qgenutils/attached_assets/Pasted--Sanitize-string-values-to-prevent-injection-attacks-Trade-offs-Best-effort-string-scrubbin-1758836206088_1758836206089.txt

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/** Sanitize string values to prevent injection attacks.
 * Trade-offs: Best-effort string scrubbing for docs/tooling; business endpoints should still validate via Zod.
 */
export function sanitizeString(str: string): string {
  if (typeof str !== 'string') return str as any;
  return str
    .replace(/<script[^>]*>.*?<\/script>/gi, '')
    .replace(/javascript:/gi, '')
    .replace(/vbscript:/gi, '')
    .replace(/on\w+\s*=/gi, '')
    .replace(/eval\s*\(/gi, '')
    .replace(/exec\s*\(/gi, '')
    .replace(/system\s*\(/gi, '')
    .trim();
}

/** Recursively sanitize object properties to prevent injection */
export function sanitizeObjectRecursively(obj: any): any {
  if (typeof obj === 'string') return sanitizeString(obj);
  if (Array.isArray(obj)) return obj.map(sanitizeObjectRecursively);
  if (typeof obj === 'object' && obj !== null) {
    const sanitized: any = {};
    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(obj)) {
      const sanitizedKey = sanitizeString(key);
      sanitized[sanitizedKey] = sanitizeObjectRecursively(value);
    }
    return sanitized;
  }
  return obj;
}

/** Validate and sanitize arbitrary user input */
// Bounded deep sanitize+clone to avoid JSON round-trips and excessive allocations
// Limits: depth<=6, max keys/items per level<=100, strings<=8k chars, total budget<=16kB (approx)
const MAX_DEPTH = 6;
const MAX_ENTRIES = 100;
const MAX_STRING = 8192;

function deepSanitizeClone(value: any, depth = 0, state = { remaining: 16 * 1024 }): any {
  if (state.remaining <= 0) return '[truncated]';
  if (value == null) return value;
  if (depth > MAX_DEPTH) return '[truncated]';

  const byteLen = (s: string) => {
    try { return Buffer.byteLength(s, 'utf8'); } catch { return s.length; }
  };
  const spend = (n: number) => { state.remaining -= n; return state.remaining > 0; };

  const t = typeof value;
  if (t === 'string') {
    const s = sanitizeString(value);
    const clipped = s.length > MAX_STRING ? s.slice(0, MAX_STRING) + '…' : s;
    spend(byteLen(clipped));
    return clipped;
  }
  if (t === 'number' || t === 'boolean') { spend(8); return value; }
  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
    const out: any[] = [];
    const n = Math.min(value.length, MAX_ENTRIES);
    for (let i = 0; i < n && state.remaining > 0; i++) out.push(deepSanitizeClone(value[i], depth + 1, state));
    if (value.length > n && state.remaining > 0) out.push('[…]');
    spend(2);
    return out;
  }
  if (t === 'object') {
    const out: any = {};
    let i = 0;
    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(value)) {
      if (i++ >= MAX_ENTRIES || state.remaining <= 0) { out['…'] = '[truncated]'; break; }
      const sk = sanitizeString(k);
      spend(byteLen(sk) + 2);
      out[sk] = deepSanitizeClone(v, depth + 1, state);
    }
    return out;
  }
  // functions/symbols/others → string tag
  try { const s = String(value); spend(byteLen(s)); return s; } catch { return '[unserializable]'; }
}

export function validateUserInput(input: any): { isValid: boolean; sanitized: any; error?: string } {
  if (input === null || input === undefined) {
    return { isValid: true, sanitized: input };
  }
  try {
    const sanitized = deepSanitizeClone(input, 0);
    return { isValid: true, sanitized };
  } catch {
    return { isValid: false, sanitized: null, error: 'Failed to sanitize input' };
  }
}