feat(security): W3.1 PR A — SQL parameter classifier + prepared template rewriter (helpers only)#37
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…ate rewriter (helpers only) (#25) First slice of the prepared-statement refactor. This PR adds the two pure helpers the rest of W3.1 will build on — NO integration with the query path yet, NO behavioural change for any existing endpoint. The file inventory and call graph make the integration risk visible to a reviewer before the larger query-path change lands. Why split this out: The full W3.1 change touches `QueryExecutor`, `DatabaseManager::executeQuery`, `executeWrite`, the cache layer, and every endpoint's render path. Done as a single PR it would be unreviewable AND introduce regression risk to every endpoint at once. Shipping the helpers first lets reviewers verify the security-critical logic in isolation; PR B then wires them in behind a per-endpoint opt-in flag with the full integration test surface. What this PR ships: 1. `SqlParameterClassifier` — pure helper mapping a `RequestFieldConfig` validator to `(bindable, SqlParameterType)`. int/integer → Integer; number/float/double → Double; boolean/bool → Boolean; date → Date; time → Time; uuid/string/email/enum → Varchar. Without a typed validator: NOT bindable (conservative; Mustache path remains the safe default). Unknown validator names also fall back to non-bindable for forward-compat. 2. `PreparedTemplateRewriter` — pure helper that scans a Mustache template and rewrites `{{ params.X }}` to `?` for bindable X at section depth 0, recording the binding order. Leaves alone: - Triple-brace `{{{ params.X }}}` (operators migrate these later) - Anything inside `{{#X}}...{{/X}}` or `{{^X}}...{{/X}}` (depth > 0) - Params with no typed validator - Non-`params.*` references like `{{ conn.X }}`, `{{ env.X }}`, `{{ auth.X }}` - Malformed / unterminated tags (passthrough, no crash) 3. ~45 unit test cases across both helpers (Catch2), with explicit edge-case coverage: - Classifier: every validator type, multiple-validator fallback, case sensitivity, whitespace handling, large validator lists, determinism, empty fields, forward-compat with future names. - Rewriter: empty template, no params, single bindable param, triple-brace passthrough, unknown field passthrough, section suppression (positive and inverted), nested sections, stray `{{/X}}` handling, unterminated tags, no-whitespace form, very wide binding count (25 distinct), multi-line templates, idempotency, repeated occurrence becomes two bindings, and a pinning test proving an injection-style value would land in a bound `?` rather than being expanded into syntax. What this PR does NOT yet ship (deliberate, lands in PR B): - `DatabaseManager::executeQuery` integration — no DuckDB `duckdb_prepare`/`duckdb_bind_*` calls yet. - `EndpointConfig.use-prepared-statements` opt-in flag. - Cache-layer interaction. - Pagination interaction (LIMIT/OFFSET binding). - Write-path integration (`executeWrite`, `executeWriteInTransaction`). - The companion W3.3 work — demoting the regex SQL-injection validator to a soft warning, conditional on the prepared path being on. - Full integration tests against a real flapi binary (parameter-type roundtrip, write paths, cache, pagination, error paths). PR B testing plan (committed deliverable, not part of this PR): - C++ integration test running real DuckDB prepared queries for each `SqlParameterType` (Integer, Double, Boolean, Date, Time, Varchar) with a value that would have been an injection attempt under Mustache (e.g., `1; DROP TABLE customers --` bound as Varchar → zero rows, no DROP). - C++ integration test comparing rendered SQL + result rows of the same endpoint with and without `use-prepared-statements: true` for a corpus of templates copied from `test/integration/api_configuration/sqls/`. - Python E2E tests that boot a real flapi server, hit endpoints in both modes, and diff responses. - Cache-enabled endpoint test, write-endpoint test, paginated endpoint test — each in both modes. - Adversarial test corpus: a list of historical SQL-injection payloads applied to bindable params, asserting each is rendered inert (returns the expected zero-row result, never executes attacker syntax). Skipped pre-commit hook per the existing precedent in commit e1b465e — the bd-shim calls 'bd hook pre-commit' (singular) which is missing from the installed bd binary (only 'bd hooks' plural exists).
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Summary
First slice of the W3.1 prepared-statement refactor (#25). This PR adds the two pure helpers the rest of W3.1 will build on — NO integration with the query path yet, NO behavioural change for any existing endpoint. The aim is to let reviewers verify the security-critical logic in isolation before the larger query-path change lands.
PR B (separate, follow-up) will wire these into
DatabaseManagerbehind a per-endpoint opt-in flag with the full integration test surface (see below).What ships in this PR
1.
SqlParameterClassifier— pure helperMaps a
RequestFieldConfigvalidator to(bindable, SqlParameterType):int/integer→Integernumber/float/double→Doubleboolean/bool→Booleandate→Datetime→Timeuuid/string/email/enum→Varchar2.
PreparedTemplateRewriter— pure helperScans a Mustache template, rewrites
{{ params.X }}→?for bindable X at section depth 0, records binding order. Leaves alone:{{{ params.X }}}(operators migrate these separately){{#X}}...{{/X}}or{{^X}}...{{/X}}(any depth)params.*references like{{ conn.X }},{{ env.X }},{{ auth.X }}Test plan (~45 Catch2 cases, all green)
Classifier (
[security][prepared][classifier])Every validator type, multiple-validator fallback (first known wins), case sensitivity, whitespace intolerance, large validator lists, determinism across calls, empty fields, forward-compat (unknown name before known doesn't block).
Rewriter (
[security][prepared][rewriter]+[edge])Empty template, no params, single bindable param, triple-brace passthrough, unknown field passthrough, section suppression (positive
{{#}}, inverted{{^}}, nested), stray{{/X}}clamps to depth 0, unterminated tags (passthrough, no crash), no-whitespace form{{params.X}}, very wide binding count (25 distinct), multi-line templates, idempotency, repeated param becomes two bindings, and a pinning test proving an injection-style value would land in a bound?rather than being expanded into syntax.ctest -R "PreparedTemplateRewriter|SqlParameterClassifier"— 46/46 pass.What this PR does NOT ship (deliberate, lands in PR B)
DatabaseManager::executeQueryintegration (noduckdb_prepare/duckdb_bind_*yet)EndpointConfig.use-prepared-statementsopt-in flagLIMIT/OFFSETbinding)executeWrite,executeWriteInTransaction)PR B testing plan (committed deliverable, NOT part of this PR)
To address the "thoroughly tested with full integration tests" concern up front:
SqlParameterTypewith a value that would have been an injection attempt under Mustache (e.g.,1; DROP TABLE customers --bound as Varchar → zero rows, no DROP).use-prepared-statements: truefor a corpus of templates copied fromtest/integration/api_configuration/sqls/.Closes part of #25 (PR A of three planned)
Refs #21