feat(share): add share ID length setting (#677)

- Add share ID length to share > settings
- Use cryptographically secure RNG for IDs
- Use secure default value for IDs length
- Add FR and EN translation

Co-authored-by: Romain Ricard <romain.ricard@mines-ales.org>

backend/prisma/seed/config.seed.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ const configVariables: ConfigVariables = {
       defaultValue: "0",
       secret: false,
     },
+    shareIdLength: {
+      type: "number",
+      defaultValue: "8",
+      secret: false,
+    },
     maxSize: {
       type: "number",
       defaultValue: "1000000000",

frontend/src/components/upload/modals/showCreateUploadModal.tsx

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const showCreateUploadModal = (
     allowUnauthenticatedShares: boolean;
     enableEmailRecepients: boolean;
     maxExpirationInHours: number;
+    shareIdLength: number;
     simplified: boolean;
   },
   files: FileUpload[],
@@ -72,18 +73,28 @@ const showCreateUploadModal = (
   });
 };
 
-const generateLink = () =>
-  Buffer.from(Math.random().toString(), "utf8")
-    .toString("base64")
-    .substring(10, 17);
+const generateShareId = (length: number = 16) => {
+  const chars =
+    "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
+  let result = "";
+  const randomArray = new Uint8Array(length >= 3 ? length : 3);
+  crypto.getRandomValues(randomArray);
+  randomArray.forEach((number) => {
+    result += chars[number % chars.length];
+  });
+  return result;
+};
 
-const generateAvailableLink = async (times = 10): Promise<string> => {
+const generateAvailableLink = async (
+  shareIdLength: number,
+  times: number = 10,
+): Promise<string> => {
   if (times <= 0) {
     throw new Error("Could not generate available link");
   }
-  const _link = generateLink();
+  const _link = generateShareId(shareIdLength);
   if (!(await shareService.isShareIdAvailable(_link))) {
-    return await generateAvailableLink(times - 1);
+    return await generateAvailableLink(shareIdLength, times - 1);
   } else {
     return _link;
   }
@@ -102,12 +113,13 @@ const CreateUploadModalBody = ({
     allowUnauthenticatedShares: boolean;
     enableEmailRecepients: boolean;
     maxExpirationInHours: number;
+    shareIdLength: number;
   };
 }) => {
   const modals = useModals();
   const t = useTranslate();
 
-  const generatedLink = generateLink();
+  const generatedLink = generateShareId(options.shareIdLength);
 
   const [showNotSignedInAlert, setShowNotSignedInAlert] = useState(true);
 
@@ -229,7 +241,12 @@ const CreateUploadModalBody = ({
             <Button
               style={{ flex: "0 0 auto" }}
               variant="outline"
-              onClick={() => form.setFieldValue("link", generateLink())}
+              onClick={() =>
+                form.setFieldValue(
+                  "link",
+                  generateShareId(options.shareIdLength),
+                )
+              }
             >
               <FormattedMessage id="common.button.generate" />
             </Button>
@@ -461,6 +478,7 @@ const SimplifiedCreateUploadModalModal = ({
     allowUnauthenticatedShares: boolean;
     enableEmailRecepients: boolean;
     maxExpirationInHours: number;
+    shareIdLength: number;
   };
 }) => {
   const modals = useModals();
@@ -485,10 +503,12 @@ const SimplifiedCreateUploadModalModal = ({
   });
 
   const onSubmit = form.onSubmit(async (values) => {
-    const link = await generateAvailableLink().catch(() => {
-      toast.error(t("upload.modal.link.error.taken"));
-      return undefined;
-    });
+    const link = await generateAvailableLink(options.shareIdLength).catch(
+      () => {
+        toast.error(t("upload.modal.link.error.taken"));
+        return undefined;
+      },
+    );
 
     if (!link) {
       return;

frontend/src/i18n/translations/en-US.ts

@@ -468,6 +468,9 @@ export default {
   "admin.config.share.max-expiration": "Max expiration",
   "admin.config.share.max-expiration.description":
     "Maximum share expiration in hours. Set to 0 to allow unlimited expiration.",
+  "admin.config.share.share-id-length": "Default share ID length",
+  "admin.config.share.share-id-length.description":
+    "Default length for the generated ID of a share. This value is also used to generate links for reverse shares. A value below 8 is not considered secure.",
   "admin.config.share.max-size": "Max size",
   "admin.config.share.max-size.description": "Maximum share size in bytes",
   "admin.config.share.zip-compression-level": "Zip compression level",

frontend/src/i18n/translations/fr-FR.ts

@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ export default {
   "admin.config.share.allow-unauthenticated-shares.description": "Permet aux visiteurs de créer des partages",
   "admin.config.share.max-expiration": "Échéance",
   "admin.config.share.max-expiration.description": "Échéance du partage en heures. Indiquez 0 pour qu’il n’expire jamais.",
+  "admin.config.share.share-id-length": "Taille de l'identifiant généré",
+  "admin.config.share.share-id-length.description":
+    "Taille par défaut de l'identifiant généré pour un partage. Cette valeur est aussi utilisée pour générer les liens des partages inverses. Une valeur inférieure à 8 n'est pas considérée sûre.",
   "admin.config.share.max-size": "Taille max",
   "admin.config.share.max-size.description": "Taille maximale du partage en octets",
   "admin.config.share.zip-compression-level": "Niveau de compression",

frontend/src/pages/upload/index.tsx

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ const Upload = ({
         ),
         enableEmailRecepients: config.get("email.enableShareEmailRecipients"),
         maxExpirationInHours: config.get("share.maxExpiration"),
+        shareIdLength: config.get("share.shareIdLength"),
         simplified,
       },
       files,