python-tuf/tuf/ngclient/updater.py
1seal c49bdb9322 feat(ngclient): require explicit bootstrap argument
make bootstrap required and explicit: callers must pass bootstrap=<root_bytes> or bootstrap=None.

also tighten docs, examples, and tests to reflect the explicit trust anchor choice.

Signed-off-by: 1seal <security@1seal.org>
2026-01-25 11:58:09 +00:00

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# Copyright 2020, New York University and the TUF contributors
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
"""Client update workflow implementation.
The ``Updater`` class provides an implementation of the
`TUF client workflow
<https://theupdateframework.github.io/specification/latest/#detailed-client-workflow>`_.
``Updater`` provides an API to query available targets and to download them in a
secure manner: All downloaded files are verified by signed metadata.
High-level description of ``Updater`` functionality:
* Initializing an ``Updater`` loads and validates the trusted local root
metadata: This root metadata is used as the source of trust for all other
metadata. Updater should always be initialized with the ``bootstrap``
argument: pass ``bootstrap=None`` only to explicitly opt into using the
cached root.json as the trust anchor.
* ``refresh()`` can optionally be called to update and load all top-level
metadata as described in the specification, using both locally cached
metadata and metadata downloaded from the remote repository. If refresh is
not done explicitly, it will happen automatically during the first target
info lookup.
* ``Updater`` can be used to download targets. For each target:
* ``Updater.get_targetinfo()`` is first used to find information about a
specific target. This will load new targets metadata as needed (from
local cache or remote repository).
* ``Updater.find_cached_target()`` can optionally be used to check if a
target file is already locally cached.
* ``Updater.download_target()`` downloads a target file and ensures it is
verified correct by the metadata.
Note that applications using ``Updater`` should be 'single instance'
applications: running multiple instances that use the same cache directories at
the same time is not supported.
A simple example of using the Updater to implement a Python TUF client that
downloads target files is available in `examples/client
<https://github.com/theupdateframework/python-tuf/tree/develop/examples/client>`_.
Notes on how Updater uses HTTP by default:
* urllib3 is the HTTP library
* Typically all requests are retried by urllib3 three times (in cases where
this seems useful)
* Operating system certificate store is used for TLS, in other words
``certifi`` is not used as the certificate source
* Proxy use can be configured with ``https_proxy`` and other similar
environment variables
All of the HTTP decisions can be changed with ``fetcher`` argument:
Custom ``FetcherInterface`` implementations are possible. The alternative
``RequestsFetcher`` implementation is also provided (although deprecated).
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import contextlib
import logging
import os
import shutil
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
from urllib import parse
from tuf.api import exceptions
from tuf.api.metadata import Root, Snapshot, TargetFile, Targets, Timestamp
from tuf.ngclient._internal.trusted_metadata_set import TrustedMetadataSet
from tuf.ngclient.config import EnvelopeType, UpdaterConfig
from tuf.ngclient.urllib3_fetcher import Urllib3Fetcher
if TYPE_CHECKING:
from tuf.ngclient.fetcher import FetcherInterface
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class Updater:
"""Creates a new ``Updater`` instance and loads trusted root metadata.
Args:
metadata_dir: Local metadata directory. Directory must be
writable. If ``bootstrap`` is ``None``, this directory must contain
a trusted root.json file.
metadata_base_url: Base URL for all remote metadata downloads
target_dir: Local targets directory. Directory must be writable. It
will be used as the default target download directory by
``find_cached_target()`` and ``download_target()``
target_base_url: ``Optional``; Default base URL for all remote target
downloads. Can be individually set in ``download_target()``
fetcher: ``Optional``; ``FetcherInterface`` implementation used to
download both metadata and targets. Default is ``Urllib3Fetcher``
config: ``Optional``; ``UpdaterConfig`` could be used to setup common
configuration options.
bootstrap: Initial root metadata bytes. This argument is required.
Pass the embedded root metadata bytes for secure initialization.
Pass ``None`` only if you explicitly want to use the cached
root.json as the trust anchor (not recommended for most
deployments).
