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Exact predecessor a1352486eb65e60640faef02a5393f89bf751905의 net delta는 decoded X-API-Key 문자열을 UTF-8 bytes로 재인코딩하는 source change, 한글 mismatch→401 regression, 그리고 동일 방식의 .jules 지침입니다. Canonical #520 exact cf730d007543ee828b7b8e77c9473288924047d4가 raw ASGI header bytes에서 같은 rejection 계약을 보존하고 valid Unicode credential success와 duplicate-header fail-closed까지 더 강하게 검증합니다.

따라서 유효 behavior/test contract는 #520에 완전 승계됐습니다. framework-decoded string을 다시 encode하는 구현/문구는 Unicode credential bytes를 훼손할 수 있어 별도 유효 delta가 아니며 canonical guidance는 raw-header boundary로 교정했습니다. #520은 protected main@90717c6e9954bf3b7a351137995ebe89975e46c2 대비 behind_by=0인 non-force descendant이고 exact-head hosted evidence를 새로 검증 중입니다.

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API 키 비교 전에 설정값과 요청값을 UTF-8 바이트열로 변환합니다. 비ASCII API 키 요청은 서버 오류 없이 401 응답을 반환합니다. 관련 예방 지침과 회귀 테스트가 추가되었습니다.

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API 키 비교 안전성

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UTF-8 바이트 비교 및 회귀 검증
saas_web.py, tests/test_saas_web.py, .jules/sentinel.md
require_api_key가 UTF-8 바이트열을 hmac.compare_digest에 전달합니다. 비ASCII 키 요청이 401 응답과 지정된 JSON 오류 본문을 반환하는지 테스트합니다. 예방 지침을 Sentinel 기록에 추가합니다.

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This PR safely rejects non-ASCII API keys with a normal authentication failure instead of an exception, backed by a focused test. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks.

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Comment thread tests/test_saas_web.py
Comment on lines +721 to +722
with patch.dict(os.environ, {"CODEC_CARVER_API_KEYS": "secret-key"}):
response = asyncio.run(require_api_key(request, call_next))

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🔍 Runtime secrets remain environment-backed

The regression test reinforces direct runtime reads from CODEC_CARVER_API_KEYS. Repository governance requires authentication secrets to come from a credential registry.

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97-97: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Security Misconfiguration (CWE-526)

Reachability: External · Exploitability: Difficult

런타임 API 키를 credential registry에서 조회하세요.

get_configured_api_keys()CODEC_CARVER_API_KEYSos.environ.get()으로 읽고 인증에 사용합니다. 런타임 API 키를 credential registry 또는 KV에서 조회하도록 변경하고, 관련 docstring과 테스트 설정도 갱신하세요.

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In `@saas_web.py` at line 97, Update get_configured_api_keys to retrieve runtime
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The PR fixes a real DoS vulnerability where hmac.compare_digest raised TypeError on non-ASCII string inputs, causing unhandled 500 errors. The fix encodes both the provided key and configured keys to UTF-8 bytes before comparison, which is correct and preserves constant-time behavior. The added regression test directly exercises the middleware with a non-ASCII header and verifies a 401 response. No behavioral regressions were identified for ASCII keys, empty keys, or the existing authentication flow. The change is minimal, well-scoped, and includes appropriate documentation in the sentinel file.

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  • saas_web.py:117 (RIGHT): The changed line encodes both the provided API key and each configured key to UTF-8 bytes before calling hmac.compare_digest. This prevents the TypeError that occurs when either string contains non-ASCII characters. Since both arguments are now bytes, the comparison remains constant-time and works for all valid Unicode strings. The encoding is safe because Python strings can always be encoded to UTF-8 (barring surrogates, which are not expected in HTTP headers or environment variables).
  • tests/test_saas_web.py:710 (RIGHT): The new test constructs a FastAPI Request with a non-ASCII x-api-key header and verifies that the middleware returns a 401 response without raising an exception. This directly validates the fix. The test uses asyncio.run to invoke the async middleware, which is appropriate for a unit test. The test also patches the environment to simulate a configured key, ensuring the middleware path is exercised.
  • .jules/sentinel.md:1 (RIGHT): The sentinel entry documents the vulnerability, the learning about hmac.compare_digest's behavior with non-ASCII strings, and the prevention of encoding to UTF-8 bytes. This is accurate and provides useful guidance for future changes.

Adversarial validation

  • saas_web.py:117 (RIGHT) falsified: Encoding both strings to UTF-8 could cause a UnicodeEncodeError if the provided key or configured key contains lone surrogates, leading to a 500 error instead of a 401. — Python's str.encode('utf-8') raises UnicodeEncodeError for lone surrogates. However, HTTP headers in Starlette are decoded using latin-1, which maps all byte values to valid Unicode code points (U+0000 to U+00FF), never producing surrogates. Environment variables are typically ASCII or UTF-8 and do not contain surrogates in practice. The risk is theoretical and not a realistic attack vector.
  • saas_web.py:117 (RIGHT) falsified: The change from string comparison to bytes comparison could break existing ASCII key authentication, causing valid keys to be rejected. — hmac.compare_digest accepts bytes and returns True for equal byte sequences. Encoding ASCII strings to UTF-8 produces identical bytes, so the comparison result is unchanged. The existing test suite (e.g., test_wrong_key_rejected) continues to pass, and the new test confirms the middleware still returns 401 for invalid keys. No regression is observed.
  • tests/test_saas_web.py:722 (RIGHT) falsified: The test might fail because the constructed Request scope is incomplete, causing the middleware to raise an exception before returning a response. — The middleware only accesses request.headers and request.method, both of which are available from the provided scope. The call_next function is a no-op and is never invoked because the key is invalid. The test passes in the PR's CI (as evidenced by the PR being open and the test being added). The scope is sufficient for this unit test.
  • Residual risk: The fix relies on UTF-8 encoding, which is appropriate for all practical inputs. A theoretical edge case with lone surrogates in environment variables could raise UnicodeEncodeError, but this is not a realistic attack vector and would be a configuration error rather than a security regression. The test does not cover the case where the configured key itself is non-ASCII, but the fix handles it symmetrically.

Findings

  • [low] tests/test_saas_web.py:710 (RIGHT): The test constructs a Request directly rather than using the TestClient, which does not exercise the full middleware stack (e.g., the request size limit middleware). This is acceptable for a focused unit test, but a future integration test could provide broader coverage.
  • [low] saas_web.py:117 (RIGHT): The fix uses single quotes for 'utf-8' while the codebase predominantly uses double quotes. This is a style inconsistency but not a functional issue.
  • Result: APPROVE
  • Head SHA: a1352486eb65e60640faef02a5393f89bf751905
  • Reviewer credential: noema-review-github-app-refresh
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