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---
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name: fastapi
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description: Security testing playbook for FastAPI applications covering ASGI, dependency injection, and API vulnerabilities
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---
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# FastAPI
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Security testing for FastAPI/Starlette applications. Focus on dependency injection flaws, middleware gaps, and authorization drift across routers and channels.
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## Attack Surface
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**Core Components**
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- ASGI middlewares: CORS, TrustedHost, ProxyHeaders, Session, exception handlers, lifespan events
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- Routers and sub-apps: APIRouter prefixes/tags, mounted apps (StaticFiles, admin), `include_router`, versioned paths
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- Dependency injection: `Depends`, `Security`, `OAuth2PasswordBearer`, `HTTPBearer`, scopes
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**Data Handling**
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- Pydantic models: v1/v2, unions/Annotated, custom validators, extra fields policy, coercion
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- File operations: UploadFile, File, FileResponse, StaticFiles mounts
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- Templates: Jinja2Templates rendering
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**Channels**
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- HTTP (sync/async), WebSocket, SSE/StreamingResponse
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- BackgroundTasks and task queues
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**Deployment**
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- Uvicorn/Gunicorn, reverse proxies/CDN, TLS termination, header trust
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## High-Value Targets
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- `/openapi.json`, `/docs`, `/redoc` in production (full attack surface map, securitySchemes, server URLs)
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- Auth flows: token endpoints, session/cookie bridges, OAuth device/PKCE
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- Admin/staff routers, feature-flagged routes, `include_in_schema=False` endpoints
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- File upload/download, import/export/report endpoints, signed URL generators
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- WebSocket endpoints (notifications, admin channels, commands)
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- Background job endpoints (`/jobs/{id}`, `/tasks/{id}/result`)
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- Mounted subapps (admin UI, storage browsers, metrics/health)
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## Reconnaissance
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**OpenAPI Mining**
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```
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GET /openapi.json
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GET /docs
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GET /redoc
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GET /api/openapi.json
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GET /internal/openapi.json
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```
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Extract: paths, parameters, securitySchemes, scopes, servers. Endpoints with `include_in_schema=False` won't appear—fuzz based on discovered prefixes and common admin/debug names.
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**Dependency Mapping**
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For each route, identify:
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- Router-level dependencies (applied to all routes)
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- Route-level dependencies (per endpoint)
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- Which dependencies enforce auth vs just parse input
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## Key Vulnerabilities
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### Authentication & Authorization
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**Dependency Injection Gaps**
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- Routes missing security dependencies present on other routes
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- `Depends` used instead of `Security` (ignores scope enforcement)
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- Token presence treated as authentication without signature verification
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- `OAuth2PasswordBearer` only yields a token string—verify routes don't treat presence as auth
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**JWT Misuse**
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- Decode without verify: test unsigned tokens, attacker-signed tokens
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- Algorithm confusion: HS256/RS256 cross-use if not pinned
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- `kid` header injection for custom key lookup paths
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- Missing issuer/audience validation, cross-service token reuse
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**Session Weaknesses**
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- SessionMiddleware with weak `secret_key`
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- Session fixation via predictable signing
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- Cookie-based auth without CSRF protection
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**OAuth/OIDC**
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- Device/PKCE flows: verify strict PKCE S256 and state/nonce enforcement
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### Access Control
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**IDOR via Dependencies**
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- Object IDs in path/query not validated against caller
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- Tenant headers trusted without binding to authenticated user
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- BackgroundTasks acting on IDs without re-validating ownership at execution time
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- Export/import pipelines with IDOR and cross-tenant leaks
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**Scope Bypass**
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- Minimal scope satisfaction (any valid token accepted)
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- Router vs route scope enforcement inconsistency
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### Input Handling
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**Pydantic Exploitation**
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- Type coercion: strings to ints/bools, empty strings to None, truthiness edge cases
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- Extra fields: `extra = "allow"` permits injecting control fields (role, ownerId, scope)
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- Union types and `Annotated`: craft shapes hitting unintended validation branches
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**Content-Type Switching**
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```
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application/json ↔ application/x-www-form-urlencoded ↔ multipart/form-data
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```
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Different content types hit different validators or code paths (parser differentials).