Raises:
OSError: Local root.json cannot be read
RepositoryError: Local root.json is invalid
"""
def __init__(
self,
metadata_dir: str,
metadata_base_url: str,
target_dir: str | None = None,
target_base_url: str | None = None,
fetcher: FetcherInterface | None = None,
config: UpdaterConfig | None = None,
*,
bootstrap: bytes | None,
):
self._dir = metadata_dir
self._metadata_base_url = _ensure_trailing_slash(metadata_base_url)
self.target_dir = target_dir
if target_base_url is None:
self._target_base_url = None
else:
self._target_base_url = _ensure_trailing_slash(target_base_url)
self.config = config or UpdaterConfig()
if fetcher is not None:
self._fetcher = fetcher
else:
self._fetcher = Urllib3Fetcher(
app_user_agent=self.config.app_user_agent
)
supported_envelopes = [EnvelopeType.METADATA, EnvelopeType.SIMPLE]
if self.config.envelope_type not in supported_envelopes:
raise ValueError(
f"config: envelope_type must be one of {supported_envelopes}, "
f"got '{self.config.envelope_type}'"
)
if bootstrap is None:
# if no root was provided, use the cached non-versioned root.json
bootstrap = self._load_local_metadata(Root.type)
# Load the initial root, make sure it's cached
self._trusted_set = TrustedMetadataSet(
bootstrap, self.config.envelope_type
)
self._persist_root(self._trusted_set.root.version, bootstrap)
self._update_root_symlink()
def refresh(self) -> None:
"""Refresh top-level metadata.
Downloads, verifies, and loads metadata for the top-level roles in the
specified order (root -> timestamp -> snapshot -> targets) implementing
all the checks required in the TUF client workflow.
A ``refresh()`` can be done only once during the lifetime of an Updater.
If ``refresh()`` has not been explicitly called before the first
``get_targetinfo()`` call, it will be done implicitly at that time.
The metadata for delegated roles is not updated by ``refresh()``:
that happens on demand during ``get_targetinfo()``. However, if the
repository uses `consistent_snapshot
<https://theupdateframework.github.io/specification/latest/#consistent-snapshots>`_,
then all metadata downloaded by the Updater will use the same consistent
repository state.
Raises:
OSError: New metadata could not be written to disk
RepositoryError: Metadata failed to verify in some way
DownloadError: Download of a metadata file failed in some way
"""
self._load_root()
self._load_timestamp()
self._load_snapshot()
self._load_targets(Targets.type, Root.type)
def _generate_target_file_path(self, targetinfo: TargetFile) -> str:
if self.target_dir is None:
raise ValueError("target_dir must be set if filepath is not given")
# Use URL encoded target path as filename
filename = parse.quote(targetinfo.path, "")
return os.path.join(self.target_dir, filename)
def get_targetinfo(self, target_path: str) -> TargetFile | None:
"""Return ``TargetFile`` instance with information for ``target_path``.
The return value can be used as an argument to
``download_target()`` and ``find_cached_target()``.
If ``refresh()`` has not been called before calling
``get_targetinfo()``, the refresh will be done implicitly.
As a side-effect this method downloads all the additional (delegated
targets) metadata it needs to return the target information.
Args:
target_path: `path-relative-URL string
<https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#path-relative-url-string>`_
that uniquely identifies the target within the repository.
Raises:
OSError: New metadata could not be written to disk
RepositoryError: Metadata failed to verify in some way
DownloadError: Download of a metadata file failed in some way
Returns:
``TargetFile`` instance or ``None``.
"""
if Targets.type not in self._trusted_set:
self.refresh()
return self._preorder_depth_first_walk(target_path)
def find_cached_target(
self,
targetinfo: TargetFile,
filepath: str | None = None,
) -> str | None:
"""Check whether a local file is an up to date target.
Args:
targetinfo: ``TargetFile`` from ``get_targetinfo()``.
filepath: Local path to file. If ``None``, a file path is
generated based on ``target_dir`` constructor argument.
Raises:
ValueError: Incorrect arguments
Returns:
Local file path if the file is an up to date target file.
``None`` if file is not found or it is not up to date.
"""
if filepath is None:
filepath = self._generate_target_file_path(targetinfo)
try:
with open(filepath, "rb") as target_file:
targetinfo.verify_length_and_hashes(target_file)
return filepath
except (OSError, exceptions.LengthOrHashMismatchError):
return None
def download_target(
self,
targetinfo: TargetFile,
filepath: str | None = None,
target_base_url: str | None = None,
) -> str:
"""Download the target file specified by ``targetinfo``.
Args:
targetinfo: ``TargetFile`` from ``get_targetinfo()``.
filepath: Local path to download into. If ``None``, the file is
downloaded into directory defined by ``target_dir`` constructor
argument using a generated filename. If file already exists,
it is overwritten.
