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Classic298 67023037f8 fix: replace brittle profile_image_url allowlist with safe-scheme validation (#23389)
* fix: replace brittle profile_image_url allowlist with safe-scheme validation

The previous validation used a hardcoded allowlist of specific static
paths and a single Gravatar prefix. This rejected OWUI's own internal
API paths (e.g. /api/v1/users/{id}/profile/image) and external OAuth
avatar URLs, making it impossible to save user profiles from the admin
panel.

Replace with scheme-based validation that allows relative paths,
HTTP(S) URLs, and data:image URIs while blocking dangerous schemes
like javascript:, file:, and ftp:.

Fixes open-webui#23387

* fix: harden profile image URL validation per review feedback

- Restrict data URIs to safe raster formats (png/jpeg/gif/webp);
  SVG is excluded because it can carry embedded scripts.
- Block scheme-relative URLs (//host/path) which browsers resolve
  against the current protocol, bypassing the relative-path check.

* fix: use structural validation instead of prefix checks

- Use urlparse for HTTP(S) URLs: gives case-insensitive scheme
  matching and rejects bare schemes with no host (e.g. https://).
- Use a compiled regex for data URIs: enforces the ;base64, boundary,
  restricts to safe raster formats, and is case-insensitive per spec.
- Removes the startswith-based prefix tuple in favour of proper
  URL and data URI parsing.

* fix: validate hostname not netloc, fix misleading comment

- Use parsed.hostname instead of parsed.netloc so URLs like
  http://:80/path (non-empty netloc but no actual host) are rejected.
- Update data URI comment to accurately state we validate MIME type
  and structure, not base64 payload integrity.

* fix: constrain relative paths to known-safe prefixes

Accepting any relative path starting with / allowed a user to set
their profile_image_url to an arbitrary internal GET endpoint. When
another user (e.g. an admin) views that profile, the browser fires
the GET with the viewer's session cookies — an authenticated GET
trigger surface.

Constrain to known-safe prefixes (/api/v1/users/, /static/) and
exact matches (/user.png, /favicon.png) which are the only relative
paths OWUI itself generates.

* fix: use exact matches and anchored regex, eliminate all prefix wildcarding

Replace all startswith-based path checks with:
- frozenset exact matches for static assets (/user.png, /favicon.png,
  /static/favicon.png)
- Anchored regex for the OWUI profile image API route that accepts
  only /api/v1/users/{id}/profile/image (no trailing components,
  no path traversal across segments)

This eliminates every prefix-based attack surface:
- /api/v1/users/{id}/anything-else is rejected
- /static/../../etc/passwd is rejected
- /api/v1/users/../../admin/config is rejected
- Arbitrary internal GET triggers are no longer possible

* fix: exclude query/fragment delimiters from user-ID regex segment

Change [^/]+ to [^/?#]+ so that inputs like
/api/v1/users/alice?x=1/profile/image are rejected — the browser
would interpret ? as the query string start, making the actual
request target /api/v1/users/alice instead of the intended route.
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"""Validation utilities for user-supplied input."""
import re
from urllib.parse import urlparse
# Matches the OWUI-generated profile image route. ``[^/?#]+`` accepts
# any user-ID without allowing path-traversal or query/fragment injection,
# and the ``$`` anchor rejects trailing path components.
_USER_PROFILE_IMAGE_RE = re.compile(r'^/api/v1/users/[^/?#]+/profile/image$')
# Validates MIME type and structure of base64 data URIs. Only the prefix
# is checked — validating the full base64 payload would mean running a
# regex across megabytes of data on every Pydantic instantiation for zero
# security benefit (corrupt base64 simply renders a broken image, same as
# a 404 URL). SVG is intentionally excluded: it can carry embedded scripts.
_SAFE_DATA_URI_RE = re.compile(
r'^data:image/(png|jpeg|gif|webp);base64,', re.IGNORECASE
)
# Exact relative paths accepted as profile images. These are the only
# static-asset paths OWUI itself assigns; no prefix/wildcard matching is
# used so that arbitrary relative paths cannot trigger authenticated GETs
# against internal endpoints when rendered as ``<img>`` sources.
_SAFE_STATIC_PATHS = frozenset({
'/user.png',
'/favicon.png',
'/static/favicon.png',
})
def validate_profile_image_url(url: str) -> str:
"""
Pydantic-compatible validator for profile image URLs.
Allowed formats:
- Empty string (falls back to default avatar)
- Known static-asset paths assigned by OWUI (exact match)
- The OWUI profile-image API route ``/api/v1/users/{id}/profile/image``
- ``http://`` and ``https://`` URLs with a valid hostname
- ``data:image/{png,jpeg,gif,webp};base64,...`` URIs
Everything else is rejected, including:
- Dangerous schemes (javascript:, file:, ftp:, …)
- SVG data URIs (can contain embedded scripts)
- Arbitrary relative paths (prevents authenticated GET triggers)
- Scheme-relative URLs (``//host/path``)
"""
if not url:
return url
# --- Relative paths (exact match + anchored regex only) -----------
if url in _SAFE_STATIC_PATHS:
return url
if _USER_PROFILE_IMAGE_RE.match(url):
return url
# --- Absolute URLs -------------------------------------------------
# urlparse normalises the scheme to lowercase, giving us
# case-insensitive scheme matching for free.
parsed = urlparse(url)
# External images served over HTTP(S), e.g. OAuth provider avatars.
# Require a non-empty hostname (not just netloc, which can be ":80"
# for a URL like http://:80/path with no actual host).
if parsed.scheme in ('http', 'https'):
if not parsed.hostname:
raise ValueError(
'Invalid profile image URL: HTTP(S) URLs must include a host.'
)
return url
# Base64-encoded raster images uploaded via the frontend.
# The regex enforces the ;base64, boundary and is case-insensitive
# per the data-URI / MIME-type specs.
if _SAFE_DATA_URI_RE.match(url):
return url
raise ValueError(
'Invalid profile image URL: must be a known internal path, '
'an HTTP(S) URL with a host, or a data:image URI (png/jpeg/gif/webp).'
)