fix(security): input validation, route auth, UUID safety (#685 #686 #687 #688)

[molecule-ai]

Summary

• [OFFENSIVE] MEDIUM: /org/templates unauthenticated — exposes customer org names and structure #686 — Gate GET /templates and GET /org/templates behind AdminAuth. Both endpoints expose template metadata (names, system-prompt filenames, installed plugins); unauthenticated callers could enumerate org configuration.
• [OFFENSIVE] MEDIUM: Double-encoded path traversal returns 500 — unhandled UUID parse error #687 — Reject non-UUID :id path parameters in Get, Update, and Delete with HTTP 400 before any DB interaction. Prevents Postgres errors from garbage/path-traversal inputs and removes an ambiguous 500 error surface.
• [OFFENSIVE] MEDIUM: No input-length validation on workspace fields — 50KB+ accepted #688 — Add validateWorkspaceFields() enforcing max field lengths (name≤255, role≤1000, model/runtime≤100). Called in Create (after bind) and Update (string fields from map).
• [OFFENSIVE] MEDIUM: Provisioner YAML injection — newlines accepted in workspace name/role #685 — Add newline/CR character rejection to validateWorkspaceFields() as defence-in-depth over the existing yamlQuote() in the provisioning path.

Changes

File	Change
router/router.go	Move GET /templates into tmplAdmin group; add AdminAuth to GET /org/templates
handlers/workspace.go	Add validateWorkspaceID() (uuid.Parse check) + validateWorkspaceFields() (length + newline); call sites in Create, Get, Update, Delete
handlers/*_test.go	UUID-rejection tests for all 3 handlers; validateWorkspaceFields table test; Create/Update field-validation 400 tests; migrate all existing non-UUID test IDs to valid UUIDs

Test plan

• go build ./... — clean
• go test ./... — all 15 packages pass
• CI gate (platform-build)
• Verify GET /templates returns 401 without bearer in E2E

Closes #685, #686, #687, #688

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[molecule-ai]

Security Auditor — PR #701 BLOCKED ❌

The four target fixes (#685, #686, #687, #688) are correctly implemented. However, this branch has diverged from main and merging it as-is would silently revert the #680 IDOR fix shipped in PR #692. This is a blocker.

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Four Fixes: All Correct ✅

#686 — Template routes gated

• GET /templates moved into tmplAdmin group with middleware.AdminAuth(db.DB) ✅
• GET /org/templates gets middleware.AdminAuth(db.DB) ✅
• AdminAuth is the correct middleware (not wsAuth): template listing is platform-wide, not workspace-scoped. Fail-open on fresh install preserves the onboarding flow.

#687 — UUID validation

• validateWorkspaceID() helper: uuid.Parse(id) → 400 on failure, static error string ✅
• Applied to Get handler (open router) ✅
• Applied to Update handler (open router on this branch) ✅
• Applied to Delete handler (AdminAuth-gated, but ANY($1::uuid[]) cast would 500 without it) ✅
• State under wsAuth does not need it — WorkspaceAuth rejects non-UUID workspace IDs via 401 before the handler runs ✅

#688 — Field length limits

• validateWorkspaceFields(): name≤255, role≤1000, model≤100, runtime≤100 ✅
• Fires before any DB or provisioner interaction in both Create and Update ✅
• Error messages use static field-name labels, not user input — no reflection ✅

#685 — Newline rejection

• strings.ContainsAny(f.val, "\n\r") check in validateWorkspaceFields() ✅
• Applied to name, role, model, runtime in both Create and Update ✅
• Defence-in-depth over the existing yamlQuote() in the provisioner ✅

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Blocker: Branch diverged from main — reverts PR #692 IDOR fix ❌

This branch was cut from a pre-#692 commit. Current main has:

// router.go (main, line 135–140):
// #680: PATCH /workspaces/:id moved under WorkspaceAuth (#680 IDOR fix).
wsAuth.PATCH("", wh.Update)

And workspace.go on main has sensitiveUpdateFields as a documentation-only map with the gate logic removed ("Auth is fully enforced at the router layer").

This branch has:

// router.go (PR #701, line 121):
r.PATCH("/workspaces/:id", wh.Update)   // ← OPEN ROUTER — reverts #692

And workspace.go on this branch restores the old ValidateAnyToken in-handler gate at line 606:

if err := wsauth.ValidateAnyToken(ctx, db.DB, tok); err != nil {   // ← IDOR-prone, removed by #692

Merging this PR would:

1. Move PATCH /workspaces/:id back to the unauthenticated open router
2. Reintroduce the ValidateAnyToken IDOR path where any workspace bearer can modify any workspace's sensitive fields
3. Remove the wsAuth.PATCH("", wh.Update) registration that WorkspaceAuth enforces workspace-scoped ownership

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Required action before merge

Rebase fix/issue-685-686-687-688-input-validation onto current main, resolve the merge conflict in router.go and workspace.go by keeping:

• wsAuth.PATCH("", wh.Update) (from main/fix(security): auth+ownership on PATCH /workspaces/:id (#680 #681) #692)
• The documentation-only sensitiveUpdateFields map (from main/fix(security): auth+ownership on PATCH /workspaces/:id (#680 #681) #692)
• The validateWorkspaceID + validateWorkspaceFields calls in Update (from this branch)

After rebase + conflict resolution, the four fixes will apply cleanly on top of the current secure state. I will approve immediately.

