Bind to non-localhost for transport in some cases

docs/changelog/82973.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 82973
+summary: Bind to non-localhost for transport in some cases
+area: Security
+type: bug
+issues: []

x-pack/plugin/security/cli/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/cli/AutoConfigureNode.java

@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
@@ -799,7 +802,11 @@ protected void execute(Terminal terminal, OptionSet options, Environment env) th
                         bw.newLine();
                         bw.write("# Connections are encrypted and mutually authenticated");
                         bw.newLine();
-                        bw.write("#" + TransportSettings.HOST.getKey() + ": " + hostSettingValue(NetworkUtils.getAllAddresses()));
+                        if (false == inEnrollmentMode
+                            || false == anyRemoteHostNodeAddress(transportAddresses, NetworkUtils.getAllAddresses())) {
+                            bw.write("#");
+                        }
+                        bw.write(TransportSettings.HOST.getKey() + ": " + hostSettingValue(NetworkUtils.getAllAddresses()));
                         bw.newLine();
                     }
                     bw.newLine();
@@ -846,6 +853,33 @@ private String initialMasterNodesSettingValue(Environment environment) {
         return "[\"${HOSTNAME}\"]";
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Determines if a node that is enrolling to an existing cluster is on a different host than the other nodes of the
+     * cluster. If this is the case, then the default configuration of
+     * binding transport layer to localhost will prevent this node to join the cluster even after "successful" enrollment.
+     * We check the non-localhost transport addresses that we receive during enrollment and if any of these are not in the
+     * list of non-localhost IP addresses that we gather from all interfaces of the current host, we assume that at least
+     * some other node in the cluster runs on another host.
+     * If the transport layer addresses we found out in enrollment are all localhost, we cannot be sure where we are still
+     * on the same host, but we assume that as it is safer to do so and do not bind to non localhost for this node either.
+     */
+    protected static boolean anyRemoteHostNodeAddress(List<String> allNodesTransportPublishAddresses, InetAddress[] allHostAddresses) {
+        final List<InetAddress> allAddressesList = Arrays.asList(allHostAddresses);
+        for (String nodeStringAddress : allNodesTransportPublishAddresses) {
+            try {
+                final URI uri = new URI("http://" + nodeStringAddress);
+                final InetAddress nodeAddress = InetAddress.getByName(uri.getHost());
+                if (false == nodeAddress.isLoopbackAddress() && false == allAddressesList.contains(nodeAddress)) {
+                    // this node's address is on a remote host
+                    return true;
+                }
+            } catch (URISyntaxException | UnknownHostException e) {
+                // we could fail here but if any of the transport addresses are usable, we can join the cluster
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     protected String hostSettingValue(InetAddress[] allAddresses) {
         if (Arrays.stream(allAddresses).anyMatch(InetAddress::isSiteLocalAddress)) {
             return "[_local_, _site_]";

x-pack/plugin/security/cli/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/cli/AutoConfigureNodeTests.java

@@ -24,14 +24,17 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption.CREATE_NEW;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.cli.AutoConfigureNode.anyRemoteHostNodeAddress;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.cli.AutoConfigureNode.removePreviousAutoconfiguration;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
 public class AutoConfigureNodeTests extends ESTestCase {
@@ -210,6 +213,43 @@ public void testGeneratedHTTPCertificateSANs() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testAnyRemoteHostNodeAddress() throws Exception {
+        List<String> remoteAddresses = List.of("192.168.0.1:9300", "127.0.0.1:9300");
+        InetAddress[] localAddresses = new InetAddress[] { InetAddress.getByName("192.168.0.1"), InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1") };
+        assertThat(anyRemoteHostNodeAddress(remoteAddresses, localAddresses), equalTo(false));
+
+        remoteAddresses = List.of("192.168.0.1:9300", "127.0.0.1:9300", "[::1]:9300");
+        localAddresses = new InetAddress[] { InetAddress.getByName("192.168.0.1"), InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1") };
+        assertThat(anyRemoteHostNodeAddress(remoteAddresses, localAddresses), equalTo(false));
+
+        remoteAddresses = List.of("192.168.0.1:9300", "127.0.0.1:9300", "[::1]:9300");
+        localAddresses = new InetAddress[] {
+            InetAddress.getByName("192.168.0.1"),
+            InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"),
+            InetAddress.getByName("10.0.0.1") };
+        assertThat(anyRemoteHostNodeAddress(remoteAddresses, localAddresses), equalTo(false));
+
+        remoteAddresses = List.of("192.168.0.1:9300", "127.0.0.1:9300", "[::1]:9300", "10.0.0.1:9301");
+        localAddresses = new InetAddress[] { InetAddress.getByName("192.168.0.1"), InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1") };
+        assertThat(anyRemoteHostNodeAddress(remoteAddresses, localAddresses), equalTo(true));
+
+        remoteAddresses = List.of("127.0.0.1:9300", "[::1]:9300");
+        localAddresses = new InetAddress[] { InetAddress.getByName("[::1]"), InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1") };
+        assertThat(anyRemoteHostNodeAddress(remoteAddresses, localAddresses), equalTo(false));
+
+        remoteAddresses = List.of("127.0.0.1:9300", "[::1]:9300");
+        localAddresses = new InetAddress[] { InetAddress.getByName("192.168.2.3") };
+        assertThat(anyRemoteHostNodeAddress(remoteAddresses, localAddresses), equalTo(false));
+
+        remoteAddresses = List.of("1.2.3.4:9300");
+        localAddresses = new InetAddress[] { InetAddress.getByName("[::1]"), InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1") };
+        assertThat(anyRemoteHostNodeAddress(remoteAddresses, localAddresses), equalTo(true));
+
+        remoteAddresses = List.of();
+        localAddresses = new InetAddress[] { InetAddress.getByName("192.168.0.1"), InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1") };
+        assertThat(anyRemoteHostNodeAddress(remoteAddresses, localAddresses), equalTo(false));
+    }
+
     private boolean checkGeneralNameSan(X509Certificate certificate, String generalName, int generalNameTag) throws Exception {
         for (List<?> san : certificate.getSubjectAlternativeNames()) {
             if (san.get(0).equals(generalNameTag) && san.get(1).equals(generalName)) {

x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/InitialNodeSecurityAutoConfiguration.java

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ private static void outputInformationToConsole(
         } else if (false == Strings.isEmpty(elasticPassword)) {
             builder.append(
                 infoBullet
-                    + " Password for the "
+                    + "  Password for the "
                     + boldOnANSI
                     + "elastic"
                     + boldOffANSI
@@ -271,15 +271,15 @@ private static void outputInformationToConsole(
         builder.append(System.lineSeparator());
 
         if (null != caCertFingerprint) {
-            builder.append(infoBullet + " HTTP CA certificate SHA-256 fingerprint:");
+            builder.append(infoBullet + "  HTTP CA certificate SHA-256 fingerprint:");
             builder.append(System.lineSeparator());
             builder.append("  " + boldOnANSI + caCertFingerprint + boldOffANSI);
         }
         builder.append(System.lineSeparator());
         builder.append(System.lineSeparator());
 
         if (null != kibanaEnrollmentToken) {
-            builder.append(infoBullet + " Configure Kibana to use this cluster:");
+            builder.append(infoBullet + "  Configure Kibana to use this cluster:");
             builder.append(System.lineSeparator());
             builder.append(bullet + " Run Kibana and click the configuration link in the terminal when Kibana starts.");
             builder.append(System.lineSeparator());
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ private static void outputInformationToConsole(
                     + ", using the enrollment token that you generated."
             );
         } else if (Strings.isEmpty(nodeEnrollmentToken)) {
-            builder.append(infoBullet + " Configure other nodes to join this cluster:");
+            builder.append(infoBullet + "  Configure other nodes to join this cluster:");
             builder.append(System.lineSeparator());
             builder.append(bullet + " On this node:");
             builder.append(System.lineSeparator());