graphene-protector 0.10.1

Protects graphene, graphql or strawberry against malicious queries

What does this project solve?

It provides protection against malicious grapqhl requests (resource exhaustion). Despite its name it can be used with graphql (pure), graphene, strawberry. It is implemented via a custom ValidationRule, supports error reporting and early bail out strategies as well as limits for single fields

Installation

pip install graphene-protector

Integration

Django

This adds to django the following setting:

• GRAPHENE_PROTECTOR_DEPTH_LIMIT: max depth
• GRAPHENE_PROTECTOR_SELECTIONS_LIMIT: max selections
• GRAPHENE_PROTECTOR_COMPLEXITY_LIMIT: max (depth * selections)
• GRAPHENE_PROTECTOR_PATH_INGORE_PATTERN: ignore fields in calculation (but still traverse them)

Integrate with:

graphene:

# schema.py
# replace normal Schema import with:
from graphene_protector.django.graphene import Schema
schema = Schema(query=Query, mutation=Mutation)

and add in django settings to GRAPHENE

GRAPHENE = {
    ...
    "SCHEMA": "path.to.schema",
}

or strawberry:

# schema.py
# replace normal Schema import with:
from graphene_protector.django.strawberry import Schema
schema = Schema(query=Query, mutation=Mutation)

manual way (note: import from django for including defaults from settings)

from graphene_protector.django.graphene import Schema
# or
# from graphene_protector.django.strawberry import Schema
schema = Schema(query=Query)
result = schema.execute(query_string)

manual way with custom default Limits

from graphene_protector import Limits
from graphene_protector.django.graphene import Schema
# or
# from graphene_protector.django.strawberry import Schema
schema = graphene.Schema(query=Query, limits=Limits(complexity=None))
result = schema.execute(
    query_string
)

Graphene & Strawberry

limits keyword with Limits object is supported.

from graphene_protector import Limits
from graphene_protector.graphene import Schema
# or
# from graphene_protector.strawberry import Schema
schema = Schema(query=Query, limits=Limits(depth=20, selections=None, complexity=100))
result = schema.execute(query_string)

pure graphql

from graphene_protector import LimitsValidationRule
from graphql.type.schema import Schema
schema = Schema(
    query=Query,
)
query_ast = parse("{ hello }")
self.assertFalse(validate(schema, query_ast, [LimitsValidationRule]))

or with custom defaults

from graphene_protector import Limits, LimitsValidationRule
from graphql.type.schema import Schema

class CustomLimitsValidationRule(LimitsValidationRule):
    default_limits = Limits(depth=20, selections=None, complexity=100)

schema = Schema(
    query=Query,
)
query_ast = parse("{ hello }")
self.assertFalse(validate(schema, query_ast, [LimitsValidationRule]))

strawberry extension variant

from graphene_protector import Limits
from graphene_protector.strawberry import CustomGrapheneProtector
from strawberry import Schema
schema = Schema(query=Query, extensions=[CustomGrapheneProtector(Limits(depth=20, selections=None, complexity=100))])
result = schema.execute(query_string)

or with custom defaults via Mixin

from graphene_protector import Limits, SchemaMixin, LimitsValidationRule
from graphql.type.schema import Schema

class CustomSchema(SchemaMixin, Schema):
    protector_default_limits = Limits(depth=20, selections=None, complexity=100)

schema = CustomSchema(
    query=Query,
)
query_ast = parse("{ hello }")
self.assertFalse(validate(schema, query_ast, [LimitsValidationRule]))

strawberry variant with mixin

from graphene_protector import Limits, SchemaMixin, default_path_ignore_pattern
from strawberry import Schema

class CustomSchema(SchemaMixin, Schema):
    protector_default_limits = Limits(depth=20, selections=None, complexity=100)
    protector_path_ignore_pattern = default_path_ignore_pattern

schema = CustomSchema(query=Query)
result = schema.execute(query_string)

Note: for the mixin method all variables are prefixed in schema with protector_. Internally the get_protector_ methods are used and mapped on the validation context

Limits

A Limits object has following attributes:

• depth: max depth (default: 20, None disables feature)
• selections: max selections (default: None, None disables feature)
• complexity: max (depth subtree * selections subtree) (default: 100, None disables feature)

they overwrite django settings if specified.

decorating single fields

Sometimes single fields should have different limits:

    person1 = Limits(depth=10)(graphene.Field(Person))

Limits are inherited for unspecified parameters

one-time disable limit checks

to disable checks for one operation use check_limits=False (works for: execute, execute_async (if available), subscribe (if available)):

from graphene_protector import Limits
from graphene_protector.graphene import Schema
schema = Schema(query=Query, limits=Limits(depth=20, selections=None, complexity=100))
result = schema.execute(query_string, check_limits=False)

Path ignoring

This is a feature for ignoring some path parts in calculation but still traversing them. It is useful for e.g. relay which inflates the depth significant and can cause problems with complexity Currently it is set to edges/node$ which reduces the depth of connections by one. If you want to ignore all children on a path then remove $ but be warned: it can be a long path and it is still traversed. The path the regex matches agains is composed like this: fieldname/subfields/....

Other examples are:

• node$|id$ for ignoring id fields in selection/complexity count and reducing the depth by 1 when seeing a node field
• page_info|pageInfo for ignoring page info in calculation (Note: you need only one)

Note: items prefixed with __ (internal names) are always ignored and not traversed

full validation

On the validation rule the validation is stopped by default when an error is found This default can be overwritten and it is modified for the django code pathes. Whenever DEBUG is active a full validation happens, otherwise the shortcut is used. See the source-code how to change your schema to have a custom hook for deciding if a full validation is done. In addition the path_ignore_pattern and limits attributes can be also changed dynamically.

hooks

The validation rule uses some protector_ prefixed methods from the schema. With this you can customize the default behaviour. It is used by the django mixin to read the settings (see django) and to react on DEBUG with full_validation

Development

I am open for new ideas. If you want some new or better algorithms integrated just make a PR

related projects:

• secure-graphene: lacks django integration, some features and has a not so easy findable name. But I accept: it is the "not invented here"-syndrome

TODO

• stop when an open path regex is used. May append an invalid char and check if it is still ignoring
• keep an eye on the performance impact of the new path regex checking