target_base_url: Base URL used to form the final target
download URL. Default is the value provided in ``Updater()``
Raises:
ValueError: Invalid arguments
DownloadError: Download of the target file failed in some way
RepositoryError: Downloaded target failed to be verified in some way
OSError: Failed to write target to file
Returns:
Local path to downloaded file
"""
if filepath is None:
filepath = self._generate_target_file_path(targetinfo)
Path(filepath).parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
if target_base_url is None:
if self._target_base_url is None:
raise ValueError(
"target_base_url must be set in either "
"download_target() or constructor"
)
target_base_url = self._target_base_url
else:
target_base_url = _ensure_trailing_slash(target_base_url)
target_filepath = targetinfo.path
consistent_snapshot = self._trusted_set.root.consistent_snapshot
if consistent_snapshot and self.config.prefix_targets_with_hash:
hashes = list(targetinfo.hashes.values())
dirname, sep, basename = target_filepath.rpartition("/")
target_filepath = f"{dirname}{sep}{hashes[0]}.{basename}"
full_url = f"{target_base_url}{target_filepath}"
with self._fetcher.download_file(
full_url, targetinfo.length
) as target_file:
targetinfo.verify_length_and_hashes(target_file)
target_file.seek(0)
with open(filepath, "wb") as destination_file:
shutil.copyfileobj(target_file, destination_file)
logger.debug("Downloaded target %s", targetinfo.path)
return filepath
def _download_metadata(
self, rolename: str, length: int, version: int | None = None
) -> bytes:
"""Download a metadata file and return it as bytes."""
encoded_name = parse.quote(rolename, "")
if version is None:
url = f"{self._metadata_base_url}{encoded_name}.json"
else:
url = f"{self._metadata_base_url}{version}.{encoded_name}.json"
return self._fetcher.download_bytes(url, length)
def _load_local_metadata(self, rolename: str) -> bytes:
encoded_name = parse.quote(rolename, "")
with open(os.path.join(self._dir, f"{encoded_name}.json"), "rb") as f:
return f.read()
def _persist_metadata(self, rolename: str, data: bytes) -> None:
"""Write metadata to disk atomically to avoid data loss.
Use a filename _not_ prefixed with version (e.g. "timestamp.json")
. Encode the rolename to avoid issues with e.g. path separators
"""
encoded_name = parse.quote(rolename, "")
filename = os.path.join(self._dir, f"{encoded_name}.json")
self._persist_file(filename, data)
def _persist_root(self, version: int, data: bytes) -> None:
"""Write root metadata to disk atomically to avoid data loss.
The metadata is stored with version prefix (e.g.
"root_history/1.root.json").
"""
rootdir = Path(self._dir, "root_history")
rootdir.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
self._persist_file(str(rootdir / f"{version}.root.json"), data)
def _persist_file(self, filename: str, data: bytes) -> None:
"""Write a file to disk atomically to avoid data loss."""
temp_file_name = None
try:
with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
dir=self._dir, delete=False
) as temp_file:
temp_file_name = temp_file.name
temp_file.write(data)
os.replace(temp_file.name, filename)
except OSError as e:
# remove tempfile if we managed to create one,
# then let the exception happen
if temp_file_name is not None:
with contextlib.suppress(FileNotFoundError):
os.remove(temp_file_name)
raise e
def _update_root_symlink(self) -> None:
"""Symlink root.json to current trusted root version in root_history/"""
linkname = os.path.join(self._dir, "root.json")
version = self._trusted_set.root.version
current = os.path.join("root_history", f"{version}.root.json")
with contextlib.suppress(FileNotFoundError):
os.remove(linkname)
os.symlink(current, linkname)
def _load_root(self) -> None:
"""Load root metadata.
Sequentially load newer root metadata versions. First try to load from
local cache and if that does not work, from the remote repository.
If metadata is loaded from remote repository, store it in local cache.
"""
# Update the root role
lower_bound = self._trusted_set.root.version + 1
upper_bound = lower_bound + self.config.max_root_rotations
try:
for next_version in range(lower_bound, upper_bound):
# look for next_version in local cache
try:
root_path = os.path.join(
self._dir, "root_history", f"{next_version}.root.json"
)
with open(root_path, "rb") as f:
self._trusted_set.update_root(f.read())
continue
except (OSError, exceptions.RepositoryError) as e:
# this root did not exist locally or is invalid
logger.debug("Local root is not valid: %s", e)
# next_version was not found locally, try remote
try:
data = self._download_metadata(
Root.type,
self.config.root_max_length,
next_version,
)
self._trusted_set.update_root(data)
self._persist_root(next_version, data)
except exceptions.DownloadHTTPError as exception:
if exception.status_code not in {403, 404}:
raise
# 404/403 means current root is newest available
break
finally:
# Make sure the non-versioned root.json links to current version
self._update_root_symlink()
def _load_timestamp(self) -> None:
"""Load local and remote timestamp metadata."""
