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🛡️ Sentinel: [CRITICAL] Fix 500 Internal Server Error in API Key Auth
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion saas_web.py
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Expand Up @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ async def require_api_key(request: Request, call_next):
if configured_keys and not (request.method == "GET" and request.url.path == "/"):
provided_key = request.headers.get("x-api-key", "")
if not any(
hmac.compare_digest(provided_key, key) for key in configured_keys
hmac.compare_digest(provided_key.encode("utf-8"), key.encode("utf-8")) for key in configured_keys

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

rg -n --glob '*.py' \
  'CODEC_CARVER_API_KEYS|os\.environ|get_configured_api_keys|credential|registry|KV' .

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#!/bin/bash
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sed -n '80,125p' saas_web.py
printf '%s\n' '--- registry/KV candidates ---'
rg -n --glob '*.py' --glob '*.md' \
  'credential registry|credential_registry|CredentialRegistry|CODEC_CARVER_API_KEYS|os\.environ|get_configured_api_keys|KV' .

Repository: ContextualWisdomLab/codec-carver

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Authorization Bypass (CWE-306): Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate

API 키를 credential registry/KV에서 읽도록 전환하세요.

get_configured_api_keys()는 런타임에 CODEC_CARVER_API_KEYS 환경 변수를 직접 읽습니다. 키가 없으면 인증 검사를 건너뛰고 외부 요청을 call_next로 전달합니다. API 키 조회와 테스트 fixture를 credential registry/KV로 변경하세요.

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In `@saas_web.py` at line 117, Update get_configured_api_keys() to retrieve API
keys from the credential registry/KV instead of reading CODEC_CARVER_API_KEYS
directly from the environment. Update the related test fixtures to seed and
access keys through the same registry/KV path, while preserving rejection of
unauthenticated requests when no keys are configured rather than passing them to
call_next.

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):
return JSONResponse(
status_code=401,
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48 changes: 48 additions & 0 deletions tests/test_saas_web.py
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Expand Up @@ -688,6 +688,54 @@ def _post_shrink(self, headers=None):
headers=headers or {},
)

def test_non_ascii_header_does_not_crash(self):
import asyncio
import json
from starlette.requests import Request
from saas_web import require_api_key

async def dummy_call_next(request: Request):
from starlette.responses import JSONResponse
return JSONResponse({"status": "ok"})

with patch.dict(os.environ, {"CODEC_CARVER_API_KEYS": "secret-key"}):
# Test non-ASCII header fails closed with 401 (not 500)
scope = {
"type": "http",
"method": "POST",
"path": "/shrink",
"headers": [(b"x-api-key", "secret-key😀".encode("utf-8"))],
}
req = Request(scope)
res = asyncio.run(require_api_key(req, dummy_call_next))
self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 401)
body = json.loads(res.body.decode("utf-8"))
self.assertEqual(body, {"error": "Invalid or missing API key"})

# Test matching configured ASCII key success
scope_success = {
"type": "http",
"method": "POST",
"path": "/shrink",
"headers": [(b"x-api-key", b"secret-key")],
}
req_success = Request(scope_success)
res_success = asyncio.run(require_api_key(req_success, dummy_call_next))
self.assertEqual(res_success.status_code, 200)
body_success = json.loads(res_success.body.decode("utf-8"))
self.assertEqual(body_success, {"status": "ok"})

# Test missing/incorrect ASCII 401
scope_missing = {
"type": "http",
"method": "POST",
"path": "/shrink",
"headers": [(b"x-api-key", b"wrong-key")],
}
req_missing = Request(scope_missing)
res_missing = asyncio.run(require_api_key(req_missing, dummy_call_next))
self.assertEqual(res_missing.status_code, 401)

def test_no_env_var_leaves_endpoints_open(self):
with patch.dict(os.environ):
os.environ.pop("CODEC_CARVER_API_KEYS", None)
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