[INFRA-779] fix(security): reject authority-relative next_path redirects - #9709
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Server: validate_next_path (apps/api/plane/utils/path_validator.py) calls urlparse(next_path) and only extracts .path when scheme or netloc is truthy. For "///example.com/" (three or more leading slashes), urlparse() returns both scheme and netloc empty, so that branch never fires and the raw string passes every remaining check unchanged. Fixed by rejecting any next_path starting with "//" outright, right after the existing "must start with /" check. Client: isValidURL (apps/web/core/lib/wrappers/authentication-wrapper.tsx) only regex-blocked a literal http(s)/ftp scheme prefix, so the same authority-relative string passed and was handed to router.push(). Fixed by resolving the URL against location.origin and requiring the result to actually still be same-origin, instead of pattern-matching the input. Browsers resolve a leading "//" as authority-relative even when neither validator's own URL parsing detected a host — the accepted value silently navigates off-domain post-login, a same-origin-trust phishing vector. Checked the advisory's other listed next_path consumers (auth-form components, oauth hooks, api.service.ts) — they only forward the value to a server-side auth redirect or a hidden form field, no independent client-side navigation, so they're covered by the server-side fix. 8 new server-side tests, fail-before verified. Client-side fix verified empirically via Node's URL parser (WHATWG-compliant, matches browser behavior) — no test harness exists for apps/web in this repo. Co-authored-by: Plane AI <noreply@plane.so>
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR blocks authority-relative authentication redirects and reduces off-domain navigation risk. It is mergeable with owner awareness of the web validation-versus-navigation normalization mismatch and the existing exact-two-slash API normalization behavior, which should remain explicitly confirmed as safe. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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Pull request overview
This PR closes an open-redirect vector via next_path by preventing authority-relative redirects (e.g. ///example.com/) from being accepted and then resolved by the browser as an off-domain navigation during authentication flows.
Changes:
- API: Reject
next_pathvalues that still begin with//after parsing/normalization, covering theurlparse("///...")edge case. - Web: Replace scheme-prefix regex checking with same-origin validation by resolving against
location.origin. - Tests: Add unit tests covering the 3+ leading slash regression and confirming pre-existing downgrade behavior for
//host/...and absolute URLs.
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| apps/web/core/lib/wrappers/authentication-wrapper.tsx | Enforces same-origin next_path before calling router.push()/router.replace(). |
| apps/api/plane/utils/path_validator.py | Adds an explicit //-prefix rejection to catch authority-relative inputs that urlparse() doesn’t classify as netloc. |
| apps/api/plane/tests/unit/utils/test_path_validator.py | Adds regression and positive-control unit tests for validate_next_path. |
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…ive check Address /code-review finding on PR #9709: a tab (or CR/LF) placed between each slash — e.g. "/\t/\t/evil.com" — defeats both urlparse()'s netloc detection (verified: scheme='', netloc='' for this exact input) and the new literal next_path.startswith("//") check (the second character is a tab, not a slash). Browsers strip every ASCII tab/CR/LF from a URL before parsing it per the WHATWG spec, so what actually gets navigated to is "///evil.com" — the same authority-relative bypass this PR set out to close, just obfuscated with whitespace instead of extra literal slashes. Strip tab/CR/LF alongside the existing backslash removal, before urlparse and the "//" check both run, so every check downstream sees what the browser will. 3 new tests, fail-before verified. Co-authored-by: Plane AI <noreply@plane.so>
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Confirmed and fixed in 8383411 — verified the exact bypass empirically before fixing: Fixed by stripping tab/CR/LF alongside the existing backslash removal, before both the Good catch — this is exactly the same bug class the PR set out to close, just via a different obfuscation technique. |
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/code-review (re-run after the tab/CR/LF fix): clean, no findings. Tested an extensive battery of bypass attempts (multi-slash, tab/CR/LF, backslash+tab, userinfo tricks, percent-encoded forms, scheme-only forms, Unicode division-slash) against both the Python and TS logic empirically — nothing survived. Also confirmed the check ordering matches WHATWG's actual pre-parse normalization steps, and that location.origin is unreachable during SSR in the component (returns its loading state before getWorkspaceRedirectionUrl() is ever called). |
…ab/CR/LF stripping
Address /code-review cleanup finding, following the same fix applied to
the plane-ee port (INFRA-780): single-pass str.translate is shorter and
matches the terse style of the adjacent .replace("\\", "") line.
