daniele-liprandi/EvoNEST-backbone

API key accepted in URL query parameters

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#10 opened on Nov 26, 2025

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Description

Description

API keys can be passed via query parameters, which exposes them in server access logs, browser history, referrer headers, and shared URLs.

Files affected

  • src/app/api/utils/apiKeyAuth.js

Current code

const url = new URL(req.url);
const queryApiKey = url.searchParams.get("apiKey");
if (queryApiKey) {
  return queryApiKey;
}

Recommended fix

Remove query parameter support entirely and only accept headers.

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Research direction
Remove the query parameter support in src/app/api/utils/apiKeyAuth.js as per the recommended fix. Ensure that API keys are only accepted via headers.
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javascript
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backendsecurity
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1
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