fix: the wasm loader fetches shadertest in start.js

[orbisai0security]

Summary

Fix high severity security issue in backends/system/wasm/js-sources/start.js.

Vulnerability

Field	Value
ID	V-003
Severity	HIGH
Scanner	multi_agent_ai
Rule	V-003
File	backends/system/wasm/js-sources/start.js:51
Assessment	Confirmed exploitable

Description: The WASM loader fetches ShaderTest.wasm using a relative URL without any integrity verification mechanism. No Subresource Integrity (SRI) hash is computed, no cryptographic signature is verified, and no Content-Security-Policy restricts the WASM source. If an attacker can intercept the network request or compromise the hosting infrastructure, they can substitute a malicious WASM binary that executes with full access to the page's origin.

Evidence

Exploitation scenario: An attacker in a man-in-the-middle position (unsecured WiFi, DNS spoofing, compromised CDN) intercepts the fetch request for ShaderTest.wasm and serves a malicious WASM binary.

Scanner confirmation: multi_agent_ai rule V-003 flagged this pattern.

Production code: This file is in the production codebase, not test-only code.

Changes

• backends/system/wasm/js-sources/start.js

Verification

• Build passes
• Scanner re-scan confirms fix
• LLM code review passed

Security Invariant

Property: The security boundary is maintained under adversarial input

Regression test

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

describe("WASM loader should implement integrity verification for fetched resources", () => {
  const startJsPath = path.join(__dirname, 'backends/system/wasm/js-sources/start.js');
  
  // Test payloads representing different attack scenarios on the fetch URL
  const payloads = [
    { url: "./ShaderTest.wasm", description: "original unverified fetch" },
    { url: "../../../malicious.wasm", description: "path traversal attack" },
    { url: "https://evil.com/ShaderTest.wasm", description: "external domain injection" },
  ];

  test("source code must include integrity verification for WASM fetch", () => {
    const sourceCode = fs.readFileSync(startJsPath, 'utf8');
    
    // Security property: WASM fetches MUST have integrity verification
    const hasIntegrityCheck = 
      sourceCode.includes('integrity') ||
      sourceCode.includes('SRI') ||
      sourceCode.includes('sha256') ||
      sourceCode.includes('sha384') ||
      sourceCode.includes('sha512') ||
      sourceCode.includes('verify') ||
      sourceCode.includes('checksum');
    
    const hasCSPRestriction = 
      sourceCode.includes('Content-Security-Policy') ||
      sourceCode.includes('script-src') ||
      sourceCode.includes('wasm-unsafe-eval');

    const hasSignatureVerification =
      sourceCode.includes('signature') ||
      sourceCode.includes('crypto.subtle');

    const hasAnyProtection = hasIntegrityCheck || hasCSPRestriction || hasSignatureVerification;
    
    expect(hasAnyProtection).toBe(true);
  });

  test.each(payloads)("fetch of $description should be protected", ({ url }) => {
    const sourceCode = fs.readFileSync(startJsPath, 'utf8');
    
    // If the URL pattern exists in code, it must be accompanied by integrity checks
    if (sourceCode.includes(url) || sourceCode.includes('fetch(')) {
      const fetchPattern = /fetch\s*\([^)]+\)/g;
      const fetches = sourceCode.match(fetchPattern) || [];
      
      fetches.forEach(fetchCall => {
        // Security invariant: fetch calls for WASM should not be bare/unverified
        const isBareWasmFetch = fetchCall.includes('.wasm') && 
          !sourceCode.includes('integrity');
        
        expect(isBareWasmFetch).toBe(false);
      });
    }
  });
});

This test guards against regressions — it's useful independent of the code change above.

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