try:
data = self._load_local_metadata(Timestamp.type)
self._trusted_set.update_timestamp(data)
except (OSError, exceptions.RepositoryError) as e:
# Local timestamp does not exist or is invalid
logger.debug("Local timestamp not valid as final: %s", e)
# Load from remote (whether local load succeeded or not)
data = self._download_metadata(
Timestamp.type, self.config.timestamp_max_length
)
try:
self._trusted_set.update_timestamp(data)
except exceptions.EqualVersionNumberError:
# If the new timestamp version is the same as current, discard the
# new timestamp. This is normal and it shouldn't raise any error.
return
self._persist_metadata(Timestamp.type, data)
def _load_snapshot(self) -> None:
"""Load local (and if needed remote) snapshot metadata."""
try:
data = self._load_local_metadata(Snapshot.type)
self._trusted_set.update_snapshot(data, trusted=True)
logger.debug("Local snapshot is valid: not downloading new one")
except (OSError, exceptions.RepositoryError) as e:
# Local snapshot does not exist or is invalid: update from remote
logger.debug("Local snapshot not valid as final: %s", e)
snapshot_meta = self._trusted_set.timestamp.snapshot_meta
length = snapshot_meta.length or self.config.snapshot_max_length
version = None
if self._trusted_set.root.consistent_snapshot:
version = snapshot_meta.version
data = self._download_metadata(Snapshot.type, length, version)
self._trusted_set.update_snapshot(data)
self._persist_metadata(Snapshot.type, data)
def _load_targets(self, role: str, parent_role: str) -> Targets:
"""Load local (and if needed remote) metadata for ``role``."""
# Avoid loading 'role' more than once during "get_targetinfo"
if role in self._trusted_set:
return cast("Targets", self._trusted_set[role])
try:
data = self._load_local_metadata(role)
delegated_targets = self._trusted_set.update_delegated_targets(
data, role, parent_role
)
logger.debug("Local %s is valid: not downloading new one", role)
return delegated_targets
except (OSError, exceptions.RepositoryError) as e:
# Local 'role' does not exist or is invalid: update from remote
logger.debug("Failed to load local %s: %s", role, e)
snapshot = self._trusted_set.snapshot
metainfo = snapshot.meta.get(f"{role}.json")
if metainfo is None:
raise exceptions.RepositoryError(
f"Role {role} was delegated but is not part of snapshot"
) from None
length = metainfo.length or self.config.targets_max_length
version = None
if self._trusted_set.root.consistent_snapshot:
version = metainfo.version
data = self._download_metadata(role, length, version)
delegated_targets = self._trusted_set.update_delegated_targets(
data, role, parent_role
)
self._persist_metadata(role, data)
return delegated_targets
def _preorder_depth_first_walk(
self, target_filepath: str
) -> TargetFile | None:
"""
Interrogates the tree of target delegations in order of appearance
(which implicitly order trustworthiness), and returns the matching
target found in the most trusted role.
"""
# List of delegations to be interrogated. A (role, parent role) pair
# is needed to load and verify the delegated targets metadata.
delegations_to_visit = [(Targets.type, Root.type)]
visited_role_names: set[str] = set()
# Preorder depth-first traversal of the graph of target delegations.
while (
len(visited_role_names) <= self.config.max_delegations
and len(delegations_to_visit) > 0
):
# Pop the role name from the top of the stack.
role_name, parent_role = delegations_to_visit.pop(-1)
# Skip any visited current role to prevent cycles.
if role_name in visited_role_names:
logger.debug("Skipping visited current role %s", role_name)
continue
# The metadata for 'role_name' must be downloaded/updated before
# its targets, delegations, and child roles can be inspected.
targets = self._load_targets(role_name, parent_role)
target = targets.targets.get(target_filepath)
if target is not None:
logger.debug("Found target in current role %s", role_name)
return target
# After preorder check, add current role to set of visited roles.
visited_role_names.add(role_name)
if targets.delegations is not None:
child_roles_to_visit = []
# NOTE: This may be a slow operation if there are many
# delegated roles.
for (
child_name,
terminating,
) in targets.delegations.get_roles_for_target(target_filepath):
logger.debug("Adding child role %s", child_name)
child_roles_to_visit.append((child_name, role_name))
if terminating:
logger.debug("Not backtracking to other roles")
delegations_to_visit = []
break
# Push 'child_roles_to_visit' in reverse order of appearance
# onto 'delegations_to_visit'. Roles are popped from the end of
# the list.
child_roles_to_visit.reverse()
delegations_to_visit.extend(child_roles_to_visit)
if len(delegations_to_visit) > 0:
logger.debug(
"%d roles left to visit, but allowed at most %d delegations",
len(delegations_to_visit),
self.config.max_delegations,
)
# If this point is reached then target is not found, return None
return None
def _ensure_trailing_slash(url: str) -> str:
"""Return url guaranteed to end in a slash."""
return url if url.endswith("/") else f"{url}/"