Also verified, and declining, the review's other finding on the EE port
(delegate to Django's url_has_allowed_host_and_scheme instead of
hand-rolling the "//" check): Django's own _url_has_allowed_host_and_scheme
does not strip tab/CR/LF before its startswith("///") check either, so it
would reintroduce the exact bypass this PR fixed, and validate_next_path
also does path-traversal/suspicious-pattern checks Django's helper doesn't
attempt at all.
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Proactive follow-up (not a finding on this PR, but the plane-ee port's /code-review flagged it and it applies equally here): replaced the char-by-char tab/CR/LF-stripping rebuild with Also verified (same review raised delegating to Django's |
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143-144: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winMove the authority-relative check before
urlparse(). Fornext_path == "//example.com/",urlparse()setsnetlocand replacesnext_pathwith"/", so the later check accepts the authority-relative input. Add the check before parsing and add a regression test.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@apps/api/plane/utils/path_validator.py`:
- Around line 143-144: Update the path validation flow around the visible
next_path.startswith("//") check to reject authority-relative paths before
calling urlparse(), preserving rejection for values such as "//example.com/";
add a regression test covering this input and ensure normal relative paths
retain their existing behavior.
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… of a local reimplementation Address /code-review findings on the plane-ee port (PR #9286), which apply equally here: the from-scratch location.origin-based check had its own gap — a next_path like "http:evil.com" resolves AS IF relative whenever the input's scheme happens to match the real origin's own scheme. On this repo's real fix that meant any self-hosted deployment actually serving over plain http (not just the EE port's hardcoded-http placeholder-base variant) — verified directly: bypasses the check on an http:// origin, though not on https://, since the schemes then differ. isValidNextPath (@plane/utils, already used by apps/space for this identical purpose) closes this by requiring a literal leading "/" (and rejecting "//") before any URL-based comparison, so it doesn't depend on which scheme the real origin happens to use. Also removes a second, independently-bug-prone implementation of the same check. Co-authored-by: Plane AI <noreply@plane.so>
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Proactive follow-up (findings from the plane-ee port's /code-review, confirmed applicable here too):
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/code-review (re-run after the delegation fix): clean, no findings. Independently verified via runtime execution (Python + Node) that all 8 tests pass against the real implementation and no other client-side next_path consumer retains the old vulnerable pattern. |
Summary
apps/api/plane/utils/path_validator.py,validate_next_path): callsurlparse(next_path)and only extracts.pathwhenschemeornetlocis truthy. For"///example.com/"(three or more leading slashes),urlparse()returns bothschemeandnetlocempty — verified directly — so that branch never fires and the raw string passes every remaining check unchanged. Fixed by rejecting anynext_pathstarting with//outright, right after the existing "must start with/" check.apps/web/core/lib/wrappers/authentication-wrapper.tsx,isValidURL): only regex-blocked a literalhttp(s)/ftpscheme prefix, so the same authority-relative string passed and was handed torouter.push(). Fixed by resolving the URL againstlocation.originand requiring the result to actually still be same-origin, instead of pattern-matching the input string.//as authority-relative even when neither validator's own URL parsing detected a host — the accepted value silently navigates off-domain post-login, a same-origin-trust phishing vector (attacker link visibly belongs to the Plane host; victim is already authenticated; click lands on attacker content).next_pathconsumers (auth-form components, oauth hooks,api.service.ts) — they only forward the value to a server-side auth redirect or a hidden form field, no independent client-side navigation, so they're covered by the server-side fix and don't need changes.Test plan
apps/api/plane/tests/unit/utils/test_path_validator.py: rejects 3/4/5-leading-slash forms, positive controls confirming the pre-existing 2-slash and scheme-prefixed cases still safely downgrade to a bare path (not a new rejection), genuine relative paths still acceptedgit stash— all 3 malicious-path cases fail against pre-fix codeapps/webin this repo to add an automated regression test.ruff check/ruff format --checkclean (Python);oxlint/oxfmt --checkclean (TypeScript); the file doesn't appear incheck:typesoutput (all pre-existing errors there are unrelated missing-export issues in@plane/constants/@plane/types)Summary by CodeRabbit
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