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Simplify Content-Security-Policy Configuration

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Description

With the removal of X-XSS-Protection, it would be nice to simplify adding Content-Security-Policy.

One way to do this is to turn on Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only by default. Spring Security could provide a simple reporting endpoint that publishes an ApplicationEvent when the policy is violated. Similar to DefaultLoginPageGeneratingFilter, this endpoint would likely be replaced, but would work for giving applications a head start on Content-Security-Policy.

Folks would change this behavior by setting the header themselves like so:

http.headers((headers) -> headers.contentSecurityPolicy())

The above would replace Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only: default-src 'self'; report-uri: /report-uri with Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'.

  • Provide default endpoint for reporting violations
  • Change default directive for report-only to report to default endpoint
  • Make report-only setting the default

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Research direction

Start by reviewing Spring Security’s existing Content-Security-Policy configuration and the DefaultLoginPageGeneratingFilter mentioned in the issue. Compare the proposed report-only default, reporting endpoint, ApplicationEvent, and Java configuration override against the three unchecked requirements. Done means the default behavior, endpoint reporting, and opt-out header configuration are defined and verified.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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