feat: security hardening — message validator, rate limiter, key loader#720
feat: security hardening — message validator, rate limiter, key loader#720Z0mb13V1 wants to merge 1 commit intomindcraft-bots:developfrom
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- src/utils/message_validator.js: command injection detection, type checks, control character stripping, max-length guard - src/utils/rate_limiter.js: per-user rate limiting with auto stale-entry cleanup - src/utils/keys.js: env-first key loading (env vars always override keys.json) Resolves prototype pollution, injection, and abuse vectors.
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Pull request overview
This PR adds security-oriented utility modules for validating inbound messages, rate-limiting per user, and loading API keys with environment-variable precedence to reduce common abuse/exposure risks.
Changes:
- Added an in-memory per-user
RateLimiterwith periodic stale-entry cleanup. - Added Discord/Minecraft message and username validation + sanitization helpers.
- Updated key loading to prefer environment variables and warn on
keys.jsonfallback, with attempted sanitization of parsed JSON.
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| File | Description |
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src/utils/rate_limiter.js |
New per-user in-memory rate limiter with windowing and automatic cleanup. |
src/utils/message_validator.js |
New validators/sanitizers for Discord/Minecraft messages and usernames. |
src/utils/keys.js |
Changes key loading to env-first with keys.json fallback + warnings and JSON sanitization attempt. |
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| export function validateMinecraftMessage(message) { | ||
| if (!message) return { valid: false, error: 'Empty message' }; | ||
| if (typeof message !== 'string') return { valid: false, error: 'Message must be a string' }; | ||
| if (message.length > MAX_MINECRAFT_MESSAGE_LENGTH) { |
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Same issue as validateDiscordMessage: !message runs before the type check, so non-string falsy values produce "Empty message" rather than a type error. Type-check first, then validate emptiness.
| if (!username) return { valid: false, error: 'Username is empty' }; | ||
| if (typeof username !== 'string') return { valid: false, error: 'Username must be a string' }; |
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validateUsername checks !username before validating the type, so non-string falsy values return "Username is empty" rather than "Username must be a string". Validate typeof username === 'string' first, then check for empty/length constraints.
| if (!username) return { valid: false, error: 'Username is empty' }; | |
| if (typeof username !== 'string') return { valid: false, error: 'Username must be a string' }; | |
| if (typeof username !== 'string') return { valid: false, error: 'Username must be a string' }; | |
| if (username.length === 0) return { valid: false, error: 'Username is empty' }; |
| import { deepSanitize } from '../../settings.js'; | ||
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deepSanitize is imported from ../../settings.js, but settings.js only exports a default settings object and does not provide a named deepSanitize export. This will throw at module load time and break every model that imports getKey. Define/export deepSanitize (or import it from the correct module) before using it here.
| import { deepSanitize } from '../../settings.js'; | |
| // Local deepSanitize implementation to avoid relying on a non-existent named export. | |
| // Currently acts as a no-op passthrough; adjust if stricter sanitization is needed. | |
| function deepSanitize(value) { | |
| return value; | |
| } |
| } catch (_err) { | ||
| // keys.json not found or unreadable — that's fine, use env vars |
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loadKeysFile() catches and ignores all errors (including JSON parse errors or permission issues) and then sets keysLoaded = true. This can mask a malformed/unreadable keys.json and later surface as a misleading "key not found" error. Consider only ignoring ENOENT (missing file) and logging/rethrowing for other error types (including SyntaxError from JSON.parse).
| } catch (_err) { | |
| // keys.json not found or unreadable — that's fine, use env vars | |
| } catch (err) { | |
| // Only ignore missing file; other errors should be surfaced | |
| if (!err || err.code !== 'ENOENT') { | |
| console.error('Failed to load keys.json:', err); | |
| throw err; | |
| } |
| export function validateDiscordMessage(message) { | ||
| if (!message) return { valid: false, error: 'Empty message' }; | ||
| if (typeof message !== 'string') return { valid: false, error: 'Message must be a string' }; | ||
| if (message.length > MAX_DISCORD_MESSAGE_LENGTH) { |
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The !message check runs before the typeof message !== 'string' check, so non-string falsy values (e.g. 0, false) will return the misleading error "Empty message" instead of "Message must be a string". Swap the order (type-check first) or explicitly check for empty string after validating the type.
Security Hardening
Adds three security utility modules that close several known attack vectors:
Changes
Security issues resolved
Testing
All changes are pure utility modules with no external dependencies beyond Node built-ins. Existing behavior is preserved.