stack/apps
BilalG1 c69a27017b
fix team invitation email check + verification code TOCTOU (#1365)
## Summary

Two authorization fixes in the backend. Both are pre-existing in `dev`
and were found during a security audit of `apps/backend/src`.

### 1. Team invitation accept — email not validated


[`team-invitations/accept/verification-code-handler.tsx`](https://github.com/stack-auth/stack-auth/blob/dev/apps/backend/src/app/api/latest/team-invitations/accept/verification-code-handler.tsx)
destructured the invited email as `{}` and only used `data.team_id` +
the accepting `user`. Any signed-in user in the tenancy who possessed
the 45-char code could join the team as themselves — the invitation was
not actually bound to the email it was addressed to.

**Attack scenarios that work without this fix**
- Forwarded invitation email (shared inbox, assistant inbox,
auto-forward rules).
- Screenshot of the invitation link pasted into Slack / Notion.
- Insider with server-access reading the email outbox (`GET
/api/latest/emails/outbox` returns rendered `html` +
`variables.teamInvitationLink`).
- Stale invite still sitting in spam after the invitee forwarded it
elsewhere.

**Fix.** The accept handler now requires that the accepting user owns
the invited email as a *verified* contact channel on their account.
Matches the invariant already used by the "list invitations for me"
endpoint
([`team-invitations/crud.tsx:41-66`](https://github.com/stack-auth/stack-auth/blob/dev/apps/backend/src/app/api/latest/team-invitations/crud.tsx#L41-L66)).
Rejections return a new `TEAM_INVITATION_EMAIL_MISMATCH` (403) error.

### 2. Verification-code handler TOCTOU


[`route-handlers/verification-code-handler.tsx`](https://github.com/stack-auth/stack-auth/blob/dev/apps/backend/src/route-handlers/verification-code-handler.tsx)
had a classic read-then-write TOCTOU:

```ts
const verificationCode = await prisma.verificationCode.findUnique(...);
if (verificationCode.usedAt) throw new KnownErrors.VerificationCodeAlreadyUsed();
// ... validation ...
await prisma.verificationCode.update({ data: { usedAt: new Date() } });  // unconditional
return await options.handler(...);
```

Five concurrent requests with the same code all pass the `if (usedAt)`
gate, all mark the code used, all run the post-handler. For OTP sign-in
the handler calls `createAuthTokens` which writes a fresh
`projectUserRefreshToken` row per call — so **one OTP → N refresh
tokens**. `auth/sessions/current` only revokes by `id: refreshTokenId`
and there is no bulk-revoke for passwordless users (only password change
in
[`users/crud.tsx:1210`](https://github.com/stack-auth/stack-auth/blob/dev/apps/backend/src/app/api/latest/users/crud.tsx#L1210)
does `deleteMany`). A phished OTP therefore becomes a
session-persistence primitive.

**Fix.** Replace the unconditional `update` with a conditional
`updateMany({ where: { …, usedAt: null } })` executed before
`options.handler`; if `count === 0` the race was already lost and we
throw `VERIFICATION_CODE_ALREADY_USED` (409). This also benefits MFA
sign-in and passkey sign-in, which share the same handler.

## Changes

| File | Change |
|---|---|
| `team-invitations/accept/verification-code-handler.tsx` | Require
verified contact channel matching `method.email` |
| `route-handlers/verification-code-handler.tsx` | Atomic `updateMany`
claim gated on `usedAt: null` |
| `stack-shared/src/known-errors.tsx` | New
`TeamInvitationEmailMismatch` (403) |
| `e2e/.../team-invitations.test.ts` | Two new tests (mismatch + happy
path) |
| `e2e/.../auth/otp/sign-in.test.ts` | One new test: 5 parallel
redemptions of one OTP → 1× 200 + 4× 409 |

## Test plan

- [x] `pnpm test run
apps/e2e/tests/backend/endpoints/api/v1/team-invitations.test.ts` —
27/27 pass
- [x] `pnpm test run
apps/e2e/tests/backend/endpoints/api/v1/auth/otp/sign-in.test.ts` —
12/12 (+ 4 pre-existing `it.todo`)
- [x] `pnpm test run
apps/e2e/tests/backend/endpoints/api/v1/auth/password` — 33/33 (+ 7
pre-existing todos)
- [x] `pnpm test run
apps/e2e/tests/backend/endpoints/api/v1/contact-channels` — 24/24
- [x] `pnpm test run
apps/e2e/tests/backend/endpoints/api/v1/auth/passkey
apps/e2e/tests/backend/endpoints/api/v1/auth/mfa` — 16/16
- [x] `pnpm --filter @stackframe/backend typecheck` — clean
- [x] `pnpm --filter @stackframe/backend lint` + `pnpm --filter
@stackframe/stack-shared lint` — clean

## Notes

- The broader "plaintext credentials in DB + Sentry logs every header"
finding from the same audit is **not** in this PR — a scrubber for
`Sentry.setContext` request headers + unit tests is prepared on a local
stash and will go out as a separate PR.
- The team-invitation fix does not require any config change; fresh
signups via the OTP / password flows that set `primary_email_verified:
true` during creation already land the user with a verified channel
matching the invited email, so the happy path is unaffected.

### Follow-up review (Codex)

Addressed in follow-up commit `954cddb`:
- **Finding 1 (High)**: mismatched invite acceptance was consuming the
invitation before rejecting. Moved the email-ownership check into the
pre-claim `options.validate` hook so a wrong-email attempt leaves
`usedAt` untouched and the real recipient can still redeem. New test
asserts this end-to-end.
- **Finding 3 (Medium)**: invitation stored `body.email` raw but contact
channels are stored via `normalizeEmail`, so case-varied invites (e.g.
`Alice@Example.com`) wouldn't match a `alice@example.com` channel.
`send-code` now normalizes on storage and `accept` normalizes on compare
for back-compat with already-issued invites. New test covers the
mixed-case path.
- **Finding 2 (partial)**: added `expiresAt > now` to the atomic claim
predicate for the boundary case where a code expires between the read
and the claim. The reviewer's broader point about the `attemptCount`
rate-limit check being non-atomic with its own increment **pre-dates
this PR** (it reads the in-memory `verificationCode.attemptCount` from
line 150, not a fresh read) and exists independently of the `usedAt`
TOCTOU I'm fixing here. Tracking that as a separate follow-up so this PR
stays scoped to the two originally-flagged issues.

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Invite acceptance now requires the invitee’s verified, normalized
(case‑insensitive) email; mismatches return HTTP 403
(TEAM_INVITATION_EMAIL_MISMATCH).
* Client APIs now surface the new email-mismatch error alongside
verification errors.

* **Bug Fixes**
* OTP verification codes are now guarded against parallel double‑redeem
so only one request succeeds.

* **Tests**
* Added E2E tests for invitation email validation, non‑consuming
rejection, case‑insensitive matching, and OTP concurrency.
<!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai -->
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backend fix team invitation email check + verification code TOCTOU (#1365) 2026-05-04 17:13:03 -07:00
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dev-launchpad chore: update package versions 2026-05-04 15:33:33 -07:00
e2e fix team invitation email check + verification code TOCTOU (#1365) 2026-05-04 17:13:03 -07:00
hosted-components chore: update package versions 2026-05-04 15:33:33 -07:00
internal-tool chore: update package versions 2026-05-04 15:33:33 -07:00
mock-oauth-server chore: update package versions 2026-05-04 15:33:33 -07:00
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