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**Parameter Manipulation**
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- Case variations in header/cookie names
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- Duplicate parameters exploiting DI precedence
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- Method override via `X-HTTP-Method-Override` (upstream respects, app doesn't)
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### CORS & CSRF
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**CORS Misconfiguration**
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- Overly broad `allow_origin_regex`
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- Origin reflection without validation
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- Credentialed requests with permissive origins
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- Verify preflight vs actual request deltas
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**CSRF Exposure**
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- No built-in CSRF in FastAPI/Starlette
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- Cookie-based auth without origin validation
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- Missing SameSite attribute
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### Proxy & Host Trust
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**Header Spoofing**
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- ProxyHeadersMiddleware without network boundary: spoof `X-Forwarded-For/Proto` to influence auth/IP gating
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- Absent TrustedHostMiddleware: Host header poisoning in password reset links, absolute URL generation
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- Cache key confusion: missing Vary on Authorization/Cookie/Tenant
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### Server-Side Vulnerabilities
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**Template Injection (Jinja2)**
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```python
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{{7*7}} # Arithmetic confirmation
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{{cycler.__init__.__globals__['os'].popen('id').read()}} # RCE
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```
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Check autoescape settings and custom filters/globals.
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**SSRF**
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- User-supplied URLs in imports, previews, webhooks validation
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- Test: loopback, RFC1918, IPv6, redirects, DNS rebinding, header control
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- Library behavior (httpx/requests): redirect policy, header forwarding, protocol support
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- Protocol smuggling: `file://`, `ftp://`, gopher-like shims if custom clients
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**File Upload**
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- Path traversal in `UploadFile.filename` with control characters
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- Missing storage root enforcement, symlink following
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- Vary filename encodings, dot segments, NUL-like bytes
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- Verify storage paths and served URLs
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### WebSocket Security
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- Missing per-connection authentication
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- Cross-origin WebSocket without origin validation
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- Topic/channel IDOR (subscribing to other users' channels)
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- Authorization only at handshake, not per-message
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### Mounted Apps
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Sub-apps at `/admin`, `/static`, `/metrics` may bypass global middlewares. Verify auth enforcement parity across all mounts.
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### Alternative Stacks
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- If GraphQL (Strawberry/Graphene) is mounted: validate resolver-level authorization, IDOR on node/global IDs
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- If SQLModel/SQLAlchemy present: probe for raw query usage and row-level authorization gaps
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## Bypass Techniques
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- Content-type switching to traverse alternate validators
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- Parameter duplication and case variants exploiting DI precedence
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- Method confusion via proxies (`X-HTTP-Method-Override`)
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- Race windows around dependency-validated state transitions (issue token then mutate with parallel requests)
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## Testing Methodology
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1. **Enumerate** - Fetch OpenAPI, diff with 404-fuzzing for hidden endpoints
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2. **Matrix testing** - Test each route across: unauth/user/admin × HTTP/WebSocket × JSON/form/multipart
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3. **Dependency analysis** - Map which dependencies enforce auth vs parse input
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4. **Cross-environment** - Compare dev/stage/prod for middleware and docs exposure differences
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5. **Channel consistency** - Verify same authorization on HTTP and WebSocket for equivalent operations
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## Validation Requirements
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- Side-by-side requests showing unauthorized access (owner vs non-owner, cross-tenant)
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- Cross-channel proof (HTTP and WebSocket for same rule)
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- Header/proxy manipulation showing altered outcomes (Host/XFF/CORS)
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- Minimal payloads for template injection, SSRF, token misuse with safe/OAST oracles
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- Document exact dependency paths (router-level, route-level) that missed enforcement
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