How can I protect my uploaded document in Firebase?
For Example, this is my uploaded document URL:- https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/sapient-logic-368311.appspot.com/o/coder.JPEG?alt=media&token=55d1a727-956f-434b-bdad-a08b8ef133d0
Anyone can able to access and see my uploaded document by using this document URL.
How can I protect the uploaded document, then only authorized persons can access the uploaded document.
I want If anyone get document URL although Can't be access or see document
I want like this If anyone try to access my document using document URL:-
Or Can I make private bucket in Firebase ?
Anyone can able to access and see my uploaded document by using this document URL.
That's correct. And this is happening because you have shared the entire URL along with the token, which is not correct since the token should act as a security measure to restrict access only to those who possess the token.
So the best option that you have, would be to store such a URL in a database like Firestore or the Realtime Database and only allow access for reading the URL using security rules.
Remember, that token is created automatically whenever a file is uploaded to Cloud Storage for Firebase. So don't share that token with anyone.
You can write rules in it which help you who can read or write the data.
If a specific file is thought to be private, then no client normally should have access to the URL token.
If the case is the file URL was public and you want to make it private, you can modify the access token without being obligated to re-upload the file or changing its path.
I don't know what platform you are working on, but from the Python SDK, it can be done this way:
from firebase_admin import storage
from uuid import uuid4
bucket = storage.bucket()
blob = bucket.blob(path_to_file)
token = str(uuid4()) # Random ID
blob.metadata = {
"firebaseStorageDownloadTokens": token
}
blob.patch() # Updates changes
After this, the previous URL will be unusable and firestore will respond with the error you mention:
{
"error": {
"code": 403,
"message": "Permission denied."
}
}
Note that this solution applies for full-stack applications, where backend is what uploads the file to the Firebase Storage. If your project consists of the client connecting directly to the Firebase Storage, then you should take a read about the security rules and use them as a pseudo-backend.
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I have an app that allows the user to upload images to Firebase Cloud Storage, stores the downloadUrl in Firestore DB, and read it (show it on the app) later on, using the downloadUrl, which includes the Access Token.
My cloud storage security rules restricts read / write to authenticated users only (as the sample here) but seems like anyone can access those images, outside of the app, by using the Access Token (via web browser for example).
So if someone gets the downloadUrl (stored in Firestore DB) he can access the images....
Am I missing something here?
How can I restrict access to those images from outside the app?
The download URL contains a download token which acts as a security measure to restrict access only to those who possess the token. The download token is created automatically whenever a file is uploaded to Cloud Storage for Firebase. It's a random UUIDv4, which makes the URL hard to guess.
There's no way that you can restrict that URL (not even through Firebase Storage Security Rules). It is always public. This is commonly known as a "public, unguessable URL". There is also a revoke option through the Firebase Console just in case the URL leaks.
The Security Rules will only apply to those URL that doesn't have the Access Token included e.g.: https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/<bucket>/o/<file>?alt=media.
If this URL will be accessed unauthenticated with these sample Security Rule applied:
rules_version = '2';
service firebase.storage {
match /b/{bucket}/o {
match /{allPaths=**} {
allow read, write: if request.auth != null;
}
}
}
You will be given an error like this:
{
"error": {
"code": 403,
"message": "Permission denied."
}
}
However, As I pointed out, you don't need to be concerned about this URL (with access token) as in practice it is very hard to guess but if you don't want to store a shareable public URL (which is with the Access Token) then I would suggest using the Signed URL provided by Google Cloud Storage.
I am using firebase, react and react-native to develop an MVP app where users can upload image files and other users can retrieve them for viewing, and I am using firebase storage and the getDownloadURL() function.
I know that there are other ways of retrieving firebase storage files, but I want to use the downloadURL so that unauthenticated users may also view the images.
I know that downloadURL is public and access to files cannot be restricted even by firebase security rules.
Nonetheless, there is the revoke function where I can supposedly revoke the access token, i.e. the downloadURL. At the firebase console, I tried it out. It turns out that every time I revoke it, firebase generates a new one as replacement. More problematic is that I can still use the old (revoked) URL to access the image files. I checked out at the browser developer tool. The URL used by the browser was indeed the revoked URL. I used a new browser to ensure that the problem is not related to the cache. Even if I use a react-ative app, the same problem appears.
The image cannot be accessed only if I completely delete it from the firebase storage.
What is the problem here? Have I missed something?
I have looked up the firebase documentation and searched for similar issues on stackoverflow but cannot get an answer. Other people don't seem to have this problem.
The reason why you can still access the revoked urls is because in your firebase storage rules you have accepted reads for all users, whether authenticated or unauthenticated.
To prevent access to revoked urls, use the following in your firebase storage rules.
NB// This will require all users to be authenticated inorder to get the download url
rules_version = '2';
service firebase.storage {
match /b/{bucket}/o {
match /{allPaths=**} {
allow read, write: if request.auth != null;
}
}
}
Recently i build a app using Firebase, But after i got Some users through advertisement, Someone just hacked Firebase database and Updated all user datas like .
