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  • protected base: develop@e06b1f3fb10903569124af011da213951e6e2473
  • exact head: ed0a696c3966b3a42505cf104079ad09a3fa3c9a
  • ancestry: ahead 9 / behind 0 / merge base = protected base
  • lifecycle: Draft / causal pre-parse admission repair present / hosted exact-head gates non-terminal
  • effective protected-base files: src/newsdom_api/body_limit.py, src/newsdom_api/main.py, tests/test_body_limit.py, tests/test_parse_endpoint.py

RCA: generated fix was too late for the claimed DoS boundary

The generated change added Form(max_length=50) to language and mode and described that as prevention of multipart parser memory exhaustion. The 50-character constraint is useful semantic validation, but FastAPI/Pydantic applies it after Starlette has parsed the multipart request. It therefore cannot be the causal control for bytes already accepted/spooled/parsed before endpoint validation.

The repository currently locks Starlette 1.3.1. That version is patched for GHSA-82w8-qh3p-5jfq; Starlette's form parser also has multipart field/file-count and non-file part-size limits. Those facts make the original blanket “unbounded form field” diagnosis inaccurate. They do not create a total raw-body cap for an uploaded file: the route-level UploadFile.size and 20 MiB streaming checks still execute after multipart parsing has admitted the request.

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Causal repair

A package-owned pure-ASGI RequestBodyLimitMiddleware now guards only POST /parse before FastAPI multipart parsing:

  • an honest oversized Content-Length is rejected immediately;
  • actual http.request bytes are always counted, so missing, malformed, duplicated, or understated length headers cannot bypass the cap;
  • the raw request limit is 21 MiB: the existing 20 MiB PDF contract plus a bounded 1 MiB envelope for multipart framing and the tiny control fields;
  • the existing 20 MiB file-size/streaming check remains the canonical uploaded-file content limit;
  • registration order keeps the existing authentication middleware outside the body limiter, so unauthorized /parse requests are rejected before request-body admission/parsing;
  • 413 responses flow back through the existing security-header boundary;
  • the compatibility middleware documents its removal condition: once the repository intentionally upgrades to Starlette 1.6+ and verifies the native max_body_size / RequestBodyLimitMiddleware contract, delete the local shim instead of maintaining duplicate infrastructure.

Form(max_length=50) remains as a small semantic input bound, not as the claimed parser-memory defense.

Deterministic RED/GREEN coverage

tests/test_body_limit.py exercises the ASGI boundary without allocating a 20+ MiB synthetic payload: early declared-length rejection, understated-header bypass attempt, exact-limit admission, malformed/duplicated/negative header handling, disconnect forwarding, route scoping, response-start safety, configuration rejection, and the FastAPI integration invariant that authentication precedes body admission while an authorized oversized request receives a security-header-bearing 413.

The generated 51-character language/mode tests remain as semantic-validation regressions.

The branch-generated repository-wide .jules/sentinel.md lesson was removed by adopting the exact protected blob as a normal non-force descendant. No repository-wide doctrine claims that Form(max_length=50) is a pre-parser DoS control.

Exact-head hosted evidence

Fresh workflows materialized for ed0a696c... and are currently queued/non-terminal:

  • Tests 33998692154
  • Security Scan 33998692159
  • SAST Semgrep 33998692156
  • CodeQL PR 33998692158
  • CodeQL 33998692157
  • ClusterFuzzLite 33998692160
  • Container image 33998692334
  • Scorecards 33998692161

Predecessor checks/reviews are not transferred. Keep Draft until one unchanged exact head has terminal test/coverage/type/security/SAST/CodeQL/fuzz/container evidence, zero valid unresolved findings, current protected-base compatibility, and the then-live independent-review requirement. Do not self-approve, source-neutral retrigger, weaken the byte limit, force-push/destructively rebase, or replace the raw-byte admission test with only post-parse Pydantic validation.

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/parse 엔드포인트의 languagemode Form 필드에 최대 50자 제한을 추가했습니다. 51자 입력이 HTTP 422 응답을 반환하는 테스트도 추가했습니다.

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Parse Form 입력 제한

Layer / File(s) Summary
Form 필드 길이 제한
src/newsdom_api/main.py, .jules/sentinel.md
languagemode 필드에 max_length=50을 설정했습니다. multipart 문자열 필드의 명시적 길이 제한 지침을 추가했습니다.
길이 제한 검증 테스트
tests/test_parse_endpoint.py
51자 languagemode 입력이 파서 호출 없이 HTTP 422 응답과 오류 상세 정보를 반환하는지 검증합니다.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 87eca

