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docs: stop telling agents the worker holds the Docker socket it lost in v1.71 (mirror of GeiserX/CashPilot#638) - #30
…E.md and two pages
CLAUDE.md still said two containers, a worker that must have Docker socket
access and must be privileged. Since v1.71.0 the worker reaches Docker only
through cashpilot-socket-proxy, and since v1.73.0 owner isolation limits it
to what it created. faq.md and how-it-works.md said the same. The
socket-proxy docs test now covers CLAUDE.md and these phrasings.
Documentation now describes workers accessing Docker through cashpilot-socket-proxy and identifies operations the proxy refuses. The documentation regression test scans CLAUDE.md and checks for stale claims about required socket access and privileged workers.
Changes: Proxy access documentation
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Summary
Document proxy access and check stale claims CLAUDE.md, docs/faq.md, docs/how-it-works.md, tests/test_docs_say_the_socket_proxy_holds_the_socket.py
Deployment and security documentation describes proxy-mediated worker access, proxy restrictions, and which services mount the raw socket. The regression test scans CLAUDE.md and checks for outdated socket-access and privilege claims.
geiresx/CashPilot#21: Adds proxy owner isolation and the raw-socket migration service that this PR documents.
geiresx/CashPilot#10: Corrects worker socket claims and adds the documentation regression test extended here.
geiresx/CashPilot#15: Moves CasaOS and Runtipi workers to the socket proxy, a behavior documented here.
Merge Risk: Low · up to 141c6
The updated docs say the worker never gets the raw Docker socket. That is wrong for Unraid, TrueNAS, older Compose and direct docker run installs, where it can mean host-root access. The owner-isolation wording also overstates what the proxy blocks. Nothing changes at runtime, so this is a documentation fix to make before or soon after merge.
Security architecture risk: Low · up to 141c6
The runtime configuration is unchanged, but the new guidance overstates worker isolation for installations that still mount the host Docker socket directly. Those installations retain host-level authority despite the new assurance.
Retained concerns
Low · security · inferred: The new assurance that workers never receive the raw Docker socket is not scoped to proxy-enabled installations. The shipped Unraid template still mounts that socket directly, while the detailed security guide explicitly identifies direct-socket workers as root-equivalent. Operators could therefore infer an isolation boundary that their installation does not have. The underlying runtime exposure predates this PR; the introduced issue is the broader security assurance.
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Security Blast Radius
inferred — For a direct-socket installation, control of the worker's Docker authority remains host-level authority on that worker's server. This exposure already exists; the PR changes its description rather than expanding runtime reachability. The inspected evidence does not establish automatic compromise of other fleet hosts.
Security Findings and Attack Paths
observed — The canonical security assessment contains no retained findings. The FAQ candidate remains deferred because a valid verification receipt bound to its exact evidence is absent. The source-supported guidance concern does not establish a newly exploitable runtime attack path.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — The default Compose configuration supports the intended worker-to-proxy-to-Docker boundary. The FAQ's link to the detailed security guide supplies important qualifications, but its own unconditional wording obscures the distinction between that configuration and direct-socket workers.
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Review comments at @CLAUDE.md:
- Line 128: Update the worker socket-proxy claims in the CLAUDE.md architecture
summary and docs/faq.md to limit owner-isolation to containers, volumes, and
networks with the worker’s owner label; do not imply that all Docker resources
must be created by the worker.
Review comments at @docs/faq.md:
- Line 41: Qualify the Docker socket protection claim in the container security
overview: state that the shipped proxy-based Compose configurations use the
socket proxy, and that Unraid, TrueNAS, older Compose files, and direct `docker
run` workers may expose the raw socket and grant host-root access. Link readers
to the relevant exceptions, and apply the same qualification to the
corresponding security explanations in CLAUDE.md and the how-it-works
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1. **Separation of concerns.** UI handles: dashboard, earnings collection, scheduling, user auth. Workers handle: Docker container lifecycle, health reporting.
2. **Workers must be privileged.** A worker without Docker socket is useless.
2. **Workers need Docker, through the socket proxy.** A worker without Docker access is useless, but it never gets the raw socket: the proxy refuses privileged containers, binds of `/` or the socket, and anything the worker did not create.
nl -ba docker-compose.yml | sed -n '158,180p;250,280p;355,395p'
Repository: geiresx/CashPilot
Length of output: 5537
Limit the owner-isolation claim.
