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🔒 Security Fix: Validate username in D-Bus calls#81

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🔒 Security Fix: Validate username in D-Bus calls#81
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This PR addresses a security vulnerability where usernames were passed to D-Bus calls without validation.

Changes:

  • Added validate_username function in src/app/fprint.rs.
  • Validates that usernames are non-empty, <= 255 characters, and contain only allowed characters (alphanumeric, -, _, .).
  • Integrated validation into all D-Bus wrapper functions that accept a username.
  • Added unit tests for validate_username.

Security Impact:
Prevents passing malformed or malicious username strings to the fprintd service, reducing the risk of unexpected behavior or potential exploitation.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 12948134448153143460 started by @jotuel

Introduced `validate_username` helper function in `src/app/fprint.rs` to enforce strict validation (alphanumeric, -, _, ., max 255 chars) on usernames before passing them to privileged `fprintd` D-Bus methods. This mitigates potential injection risks or malformed data issues.

Applied validation to:
- `list_enrolled_fingers_dbus`
- `delete_fingerprint_dbus`
- `delete_fingers`
- `clear_all_fingers_dbus`
- `enroll_fingerprint_process`

Added unit tests to verify validation logic.
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@jotuel jotuel changed the base branch from main to v0.3.12 February 21, 2026 18:18
@jotuel jotuel merged commit 5a39ae9 into v0.3.12 Feb 21, 2026
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@jotuel jotuel deleted the security/validate-username-12948134448153143460 branch February 21, 2026 18:19
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