aws / aws/aws-encryption-sdk-javascript
Return friendly error if input is Base64 encoded
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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- 260
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- 68
- Avg merge
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Description
### Problem:
We have some code that intends to return a friendly error if the first byte is base64 encoded:
- https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-javascript/blob/43813f463ef6c53bd4de1963e7843b56733d1bec/modules/serialize/src/deserialize_header_v1.ts#L88-L93
- https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-javascript/blob/43813f463ef6c53bd4de1963e7843b56733d1bec/modules/serialize/src/deserialize_header_v2.ts#L92-L96
However we can't ever get inside those statements because we first do a check at: https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-javascript/blob/43813f463ef6c53bd4de1963e7843b56733d1bec/modules/serialize/src/deserialize_factory.ts#L74
### Solution:
Move the logic checking the expected first byte in Base64 before the branch that determines which version we're deserializing.
### Out of scope:
n/a
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start in modules/serialize/src/deserialize_factory.ts, then compare the first-byte handling in deserialize_header_v1.ts and deserialize_header_v2.ts. Trace the current version-selection branch and verify that Base64-encoded input reaches a friendly error before deserialization version selection; confirm the relevant serialization tests pass.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100