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fix(security): enforce TypeBox body schema on PATCH /session/:sessionId - #343

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Summary

PATCH /session/:sessionId declared Body: SdpAnswer in its TypeScript generic but the Fastify schema object omitted the body: key, so AJV/Fastify performed no validation on the request body — any payload was accepted and passed straight to the SDP handling logic.

This adds body: SdpAnswer to the route schema so the body is validated (including the existing maxLength: 65536 bound on sdpAnswer) before processing. Defense-in-depth; no behavioral change for well-formed clients.

Changes

  • src/api_productions.ts: add body: SdpAnswer to the PATCH /session/:sessionId schema.

(SdpAnswer.sdpAnswer in src/models.ts already carries maxLength: 65536, so no model change was needed.)

Test plan

  • npm run typecheck — clean
  • npm run lint — 0 errors
  • npm test — 258/258 pass

Closes #248

The PATCH /session/:sessionId handler declared Body: SdpAnswer in its
generic but omitted body from the Fastify schema object, so AJV skipped
request-body validation entirely. Add body: SdpAnswer so malformed or
oversized SDP answer payloads are rejected before reaching SDP handling.

Closes #248
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Automated code-reviewer verdict (daily-backlog-pr Phase 3): NEEDS CHANGES

The functional fix is correct and minimal: PATCH /session/:sessionId declared Body: SdpAnswer in its TS generic but the Fastify schema omitted body:, so AJV validated nothing. Adding body: SdpAnswer (src/api_productions.ts:756) wires the maxLength: 65536 bound into request validation. No TS/architecture/SDP/npm concerns.

Blocking

  • Missing regression test for the fixed failure path. This is a security bug fix with no test exercising the vulnerability. The two existing PATCH /session/:sessionId tests (src/api_validation.test.ts:232, :242) only send well-formed bodies and assert non-400/204. Add a server.inject() test asserting 400 for (a) a body missing sdpAnswer, (b) sdpAnswer of wrong type, and ideally (c) sdpAnswer exceeding maxLength: 65536. Without it, a future refactor could silently drop body: SdpAnswer and reintroduce Security: PATCH /session/:sessionId missing TypeBox body schema — AJV does not validate request body #248 undetected.

Suggestions

  • Pre-existing (out of scope): handler returns 410 with an object body but the response schema declares only 204/400/500 — consider adding 410: ErrorResponse.

Moving issue #248 back to Ready for the test to be added.


Note: this run could not post this as a formal --request-changes review because the PR author (birme) is the same account the automation runs as, and GitHub blocks self-reviews. Posting the verdict as a comment instead. Because it is not a CHANGES_REQUESTED-state review, the Phase-2 escalation guard cannot count it automatically — a human reviewer should formally request changes. Moving the linked issue back to Ready.

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birme commented Sep 17, 2026

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daily-backlog-pr Phase 3 — automated review (verdict: LGTM)

⚠️ This pipeline runs under birme, which also authored this PR, so it cannot submit the approving review GitHub requires (main now requires 1 approval). The change looks good to merge — flagging for a human reviewer with a different identity to approve + squash-merge.

Findings

  • Adding body: SdpAnswer correctly closes the validation gap; the schema shape matches the handler's request.body.sdpAnswer usage and the frontend's { sdpAnswer: string } payload. Non-strict object validation means previously-accepted payloads aren't newly rejected (beyond the pre-existing 64KB maxLength, which realistic SDP answers stay well under).
  • Minor — no negative test asserting an invalid/missing sdpAnswer now returns 400; worth adding to lock in the behavior, but not blocking.

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