The proxy allows unowned images and pre-labelled resources, including the Compose-created worker container. Describe the restriction in terms of labelled containers, volumes and networks. Update the same claim in docs/faq.md and the architecture summary in CLAUDE.md.
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--- "a/CLAUDE.md"+++ "b/CLAUDE.md"@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
### Core Principles
1. **Separation of concerns.** UI handles: dashboard, earnings collection, scheduling, user auth. Workers handle: Docker container lifecycle, health reporting.
-2. **Workers need Docker, through the socket proxy.** A worker without Docker access is useless, but it never gets the raw socket: the proxy refuses privileged containers, binds of `/` or the socket, and anything the worker did not create.+2. **Workers need Docker, through the socket proxy.** A worker without Docker access is useless, but it never gets the raw socket: the proxy refuses privileged containers and binds of `/` or the socket. It restricts access to containers, volumes and networks to those with the worker's owner label.
3. **Single source of truth.** The UI instance is the only one that collects earnings and stores historical data.
4. **Earnings are never duplicated.** Since only the UI collects, there is no risk of double-counting.
5. **Workers are stateless satellites.** A worker knows which containers to keep running and the UI URL to report to.
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2.**Workers need Docker, through the socket proxy.** A worker without Docker access is useless, but it never gets the raw socket: the proxy refuses privileged containers, binds of `/` or the socket, and anything the worker did not create.
2.**Workers need Docker, through the socket proxy.** A worker without Docker access is useless, but it never gets the raw socket: the proxy refuses privileged containers and binds of `/` or the socket. It restricts access to containers, volumes and networks to those with the worker's owner label.
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Review comment at @CLAUDE.md at line 128:
Update the worker socket-proxy claims in the CLAUDE.md architecture summary and
docs/faq.md to limit owner-isolation to containers, volumes, and networks with
the worker’s owner label; do not imply that all Docker resources must be created
by the worker.
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Every service CashPilot deploys runs in its own container with every Linux capability dropped (a few services add back only the ones they declare) and `--security-opt no-new-privileges` set, so a process inside cannot gain privileges. Containers cannot see your host filesystem beyond the volumes a service declares. They CAN reach your local network by default, because Docker does not block that; [Protecting Your Home Network](home-network-security.md) shows how to put them on a firewalled bridge that reaches the internet but not your LAN, router or host. That bridge does not cover a service on host networking (Mysterium, today); the guide says what to do about those. Service credentials are encrypted at rest using Fernet symmetric encryption. Only the worker container requires Docker socket access; the UI container has no privileged access.
Every service CashPilot deploys runs in its own container with every Linux capability dropped (a few services add back only the ones they declare) and `--security-opt no-new-privileges` set, so a process inside cannot gain privileges. Containers cannot see your host filesystem beyond the volumes a service declares. They CAN reach your local network by default, because Docker does not block that; [Protecting Your Home Network](home-network-security.md) shows how to put them on a firewalled bridge that reaches the internet but not your LAN, router or host. That bridge does not cover a service on host networking (Mysterium, today); the guide says what to do about those. Service credentials are encrypted at rest using Fernet symmetric encryption. The UI has no Docker access, and the worker is never given the raw Docker socket: it reaches Docker through `cashpilot-socket-proxy`, which refuses privileged containers and anything the worker did not create ([security defaults](security-defaults.md)).
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ls docs; rg -n 'docker.sock|socket-proxy|DOCKER_HOST' docs/app-stores.md README.md docs/*.md | head -80
sed -n '100,160p' tests/test_app_store_templates.py
Scope the proxy guarantee to proxy-based installations.
Unraid, TrueNAS, older Compose files, and direct docker run workers can give the worker the raw socket. That gives the worker host-root access. State that the shipped proxy-based Compose files provide this protection, and link to the exceptions. Apply the same qualification in CLAUDE.md and docs/how-it-works.md.
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Review comment at @docs/faq.md at line 41:
Qualify the Docker socket protection claim in the container security overview:
state that the shipped proxy-based Compose configurations use the socket proxy,
and that Unraid, TrueNAS, older Compose files, and direct `docker run` workers
may expose the raw socket and grant host-root access. Link readers to the
relevant exceptions, and apply the same qualification to the corresponding
security explanations in CLAUDE.md and the how-it-works documentation.
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