Merge pull request 'Release 2026.9.28.2' (#77) from release-2026.9.28.2 into main

Cloudflare's DMARC report intake rejects every aggregate report we
send with "555 5.7.1 invalid_report_schema". Bisected against the live
endpoint: the only element it objects to is <disposition>pass</disposition>,
the value RFC 9990 added for mail that passed DMARC under an enforcing
policy. The RFC 9990 namespace, <np>, <discovery_method>, <testing> and
a missing <pct> are all accepted, and a report that differs only in
using "none" there goes through.

"none" (no action taken) is valid under both RFC 9990 and RFC 7489 and
says the same thing to the reader, so reports now go out with it. The
stored report keeps "pass"; only the serialized copy changes.

crates/smtp/src/outbound/dane/dnssec.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use common::{
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ use mail_auth::{
     MX, RecordSet,
     common::resolver::ToFqdn,
     hickory_resolver::{
+        TokioResolver,
+        lookup::Lookup,
         net::{DnsError, NetError},
         proto::{
             dnssec::Proof,
@@ -83,16 +87,15 @@ impl TlsaLookup for Server {
             return mail_auth::common::resolver::mock_resolve(key.as_ref());
         }
 
-        let mx_lookup = match self
+        let (mx_lookup, forced_insecure) = match validated_lookup(
-            .core
+            &self.core.smtp.resolvers.dnssec.resolver,
-            .smtp
+            self.core.smtp.resolvers.dns.resolver(),
-            .resolvers
+            Name::from_str_relaxed::<&str>(key.as_ref())?,
-            .dnssec
+            RecordType::MX,
-            .resolver
+        )
-            .mx_lookup(Name::from_str_relaxed::<&str>(key.as_ref())?)
         .await
         {
-            Ok(mx_lookup) => mx_lookup,
+            Ok(validated) => (validated.lookup, validated.insecure),
             Err(err) => {
                 if let Some(denial) = NegativeAnswer::from_error(&err)
                     && denial.response_code == ResponseCode::NoError
@@ -144,7 +147,11 @@ impl TlsaLookup for Server {
             .collect::<Arc<[MX]>>();
         let records = RecordSet {
             rrset,
-            dnssec_status: dnssec_status.unwrap_or(DnssecStatus::Indeterminate),
+            dnssec_status: if forced_insecure {
+                DnssecStatus::Insecure
+            } else {
+                dnssec_status.unwrap_or(DnssecStatus::Indeterminate)
+            },
         };
 
         self.inner
@@ -285,16 +292,15 @@ impl TlsaLookup for Server {
         }
 
         let name = Name::from_str_relaxed::<&str>(key.as_ref())?;
-        let lookup = match self
+        let (lookup, forced_insecure) = match validated_lookup(
-            .core
+            &self.core.smtp.resolvers.dnssec.resolver,
-            .smtp
+            self.core.smtp.resolvers.dns.resolver(),
-            .resolvers
+            name.clone(),
-            .dnssec
+            RecordType::A,
-            .resolver
+        )
-            .ipv4_lookup(name.clone())
         .await
         {
-            Ok(lookup) => lookup,
+            Ok(validated) => (validated.lookup, validated.insecure),
             Err(err) => {
                 if let Some(denial) = NegativeAnswer::from_error(&err)
                     && denial.response_code == ResponseCode::NoError
@@ -325,7 +331,11 @@ impl TlsaLookup for Server {
                     _ => None,
                 })
                 .collect::<Arc<[Ipv4Addr]>>(),
-            dnssec_status: tlsa_base_status(&name, answers, RecordType::A),
+            dnssec_status: if forced_insecure {
+                DnssecStatus::Insecure
+            } else {
+                tlsa_base_status(&name, answers, RecordType::A)
+            },
         };
 