Username
Profile pic path
They set it to a bad word and bad pic.
So then i Also Checked the Firebase rules and redefined them..
Like
Only Authenticated users can read/write.
But problem is.
The hacker is still updated the Value on firebase db.
and i want to know what i am missing.
Is it possible to update a Firebase db without the whole secure key and things..
using a browser may be?
User data of a single user ...
email : "https://m.me.developer.scg"
lastseen : "1617987743"
pic : "https://www.dropbox.com/s/03a50cx4adxqepk/(url cannot be posted publically it contains nude images)"
privacy : "PU"
state : "offline"
status : "Lets watch some movies"
type : "FREE USER"
username : "FU*KED BY DreamPLAY"
Here the hacker updated the 3 fields.
email :
pic:
username:
You have to know that as soon as (1) someone has the apiKey of your Firebase Project and (2) the email/password sign-in method is enabled, this person can use the Firebase Auth REST API and sign-up to your project (i.e. create a new account).
Getting the apiKey is not very difficult if you deploy an app linked to your Firebase project (Android, iOS, Web...).
Consequently, rules only based on auth != null allow anyone that has signed-up through the REST API accessing your Realtime Database. No need to use any GUI: after having been identified through the Auth REST API, the user can use the RTDB REST API.
One classical approach to avoid "non-desired" users to access data, is to add one or more Custom Claims to the desired accounts and use these claims in the Security Rules: See the doc for more details.
I will answer as parts :
Reason of Problem :
The Hacker found your API then created project and added your API to it then he
created authenticated user then he updated the fields , So this the reason of
problem
Solution :
First : is to create unique Fields (e.g Email to 1234567890Email as
Example but more secure)
Second : is to connect to Google Cloud Platform then setup Google Cloud Platform HTTP with your Domain (As Firebase will only accept data from your Domain ONLY)
Third : Is to create more secure rules as to denied access to Entire Database but just
give access to some collections or even documents So it will be more
secure
I just covered the most famous actions (You can see more but by google your problem)
& Wish I helped you :)
I just thought of a way to secure Firebase credentials so thought of a way to use a custom cloud functions authentication function (URL based function) to accept user credentials like username and password via URL encoded parameters. This method will only use database(firestore would be preferable). The function will only have to create custom tokens and send it to the user while keeping the user's temporary data like IP addresses etc. So request to write or read to the database will only be granted to this function.
You CAN prevent all those non authencated activities right from your firebase console.
GO to your firebase console, Open your project's android app.
Add SHA fingerprints of your app's SHA signing certificate fingerprints.
I've read the documentation and I just don't get the fundamental concept about how to access files.
I want to use Firebase Storage in a web app. I have pre-uploaded images that should be accessible to the public. I see that when you upload from the Firebase Console, you get a link to that asset. I see that the token is in the URL and that you can revoke this token, (See screenshot)
So... is that url with the token supposed to be secret? It would be bad to use that link in public html, right?
If so, how can I generate a public link that I could use in an <img src="link-here.com" /> ?
is that url with the token supposed to be secret?
It's a secret that gets shared with everyone who should be able to access the object.
It would be bad to use that link in public html, right?
Only if that would expose access to those who should not be able to download the object.
how can I generate a public link that I could use in an ?
Follow the instructions in the documentation for downloading data via URL. You will use getDownloadURL() to asynchronously get a URL that has the token embedded in it.
I have set rules for our Firebase Storage to only allow authenticated users to interact with it.
rules_version = '2';
service firebase.storage {
match /b/{bucket}/o {
match /something/{allPaths=**} {
allow read, write: if request.auth.uid != null;
}
}
}
However, when I browse the details of the assets saved in the storage in the Firebase Console, I do find for each of these, a link to open these publicly (when I open the details of a file), for example:
https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/${my-project}.appspot.com/o/${my-file}?alt=media&token=49385ae5-4df6-44ef-a313-8d1f07b59111
My guess is that this link is the downloadURL and the public access is granted through the token.
Therefore I understand that the storage content is actually not fully private because even if I set strong rules and even if I personally and my apps don't generate download URL, Firebase still generate automatically such url for each file and therefore, even if token are hard to find, the content is in any case accessible online publicly.
Is my understanding correct?
Or the link I found in thee Firebase console isn't the download url but a temporary link respectively the token provided by the console as an expiration life?
Or is it possible to set the Firebase Storage Bucket to not generate any download links ever?
Anyone who has a downlaod URL with a valid token can access the content from anywhere. However, if you never expose that URL to anyone, it's essentially impossible for anyone to guess that URL, even if they know the path. The token is random and contains a tremendous amount of entropy.
If you're concerned about anyone guessing this URL with the correct token, you should also be concerned about two random atoms in the universe colliding with each other. (That's a slight exaggeration, but you can do the math if you assume that each character of a token is a valid hex digit.)
If you're still paranoid, and you don't want to generate any download URL at all, you will have to manually revoke the download URL tokens, and use an upload technique that doesn't also create a download URL, and never call getDownloadUrl on any file from a client app.