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Fixed group array mutation on call to validator middleware
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…every call to the middleware function, causing a "memory leak" in a sense. The bug was a result of the admin role being pushed to the `group` array every time an endpoint using that particular validator was invoked. The fix for this was to move these operations outside the closure, since they really only need to be executed once. This bug isn't particularly dangerous on face level, but if someone were to spam the API then the server could potentially start running out of memory. Reproducing the bug from an account without proper authorization to use an endpoint: ``` $ curl 'https://root.treehacks.com/api/judges' ... Unauthorized; user is not in group admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin.% $ curl 'https://root.treehacks.com/api/judges' ... Unauthorized; user is not in group admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin,admin.% ``` Notice how the number of `admin`s gets a bit longer? That doesn't look right 🧐
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Fixed bug where global variable in
validateGroupwas mutated after every call to the middleware function, causing a "memory leak" in a sense.The bug was a result of the admin role being pushed to the
grouparray every time an endpoint using that particular validator was invoked. The fix for this was to move these operations outside the closure, since they really only need to be executed once.This bug isn't particularly dangerous on face level, but if someone were to spam the API then the server could potentially start running out of memory.
Reproducing the bug from an account without proper authorization to use an endpoint:
Notice how the number of
admins gets a bit longer? That doesn't look right 🧐Another cool example:
Yeah, that's a lot of admins 😅