ngx_waf

# Change Log (Current)

The format is based on Keep a Changelog (opens new window), and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning (opens new window).

What is a breaking change?

  • The old configuration file may not work, for example, if a directive item is removed or renamed.

# [Unreleased]

# Added

# Removed

# Changed

# Fixed

# [10.1.2] - 2022-07-09 UTC+0800

# Fixed

  • compatible with nginx-1.23.0

# [10.1.1] - 2022-01-07 UTC+0800

# Added

  • PCRE2 library support.

# Fixed

  • Memory leak.

  • CAPTCHA and Under-Attack-Mode sometimes cause infinite page refreshes.

# [10.1.0] - 2021-12-14 UTC+0800

# Added

  • You can set the directive waf to bypass, in which case no requests will be intercepted, but ngx_waf will still do the detection and logging.

  • The directive waf_verify_bot has a new parameter SogouSpider, which is used to verify if it is a Sogou crawler.

# Fixed

  • Garbage collection is not running, which does not lead to memory leaks, but does lead to performance problems.

  • Sometimes the [FAKE-BOT] log is printed incorrectly.

# [10.0.1] - 2021-12-05 UTC+0800

# Added

  • Added two Easter eggs, which you can find clues in the documentation. These two eggs are not triggered automatically and need to be enabled manually.

# Fixed

  • All parameters of the directive waf_mode corresponding to the request method are not working.

# [10.0.0] - 2021-11-30 UTC+0800

# Added

  • New directive waf_zone, used to declare a piece of shared memory that will be used for other directives, such as waf_cc_deny.

  • New directive waf_action, used to set actions after intercepting a request, such as returning a specific status code or challenging the client with a captcha.

  • New directive waf_block_page, used to set the blocking page to return the specified HTML file when the request is blocked.

  • A new embedded variable, $waf_rate, is used to indicate the number of accesses to the current IP in a period. The period is determined by the parameter rate of the directive waf_cc_deny, or by the parameter duration if the IP has been blacked out.

  • The directive waf_captcha has a new parameter max_fails, which sets the maximum number of attempts for the captcha and the blocking time after it is exceeded.

  • The directive waf_captcha has a new parameter zone that specifies a piece of shared memory, which needs to be set if and only if the parameter max_fails is set.

  • The directive waf_captcha has a new parameter sitekey, which needs to be set if and only if the parameter file is omitted.

  • When you reload nginx, the module keeps as much information in shared memory as possible so that it is not emptied, such as statistics used by CC protection.

# Removed

  • The directive waf_http_status has been removed and the related features have been merged into the directive waf_action.

  • The parameter size of the directive waf_cc_deny has been removed and zone is now used instead.

# Changed

  • You can omit the parameter file of the directive waf_under_attack; omitting this parameter will use a built-in file from assets/under_attack.html.

  • You can omit the argument file to the directive waf_captcha, which when omitted will use a built-in file based on the value of the argument prov, which comes from the directory assets/.

# [9.0.6] - 2021-10-10 UTC+0800

# Fixed

  • If the directive try_files is executed, CAPTCHA may fail.

# [9.0.5] - 2021-10-09 UTC+0800

# New test suite

By chance, I found a test suite: test-nginx (opens new window). It looked great, so I wrote a lot of test cases and tested with it. Unfortunately I found a lot of bugs, very wise of me.

# Changed

  • Removed useless debug log.

  • More debug log.

# Fixed

  • Sometimes the connection is closed prematurely.

  • When CAPTCHA is enabled, the request body inspection may be wrong.

  • CAPTCHA may fail due to HTTP caching.

  • Memory leak when reloading nginx.

  • Failed to properly merge directive waf_cache from different contexts.

  • Failed to properly merge directives waf_cc_deny from different contexts.

  • Failed to inherit Referer blacklist different contexts.

  • Failed to properly handle incorrect command syntax.

  • Fixed a default rule of URL.

  • Fixed the following files so that the page can be refreshed automatically after the CAPTCHA is completed.

    • assets/hCaptcha.html
    • assets/reCAPTCHAv2_Checkbox.html
    • assets/reCAPTCHAv2_Invisible.html
    • assets/reCAPTCHAv3.html

# [9.0.4] - 2021-09-29 UTC+0800

# Fixed

  • All inspections are incorrectly skipped when the directive rewrite causes an internal redirect.

