fix: switch to using crypto random for boundary values #28
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participant User
participant FormStream
participant Crypto
User->>FormStream: Initiate multipart form
FormStream->>Crypto: Generate 12 random bytes
Crypto-->>FormStream: Return random bytes
FormStream->>FormStream: Create boundary using random hex string
FormStream-->>User: Use boundary in form-data content-type
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Summary of Changes
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This pull request primarily focuses on enhancing the security and robustness of multipart form data boundary generation by switching from a basic Math.random() approach to using Node.js's crypto module. This change ensures that the boundaries are cryptographically strong and less predictable, aligning with modern security practices for data transmission. Additionally, it includes updates to the project's contributor display in the README and related build scripts.
Highlights
- Enhanced Boundary Generation: The method for generating multipart form data boundaries in
lib/formstream.jshas been updated to utilizecrypto.randomBytes(12).toString('hex'). This replaces the previousMath.random()based approach, providing a more secure and unique boundary string, aligning with best practices from theform-datalibrary. - Test Suite Adjustments: The regular expressions in
test/formstream.test.jsused to validate content-type headers have been updated from matching only digits (\d{24}) to matching word characters (\w{24}) to correctly reflect the hexadecimal output of the new boundary generation method. - Contributor Display Modernization: The
README.mdhas been updated to usecontrib.rocksfor dynamically displaying contributors, replacing the staticgit-contributorgenerated list. Correspondingly, thegit-contributorscript and dependency have been removed frompackage.json.
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Pull Request Overview
This PR switches from using Math.random() to crypto.randomBytes() for generating multipart form-data boundary values, improving cryptographic security. It also includes some maintenance updates to the project.
- Replaces pseudo-random boundary generation with cryptographically secure random generation
- Updates test regex patterns to match the new hexadecimal boundary format
- Removes deprecated git-contributor dependency and updates contributor display
Reviewed Changes
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| lib/formstream.js | Replaces Math.random() boundary generation with crypto.randomBytes() for security |
| test/formstream.test.js | Updates regex patterns from \d{24} to \w{24} to match hex boundary format |
| package.json | Removes git-contributor dependency and related npm script |
| README.md | Replaces git-contributor generated content with contrib.rocks badge |
| .github/workflows/ci.yml | Adds Node.js 24 to test matrix and merge_group trigger |
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test/formstream.test.js:249
- The regex pattern
\w{24}matches alphanumeric characters and underscores, butcrypto.randomBytes(12).toString('hex')only generates hexadecimal characters (0-9, a-f). The pattern should be[0-9a-f]{24}to accurately match the actual boundary format.
.with.match(/multipart\/form-data; boundary=--------------------------\w{24}/);
test/formstream.test.js:291
- The regex pattern
\w{24}matches alphanumeric characters and underscores, butcrypto.randomBytes(12).toString('hex')only generates hexadecimal characters (0-9, a-f). The pattern should be[0-9a-f]{24}to accurately match the actual boundary format.
.with.match(/multipart\/form-data; boundary=--------------------------\w{24}/);
test/formstream.test.js:326
- The regex pattern
\w{24}matches alphanumeric characters and underscores, butcrypto.randomBytes(12).toString('hex')only generates hexadecimal characters (0-9, a-f). The pattern should be[0-9a-f]{24}to accurately match the actual boundary format.
.with.match(/^multipart\/form-data; boundary=--------------------------\w{24}$/);
test/formstream.test.js:354
- The regex pattern
\w{24}matches alphanumeric characters and underscores, butcrypto.randomBytes(12).toString('hex')only generates hexadecimal characters (0-9, a-f). The pattern should be[0-9a-f]{24}to accurately match the actual boundary format.
.with.match(/^multipart\/form-data; boundary=--------------------------\w{24}$/);
test/formstream.test.js:451
- The regex pattern
\w{24}matches alphanumeric characters and underscores, butcrypto.randomBytes(12).toString('hex')only generates hexadecimal characters (0-9, a-f). The pattern should be[0-9a-f]{24}to accurately match the actual boundary format.
headers['Content-Type'].should.match(/^multipart\/form-data; boundary=--------------------------\w{24}$/);
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[skip ci] ## [1.5.2](v1.5.1...v1.5.2) (2025-07-29) ### Bug Fixes * switch to using crypto random for boundary values ([#28](#28)) ([ace05e0](ace05e0))
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