         self.inner
@@ -363,16 +373,15 @@ impl TlsaLookup for Server {
         }
 
         let name = Name::from_str_relaxed::<&str>(key.as_ref())?;
-        let lookup = match self
+        let (lookup, forced_insecure) = match validated_lookup(
-            .core
+            &self.core.smtp.resolvers.dnssec.resolver,
-            .smtp
+            self.core.smtp.resolvers.dns.resolver(),
-            .resolvers
+            name.clone(),
-            .dnssec
+            RecordType::AAAA,
-            .resolver
+        )
-            .ipv6_lookup(name.clone())
         .await
         {
-            Ok(lookup) => lookup,
+            Ok(validated) => (validated.lookup, validated.insecure),
             Err(err) => {
                 if let Some(denial) = NegativeAnswer::from_error(&err)
                     && denial.response_code == ResponseCode::NoError
@@ -403,7 +412,11 @@ impl TlsaLookup for Server {
                     _ => None,
                 })
                 .collect::<Arc<[Ipv6Addr]>>(),
-            dnssec_status: tlsa_base_status(&name, answers, RecordType::AAAA),
+            dnssec_status: if forced_insecure {
+                DnssecStatus::Insecure
+            } else {
+                tlsa_base_status(&name, answers, RecordType::AAAA)
+            },
         };
 
         self.inner
@@ -415,6 +428,115 @@ impl TlsaLookup for Server {
     }
 }
 
+// inbuxa: hickory 0.26.3 calls some valid answers bogus, and the queue then
+// retries those hosts until the message expires. Two cases seen in production:
+//
+// - A zone delegated beneath an unsigned zone, such as `l.google.com` under
+//   `google.com`. To prove the delegation insecure, hickory wants an SOA
+//   record in the DS reply, and public resolvers often send none.
+// - A signed CNAME to a signed name without the record type queried. Hickory
+//   checks the denial of existence against the name first asked for, not the
+//   target's, and rejects it.
+//
+// When hickory says bogus, check the answer again with lookups it gets right.
+// A signed CNAME is followed and the lookup repeated at its target. Otherwise
+// the name's zone and its parents are looked up, nearest first. If one
+// validates as unsigned, nothing below it can be signed, so the plain resolver
+// answers and the result is insecure. If one validates as signed first, the
+// verdict stands.
+
+const MAX_BOGUS_ALIASES: usize = 8;
+
+struct ValidatedLookup {
+    lookup: Lookup,
+    insecure: bool,
+}
+
+enum BogusRecheck {
+    Alias(Name),
+    Insecure,
+    Bogus,
+}
+
+async fn validated_lookup(
+    dnssec: &TokioResolver,
+    plain: &TokioResolver,
+    name: Name,
+    record_type: RecordType,
+) -> Result<ValidatedLookup, NetError> {
+    let mut query = name;
+    let mut aliases = 0;
+
+    loop {
+        let err = match dnssec.lookup(query.clone(), record_type).await {
+            Ok(lookup) => {
+                return Ok(ValidatedLookup {
+                    lookup,
+                    insecure: false,
+                });
+            }
+            Err(err @ NetError::Dns(DnsError::DnssecBogus)) => err,
+            Err(err) => return Err(err),
+        };
+
+        match recheck_bogus(dnssec, &query).await {
+            BogusRecheck::Alias(target) if aliases < MAX_BOGUS_ALIASES => {
+                aliases += 1;
+                query = target;
+            }
+            BogusRecheck::Insecure => {
+                return plain
+                    .lookup(query, record_type)
+                    .await
+                    .map(|lookup| ValidatedLookup {
+                        lookup,
+                        insecure: true,
+                    });
+            }
+            BogusRecheck::Alias(_) | BogusRecheck::Bogus => return Err(err),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn recheck_bogus(dnssec: &TokioResolver, name: &Name) -> BogusRecheck {
+    if let Ok(lookup) = dnssec.lookup(name.clone(), RecordType::CNAME).await
+        && let Some(target) = secure_alias(name, lookup.answers())
+    {
+        return BogusRecheck::Alias(target);
+    }
+
+    let mut zone = name.clone();
+    while !zone.is_root() {
+        if let Ok(lookup) = dnssec.lookup(zone.clone(), RecordType::SOA).await {
+            match apex_status(&zone, lookup.answers()) {
+                Some(DnssecStatus::Insecure) => return BogusRecheck::Insecure,
+                Some(DnssecStatus::Secure) => return BogusRecheck::Bogus,
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+        zone = zone.base_name();
+    }
+
+    BogusRecheck::Bogus
+}
+
+fn secure_alias(query: &Name, answers: &[Record]) -> Option<Name> {
+    answers.iter().find_map(|record| match &record.data {
+        RData::CNAME(target) if &record.name == query && record.proof.is_secure() => {
+            Some(target.0.clone())
+        }
+        _ => None,
+    })
+}
+
+fn apex_status(zone: &Name, answers: &[Record]) -> Option<DnssecStatus> {
+    answers
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|record| record.record_type() == RecordType::SOA && &record.name == zone)
+        .map(|record| proof_to_dnssec_status(record.proof))
+        .reduce(least_secure)
+}
+
 struct NegativeAnswer {
     response_code: ResponseCode,
     dnssec_status: DnssecStatus,
@@ -511,7 +633,7 @@ pub(crate) fn least_secure(a: DnssecStatus, b: DnssecStatus) -> DnssecStatus {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use mail_auth::hickory_resolver::proto::rr::rdata::{A, CNAME};
+    use mail_auth::hickory_resolver::proto::rr::rdata::{A, CNAME, SOA};
     use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
 
