HeCAPTe: a stateless, privacy-first CAPTCHA service you can embed almost anywhere.

[TheMeerkat]

new! Updated to 1.0.2, after a hefty delay. Sorry about that.

I significantly improved the security of the project, most importantly. Not far behind, refactoring the entire /admin panel to be... well, an actual admin panel. It's been redone almost from the ground up for maintainability going forward. Finally, it's more resilient to OOM bugs in unlucky situations.

codeberg.org/themeerkat/hecapte-cloudron:1.0.2

Nope. Tested all of the local code to within an inch of its life; tested the Docker image locally; then watched as it completely shattered into splinters as I tried to update the demo site running on Cloudron. Good lesson to learn before I embarrass myself publicly, next time?

Please keep using 1.0.1 for right now (if anyone's using it at all). I need to sleep right now, but I'll take another look in the morning.

[james]

Hello @themeerkat

With Cloudron 9.1 we have added community app support.
Please check the latest documentation for package publishing https://docs.cloudron.io/packaging/publishing
Could you update your repo to include these changes?

[TheMeerkat]

@james said:

Hello @themeerkat

With Cloudron 9.1 we have added community app support.
Please check the latest documentation for package publishing https://docs.cloudron.io/packaging/publishing
Could you update your repo to include these changes?

Done. Also, the issue with the previous version is now resolved!

To install it as a community app, use this link:
https://codeberg.org/TheMeerkat/HeCAPTe-Cloudron/raw/branch/main/CloudronVersions.json

[james]

Hello @themeerkat
I have added your package to the list: https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/15172/community-apps

[TheMeerkat]

Massive 2.0 update. Following SemVar, that means a breaking change, and... yeah, it's breaking all right!

I've consolidated the two repositories and made several improvements that did, unfortunately, invalidate existing installs; I figured it was best to do this now, while everything is still early. It does mean that updates of the old app are no longer possible, however. You will need to reinstall from scratch as a new community app with https://codeberg.org/TheMeerkat/HeCAPTe/raw/branch/main/CloudronVersions.json as the source file.

Sorry about this. It allowed for me to implement the requested aliasing, plus made it much easier for me to localize it (per a Codeberg issue) in the future. I won't have to do that again.

@james Could you update the link to the versions file in the masterlist, please?

[james]

Hello @themeerkat
I have updated both URLs and made you an editor for the detailed post https://forum.cloudron.io/post/121505
Now you can edit this one freely.

[luckow]

@TheMeerkat Woohoo! It works like a charm. Thank you so much for your work.

[TheMeerkat]

The significantly improved v3.0.0 is out now!

[3.0.0]

• Moved the project home to https://tangled.org/katsuricata.com/HeCAPTe (from Codeberg) and the container image to Docker Hub (docker.io/katsuricata/hecapte).
• Fixed browser-flow regressions that shipped in 2.0.0: the first-run setup page never loaded wasm_exec.js (so new Go() threw and setup could never complete through the UI), and the password page called bufferDecode/bufferEncode without loading admin.js. Added a template test that fails when a page uses new Go(), solveChallenge(), or bufferDecode/bufferEncode without loading the script that defines it.
• Added an Equihash difficulty floor (crypto.MinN = 60). ValidateParams, tokens.GenerateChallenge, and VerifySolution all reject parameters below the floor, so no configuration path can turn the verifier into a free token oracle. The server warns loudly when the global preset or a site override uses low, and flags weak sites on the admin dashboard.
• Added per-IP rate limiting (token bucket) on the unauthenticated admin endpoints: 10 req/min (burst 5) on the login/setup challenge fetches and 5 req/min (burst 2) on the login POST. Buckets key on the peer address and honor X-Forwarded-For only behind TRUST_PROXY=1.
• Added security response headers: X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff, frame-ancestors 'none', X-Frame-Options: DENY, and Referrer-Policy: same-origin.
• Added a one-time startup warning when X-Forwarded-Proto arrives but TRUST_PROXY is unset, turning a silent reverse-proxy misconfiguration into an observable one.
• Upgraded modernc.org/sqlite from 1.55.0 to 1.56.0 (bundled SQLite C library; staying current is the only CVE mitigation).
• Expired WebAuthn reauthentication tokens are now swept on each store, so the map cannot grow without bound.
• Updated the README (difficulty floor, rate limiting, response headers, forwarded-header warning, project layout) and added/refreshed tests for every change.

[TheMeerkat]

As a result of the first entry, the CloudronVersions.json link has changed:
https://mirror.tangled.network/xrpc/sh.tangled.git.temp.getBlob?path=CloudronVersions.json&ref=main&repo=did%3Aplc%3Apomgtubhgnuew7wmpwgk7dzd

I'll manually update the Codeberg one for a while, but you should change it at some point.

[james]

Hello @themeerkat
Maybe you want to add your app to the community app store?
https://ca.cloudron.io/

[TheMeerkat]

@james had no idea that was a thing! thanks for the tip

https://ca.cloudron.io/app/hecapte

[TheMeerkat]

TheMeerkat said:

As a result of the first entry, the CloudronVersions.json link has changed:
https://mirror.tangled.network/xrpc/sh.tangled.git.temp.getBlob?path=CloudronVersions.json&ref=main&repo=did%3Aplc%3Apomgtubhgnuew7wmpwgk7dzd

I'll manually update the Codeberg one for a while, but you should change it at some point.

actually, turns out I won't! good timing: 4.0.0 (and now 4.0.1) has breaking changes, so you should manually upgrade anyway.

most notably: the secret key needs to be sent to the HeCAPTe server now, not just the public site key, bringing it in-line with other CAPTCHA services.