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check_resource_allowed treats /api/../admin as under /api

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Description

What happened

check_resource_allowed pads trailing slashes and then does requested_path.startswith(configured_path). It does not collapse . / ...

On main @ 08a3bc8 these return True:

  • requested https://example.com/api/../admin vs configured https://example.com/api
  • requested https://example.com/mcp/.. vs configured https://example.com/mcp
  • requested https://example.com/api/%2e%2e/admin vs configured https://example.com/api

tests/shared/test_auth_utils.py already rejects /api123 vs /api (path-boundary). Dot-segments are not covered.

What I expected

A requested path that walks out of the configured prefix should not match. /api/foo/../v1 vs /api can still match after normalisation, because it stays under /api.

How to reproduce

from mcp.shared.auth_utils import check_resource_allowed

check_resource_allowed("https://example.com/api/../admin", "https://example.com/api")
# True today. I expected False.

I can send a PR that percent-decodes once, runs posixpath.normpath, then keeps the existing trailing-slash prefix rule. Happy to do that if you want it.

Written with AI assistance. I read auth_utils.py next to the path-boundary tests and reproduced it locally.

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Research direction

Start in auth_utils.py at check_resource_allowed and review the existing path-boundary cases in tests/shared/test_auth_utils.py. Add coverage for dot-segments, percent-encoded dot-segments, and paths that remain under the configured prefix, then run the relevant auth utility tests. Done means paths escaping the configured prefix do not match while normalized paths that stay under it still do.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
api, security
Issue type
Bug
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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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Clearly specified
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