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+<!DOCTYPE qhelp PUBLIC
+  "-//Semmle//qhelp//EN"
+  "qhelp.dtd">
+<qhelp>
+
+<overview>
+<p>
+A schedule method that accepts a user-controlled delay could lead to a memory leak.
+When the setTimeout or setInterval method is invoked, a reference is created which will not be released until the timeout happens. 
+In particular, if a user provides an extremely long delay, the reference will stay in memory until it is cleared. 
+</p>
+
+</overview>
+<recommendation>
+
+<p>
+Either prevent users for setting delays on schedule methods, or cap the delay to a maximum value.
+</p>
+
+</recommendation>
+<example>
+
+<p>
+The following program snippet executes the <code>notifyUser();</code> method when it received a POST-request for <code>/notify</code>;
+This endpoint accepts a request body with a delay. If no delay provided it uses the default 200ms delay.
+As a user I can provide a random value. E.g. submitting <code>86400000</code> as a delay causes this <code>setTimeout</code> to stay in memory for 20 days.
+
+In the following example, function <code>sum</code> takes two arguments <code>xs</code> and
+<code>start</code>, and returns the sum of all elements in the array <code>xs</code>, plus
+the value of <code>start</code>. The argument <code>start</code> is optional and defaults
+to <code>0</code>. 
+</p>
+
+<sample src="examples/TaintedScheduleMethod.js" />
+
+<p>
+In this example, you can prevent this from happening by capping the delay that can be set to a sensible number.
+</p>
+
+<sample src="examples/TaintedScheduleMethodGood.js" />
+
+</example>
+<references>
+  <li>MSN Web Docs: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope/setTimeout">setTimeout</a>.</li>
+  <li>MSN Web Docs: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope/setInterval">setInterval</a>.</li>
+</references>
+</qhelp>
diff --git a/javascript/ql/src/experimental/Performance/TaintedScheduleMethod.ql b/javascript/ql/src/experimental/Performance/TaintedScheduleMethod.ql
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+/**
+ * @name Use of externally-controlled delay
+ * @description User-controlled delay on scheduling methods can lead to memory leaks
+ * @kind path-problem
+ * @problem.severity warning
+ * @id js/tainted-schedule-method
+ * @tags efficiency
+ *       maintainability
+ */
+
+import javascript
+import DataFlow
+import DataFlow::PathGraph
+
+class TaintedScheduleMethod extends TaintTracking::Configuration {
+  TaintedScheduleMethod() { this = "TaintedScheduleMethod" }
+  override predicate isSource(Node node) { node instanceof RemoteFlowSource }
+  override predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node sink) {
+    DataFlow::globalVarRef("setInterval").getACall().getArgument(1) = sink
+    or
+    DataFlow::globalVarRef("setTimeout").getACall().getArgument(1) = sink
+  }
+}
+
+from TaintedScheduleMethod cfg, PathNode source, PathNode sink
+where cfg.hasFlowPath(source, sink)
+select sink.getNode(), source, sink, "setTimeout with user-controlled delay from $@.", source.getNode(), "here"
diff --git a/javascript/ql/src/experimental/Performance/examples/TaintedScheduleMethod.js b/javascript/ql/src/experimental/Performance/examples/TaintedScheduleMethod.js
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+const app = require("express")();
+
+app.post("/notify", function handler(req, res) {
+  const delay = req.body['delay'] || 200;
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    notifyUser();
+  }, delay)
+});
diff --git a/javascript/ql/src/experimental/Performance/examples/TaintedScheduleMethodGood.js b/javascript/ql/src/experimental/Performance/examples/TaintedScheduleMethodGood.js
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+const app = require("express")();
+
+app.post("/notify", function handler(req, res) {
+  const delay = req.body['delay'] || 200;
+  const maxDelay = 3600000; // 1 hour
+  const cappedDelay = delay > maxDelay ? maxDelay : delay;
+
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    notifyUser();
+  }, cappedDelay)
+});