docs: add threat model and security policies (#167)
Add THREAT_MODEL.md and SECURITY.md sections: secrets management, release verification, end-of-support, dependency/code-scanning remediation policy, and a VEX statement. Closes OSPS Baseline L3 documentation gaps (SA-03.02, BR-07.02, DO-03.01/03.02/05.01, VM-04.02/05.01/05.02/06.01). Additive only.
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an exchange using the platform TLS library; transport security therefore
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depends on that library, not on Wickra. Wickra is not a trading system and is
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provided "as is" — see the disclaimers in `README.md` and the licenses.
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## Secrets management
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The project stores **no** secrets or credentials in the version control system.
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Secrets required by automation (publishing tokens, the about-sync PAT) are kept
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exclusively as **GitHub Actions encrypted secrets** and referenced via the
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`secrets.*` context; they are never written to the repository, logs, or build
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artifacts. GitHub **secret scanning with push protection** is enabled to block
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accidental commits of credentials. Secrets follow least privilege (the narrowest
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scope that works) and are rotated when a holder changes or on suspected
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exposure.
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## Verifying releases
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Released artifacts can be verified for integrity and authenticity:
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- **Build provenance.** Release assets carry GitHub build provenance
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attestations. Verify a downloaded asset with the GitHub CLI:
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`gh attestation verify <file> --repo wickra-lib/wickra`.
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- **Signed tags.** Each release corresponds to a signed git tag (`vX.Y.Z`);
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the tag signature identifies the maintainer who authorised the release.
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- **Registry integrity.** Packages are distributed over HTTPS from crates.io,
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PyPI and npm, which serve package checksums that package managers verify on
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install.
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The release is published only by the maintainer through the tag-triggered
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release workflow, so a verified tag signature establishes the expected
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publisher identity.
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## Support timeline and end of support
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Wickra is **pre-1.0**: only the **latest released `0.y.z`** version receives
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security fixes. When a newer release is published, the previous version
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**immediately reaches end of support** and will not receive further fixes;
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users should upgrade to the latest release. The supported-versions table above
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is authoritative. After the `1.0.0` release this policy will be revised to
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support a defined window of releases.
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## Remediation policy (dependencies and code scanning)
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- **Severity threshold.** Vulnerabilities of **medium severity or higher** in
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the project's own code or its dependencies are remediated promptly and before
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the next release; lower-severity findings are addressed on a best-effort
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basis.
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- **Automated enforcement (SCA).** Every change is evaluated by `cargo-deny`
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(RUSTSEC advisories + license policy) and Dependabot; a known-vulnerable
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dependency fails CI and **blocks the change** until resolved or explicitly
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waived with justification.
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- **Automated enforcement (SAST).** Every change is evaluated by CodeQL and
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Clippy (`-D warnings`); findings **block the change** in CI until fixed.
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- **Pre-release gate.** A release is not cut while an unresolved medium-or-higher
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SCA/SAST finding is outstanding.
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## Vulnerability exploitability (VEX)
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Advisories reported by `cargo-deny`/Dependabot for third-party dependencies that
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do **not** affect Wickra (e.g. the vulnerable code path is not reachable, or the
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affected feature is not enabled) are triaged and recorded — with the
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not-affected justification — in the `cargo-deny` configuration (`deny.toml`) and
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the relevant pull request, rather than forcing an unnecessary dependency bump.
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This serves as the project's exploitability (VEX) record.
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# Threat model
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This document describes Wickra's attack surface and the threats considered,
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together with their mitigations. It complements the security assurance case in
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[`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md). Wickra is a computational technical-analysis
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library (a Rust core with Python, Node.js and WebAssembly bindings), not a
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network service or trading system; the attack surface is correspondingly small.
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## Assets
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- **Integrity of computed indicator values** — consumers may use them in
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automated decisions, so silently wrong output is the primary concern.
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- **Availability of the calling process** — a library must not crash or hang
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its host on malformed input.
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- **Integrity of published artifacts** — the crates, wheels and npm packages
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users install.
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- **The build and release pipeline** and its secrets (publishing tokens).
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## Actors / trust boundaries
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- **Library consumer** (trusted) — calls the API with numeric data. Data may
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originate from untrusted sources (e.g. a market feed), so *input values* are
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treated as untrusted even though the caller is trusted.
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- **Optional live feed** — with the `live-binance` feature, data crosses a
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network boundary from an exchange over TLS.
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- **Contributors** (semi-trusted) — propose changes via pull requests.
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- **Supply chain** — upstream dependencies and the CI/CD platform.
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## Threats and mitigations
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| Threat | Mitigation |
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| --- | --- |
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| Memory-safety exploit (buffer overflow, UAF) via crafted input | Pure safe Rust; `unsafe` is forbidden/minimised, so the compiler precludes these classes. |
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| Denial of service via malformed/degenerate input (NaN, infinities, extreme magnitudes) | Indicators reject non-finite inputs and validate parameters at construction; update paths are exercised by coverage-guided fuzzing and unit tests for edge cases. |
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| Silently incorrect results | 100% line coverage on the core crate; reference-value tests against known-good sources; streaming/batch parity tests. |
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| Integer overflow / panics | `clippy::pedantic` with `-D warnings`; debug assertions and overflow checks enabled in test/fuzz builds. |
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| Adversary-in-the-middle on the optional live feed | Connection uses TLS via the platform library; transport security is delegated to that reviewed implementation. |
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| Compromised dependency (supply chain) | Dependencies pinned (`Cargo.lock`, hash-locked CI requirements), monitored by Dependabot, audited by `cargo-deny` (advisories + licenses) on every change. |
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| Malicious or accidental change to `main` | Branch protection requires signed commits and blocks force-push and deletion; all changes flow through pull requests with required CI; static analysis (CodeQL, Clippy) and fuzzing run on every change. |
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| Compromised CI / leaked secrets | Workflows use least-privilege `permissions:`; secrets live only as encrypted GitHub Actions secrets; secret scanning with push protection is enabled; workflows are linted by `zizmor`. |
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| Tampered release artifact | Releases are built in CI, tags are signed, and assets carry build provenance attestations (verifiable with `gh attestation verify`). |
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## Out of scope
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- Wickra implements no authentication, authorization or cryptography of its own,
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stores no user data, and exposes no network listener; those threat classes do
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not apply.
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- Vulnerabilities in third-party dependencies that do not affect Wickra are
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tracked as exploitability (VEX) records (see [`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md)).
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## Maintenance
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This threat model is reviewed when the architecture changes materially (for
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example, a new input family, a new network feature, or a new release channel).
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