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Dashboard hardening: session cookie missing Secure/SameSite and no HSTS header #1522

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fix: set the session cookie SameSite policy in the default configuration
rodrigofez Aug 25, 2026
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docs: add the CHANGELOG entry for the session cookie policy
rodrigofez Aug 25, 2026
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11 changes: 6 additions & 5 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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### Fixed

| Issue | Comment |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [#1276](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-dashboard/pull/1276) | Fixed health check padding styles |
| [#1285](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-dashboard/pull/1285) | Sanitized redirect path to prevent open redirect |
| [#1400](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-dashboard/pull/1400) | Prevent infinite remount loop when navigating from an app before its bundle finishes loading |
| Issue | Comment |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [#1520](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-dashboard/issues/1520) | Set the session cookie `SameSite` policy in the default configuration file |
| [#1276](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-dashboard/pull/1276) | Fixed health check padding styles |
| [#1285](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-dashboard/pull/1285) | Sanitized redirect path to prevent open redirect |
| [#1400](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-dashboard/pull/1400) | Prevent infinite remount loop when navigating from an app before its bundle finishes loading |

### Removed

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19 changes: 14 additions & 5 deletions config/opensearch_dashboards.prod.yml
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Expand Up @@ -4,19 +4,28 @@ opensearch.hosts: https://localhost:9200
opensearch.ssl.verificationMode: certificate
#opensearch.username:
#opensearch.password:
opensearch.requestHeadersAllowlist: ["securitytenant","Authorization"]
opensearch.requestHeadersAllowlist: ['securitytenant', 'Authorization']
opensearch_security.multitenancy.enabled: false
opensearch_security.readonly_mode.roles: ["kibana_read_only"]
opensearch_security.readonly_mode.roles: ['kibana_read_only']
server.ssl.enabled: true
server.ssl.key: "/etc/wazuh-dashboard/certs/dashboard-key.pem"
server.ssl.certificate: "/etc/wazuh-dashboard/certs/dashboard.pem"
opensearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: ["/etc/wazuh-dashboard/certs/root-ca.pem"]
server.ssl.key: '/etc/wazuh-dashboard/certs/dashboard-key.pem'
server.ssl.certificate: '/etc/wazuh-dashboard/certs/dashboard.pem'
opensearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: ['/etc/wazuh-dashboard/certs/root-ca.pem']
uiSettings.overrides.defaultRoute: /app/wz-home
# Session expiration settings
opensearch_security.cookie.ttl: 900000
opensearch_security.session.ttl: 900000
opensearch_security.session.keepalive: true

# HTTP hardening
# isSameSite applies to the platform session cookie (security_authentication)
# and to the Wazuh server API cookies (wz-token, wz-user, wz-api).
# Use None only when embedding the dashboard in a cross-origin iframe; None
# requires HTTPS. The Secure flag is derived from the server protocol and needs
# no setting here; set opensearch_security.cookie.secure explicitly only when a
# reverse proxy terminates TLS in front of the dashboard.
opensearch_security.cookie.isSameSite: Lax

# Define the Wazuh server hosts
wazuh_core.hosts:
default:
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