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Botond Dénes aecb6b1d76 Merge 'auth: sanitize {USER} substitution in LDAP URL template' from Piotr Smaron
`LDAPRoleManager` interpolated usernames directly into `ldap_url_template`,
allowing LDAP filter injection and URL structure manipulation via crafted
usernames.

This PR adds two layers of encoding when substituting `{USER}`:
1. **RFC 4515 filter escaping** — neutralises `*`, `(`, `)`, `\`, NUL
2. **URL percent-encoding** — prevents `%`, `?`, `#` from breaking
   `ldap_url_parse`'s component splitting or undoing the filter escaping
It also adds `validate_query_template()` at startup to reject templates
that place `{USER}` outside the filter component (e.g. in the host or
base DN), where filter escaping would be the wrong defense.
Fixes: SCYLLADB-1309

Compatibility note:
Templates with `{USER}` in the host, base DN, attributes, or extensions
were previously silently accepted. They are now rejected at startup with
a descriptive error. Only templates with `{USER}` in the filter component
(after the third `?`) are valid.

Fixes: SCYLLADB-1309

Due to severeness, should be backported to all maintained versions.

Closes scylladb/scylladb#29388

* github.com:scylladb/scylladb:
  auth: sanitize {USER} substitution in LDAP URL templates
  test/ldap: add LDAP filter-injection reproducers
2026-04-15 14:40:15 +03:00
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