Fix Critical Security Issue: Remove weak default SECRET_KEY

Security improvements:
- selfhosted.py: Require SECRET_KEY environment variable (raises ValueError if not set)
- selfhosted.py: Validate SECRET_KEY length (minimum 50 characters)
- selfhosted.py: Warn if DEBUG=True in self-hosted mode
- development.py: Auto-generate random SECRET_KEY on each startup if not provided
- development.py: Remove production domain from ALLOWED_HOSTS
- development.py: Make CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS environment-only

This prevents weak/default SECRET_KEYs from being used in production.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Keith Smith
2025-12-22 22:31:46 -07:00
co-authored by Claude Sonnet 4.5
parent 13b5a3c10c
commit a22c3eed50
2 changed files with 28 additions and 8 deletions
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@@ -5,11 +5,27 @@ Use this for users running their own instance.
"""
import os
import sys
from .base import *
# Security
SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY', 'change-this-secret-key-in-production')
SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY')
if not SECRET_KEY:
raise ValueError(
"SECRET_KEY environment variable is required for self-hosted deployment. "
"Generate one with: python -c \"from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key; print(get_random_secret_key())\""
)
# Validate SECRET_KEY strength
if len(SECRET_KEY) < 50:
print("WARNING: SECRET_KEY is too short. Use at least 50 characters for security.", file=sys.stderr)
DEBUG = os.environ.get('DEBUG', 'False').lower() == 'true'
# Force DEBUG to False in self-hosted mode for security
if DEBUG:
print("WARNING: DEBUG=True in self-hosted mode is a security risk!", file=sys.stderr)
ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.environ.get('ALLOWED_HOSTS', 'localhost,127.0.0.1').split(',')
# Database - PostgreSQL for self-hosted