owasp-modsecurity / owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity

ModSecurity should able to analyse gRPC request body.

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Description

Expected behavior

ModSecurity should able to analyse gRPC request body.

gRPC is binary protocol, ModSecurity is not able to parse it and hence, not able to block simple injection.

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Research direction

Start by tracing ModSecurity's request-body analysis entry points and reviewing how gRPC's binary request body is represented. Determine the scope needed for rules to inspect and block injection in gRPC bodies, then identify or add tests that demonstrate analysis of representative gRPC requests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, grpc
Domain
api, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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