fix: anonymous spotlight search crashing when anonymous read is enabled - #41876
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Guard the two spotlight call sites that pass a missing user into the hasPermission wrappers (fetchRooms, searchUsers) instead of changing the wrappers' contract.
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| Layer / File(s) | Summary |
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Guard Spotlight permission checks apps/meteor/server/lib/spotlight.js |
Room last-message visibility and outsider-user visibility now require a truthy userId before permission checks run. |
Validate anonymous read behavior apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/methods.ts, apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/miscellaneous.ts, .changeset/fix-anonymous-spotlight-callers.md |
End-to-end tests cover anonymous method and API searches. Disabled reading returns no rooms or users. Enabled reading returns public rooms but no users. The changeset records the fix. |
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The change narrowly prevents anonymous spotlight searches from crashing when anonymous read is enabled and preserves the existing no-permission behavior; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.
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sequenceDiagram
participant AnonymousRequest
participant Spotlight
participant PermissionChecks
AnonymousRequest->>Spotlight: Search rooms and users
Spotlight-->>AnonymousRequest: Return anonymous visibility results
Note over Spotlight,PermissionChecks: Skip permission checks when userId is absent
Suggested labels: type: bug
Suggested reviewers: ggazzo
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In `@apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/miscellaneous.ts`:
- Around line 540-551: Add coverage for the changed anonymous user-search branch
by adding an unprefixed query to the existing anonymous Spotlight tests so it
exercises searchUsers and the anonymous permission path in spotlightMethod, and
add a corresponding DDP regression case. Keep the assertions verifying
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[error] 540-544: Avoid SQL injection
Context: request
.get(api('spotlight'))
.query({
query: #${testChannel.name},
})
Note: [CWE-89] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection').
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[error] 556-560: Avoid SQL injection
Context: request
.get(api('spotlight'))
.query({
query: #${testChannel.name},
})
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apps/meteor/server/lib/spotlight.js (2)
14-14: LGTM!
194-194: 🩺 Stability & AvailabilityNo change is needed for anonymous search branches.
canAccessRoomAsyncsupports{ _id: undefined }, andfindConnectedUsersExceptdoes not throw for an undefined ID. An early return would suppress valid anonymous room-insider results.> Likely an incorrect or invalid review comment.apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/miscellaneous.ts (1)
537-538: LGTM!.changeset/fix-anonymous-spotlight-callers.md (1)
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The existing anonymous spotlight tests only used `#`-prefixed queries, which disable the user search in spotlightMethod, so the anonymous branch of Spotlight.searchUsers was never exercised. Add unprefixed queries over both anonymous-read states and a DDP (method.callAnon) regression case. Also set Accounts_AllowAnonymousRead explicitly in the tests that assert the disabled behaviour, instead of relying on the ambient default. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Since 8.7.0, an unauthenticated room search (
GET /api/v1/spotlightand the DDPspotlightmethod) fails withCannot read properties of undefined (reading '_id')wheneverAccounts_AllowAnonymousReadis enabled — anonymous visitors can't find public channels via the navbar search.Root cause: ae72939 / #41413 (
refactor(authorization): forward only { _id, roles } from hasPermission wrappers) introducedtoSubjectinserver/lib/authorization/hasPermission.ts, which doesuser._idon any non-string argument.server/lib/spotlight.js(untyped) passesuserId = undefinedon the anonymous path in two places —fetchRoomsandsearchUsers— so TypeScript never flagged it. Before #41413 the wrappers passed the user straight through and the authorization service returnedfalse.Fix: guard those two call sites (
userId && …) so a missing user short-circuits to "no permission", same result as before #41413. The wrappers and theIAuthorizationcontract stay strict. Alternative wrapper-level fix is in #41843; pick one.Tests:
[/spotlight]anonymous cases — no rooms/users with the setting off; public rooms (no users) with it on. The "on" case 400s ondevelop.Issue(s)
Steps to test or reproduce
Accounts_AllowAnonymousRead.GET /api/v1/spotlight?query=%23generalwith no auth headers.develop: 400 with the TypeError above. This branch: 200 with the public room inrooms, emptyusers.Further comments
Affects 8.7.0+, candidate for backport. Patch changeset included.
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