Fix route authorization bypass vulnerability in HTTP handler #15854
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Summary
Replaced substring-based path matching with prefix-based matching in
AuthTokenHandler
to prevent authorization bypass attacks.🔍 Problem
The original code used
strings.Contains()
for route authorization:This approach is vulnerable to path traversal attacks where malicious URLs containing the protected prefixes as substrings could bypass authentication.
Solution
Changed to
strings.HasPrefix()
for precise prefix matching: