Implement per-user failed login tracking and account lockout mechanism to prevent authentication brute-force attacks.

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Summary

• The Vulnerability Description:
  Previously, on failed login attempts, the code immediately returned an HTTP 401 status without tracking how many times a user had failed, enforcing a lockout, or introducing throttling/delays—leaving the application vulnerable to brute-force password guessing.

• This Fix:
  The patch now records each user's failed login attempts, resets the counter after a cooldown period, enforces a lockout after five failures (responding with HTTP 429), and ensures attempts are throttled for a configurable time interval.

• The Cause of the Issue:
  The original implementation lacked persistent tracking of failed attempts and didn't trigger any lockout or delay mechanism, so attackers could repeatedly guess credentials without restriction.

• The Patch Implementation:
  A Map tracks each user's failed attempts and timestamp; after each login failure, attempts are incremented, and if the threshold is exceeded, a lockout message is sent. The counter resets after a 15-minute timeout, effectively mitigating brute-force attacks.

Vulnerability Details

• Vulnerability Class: Natural Language Rule Violation
• Severity: 6.9
• Affected File: data/static/codefixes/loginBenderChallenge_2_correct.ts
• Vulnerable Lines: 33-34

Code Snippets

diff --git a/data/static/codefixes/loginBenderChallenge_2_correct.ts b/data/static/codefixes/loginBenderChallenge_2_correct.ts
index cdc351bea..1898aadde 100644
--- a/data/static/codefixes/loginBenderChallenge_2_correct.ts
+++ b/data/static/codefixes/loginBenderChallenge_2_correct.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import {BasketModel} from "../../../models/basket";
+const failedLoginAttempts = new Map<string, { count: number, lastAttempt: number }>();
+const MAX_FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS = 5;
+const LOCKOUT_TIME_MS = 15 * 60 * 1000;
 
 module.exports = function login () {
   function afterLogin (user: { data: User, bid: number }, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
@@ -31,9 +34,22 @@ module.exports = function login () {
         } else if (user.data?.id) {
           afterLogin(user, res, next)
         } else {
-          res.status(401).send(res.__('Invalid email or password.'))
+          // Record failed login attempt
+          const now = Date.now();
+          const email = req.body.email;
+          let attempt = failedLoginAttempts.get(email) || { count: 0, lastAttempt: now };
+          if (now - attempt.lastAttempt > LOCKOUT_TIME_MS) {
+            attempt = { count: 0, lastAttempt: now };
+          }
+          attempt.count++;
+          attempt.lastAttempt = now;
+          failedLoginAttempts.set(email, attempt);
+          if (attempt.count > MAX_FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS) {
+            return res.status(429).send(res.__('Too many failed login attempts. Please try again later.'));
+          }
+          res.status(401).send(res.__('Invalid email or password.'));
         }
       }).catch((error: Error) => {
         next(error)
       })
-  }
\ No newline at end of file
+  }

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