From 4bfce3c4b0decff08e83dfbb7e7d1a50342cb2a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Northern Monkey <42392870+pongoe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:09:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Security: hide the running version from anonymous visitors
 when a password is set (#2190) (#4306)

---
 changedetectionio/__init__.py                  |  8 ++++++--
 changedetectionio/flask_app.py                 | 12 +++++++++++-
 changedetectionio/tests/test_access_control.py |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changedetectionio/__init__.py b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
index 1263e763..a01fa939 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/__init__.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
@@ -628,9 +628,13 @@ def main():
     @app.context_processor
     def inject_template_globals():
         from changedetectionio.llm.evaluator import get_llm_config as _get_llm_config
-        return dict(right_sticky="v"+__version__,
+        from flask_login import current_user
+        has_password = datastore.data['settings']['application']['password'] != False
+        # Don't reveal the running version to anonymous visitors when password protection is enabled (#2190)
+        show_version = current_user.is_authenticated or not has_password
+        return dict(right_sticky="v"+__version__ if show_version else None,
                     new_version_available=app.config['NEW_VERSION_AVAILABLE'],
-                    has_password=datastore.data['settings']['application']['password'] != False,
+                    has_password=has_password,
                     socket_io_enabled=datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('ui', {}).get('socket_io_enabled', True),
                     all_paused=datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('all_paused', False),
                     all_muted=datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('all_muted', False),
diff --git a/changedetectionio/flask_app.py b/changedetectionio/flask_app.py
index ffa17b45..2d52b695 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/flask_app.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/flask_app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import flask_login
+import hashlib
 import locale
 import os
 import queue
@@ -194,7 +195,16 @@ def get_darkmode_state():
 
 @app.template_global()
 def get_css_version():
-    return __version__
+    """Cache-busting token for static assets.
+
+    Changes on every upgrade (so browsers refetch CSS/JS) but is not the raw
+    version string - the raw version was leaking to anonymous visitors on the
+    login page via `?v=x.y.z`, which allows exposed instances to be fingerprinted
+    for known-vulnerable releases (#2190). Salted with the per-installation
+    app_guid so it can't be reversed to the version.
+    """
+    salt = datastore.data.get('app_guid', '') if datastore else ''
+    return hashlib.sha256(f"{salt}{__version__}".encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()[:10]
 
 @app.template_global('filtered_action_url')
 def _filtered_action_url(endpoint, **overrides):
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/test_access_control.py b/changedetectionio/tests/test_access_control.py
index 9ef91a99..b21d44ec 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/test_access_control.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/test_access_control.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
 from flask import url_for
+from changedetectionio import __version__
+import re
 import time
 
 def test_check_access_control(app, client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ def test_check_access_control(app, client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, da
         res = c.get(url_for("watchlist.index"), follow_redirects=True)
         # Should be logged out
         assert b"Login" in res.data
+        # The login page must not leak the running version via the static asset cache-busters (#2190)
+        assert not re.search(rb'\?v(?:er)?=' + re.escape(__version__.encode()), res.data)
 
         # The diff page should return something valid when logged out
         res = c.get(url_for("ui.ui_diff.diff_history_page", uuid="first"))