README.md

security-nix

A collection of nix modules for running a secure NixOS server

You might want to import:

<nixpkgs/nixos/modules/profiles/hardened.nix>

Hostfw

Hostfw is a module for managing the firewall. Using this simple abstraction you can open a certain UDP or TCP port for a list of trusted IPs instead of having to call low-level code (like directly calling iptables or modifying networking.firewall.extraCommands)

Usage

imports = [ ./hostfw.nix ];

# networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 443 ];
services.hostfw = {
  enable = true;
  tcpPortAllowIpList = [
    { port = 80; ips = trustedIps; }
    { port = 443; ips = trustedIps; }
  ];
};

Disablemod

I had trouble with security.lockKernelModules. Without that set to false boot.blacklistedKernelModules does not prevent a particular module to be loaded.

Usage

import = [ ./disablemod.nix ];
services.disablemod = {
  enable = true;
  modules = with config.services.disablemod; cisRecommendedModules ++ cisNoUsbRecommendedModules;
};

Nginx Cloudflare

This is used to allow traffic just from Cloudflare IPs.

Usage

virtualHosts."demo.local" = {
      locations."/" = {
        extraConfig = ''
          include ${security.lib.nginxCfAllow pkgs};
        ''
      };
};

CVE-2023-4911: Looney Tunables - Local Privilege Escalation workaround

This was forked from NixOS/nixpkgs#259039

Usage

outputs = { self, nixpkgs, security }:
{
  nixosConfigurations = {
    "server" = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      system = "x86_64-linux";
      modules = [ ... ] ++ [ security.nixosModule.looneyHack ];
    };
  };
};