Support hashed password for basic auth and match style

src/node/cli.ts

@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ export type Options<T> = {
 export const options: Options<Required<UserProvidedArgs>> = {
   auth: { type: AuthType, description: "The type of authentication to use." },
   "auth-user": {
-     type: "string", 
-     description: "The username for http-basic authentication."
+    type: "string",
+    description: "The username for http-basic authentication.",
   },
   password: {
     type: "string",
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ export interface DefaultedArgs extends ConfigArgs {
   "proxy-domain": string[]
   verbose: boolean
   usingEnvPassword: boolean
+  usingEnvAuthUser: boolean
   usingEnvHashedPassword: boolean
   "extensions-dir": string
   "user-data-dir": string
@@ -575,9 +576,13 @@ export async function setDefaults(cliArgs: UserProvidedArgs, configArgs?: Config
   if (process.env.PASSWORD) {
     args.password = process.env.PASSWORD
   }
+
+  const usingEnvAuthUser = !!process.env.AUTH_USER
   if (process.env.AUTH_USER) {
     args["auth"] = AuthType.HttpBasic
     args["auth-user"] = process.env.AUTH_USER
+  } else if (args["auth-user"]) {
+    args["auth"] = AuthType.HttpBasic
   }
 
   if (process.env.CS_DISABLE_FILE_DOWNLOADS?.match(/^(1|true)$/)) {
@@ -631,6 +636,7 @@ export async function setDefaults(cliArgs: UserProvidedArgs, configArgs?: Config
   return {
     ...args,
     usingEnvPassword,
+    usingEnvAuthUser,
     usingEnvHashedPassword,
   } as DefaultedArgs // TODO: Technically no guarantee this is fulfilled.
 }

src/node/http.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as expressCore from "express-serve-static-core"
 import * as http from "http"
 import * as net from "net"
 import * as qs from "qs"
+import safeCompare from "safe-compare"
 import { Disposable } from "../common/emitter"
 import { CookieKeys, HttpCode, HttpError } from "../common/http"
 import { normalize } from "../common/util"
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   escapeHtml,
   escapeJSON,
   splitOnFirstEquals,
+  isHashMatch,
 } from "./util"
 
 /**
@@ -114,21 +116,31 @@ export const ensureAuthenticated = async (
 /**
  * Validate basic auth credentials.
  */
-const validateBasicAuth = (authHeader: string | undefined, authUser: string | undefined, authPassword: string | undefined): boolean => {
-  if (!authHeader?.startsWith('Basic ')) {
-    return false;
+const validateBasicAuth = async (
+  authHeader: string | undefined,
+  authUser: string | undefined,
+  authPassword: string | undefined,
+  hashedPassword: string | undefined,
+): Promise<boolean> => {
+  if (!authHeader?.startsWith("Basic ")) {
+    return false
   }
 
   try {
-    const base64Credentials = authHeader.split(' ')[1];
-    const credentials = Buffer.from(base64Credentials, 'base64').toString('utf-8');
-    const [username, password] = credentials.split(':');
-    return username === authUser && password === authPassword;
+    const base64Credentials = authHeader.split(" ")[1]
+    const credentials = Buffer.from(base64Credentials, "base64").toString("utf-8")
+    const [username, password] = credentials.split(":")
+    if (username !== authUser) return false
+    if (hashedPassword) {
+      return await isHashMatch(password, hashedPassword)
+    } else {
+      return safeCompare(password, authPassword || "")
+    }
   } catch (error) {
-    logger.error('Error validating basic auth:' + error);
-    return false;
+    logger.error("Error validating basic auth:" + error)
+    return false
   }
-};
+}
 
 /**
  * Return true if authenticated via cookies.
@@ -152,7 +164,12 @@ export const authenticated = async (req: express.Request): Promise<boolean> => {
       return await isCookieValid(isCookieValidArgs)
     }
     case AuthType.HttpBasic: {
-      return validateBasicAuth(req.headers.authorization, req.args["auth-user"], req.args.password);
+      return await validateBasicAuth(
+        req.headers.authorization,
+        req.args["auth-user"],
+        req.args.password,
+        req.args["hashed-password"],
+      )
     }
     default: {
       throw new Error(`Unsupported auth type ${req.args.auth}`)

src/node/main.ts

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export const runCodeServer = async (
 
   logger.info(`Using config file ${args.config}`)
   logger.info(`${protocol.toUpperCase()} server listening on ${serverAddress.toString()}`)
-  if (args.auth === AuthType.Password) {
+  if (args.auth === AuthType.Password || args.auth === AuthType.HttpBasic) {
     logger.info("  - Authentication is enabled")
     if (args.usingEnvPassword) {
       logger.info("    - Using password from $PASSWORD")
@@ -142,10 +142,13 @@ export const runCodeServer = async (
     } else {
       logger.info(`    - Using password from ${args.config}`)
     }
-  } else if (args.auth === AuthType.HttpBasic) {
-    logger.info("  - HTTP basic authentication is enabled")
-    logger.info("    - Using user from $AUTH_USER")
-    logger.info("    - Using password from $PASSWORD")
+    if (args.auth === AuthType.HttpBasic) {
+      if (args.usingEnvAuthUser) {
+        logger.info("    - Using user from $AUTH_USER")
+      } else {
+        logger.info(`    - With user ${args["auth-user"]}`)
+      }
+    }
   } else {
     logger.info("  - Authentication is disabled")
   }

src/node/routes/domainProxy.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Request, Router } from "express"
 import { HttpCode, HttpError } from "../../common/http"
+import { AuthType } from "../cli"
 import { getHost, ensureProxyEnabled, authenticated, ensureAuthenticated, ensureOrigin, redirect, self } from "../http"
 import { proxy } from "../proxy"
 import { Router as WsRouter } from "../wsRouter"
-import { AuthType } from "../cli"
 
 export const router = Router()
 

src/node/routes/vscode.ts

@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ import * as http from "http"
 import * as net from "net"
 import * as path from "path"
 import { WebsocketRequest } from "../../../typings/pluginapi"
+import { HttpCode, HttpError } from "../../common/http"
 import { logError } from "../../common/util"
 import { AuthType, CodeArgs, toCodeArgs } from "../cli"
 import { isDevMode, vsRootPath } from "../constants"
 import { authenticated, ensureAuthenticated, ensureOrigin, redirect, replaceTemplates, self } from "../http"
 import { SocketProxyProvider } from "../socket"
 import { isFile } from "../util"
 import { Router as WsRouter } from "../wsRouter"
-import { HttpCode, HttpError } from "../../common/http"
 
 export const router = express.Router()
 
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ router.get("/", ensureVSCodeLoaded, async (req, res, next) => {
   if (!isAuthenticated) {
     // If auth is HttpBasic, return a 401.
     if (req.args.auth === AuthType.HttpBasic) {
-      res.setHeader('WWW-Authenticate', 'Basic realm="Access to the site"')
+      res.setHeader("WWW-Authenticate", `Basic realm="${req.args["app-name"] || "code-server"}"`)
       throw new HttpError("Unauthorized", HttpCode.Unauthorized)
-    };
+    }
     const to = self(req)
     return redirect(req, res, "login", {
       to: to !== "/" ? to : undefined,