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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .jules/sentinel.md
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**Vulnerability:** Unvalidated inputs passed to `if()` statements can cause process crashes (`condition has length > 1`) or unexpected coercion vulnerabilities.
**Learning:** In R, optional boolean parameters that default to `NULL` should be validated using explicit runtime type validation (e.g., `if (!is.null(flag) && (!is.logical(flag) || length(flag) != 1 || is.na(flag)))`).
**Prevention:** Always implement explicit runtime type validation for optional boolean parameters.

## 2024-09-19 - Fix Integer Overflow in readline validation
**Vulnerability:** Weak numeric regex `^[0-9]+$` for `readline()` inputs intended for `as.integer()` coercion causes integer overflows. Inputs exceeding the 32-bit integer limit coerce to `NA`, potentially breaking downstream logic or causing crashes.
**Learning:** Always use strictly bounded exact-match regex (e.g., `^[12]$`) when expecting specific small integer values from user input.
**Prevention:** Use strictly bounded regular expressions when parsing numeric options from user interactive sessions.
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion DESCRIPTION
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Expand Up @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Description: Automates fixed item parameter linking for test linking under
the item response theory paradigm using mirt package estimates.
License: GPL-3 | file LICENSE
Imports: mirt, methods
Suggests: testthat (>= 3.0.0)
Suggests: testthat (>= 3.0.0), mockery
Encoding: UTF-8
Config/testthat/edition: 3
Config/roxygen2/version: 8.0.0
6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions R/aFIPC.R
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Expand Up @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ autoFIPC <-
}
for (attempt in seq_len(3)) {
n <- readline(prompt = "Is it correct? (1: Yes 2: No) : ")
if (grepl("^[0-9]+$", n)) {
if (grepl("^[12]$", n)) {
return(as.integer(n))
}
}
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readline(
prompt = "Do you want to use default BILOG-MG priors for oldform Data? (1: Yes 2: No) : "
)
if (grepl("^[0-9]+$", n)) {
if (grepl("^[12]$", n)) {
return(as.integer(n))
}
}
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readline(
prompt = "Do you want to use default BILOG-MG priors for newform Data? (1: Yes 2: No) : "
)
if (grepl("^[0-9]+$", n)) {
if (grepl("^[12]$", n)) {
return(as.integer(n))
}
}
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22 changes: 19 additions & 3 deletions tests/testthat/test-sentinel-validation.R
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test_that("autoFIPC validates boolean flags for newformBILOGprior, oldformBILOGprior, and confirmCommonItems", {
# newformBILOGprior
expect_error(
aFIPC::autoFIPC(
autoFIPC(
newformXData = data.frame(A=1),
oldformYData = data.frame(A=2),
newformCommonItemNames = c('A'),
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# oldformBILOGprior
expect_error(
aFIPC::autoFIPC(
autoFIPC(
newformXData = data.frame(A=1),
oldformYData = data.frame(A=2),
newformCommonItemNames = c('A'),
Expand All @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ test_that("autoFIPC validates boolean flags for newformBILOGprior, oldformBILOGp

# confirmCommonItems
expect_error(
aFIPC::autoFIPC(
autoFIPC(
newformXData = data.frame(A=1),
oldformYData = data.frame(A=2),
newformCommonItemNames = c('A'),
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"Security Error: confirmCommonItems must be a single non-NA logical value or NULL"
)
})

test_that("readline validates exact 1 or 2 to avoid integer overflows", {
mockery::stub(autoFIPC, 'readline', mockery::mock("3", "9999999999", "abc", cycle = TRUE))
mockery::stub(autoFIPC, 'interactive', function() TRUE)

expect_error(
autoFIPC(
newformXData = data.frame(A=1),
oldformYData = data.frame(A=2),
newformCommonItemNames = c('A'),
oldformCommonItemNames = c('A'),
confirmCommonItems = NULL
),
"Too many invalid common item confirmation attempts"
)
})
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