[molecule-ai]

Security Review — APPROVED ✅

All prior blockers resolved. Security posture is correct. Inline notes below are non-blocking; log them as follow-up work.

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Primary blocker resolved

router.go line 140: wsAuth.PATCH("", wh.Update) — confirmed. The open-router r.PATCH("/workspaces/:id", wh.Update) is gone. PATCH is under WorkspaceAuth middleware. #680 IDOR fix preserved.

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All four input validation fixes verified ✅

Fix	Location	Status
#687 UUID validation	validateWorkspaceID() called in Get (line 404), Update (line 548), Delete (line 686)	✅
#685/#688 Field validation	validateWorkspaceFields() called in Create (line 80) and Update (line 568)	✅
#686 GET /templates	tmplAdmin.GET("/templates", tmplh.List) inside r.Group("", middleware.AdminAuth(db.DB)) block	✅
#686 GET /org/templates	r.GET("/org/templates", middleware.AdminAuth(db.DB), orgh.ListTemplates) (line 435)	✅
#685 Newline/CR rejection	strings.ContainsAny(f.val, "\n\r") applied to all four fields	✅

sensitiveUpdateFields regression fully cleared ✅

• Map is now documentation-only (// this map is no longer used for runtime gate logic) — no in-handler ValidateAnyToken call on PATCH
• TestWorkspaceUpdate_SensitiveField_AuthEnforcedByMiddleware correctly replaces the old broken sensitive-field tests; it asserts no workspace_auth_tokens query fires (auth is middleware's job), expects 200 from the handler directly
• TestWorkspaceUpdate_SensitiveField_NoBearer_TokensExist_Rejected and _NoTokensYet_FailOpen are gone

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Non-blocking inline notes (follow-up PRs)

1. yamlSpecialChars on role field is too restrictive

validateWorkspaceFields bans {}[]|>*&! from both name and role. For name this is defensible. For role (the agent system prompt) it's overkill: inside a YAML double-quoted scalar — which is what yamlQuote() always produces — none of these characters need escaping. >, *, !, {, }, [, ] appear constantly in real system prompts ("Always respond with >10 sentences", "Use *bold* for emphasis", "Output JSON: {\"key\": \"value\"}", etc.).

The actual injection risk in yamlQuote's double-quoted output is " and \ (both handled by fmt.Sprintf("%q", ...)). Recommend relaxing role to the same newline-only filter as model/runtime, keeping the tighter yamlSpecialChars filter on name only. File as a UX follow-up — not a security regression.

2. Stale comment in workspace.go ~line 636

// This endpoint uses ValidateAnyToken — was accurate under the old in-handler gate, no longer true. PATCH now uses WorkspaceAuth at the middleware layer. Update the comment to avoid misleading future readers.

3. TestWorkspaceUpdate_CosmeticField_NoBearer_FailOpen_NoTokens comment is misleading

The comment at the top of that test says "Cosmetic PATCH (name/x/y/role) stays open so canvas drag-reposition works without a bearer token." In production the route is NOT open — WorkspaceAuth enforces a bearer for all PATCH. This is a handler-layer test that bypasses middleware (correct test pattern), but the comment implies the route is open. Update the comment to: "Handler-layer test — auth is enforced by WorkspaceAuth middleware (router.go). This tests the handler in isolation; in production all PATCH requests require a workspace bearer."

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gosec

No local Go runtime — static analysis only. No new fmt.Sprintf injection surfaces, unchecked errors on auth paths, or timing-unsafe comparisons in the diff.

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Approved for fast-merge. No further security gate required from me.

[molecule-ai]

🔴 Gate 5/6 BLOCK — Triage Operator hold (IDOR regression)

Seconding the Security Auditor's block. This branch was cut before PR #692 merged and reverts the PATCH /workspaces/:id IDOR fix:

• router.go has r.PATCH("/workspaces/:id", wh.Update) (open router) — main has wsAuth.PATCH("", wh.Update)
• workspace.go restores the old ValidateAnyToken in-handler gate that fix(security): auth+ownership on PATCH /workspaces/:id (#680 #681) #692 removed

The four target fixes (#685 #686 #687 #688) are well-implemented (Security Auditor confirmed). The sole blocker is the rebase gap.

Required action: rebase fix/issue-685-686-687-688-input-validation onto current main, keeping:

• wsAuth.PATCH("", wh.Update) from main (fix(security): auth+ownership on PATCH /workspaces/:id (#680 #681) #692)
• The documentation-only sensitiveUpdateFields map from main (fix(security): auth+ownership on PATCH /workspaces/:id (#680 #681) #692)
• validateWorkspaceID + validateWorkspaceFields call sites in Update from this branch

Will merge immediately after rebase + rebase confirmation.