fix(auth): return JSON 401 for API sessions and harden cross-site cookies

config/cookiesOptions.js

@@ -1,12 +1,49 @@
 const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
 const forceSecureCookie = process.env.COOKIE_SECURE === "true";
-const secure = forceSecureCookie || isProduction;
 
-const cookiesOptions = {
-    maxAge: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 90, // would expire after 90 days
-    httpOnly: true, // The cookie only accessible by the web server
-    sameSite: secure ? 'none' : 'lax',
-    secure,
+const COOKIE_MAX_AGE_MS = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 90; // 90 days
+const LOCAL_ORIGIN_REGEX = /^http:\/\/(localhost|127\.0\.0\.1|aeropi\.local)(:\d+)?$/i;
+const LOCAL_HOST_REGEX = /^(localhost|127\.0\.0\.1|aeropi\.local)(:\d+)?$/i;
+
+const getHeaderValue = (req, key) => {
+    if (!req || !req.headers) return "";
+    const raw = req.headers[key];
+    if (Array.isArray(raw)) return raw[0] || "";
+    return raw || "";
 };
 
-module.exports = { cookiesOptions };
+const isLocalRequest = (req) => {
+    const origin = getHeaderValue(req, "origin");
+    const host = getHeaderValue(req, "host");
+    return LOCAL_ORIGIN_REGEX.test(origin) || LOCAL_HOST_REGEX.test(host);
+};
+
+const isHttpsRequest = (req) => {
+    if (!req) return false;
+    const forwardedProto = String(getHeaderValue(req, "x-forwarded-proto")).split(",")[0].trim().toLowerCase();
+    const reqProtocol = String(req.protocol || "").toLowerCase();
+    const origin = String(getHeaderValue(req, "origin") || "").toLowerCase();
+    if (forwardedProto === "https" || reqProtocol === "https") return true;
+    return origin.startsWith("https://");
+};
+
+const shouldUseSecureCookie = (req) => {
+    if (forceSecureCookie) return true;
+    if (isLocalRequest(req)) return false;
+    if (isHttpsRequest(req)) return true;
+    return isProduction;
+};
+
+const getCookiesOptions = (req) => {
+    const secure = shouldUseSecureCookie(req);
+    return {
+        maxAge: COOKIE_MAX_AGE_MS,
+        httpOnly: true,
+        sameSite: secure ? "none" : "lax",
+        secure,
+    };
+};
+
+const cookiesOptions = getCookiesOptions();
+
+module.exports = { cookiesOptions, getCookiesOptions };

config/corsOptions.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var corsOptions = {
         'http://127.0.0.1:8081',
         'http://localhost:3000', 
         "https://social.emmint.com",  
+        "https://www.social.emmint.com",
         "https://fellowship.emmint.com",
         "https://aeropi.local",
     ],