Issue or current state
A number of requests imported from the UI flask application check the request data with request.get_json().
Recommendation in Flask documentation is to check content length prior to loading & parsing the request data.
Resolved when
Define a max length for the ui routes blueprint content bodies e.g. CONTENT_LEN_MAX = 65536
Replace existing checks for json content of a post request
if request.method == 'POST' and request.get_json():
with type and length check before proceeding with request.get_json()
if request.method == 'POST' and request.is_json and request.content_length < CONTENT_LEN_MAX:
Issue or current state
A number of requests imported from the UI flask application check the request data with
request.get_json().Recommendation in Flask documentation is to check content length prior to loading & parsing the request data.
Resolved when
Define a max length for the ui routes blueprint content bodies e.g.
CONTENT_LEN_MAX = 65536Replace existing checks for json content of a post request
with type and length check before proceeding with
request.get_json()