rpcbind: Warn about exposing RPC to untrusted networks

Author: luke-jr

src/httpserver.cpp

@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ static bool HTTPBindAddresses(struct evhttp* http)
         LogPrint(BCLog::HTTP, "Binding RPC on address %s port %i\n", i->first, i->second);
         evhttp_bound_socket *bind_handle = evhttp_bind_socket_with_handle(http, i->first.empty() ? nullptr : i->first.c_str(), i->second);
         if (bind_handle) {
+            CNetAddr addr;
+            if (i->first.empty() || (LookupHost(i->first.c_str(), addr, false) && addr.IsBindAny())) {
+                LogPrintf("WARNING: the RPC server is not safe to expose to untrusted networks such as the public internet\n");
+            }
             boundSockets.push_back(bind_handle);
         } else {
             LogPrintf("Binding RPC on address %s port %i failed.\n", i->first, i->second);

src/init.cpp

@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs()
     gArgs.AddArg("-rest", strprintf("Accept public REST requests (default: %u)", DEFAULT_REST_ENABLE), false, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     gArgs.AddArg("-rpcallowip=<ip>", "Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified source. Valid for <ip> are a single IP (e.g. 1.2.3.4), a network/netmask (e.g. 1.2.3.4/255.255.255.0) or a network/CIDR (e.g. 1.2.3.4/24). This option can be specified multiple times", false, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     gArgs.AddArg("-rpcauth=<userpw>", "Username and hashed password for JSON-RPC connections. The field <userpw> comes in the format: <USERNAME>:<SALT>$<HASH>. A canonical python script is included in share/rpcauth. The client then connects normally using the rpcuser=<USERNAME>/rpcpassword=<PASSWORD> pair of arguments. This option can be specified multiple times", false, OptionsCategory::RPC);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-rpcbind=<addr>[:port]", "Bind to given address to listen for JSON-RPC connections. This option is ignored unless -rpcallowip is also passed. Port is optional and overrides -rpcport. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6. This option can be specified multiple times (default: 127.0.0.1 and ::1 i.e., localhost)", false, OptionsCategory::RPC);
+    gArgs.AddArg("-rpcbind=<addr>[:port]", "Bind to given address to listen for JSON-RPC connections. Do not expose the RPC server to untrusted networks such as the public internet! This option is ignored unless -rpcallowip is also passed. Port is optional and overrides -rpcport. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6. This option can be specified multiple times (default: 127.0.0.1 and ::1 i.e., localhost)", false, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     gArgs.AddArg("-rpccookiefile=<loc>", "Location of the auth cookie. Relative paths will be prefixed by a net-specific datadir location. (default: data dir)", false, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     gArgs.AddArg("-rpcpassword=<pw>", "Password for JSON-RPC connections", false, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     gArgs.AddArg("-rpcport=<port>", strprintf("Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: %u, testnet: %u, regtest: %u)", defaultBaseParams->RPCPort(), testnetBaseParams->RPCPort(), regtestBaseParams->RPCPort()), false, OptionsCategory::RPC);