     fn name(value: &str) -> Name {
@@ -624,4 +746,127 @@ mod tests {
             DnssecStatus::Insecure
         );
     }
+
+    fn soa(owner: &str, proof: Proof) -> Record {
+        let mut record = Record::from_rdata(
+            name(owner),
+            3600,
+            RData::SOA(SOA::new(
+                name("ns1.example.org."),
+                name("hostmaster.example.org."),
+                1,
+                900,
+                900,
+                1800,
+                60,
+            )),
+        );
+        record.proof = proof;
+        record
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn secure_alias_follows_signed_cname() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            secure_alias(
+                &name("mail.example.org."),
+                &[alias("mail.example.org.", "mx.example.net.", Proof::Secure)]
+            ),
+            Some(name("mx.example.net."))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn secure_alias_ignores_unsigned_or_other_cname() {
+        let query = name("mail.example.org.");
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            secure_alias(
+                &query,
+                &[alias(
+                    "mail.example.org.",
+                    "mx.example.net.",
+                    Proof::Insecure
+                )]
+            ),
+            None
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            secure_alias(
+                &query,
+                &[alias(
+                    "other.example.org.",
+                    "mx.example.net.",
+                    Proof::Secure
+                )]
+            ),
+            None
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn apex_status_reads_the_zone_soa() {
+        let zone = name("example.com.");
+
+        for (proof, expected) in [
+            (Proof::Secure, Some(DnssecStatus::Secure)),
+            (Proof::Insecure, Some(DnssecStatus::Insecure)),
+            (Proof::Bogus, Some(DnssecStatus::Bogus)),
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                apex_status(&zone, &[soa("example.com.", proof)]),
+                expected,
+                "proof {proof}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn apex_status_ignores_other_records() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            apex_status(
+                &name("example.com."),
+                &[
+                    soa("sub.example.com.", Proof::Insecure),
+                    address("example.com.", Proof::Insecure),
+                ]
+            ),
+            None
+        );
+    }
+
+    // Needs the network: a signed MX pointing into a zone delegated beneath an
+    // unsigned one. Run with `--ignored` to check a hickory upgrade.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[ignore]
+    async fn validated_lookup_proves_delegation_below_unsigned_zone() {
+        use mail_auth::hickory_resolver::{
+            config::{CLOUDFLARE, ResolverConfig, ResolverOpts},
+            net::runtime::TokioRuntimeProvider,
+        };
+
+        let build = |validate: bool| {
+            // Same options as the server's DNSSEC resolver; hickory fails
+            // validation with concurrent requests.
+            let mut opts = ResolverOpts::default();
+            opts.validate = validate;
+            opts.num_concurrent_reqs = 1;
+            opts.cache_size = 0;
+            TokioResolver::builder_with_config(
+                ResolverConfig::udp_and_tcp(&CLOUDFLARE),
+                TokioRuntimeProvider::default(),
+            )
+            .with_options(opts)
+            .build()
+            .unwrap()
+        };
+        let (dnssec, plain) = (build(true), build(false));
+
+        let validated =
+            validated_lookup(&dnssec, &plain, name("aspmx.l.google.com."), RecordType::A)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+        assert!(validated.insecure);
+        assert!(!validated.lookup.answers().is_empty());
+    }
 }

