fix: block prototype pollution in files.js (CWE-1321)

[anupamme]

The validateBlocklyJson function checks for dangerous keys like proto, constructor, and prototype AFTER JSON.parse() completes. This creates a race condition where prototype pollution could occur during parsing before the validation check executes. An attacker can craft a malicious .flock project file that pollutes the Object prototype during the parse operation. The affected code is main/files.js:100. This change is the fix I would apply.

Reference: CWE-1321

What changed

• main/files.js

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved validation of imported Blockly data to reject unsafe properties during parsing, helping prevent malformed or potentially harmful input from being accepted.

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Walkthrough

validateBlocklyJson now uses a JSON reviver to reject __proto__, constructor, and prototype properties when parsing string input. Non-string input handling is unchanged.

Changes

Blockly JSON validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reject selected properties during parsing main/files.js	String input parsing now throws when the reviver encounters __proto__, constructor, or prototype. Non-string input parsing remains unchanged.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: tracygardner

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 3275e

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The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: main

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Systems and components

• observed — main (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in main/files.js: validateBlocklyJson adds a JSON reviver that throws when parsing encounters __proto__, constructor, or prototype; string input now uses this reviver, while non-string input is unchanged. This rejects those properties during parsing instead of relying only on the later dangerous-content check.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 66.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 1 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing prototype pollution in files.js. The CWE-1321 reference adds relevant context.
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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

main/files.js (1)

119-121: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the reviver timing comment.

JSON.parse creates the parsed object before it calls the reviver. The reviver therefore cannot reject a property before the property is attached. It does reject the property before validateBlocklyJson returns the object. Update the comment to describe that guarantee. (tc39.es)

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Review comment at @main/files.js around lines 119 - 121:
Update the reviver timing comment near JSON.parse and validateBlocklyJson to
state that the reviver rejects dangerous properties after parsing creates them,
but before validateBlocklyJson returns the object.

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Review comments at @main/files.js:
- Around line 119-121: Update the reviver timing comment near JSON.parse and
validateBlocklyJson to state that the reviver rejects dangerous properties after
parsing creates them, but before validateBlocklyJson returns the object.

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