tighten RAO policy

src/backend/controllers/apps/AppController.js

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+import { isAccessTokenActor, isAppActor } from '../../core/actor.js';
 import { HttpError } from '../../core/http/HttpError.js';
 import { driversContainers } from '../../exports.js';
 import {
@@ -89,6 +90,16 @@ export class AppController extends PuterController {
         // actor calls this, the app id is already on the token — clients
         // don't re-send it in the body. Fall back to `actor.app.uid`
         // before 400-ing for a missing body field.
+        //
+        // Authorization: only two callers are trusted to report opens —
+        //   1. a root user actor (plain session, no `.app` and no access
+        //      token), e.g. the GUI launching apps on behalf of the user;
+        //   2. the app-under-user actor for the app being reported, i.e.
+        //      `actor.app.uid === app_uid`.
+        // Everything else — access tokens (regardless of issuer), asset
+        // tokens, app actors reporting for a *different* app — is denied,
+        // otherwise any authenticated party could inflate another app's
+        // open count.
         router.post(
             '/rao',
             {
@@ -96,8 +107,9 @@ export class AppController extends PuterController {
                 requireAuth: true,
             },
             async (req, res) => {
+                const actor = req.actor;
                 const bodyAppUid = req.body?.app_uid;
-                const actorAppUid = req.actor?.app?.uid;
+                const actorAppUid = actor?.app?.uid;
                 const app_uid =
                     typeof bodyAppUid === 'string' && bodyAppUid.length > 0
                         ? bodyAppUid
@@ -108,6 +120,26 @@ export class AppController extends PuterController {
                     });
                 }
 
+                // Access tokens (and any other non-user/non-app identity,
+                // e.g. asset tokens) are not allowed to report opens —
+                // they're shared / scoped credentials and shouldn't drive
+                // analytics counters.
+                if (isAccessTokenActor(actor)) {
+                    throw new HttpError(
+                        403,
+                        'Access tokens cannot report app opens',
+                        { legacyCode: 'forbidden' },
+                    );
+                }
+
+                if (isAppActor(actor) && app_uid !== actorAppUid) {
+                    throw new HttpError(
+                        403,
+                        'App actors can only report opens for their own app',
+                        { legacyCode: 'forbidden' },
+                    );
+                }
+
                 const app = await this.appStore.getByUid(app_uid);
                 if (!app)
                     throw new HttpError(404, 'App not found', {