RunUserPostRules uses nft cli

Dockerfile

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache --update -l wget && \
     apk add --no-cache --update -X "https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.17/main" openvpn\~2.5 && \
     mv /usr/sbin/openvpn /usr/sbin/openvpn2.5 && \
     apk del openvpn && \
-    apk add --no-cache --update openvpn ca-certificates iptables iptables-legacy tzdata && \
+    apk add --no-cache --update openvpn ca-certificates nftables iptables iptables-legacy tzdata && \
     mv /usr/sbin/openvpn /usr/sbin/openvpn2.6 && \
     rm -rf /var/cache/apk/* /etc/openvpn/*.sh /usr/lib/openvpn/plugins/openvpn-plugin-down-root.so && \
     deluser openvpn && \

internal/firewall/nftables/support.go

@@ -12,13 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/nftables"
 )
 
-const (
-	iptablesCommand      = "iptables-nft"
-	iptablesFallbackCmd  = "iptables"
-	ip6tablesCommand     = "ip6tables-nft"
-	ip6tablesFallbackCmd = "ip6tables"
-)
-
 func IsSupported() bool {
 	conn, err := nftables.New()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -44,31 +37,9 @@ func (f *Firewall) Version(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	return words[0], nil
 }
 
-// findIptablesCommand finds the available iptables-nft or iptables command.
+// RunUserPostRules reads and executes custom nft commands from a file.
-func findIptablesCommand() (string, error) {
+// Only lines starting with "nft" are executed. Lines starting with iptables
-	if path, err := exec.LookPath(iptablesCommand); err == nil {
+// commands are rejected with an error.
-		return path, nil
-	}
-	if path, err := exec.LookPath(iptablesFallbackCmd); err == nil {
-		return path, nil
-	}
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("iptables command not found: %s or %s", iptablesCommand, iptablesFallbackCmd) //nolint:err113
-}
-
-// findIP6tablesCommand finds the available ip6tables-nft or ip6tables command.
-func findIP6tablesCommand() (string, error) {
-	if path, err := exec.LookPath(ip6tablesCommand); err == nil {
-		return path, nil
-	}
-	if path, err := exec.LookPath(ip6tablesFallbackCmd); err == nil {
-		return path, nil
-	}
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("ip6tables command not found: %s or %s", ip6tablesCommand, ip6tablesFallbackCmd) //nolint:err113
-}
-
-// RunUserPostRules reads and executes custom iptables-style rules from a file.
-// Since iptables-nft is nftables under the hood, we delegate to it for rule
-// parsing compatibility with user-written iptables rules.
 func (f *Firewall) RunUserPostRules(ctx context.Context, filepath string) error {
 	file, err := os.OpenFile(filepath, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -86,61 +57,41 @@ func (f *Firewall) RunUserPostRules(ctx context.Context, filepath string) error
 	}
 	lines := strings.Split(string(content), "\n")
 
-	iptablesCmd, err := findIptablesCommand()
-	if err != nil {
-		f.logger.Warnf("iptables-nft not available, skipping user post-rules for IPv4")
-	}
-	ip6tablesCmd, err := findIP6tablesCommand()
-	if err != nil {
-		f.logger.Warnf("ip6tables-nft not available, IPv6 user post-rules will fail")
-	}
-
 	for lineNum, line := range lines {
 		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
 		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		var cmdName string
+		// Only allow nft commands
-		var ruleArgs string
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(line, "nft") {
-		switch {
+			f.logger.Warnf("line %d: skipping unrecognized command (expected nft): %s", lineNum+1, line)
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "iptables "):
-			cmdName = iptablesCmd
-			ruleArgs = strings.TrimPrefix(line, "iptables ")
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "iptables-nft "):
-			cmdName = iptablesCmd
-			ruleArgs = strings.TrimPrefix(line, "iptables-nft ")
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "iptables-legacy "):
-			cmdName = iptablesCmd
-			ruleArgs = strings.TrimPrefix(line, "iptables-legacy ")
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "ip6tables "):
-			cmdName = ip6tablesCmd
-			ruleArgs = strings.TrimPrefix(line, "ip6tables ")
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "ip6tables-nft "):
-			cmdName = ip6tablesCmd
-			ruleArgs = strings.TrimPrefix(line, "ip6tables-nft ")
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "ip6tables-legacy "):
-			cmdName = ip6tablesCmd
-			ruleArgs = strings.TrimPrefix(line, "ip6tables-legacy ")
-		default:
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if cmdName == "" {
+		// Ensure we're matching "nft" as a complete command prefix (not "nftables", "nftrace", etc.)
+		if len(line) > 3 && line[3] != ' ' {
+			f.logger.Warnf("line %d: skipping unrecognized command (expected nft): %s", lineNum+1, line)
 			continue
 		}
 
-		args := strings.Fields(ruleArgs)
+		// Extract nft arguments
+		nftArgs := strings.TrimSpace(line[3:]) // Trim "nft" and leading space
+		if nftArgs == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		args := strings.Fields(nftArgs)
 		if len(args) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, cmdName, args...)
+		cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "nft", args...)
 		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 		if err != nil {
 			outputStr := strings.TrimSpace(string(output))
-			return fmt.Errorf("running user rule on line %d (%s %s): %w: %s",
+			return fmt.Errorf("running user rule on line %d (nft %s): %w: %s",
-				lineNum+1, cmdName, ruleArgs, err, outputStr)
+				lineNum+1, nftArgs, err, outputStr)
 		}
 	}