feat: add AES-256-GCM encryption at rest for sensitive settings

apps/api/src/lib/encryption.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import {
+  createCipheriv,
+  createDecipheriv,
+  randomBytes,
+  hkdf as hkdfCb,
+} from "node:crypto";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
+
+const hkdf = promisify(hkdfCb);
+
+const ALGORITHM = "aes-256-gcm";
+const IV_LENGTH = 12;
+const AUTH_TAG_LENGTH = 16;
+const KEY_VERSION = 1;
+const PREFIX = "$ENC$";
+
+async function deriveKey(masterKeyHex: string, context: string): Promise<Buffer> {
+  const keyBytes = Buffer.from(masterKeyHex, "hex");
+  const derived = await hkdf("sha256", keyBytes, Buffer.alloc(0), context, 32);
+  return Buffer.from(derived);
+}
+
+export async function encrypt(plaintext: string, masterKeyHex: string): Promise<string> {
+  const key = await deriveKey(masterKeyHex, "snapotter-settings-encryption");
+  const iv = randomBytes(IV_LENGTH);
+  const cipher = createCipheriv(ALGORITHM, key, iv, { authTagLength: AUTH_TAG_LENGTH });
+  const encrypted = Buffer.concat([cipher.update(plaintext, "utf8"), cipher.final()]);
+  const authTag = cipher.getAuthTag();
+  const blob = Buffer.concat([Buffer.from([KEY_VERSION]), iv, authTag, encrypted]);
+  return `${PREFIX}${blob.toString("base64")}`;
+}
+
+export async function decrypt(
+  ciphertext: string,
+  masterKeyHex: string,
+  previousKeyHex?: string,
+): Promise<string | null> {
+  if (!isEncrypted(ciphertext)) return ciphertext;
+
+  const blob = Buffer.from(ciphertext.slice(PREFIX.length), "base64");
+  const _version = blob[0];
+  const iv = blob.subarray(1, 1 + IV_LENGTH);
+  const authTag = blob.subarray(1 + IV_LENGTH, 1 + IV_LENGTH + AUTH_TAG_LENGTH);
+  const encrypted = blob.subarray(1 + IV_LENGTH + AUTH_TAG_LENGTH);
+
+  const tryDecrypt = async (keyHex: string): Promise<string | null> => {
+    try {
+      const key = await deriveKey(keyHex, "snapotter-settings-encryption");
+      const decipher = createDecipheriv(ALGORITHM, key, iv, { authTagLength: AUTH_TAG_LENGTH });
+      decipher.setAuthTag(authTag);
+      return decipher.update(encrypted) + decipher.final("utf8");
+    } catch {
+      return null;
+    }
+  };
+
+  const result = await tryDecrypt(masterKeyHex);
+  if (result !== null) return result;
+  if (previousKeyHex) return tryDecrypt(previousKeyHex);
+  return null;
+}
+
+export function isEncrypted(value: string): boolean {
+  return value.startsWith(PREFIX);
+}
+
+export async function deriveAuditHmacKey(masterKeyHex: string): Promise<Buffer> {
+  return deriveKey(masterKeyHex, "snapotter-audit-hmac");
+}

apps/api/src/lib/env.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ const envSchema = z
     POSTHOG_API_KEY: z.string().default(""),
     POSTHOG_HOST: z.string().default("https://us.i.posthog.com"),
     SENTRY_DSN: z.string().default(""),
+    DATA_ENCRYPTION_KEY: z.string().default(""),
+    DATA_ENCRYPTION_KEY_PREVIOUS: z.string().default(""),
   })
   .superRefine((data, ctx) => {
     if (data.STORAGE_MODE === "s3") {

apps/api/src/routes/settings.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import type { FastifyInstance, FastifyReply, FastifyRequest } from "fastify";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { db, schema } from "../db/index.js";
 import { auditLog } from "../lib/audit.js";
+import { env } from "../config.js";
+import { encrypt, decrypt, isEncrypted } from "../lib/encryption.js";
 import { requirePermission } from "../permissions.js";
 import { requireAuth } from "../plugins/auth.js";
 
@@ -18,7 +20,27 @@ const settingsBodySchema = z.record(z.string().min(1), z.unknown());
 
 const HTML_TAG_PATTERN = /<[a-z/!?][^>]*>/i;
 
-const SENSITIVE_KEYS = new Set(["cookie_secret", "instance_id"]);
+const SENSITIVE_KEYS = new Set([
+  "cookie_secret",
+  "instance_id",
+  "oidc_client_secret",
+  "saml_idp_certificate",
+  "siem_webhook_auth",
+]);
+
+async function encryptIfSensitive(key: string, value: string): Promise<string> {
+  if (!env.DATA_ENCRYPTION_KEY || !SENSITIVE_KEYS.has(key)) return value;
+  return encrypt(value, env.DATA_ENCRYPTION_KEY);
+}
+
+async function decryptIfNeeded(value: string): Promise<string> {
+  if (!isEncrypted(value)) return value;
+  if (!env.DATA_ENCRYPTION_KEY) return value;
+  return (
+    (await decrypt(value, env.DATA_ENCRYPTION_KEY, env.DATA_ENCRYPTION_KEY_PREVIOUS || undefined)) ??
+    value
+  );
+}
 
 export async function settingsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> {
   // GET /api/v1/settings — Get all settings as a key-value object
@@ -32,7 +54,7 @@ export async function settingsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> {
     const settings: Record<string, string> = {};
     for (const row of rows) {
       if (!isAdmin && SENSITIVE_KEYS.has(row.key)) continue;
-      settings[row.key] = row.value;
+      settings[row.key] = await decryptIfNeeded(row.value);
     }
 
     return reply.send({ settings });
@@ -74,6 +96,8 @@ export async function settingsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> {
     const now = new Date();
 
     for (const { key, strValue } of entries) {
+      const storedValue = await encryptIfSensitive(key, strValue);
+
       // Upsert: insert or update on conflict
       const [existing] = await db
         .select()
@@ -83,10 +107,10 @@ export async function settingsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> {
       if (existing) {
         await db
           .update(schema.settings)
-          .set({ value: strValue, updatedAt: now })
+          .set({ value: storedValue, updatedAt: now })
           .where(eq(schema.settings.key, key));
       } else {
-        await db.insert(schema.settings).values({ key, value: strValue });
+        await db.insert(schema.settings).values({ key, value: storedValue });
       }
     }
 
@@ -125,7 +149,7 @@ export async function settingsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> {
 
       return reply.send({
         key: row.key,
-        value: row.value,
+        value: await decryptIfNeeded(row.value),
         updatedAt: row.updatedAt.toISOString(),
       });
     },