# [9.0.3] - 2021-09-28 UTC+0800

# Changed

  • More debug logs.

# Fixed

  • Failed to display the CAPTCHA page.

# [9.0.2] - 2021-09-25 UTC+0800

# Fixed

  • Sometimes the value of the built-in variable $waf_blocking_log is wrong.

# [9.0.1] - 2021-09-24 UTC+0800

# Fixed

  • Failed to load rules of ModSecurity.

# [9.0.0] - 2021-09-23 UTC+0800

# NOTE

If you would like to upgrade to this version, please see the documentation for guidelines on upgrading across versions.

# Added

  • Compatible with ModSecurity (opens new window).

  • Added two directives: waf_modsecurity and waf_modsecurity_transaction_id.

  • Added parameter MODSECURITY to directive waf_priority.

# Removed

  • Removed some parameters for directive waf_mode: LIBINJECTION, LIBINJECTION-SQLI, LIBINJECTION-XSS and ADV.

  • Removed the parameter ADV from the directive waf_priority.

  • Removed dependency libinjection (opens new window).

# Fixes

  • No longer returns a 404 status code when the captcha succeeds, but a 204 status code instead.

  • Sometimes a complete inspection of the request body is not performed.

# [8.0.3] - 2021-08-27 UTC+0800

# Fixed

  • Memory leak.

  • A field of a structure is not initialized, so you will see a lot of malloc(size) failed (12: Out of memory) in the error log.

# [8.0.2] - 2021-08-27 UTC+0800

# Fixed

  • nginx crashes(segmentation fault) after enabling CAPTCHA because the directive waf_captcha was not properly merged with different contexts.

  • CAPTCHA page cannot be displayed because the directive waf_captcha was not properly merged with different contexts.

  • If the directive proxy_pass is used, neither Under-Attack-Mode nor CAPTCHA will work properly.

# [8.0.1] - 2021-08-23 UTC+0800

# Added

  • No longer generates additional response headers when CC protection returns the status code 444.

# Fixed

  • Segmentation fault when User-Agent is empty.

  • The directive waf_http_status could not be merged correctly.

# [8.0.0] - 2021-08-21 UTC+0800

# NOTE

If you would like to upgrade to this version, please see the documentation for guidelines on upgrading across versions.

# Added

  • Introduced CAPTCHAs for third-party platforms, supporting hCaptcha, reCAPTCHAv2 and reCAPTCHAv3, with the associated directive waf_captcha.

  • Support recognizing friendly crawlers, including GooleBot, BingBot, BaiduSpider and YandexBot, and automatically allow them after successful recognition, the related command is waf_verify_bot.

  • CC protection supports enabling CAPTCHA mode, which enables CAPTCHA when the request rate exceeds the limit, and blocks the IP if the CAPTCHA fails three times in a row, and recounts the request rate on the contrary.

# Changed

  • The syntax of the directive waf_mode has changed, see the documentation for a guide to cross-version upgrades.

  • The syntax of the directive waf_cc_deny has changed, see the documented guide to cross-version upgrades for details.

  • The syntax of the directive waf_cache has been changed, see the cross-version upgrade guide in the documentation.

  • Support for modifying the priority of request body inspection.

# Removed

  • Removed two parameters of the directive waf_cache: interval and percent.

# [7.1.0] - 2021-08-16 UTC+0800

# Added

  • The parameter rate of the directive waf_cc_deny allows more formats, such as 500r/s, 500r/60s, 500r/m, 500r/60m, 500r/h, 500r/60h and 500r/d.

# [7.0.1] - 2021-08-11 UTC+0800

# Fixed

  • Failed to parse 0.0.0.0/0 correctly when handling IP black and white lists.

  • Compatible with environments that do not support IPV6.

# [7.0.0] - 2021-08-04 UTC+0800

# Changed

  • Changed the way Under Attack Mode is implemented. It is no longer implemented using redirects, but by modifying the response body.

  • Removed directive uri from configuration item waf_under_attack, see documentation for details.

  • Added a directive file to the configuration item waf_under_attack whose value should be the absolute path to an HTML file, see the documentation for details.

  • The directive waf_cc_deny is not allowed at the context http。