_cast<int>(sock));
if (session) { wolfSSL_set_session(ssl, session); }
if (wolfSSL_connect(ssl) != WOLFSSL_SUCCESS) { return false; }
std::string req = "GET /test HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: x\r\n"
"Connection: close\r\n\r\n";
wolfSSL_write(ssl, req.data(), static_cast<int>(req.size()));
std::string res;
char buf[256];
int n;
while ((n = wolfSSL_read(ssl, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
res.append(buf, static_cast<size_t>(n));
}
wolfSSL_shutdown(ssl);
if (session) { wolfSSL_SESSION_free(session); }
session = wolfSSL_get1_session(ssl);
return res.find("200 OK") != std::string::npos;
};
ASSERT_TRUE(get(PORT));
EXPECT_FALSE(get(PORT + 1));
ASSERT_TRUE(get(PORT));
ASSERT_TRUE(replace_client_ca(svr));
EXPECT_FALSE(get(PORT));
}
#endif
TEST(SSLClientServerTest, UpdateCertsPemWaitsForHandshakeInProgress) {
SSLServer svr(SERVER_CERT_FILE, SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE);
ASSERT_TRUE(svr.is_valid());