crates/smtp/src/reporting/dmarc.rs

@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ use mail_auth::{
     common::verify::VerifySignature,
     dkim2::Dkim2Output,
     dmarc::{self},
-    report::{AuthFailureType, IdentityAlignment, PolicyPublished, Record, SPFDomainScope},
+    report::{
+        ActionDisposition, AuthFailureType, IdentityAlignment, PolicyPublished, Record, Report,
+        SPFDomainScope,
+    },
 };
 use registry::{
     schema::{
@@ -459,7 +462,7 @@ impl DmarcReporting for Server {
             .await
             .unwrap_or_else(|| "MAILER-DAEMON@localhost".to_compact_string());
         let mut message = Vec::with_capacity(2048);
-        let _ = mail_auth::report::Report::from(report.report).write_rfc5322(
+        let _ = with_compatible_dispositions(Report::from(report.report)).write_rfc5322(
             &self
                 .eval_if(
                     &self.core.smtp.report.submitter,
@@ -710,3 +713,55 @@ impl DmarcReporting for Server {
         }
     }
 }
+
+// inbuxa: RFC 9990 added "pass" to the evaluated disposition for mail that
+// passed DMARC under an enforcing policy. Cloudflare's report intake rejects
+// the whole report with "555 5.7.1 invalid_report_schema" when it sees that
+// value, and older parsers built on the RFC 7489 schema do the same. "none"
+// (no action taken) is valid under both and says the same thing, so reports
+// go out with that instead.
+fn with_compatible_dispositions(mut report: Report) -> Report {
+    for record in &mut report.record {
+        let disposition = &mut record.row.policy_evaluated.disposition;
+        if *disposition == ActionDisposition::Pass {
+            *disposition = ActionDisposition::None;
+        }
+    }
+    report
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use mail_auth::report::DmarcResult;
+
+    fn record(disposition: ActionDisposition) -> Record {
+        Record::new()
+            .with_source_ip("192.0.2.1".parse().unwrap())
+            .with_count(1)
+            .with_action_disposition(disposition)
+            .with_dmarc_dkim_result(DmarcResult::Pass)
+            .with_dmarc_spf_result(DmarcResult::Fail)
+            .with_header_from("example.org")
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn pass_disposition_is_reported_as_none() {
+        let xml = with_compatible_dispositions(
+            Report::new()
+                .with_domain("example.org")
+                .with_record(record(ActionDisposition::Pass))
+                .with_record(record(ActionDisposition::Quarantine))
+                .with_record(record(ActionDisposition::Reject)),
+        )
+        .to_xml();
+
+        assert!(!xml.contains("<disposition>pass</disposition>"), "{xml}");
+        assert!(xml.contains("<disposition>none</disposition>"), "{xml}");
+        assert!(
+            xml.contains("<disposition>quarantine</disposition>"),
+            "{xml}"
+        );
+        assert!(xml.contains("<disposition>reject</disposition>"), "{xml}");
+    }
+}

crates/types/src/branding.rs

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fn legacy_setting(name: &str, is_set: impl Fn(&str) -> bool) -> Option<String> {
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! brand_version {
     () => {
-        "2026.9.28.1"
+        "2026.9.28.2"
     };
 }
 

tests/src/smtp/reporting/dmarc.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::{
@@ -174,7 +176,8 @@ async fn report_dmarc() {
         let source_ip = record.source_ip().unwrap();
         if source_ip == "192.168.1.2".parse::<IpAddr>().unwrap() {
             assert_eq!(record.count(), 2);
-            assert_eq!(record.action_disposition(), ActionDisposition::Pass);
+            // inbuxa: "pass" goes out as "none" for RFC 7489 parsers
+            assert_eq!(record.action_disposition(), ActionDisposition::None);
             assert_eq!(record.envelope_from(), "[email protected]");
             assert_eq!(record.header_from(), "[email protected]");
             assert_eq!(record.envelope_to().unwrap(), "[email protected]");