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fix: Broken Object Level Authorization - ETAC Bypass - acl-inheritance BED-9120 - #3216

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Description

Added ETAC filtering logic to /api/v2/graphs/acl-inheritance endpoint

Motivation and Context

Resolves BED-9120

Filtering was not being applied to users with ETAC enabled not restricting response data (cross-domain).

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Test written, also tested in Bruno.

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  • New Features

    • Added authentication checks to the ACL inheritance endpoint.
    • Added conditional ETAC graph filtering for authenticated requests.
    • Authorized requests now receive graph results appropriate to the selected environment.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Requests without valid authentication now receive a clear 403 Forbidden response.
    • Unauthorized environment details are hidden when ETAC filtering is enabled.
    • Filtering failures now return a 500 Internal Server Error instead of an incomplete response.

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The ACL inheritance endpoint now requires an authenticated user and conditionally applies ETAC graph filtering. Tests add user context, dogtag configuration, graph fixtures, and ETAC-enabled and disabled scenarios.

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ACL inheritance endpoint

Layer / File(s) Summary
Endpoint authorization and ETAC filtering
cmd/api/src/api/v2/edge.go
GetEdgeACLInheritancePath returns 403 Forbidden when no authenticated user is available. It applies ETAC graph filtering when enabled and returns 500 Internal Server Error when filtering fails.
Endpoint test coverage
cmd/api/src/api/v2/edge_test.go
Tests configure user context, dogtag services, graph mocks, and ACL inheritance fixtures. ETAC-enabled tests verify hidden unauthorized nodes and edges. ETAC-disabled tests verify complete node and WriteDacl edge data.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 56d17

The endpoint can perform graph enumeration and traversal before authentication is enforced, allowing unauthenticated access to authorization-sensitive work. This security risk remains unresolved and should be fixed before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Request
  participant GetEdgeACLInheritancePath
  participant ETACGraphFilter
  participant Response
  Request->>GetEdgeACLInheritancePath: Submit ACL inheritance request with user context
  GetEdgeACLInheritancePath->>GetEdgeACLInheritancePath: Retrieve authenticated user
  GetEdgeACLInheritancePath->>ETACGraphFilter: Filter graph when ETAC is enabled
  ETACGraphFilter-->>GetEdgeACLInheritancePath: Return filtered graph or filtering error
  GetEdgeACLInheritancePath-->>Response: Write 403, 500, or graph response
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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 2 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the ETAC bypass fix for the ACL inheritance endpoint and includes the associated ticket.
Description check ✅ Passed The description covers the change, motivation, ticket, testing, and change type. It also states that tests and Bruno validation were completed, although the checklist remains unchecked.
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In `@cmd/api/src/api/v2/edge.go`:
- Around line 144-145: Move the user authentication check using
GetUserFromAuthCtx before the edge lookup, ACL path traversal, and display-kind
retrieval in the surrounding handler. Return the existing forbidden “unknown
user” response immediately for unauthenticated requests, and only perform
parameter-dependent graph access after a valid user is established.
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Comment on lines +144 to +145
} else if user, isUser := auth.GetUserFromAuthCtx(bhctx.FromRequest(request).AuthCtx); !isUser {
api.WriteErrorResponse(request.Context(), api.BuildErrorResponse(http.StatusForbidden, "unknown user", request), response)

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Authenticate before graph lookups.

Lines 138-143 run edge lookup, ACL path traversal, and display-kind retrieval before this check. An unauthenticated caller can distinguish graph lookup errors from the final 403, which exposes object existence and permits unauthenticated traversal work. Retrieve and reject the user before parameter-dependent graph access.

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 func (s *Resources) GetEdgeACLInheritancePath(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 	var (
 		params = request.URL.Query()
 	)
 
-	if edgeType, hasParameter := params[edgeParameterEdgeType]; !hasParameter {
+	if user, isUser := auth.GetUserFromAuthCtx(bhctx.FromRequest(request).AuthCtx); !isUser {
+		api.WriteErrorResponse(request.Context(), api.BuildErrorResponse(http.StatusForbidden, "unknown user", request), response)
+	} else if edgeType, hasParameter := params[edgeParameterEdgeType]; !hasParameter {
 		// existing validation and graph lookup branches
-	} else if user, isUser := auth.GetUserFromAuthCtx(bhctx.FromRequest(request).AuthCtx); !isUser {
-		api.WriteErrorResponse(request.Context(), api.BuildErrorResponse(http.StatusForbidden, "unknown user", request), response)
 	} else {
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In `@cmd/api/src/api/v2/edge.go` around lines 144 - 145, Move the user
authentication check using GetUserFromAuthCtx before the edge lookup, ACL path
traversal, and display-kind retrieval in the surrounding handler. Return the
existing forbidden “unknown user” response immediately for unauthenticated
requests, and only perform parameter-dependent graph access after a valid user
is established.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
cmd/api/src/api/v2/edge_test.go (1)

891-891: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Extract the shared mock setup for the two ETAC cases.

The mock setup in the ETAC-enabled case and the ETAC-disabled case is duplicated almost verbatim. Only the dogtag override and the expected body differ. Move the fixtures and the two ReadTransaction expectations into a helper, then call it from both setupMocks functions. This keeps both cases in sync when the graph fixtures change.

Also applies to: 998-998

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In `@cmd/api/src/api/v2/edge_test.go` at line 891, Extract the duplicated ETAC
mock fixtures and both ReadTransaction expectations from the setupMocks
functions for the ETAC-enabled and ETAC-disabled cases into a shared test
helper, then invoke that helper from both setups. Keep the dogtag override and
expected response body specific to each case, while preserving identical shared
graph fixtures and transaction behavior.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@cmd/api/src/api/v2/edge_test.go`:
- Line 891: Extract the duplicated ETAC mock fixtures and both ReadTransaction
expectations from the setupMocks functions for the ETAC-enabled and
ETAC-disabled cases into a shared test helper, then invoke that helper from both
setups. Keep the dogtag override and expected response body specific to each
case, while preserving identical shared graph fixtures and transaction behavior.

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