The endpoint rejects overlong values, but oversized multipart fields may still consume memory before validation, and the tests do not reliably prove the new limit. The security boundary, regression coverage, and markdown lint issue should be corrected before merge.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 25.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Title check ⚠️ Warning 제목은 multipart 파싱 전에 원시 요청 바이트를 제한한다고 설명합니다. 그러나 변경 요약과 PR 목표에는 Form(max_length=50)만 있으며, 요청 바이트 제한 미들웨어 변경은 없습니다. 제목이 실제 변경 사항을 잘못 설명합니다. 실제 변경 사항에 맞게 제목을 수정하십시오. 예: fix: limit /parse form field lengths.
Description check ⚠️ Warning 설명에는 템플릿의 Summary, Git Flow target, Verification, Notes 섹션이 없습니다. 또한 변경 요약에 없는 RequestBodyLimitMiddleware와 관련 파일 및 검증 결과를 주요 변경 사항으로 주장합니다. 템플릿의 네 개 섹션을 추가하십시오. 실제 커밋에 포함된 languagemodemax_length=50 변경 및 422 테스트만 설명하십시오. 요청 바이트 제한 미들웨어에 대한 주장은 해당 변경을 커밋에 포함한 경우에만 유지하십시오.
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In @.jules/sentinel.md:
- Line 94: Update the changelog section around the “2026-09-05 - Prevent Memory
Exhaustion via Unbounded Form Fields” heading by inserting a blank line before
the following “Vulnerability:” entry, preserving the existing heading and
content.

In `@src/newsdom_api/main.py`:
- Line 208: Update the multipart request handling around the Form(max_length=50)
parameters to enforce per-part and total-body size limits before multipart
parsing, including for authenticated callers. Keep Form(max_length=50) unchanged
as the post-parsing character-length validation.

In `@tests/test_parse_endpoint.py`:
- Around line 570-574: Update both language and mode length-validation tests so
their inputs pass the corresponding normalizer via monkeypatching, while
configuring parse_pdf to fail if invoked. Assert that the 422 response detail
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Comment thread .jules/sentinel.md Outdated
**Learning:** Even fast standard library functions like `PurePosixPath` and string replacements can cause significant lag when chained on strings in the megabytes. String processing operations should always bound their inputs first if the input is untrusted and can be arbitrarily large.
**Prevention:** Cap the length of client-provided filename strings early by slicing them (e.g. `filename = filename[-512:]`) before doing more complex string parsing or regex replacements, especially when only the basename suffix is relevant.

## 2026-09-05 - Prevent Memory Exhaustion via Unbounded Form Fields

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Line 94 뒤에 빈 줄을 추가하세요.

markdownlint-cli2MD022 경고가 발생합니다. ## 2026-09-05 ... 제목과 **Vulnerability:** 사이에 빈 줄을 추가하세요.

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Comment thread src/newsdom_api/main.py
language: Annotated[
str,
Form(
max_length=50,

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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Denial of Service (CWE-400): Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate

multipart 파싱 단계에도 크기 제한을 추가하세요.

Form(max_length=50)은 multipart 파싱 이후에 적용됩니다. 인증된 호출자도 큰 language 또는 mode 파트를 보내 파싱 중 메모리를 소모할 수 있습니다. multipart 파서 또는 ingress에서 파트 크기와 전체 body 크기를 먼저 제한하세요. Form(max_length=50)은 문자 길이 검증으로 유지하세요.

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In `@src/newsdom_api/main.py` at line 208, Update the multipart request handling
around the Form(max_length=50) parameters to enforce per-part and total-body
size limits before multipart parsing, including for authenticated callers. Keep
Form(max_length=50) unchanged as the post-parsing character-length validation.

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Comment on lines +570 to +574
data={"language": "x" * 51},
)

assert response.status_code == 422
assert "detail" in response.json()

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

길이 제한 검증 경로를 직접 확인하세요.

"x" * 51max_length가 없어도 normalize_languagenormalize_mode의 허용 목록에서 거부됩니다. 또한 현재 검증은 JSON에 detail 키가 있는지만 확인합니다. 따라서 Form(max_length=50)을 제거해도 두 테스트가 422로 통과할 수 있습니다.

각 테스트에서 해당 normalizer가 입력을 허용하도록 monkeypatch하세요. parse_pdf는 호출되면 실패하도록 설정하세요. 그 다음 detail에서 각각 languagemode의 길이 검증 오류를 확인하세요.

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In `@tests/test_parse_endpoint.py` around lines 570 - 574, Update both language
and mode length-validation tests so their inputs pass the corresponding
normalizer via monkeypatching, while configuring parse_pdf to fail if invoked.
Assert that the 422 response detail specifically reports the expected max-length
validation error for the language or mode field, rather than only checking for
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@seonghobae seonghobae changed the title 🛡️ Sentinel: [MEDIUM] Fix 폼 필드 메모리 고갈 (DoS) 취약점 수정 fix(security): bound /parse request bytes before multipart parsing Sep 5, 2026
@seonghobae seonghobae added bug Something isn't working priority: high High-priority or P1 work status: draft Draft pull request type: bug Defect or incorrect behavior labels Sep 7, 2026 — with ChatGPT Codex Connector
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