fix(api): validate and cap REST pagination parameters - #1060
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…e paging /rest/v1/all_cres?page=abc is a 500 on opencre.org today. int() on the query parameter raises ValueError and nothing handles it, so a client typo becomes a server error. Parse each value once and return 400, the same way text_search reports a bad text parameter since OWASP#867. A value of zero or less still falls back to the default, as before. all_cres_with_pagination also paginated a query with no ORDER BY. The database is then free to return rows in any order, so page boundaries can move between requests and a CRE can appear on two pages while another is never returned. Order by external_id with the primary key breaking ties, so the order is total. The ordering does not reproduce on SQLite, which returns a small table in insertion order, so that test is a regression guard rather than a reproduction. It matters on Postgres, which is what production runs.
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WalkthroughThe node and ChangesPagination behavior
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find_node_by_name serves /standard/{name}, /{ntype}/{name} and the four
section and sectionid variants, so both defects fixed for all_cres exist
on six more documented endpoints.
https://opencre.org/rest/v1/standard/ASVS?page=abc -> 500
Same cause: int() on the query parameter raises ValueError with nothing
to handle it. Return 400 instead.
items_per_page was worse. It was read straight from the query string with
no upper bound and passed to paginate(), so one request could pull the
whole table -- with 250 nodes in the database,
?items_per_page=999999 returned all 250. That is the unbounded response
OWASP#847 is about, on the node endpoints rather than the CRE ones. It is now
capped at MAX_ITEMS_PER_PAGE like all_cres, and a value of zero or less
still falls back to the default.
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1564-1566: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winMake the ordering regression test detect a removed
ORDER BY.The fixture inserts CRE IDs in ascending target order. An unordered database scan can return the same rows on both requests, so this test can pass after removal of the required ordering.
Insert CREs in a deliberately different order and assert the exact ordered ID sequence across pages. This makes the test detect loss of
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In `@application/tests/web_main_test.py`:
- Around line 1564-1566: Update the ordering regression test around the CRE
fixture setup to insert records in an order different from their expected
external_id order, then assert the exact ordered ID sequence returned across
pages. Preserve the existing pagination behavior while ensuring the assertions
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The fixture inserted CREs already in external_id order, and SQLite hands back a small table in insertion order, so the test passed with or without the ordering it was meant to protect. Insert them descending and assert the ascending sequence: removing the ORDER BY now fails the test with the rows in insertion order. Raised in review on this PR.
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The fixture inserted root CREs already in external_id order, and SQLite hands back a small table in insertion order, so the test passed with or without the ordering it was meant to protect. Insert them descending and assert the ascending sequence: removing the ORDER BY now fails the test with the rows in insertion order. Same weakness as the all_cres test on OWASP#1060, raised in review there.
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In `@application/tests/web_main_test.py`:
- Around line 1567-1569: Add duplicate external_id fixtures in the test setup
around the external_ids ordering loop, with distinct CRE.id or name values, and
assert their deterministic order through that distinguishing field. Preserve the
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The ordering fixtures all used a distinct external_id, so the test passed whether or not the sort carried its CRE.id half. external_id is not unique on its own -- the constraint is on (name, external_id) -- so ties are possible and the tie-break is what makes the order total. Two CREs share an external_id here and are inserted in the opposite order to their primary keys, which are fixed rather than generated so the expectation cannot drift. Dropping CRE.id from the sort now fails the test with the rows the other way round. Raised in review on this PR.
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Same gap as the all_cres test on OWASP#1060: every ordering fixture used a distinct external_id, so the test passed whether or not the sort carried its CRE.id half. external_id is not unique on its own -- the constraint is on (name, external_id) -- so ties are possible and the tie-break is what makes the order total. Two root CREs share an external_id here and are inserted in the opposite order to their primary keys, which are fixed rather than generated. Dropping CRE.id from the sort now fails the test.
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Pagination on the documented REST API is unvalidated and, on the node endpoints, uncapped. Independent of #1059, which does the
root_creshalf of #847 — no overlapping lines.1. A client typo is a 500, live right now
int(request.args.get("page"))raisesValueError, nothing handles it, and Flask turns it into a server error. Now a 400, the waytext_searchreports a badtextparameter after #867. A value of zero or less still falls back to the default, exactly as before.This affects seven documented endpoints, because
find_node_by_nameserves six of them:2. The node endpoints have no upper bound at all
items_per_pagewas read from the query string and handed topaginate()with nothing in between — noMAX_ITEMS_PER_PAGE, no clamp. With 250 nodes in the database:?items_per_page=999999?items_per_page=1000?items_per_page=10That is the unbounded response #847 describes, on the node endpoints rather than the CRE ones. Capped at
MAX_ITEMS_PER_PAGEnow, the same asall_cres.3.
all_crespages are not stableall_cres_with_paginationpaginatedsession.query(CRE)with noORDER BY. SQL does not define row order without one, so page boundaries can move between requests: a CRE can come back on two pages while another is never returned. Ordering is nowexternal_id— the order the catalogue reads in — with the primary key breaking ties so the order is total.Honest caveat: this one does not reproduce on SQLite, which hands back a small table in insertion order. That test is a regression guard, not a reproduction. It matters on Postgres, which is what production runs.
Tests
Written first and run before each fix, and they failed on the real errors —
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'abc'for the parsing,AssertionError: 100 != 150for the missing cap.test_all_cres_rejects_malformed_paginationtest_all_cres_pages_deterministicallytest_find_node_by_name_rejects_malformed_pagination— covers/standard/{name},/section/,/sectionid/test_find_node_by_name_caps_items_per_page— 150 nodes,?items_per_page=999999, asserts the cap and that a request under it is still honouredChecks
unittest discovermake openapi-guardrailblackmypywith the Makefile flags on both changed filesmain