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picpeak/backend/src/utils/timingSafe.js
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Paul Nothaft 081f3edcdf fix(security): close cross-event thumbnail leak, bulk-op ownership bypass, + hardening
Auth/access-control audit fixes (all pre-existing on main; none are
regressions). Verified end-to-end where noted.

HIGH
- Thumbnail enumeration: photoAuth granted any gallery token access to any
  flat /thumbnails/thumb_* file, so a visitor to one gallery could
  enumerate another (password-protected) gallery's entire thumbnail set.
  Scope thumbnail access to the token's event via photos.thumbnail_path.
  Live-verified: cross-event fetch now 404s, own-event still 200s.
- Bulk ownership bypass: bulk-archive/bulk-delete acted on body-supplied
  event ids with no owner filter (single-event routes enforce
  requireEventOwnership), letting admin/editor archive or cascade-delete
  any event. Add filterOwnedEventIds; also guard rename + import-external;
  tighten photo-retry to scope admin (not just editor). Fix misleading
  bulk-delete comment.

MED
- verifyGalleryAccess never checked decoded.type — assert 'gallery'
  instead of relying on other token types incidentally lacking eventId.
- secure-images generate-token/secure-download missing denySlideshowToken
  (#646 bypass): a leaked slideshow token could download originals.
- Frontend: AuthenticatedImage + api.ts attached the gallery bearer token
  to absolute/external URLs — only attach to relative same-app paths.

LOW hardening
- Pin algorithms:['HS256'] on all auth-boundary jwt.verify calls.
- crypto.timingSafeEqual for share-token + HMAC compares (utils/timingSafe).
- Remove dead photoAuth import in galleryFeedback.

Tests: new regression suites for thumbnail scoping + filterOwnedEventIds;
fixed verifyGalleryAccess.customerRevoke fixture (real customer tokens
carry type:'gallery'). Full backend suite at the pre-existing baseline
(5 suites/27 tests fail on main too), zero new failures.
2026-07-03 10:27:28 +02:00

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const crypto = require('crypto');
/**
* Constant-time string comparison for secrets (share tokens, HMAC
* signatures, etc.). Returns false for non-strings or length mismatch
* without leaking timing beyond the (non-secret) length. Prevents an
* attacker from recovering a token byte-by-byte via response-time
* differences of a naive `a === b`.
*/
function timingSafeEqualStr(a, b) {
if (typeof a !== 'string' || typeof b !== 'string') {
return false;
}
const ab = Buffer.from(a);
const bb = Buffer.from(b);
if (ab.length !== bb.length) {
return false;
}
return crypto.timingSafeEqual(ab, bb);
}
module.exports = { timingSafeEqualStr };