Allow flagging a resource property as sensitiveadamleff/sensitive-properties

Some properties in custom resources may include sensitive data, such as a
password for a database server. When the Resource's state is built for use by
Data Collector or similar auditing tool, `Chef::Resource#state_for_resource_reporter`
builds a hash of all state properties for that resource and their values. This
leads to sensitive data being transmitted and potentially stored in the clear.

This change enhances properties with the ability to set an individual property
as sensitive and then have the value of that property suppressed when exporting
the Resource's state.

3 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/mixin/properties.rb b/lib/chef/mixin/properties.rb
index ae2406f1ae..8ff2cc4501 100644
--- a/lib/chef/mixin/properties.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/mixin/properties.rb
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ class Chef
         #     part of desired state. Defaults to `true`.
         #   @option options [Boolean] :identity `true` if this property
         #     is part of object identity. Defaults to `false`.
+        #   @option options [Boolean] :sensitive `true` if this property could
+        #     contain sensitive information and whose value should be redacted
+        #     in any resource reporting / auditing output. Defaults to `false`.
         #
         # @example Bare property
         #   property :x
diff --git a/lib/chef/property.rb b/lib/chef/property.rb
index 3cb235b612..a357ba9ee3 100644
--- a/lib/chef/property.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/property.rb
@@ -230,13 +230,24 @@ class Chef
     end
 
     #
+    # Whether this property is sensitive or not.
+    #
+    # Defaults to false.
+    #
+    # @return [Boolean]
+    #
+    def sensitive?
+      options.fetch(:sensitive, false)
+    end
+
+    #
     # Validation options.  (See Chef::Mixin::ParamsValidate#validate.)
     #
     # @return [Hash<Symbol,Object>]
     #
     def validation_options
       @validation_options ||= options.reject do |k, v|
-        [:declared_in, :name, :instance_variable_name, :desired_state, :identity, :default, :name_property, :coerce, :required, :nillable].include?(k)
+        [:declared_in, :name, :instance_variable_name, :desired_state, :identity, :default, :name_property, :coerce, :required, :nillable, :sensitive].include?(k)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/chef/resource.rb b/lib/chef/resource.rb
index 0de5c89475..d11fa1c80c 100644
--- a/lib/chef/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource.rb
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ class Chef
       state_properties = self.class.state_properties
       state_properties.each do |property|
         if property.identity? || property.is_set?(self)
-          state[property.name] = send(property.name)
+          state[property.name] = property.sensitive? ? "*sensitive value suppressed*" : send(property.name)
         end
       end
       state