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Add rank guards to update_tmp_invite_role_rbac and update_org_invite_role_rbac, track tmp_users.invited_by_user_id, and revalidate inviter rank when invitations are accepted through SQL RPCs and /private/accept_invitation. Co-authored-by: Martin DONADIEU <martindonadieu@gmail.com>
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 2 included reviews per hour; 0 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughInvitation flows now record the inviter and validate role-grant authority. PostgreSQL handles invitation acceptance and membership updates. Application handlers pass request context to the database flow. Integration tests cover escalation rejection and authorized updates. ChangesInvitation role escalation guards
Priority: ⬆️ High Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to Invitation role changes and acceptance now reject unauthorized elevation and incomplete finalization while preserving valid authorized invitation flows. No concrete current-head merge-blocking risk remains. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant InviteHandler
participant AcceptHandler
participant PostgreSQL
participant OrganizationMembership
InviteHandler->>PostgreSQL: create or update invitation with invited_by_user_id
AcceptHandler->>PostgreSQL: call invitation acceptance function
PostgreSQL->>PostgreSQL: validate inviter authority and role priority
PostgreSQL->>OrganizationMembership: create or replace membership and role binding
OrganizationMembership-->>AcceptHandler: return acceptance status
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In `@supabase/functions/_backend/private/accept_invitation.ts`:
- Around line 215-217: Update the invitation acceptance flow around
assertInvitationRoleGrantable so the inviter-rank validation and
org_users/role_bindings membership writes execute atomically within one
security-definer PostgreSQL operation using an authorization lock or
serializable isolation. Preserve the existing authorization outcome while
preventing concurrent role changes between validation and writes.
In `@supabase/functions/_backend/utils/supabase.types.ts`:
- Line 3201: Regenerate the Supabase generated type definitions so the public
RPC entries include assert_principal_can_grant_org_role and its service_role
grant, matching the migration and the existing assert_request_principal_rank
representation. Update both generated type files and leave unrelated schema
types unchanged.
In `@supabase/migrations/20260908142416_fix_invite_role_escalation_guards.sql`:
- Around line 79-83: Bound the backfill performed by the UPDATE on tmp_users,
either by confirming its size remains small through cleanup_tmp_users or by
batching updates using the table’s primary key. Preserve the existing orgs-based
invited_by_user_id assignment and NULL-only filtering.
In `@tests/invite-role-escalation-guards.test.ts`:
- Around line 230-232: Add end-to-end tests for POST /private/accept_invitation
that exercise assertInvitationRoleGrantable through ensureOrgMembership: verify
escalated-role invitations are rejected, and authorized invitations are accepted
with membership creation and invitation deletion confirmed.
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- Drop unsafe tmp_users inviter backfill; require proven inviter at accept - Lock RBAC org scope before inviter rank validation in accept_invitation_to_org - Scope accept_invitation inviter lookup to the selected invitation row - Sync invited_by_user_id across committed Supabase type copies Co-authored-by: Martin DONADIEU <martindonadieu@gmail.com>
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In `@supabase/functions/_backend/private/accept_invitation.ts`:
- Around line 169-173: Update the invitation acceptance logic to reject
immediately when the selected invitation’s invitation.invited_by_user_id is
null, and remove the fallback lookup that can source an inviter from another
invitation. Preserve the existing provenance validation for invitations with a
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Add accept_tmp_user_invitation RPC that holds lock_rbac_orgs through inviter rank validation and membership writes. Reject legacy invites with null invited_by_user_id. Reorder accept_invitation_to_org to lock before reading invitation state. Co-authored-by: Martin DONADIEU <martindonadieu@gmail.com>
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2986-2986: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winAdd a foreign key for
tmp_users.invited_by_user_id.The column has no constraint. Account deletion removes the inviter's
role_bindingsandusersrow but does not updatetmp_users. Acceptance then resolves rank0and fails the RBAC check instead of returningINVITER_NOT_FOUND. AddREFERENCES public.users(id) ON DELETE SET NULL, then regenerate the four type files. They currently match the schema and list onlytmp_users_org_id_fkey.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@supabase/functions/_backend/private/accept_invitation.ts`:
- Around line 162-181: Move the result status mapping beginning with status ===
'OK' outside the database try/catch in accept_invitation. Let the try/catch
handle only database failures, then preserve the existing quickError responses
for NO_INVITE, INVITER_NOT_FOUND, ROLE_NOT_FOUND, and unknown statuses without
allowing HTTPException to be converted into a generic 500.
In `@supabase/migrations/20260908142416_fix_invite_role_escalation_guards.sql`:
- Line 323: Update accept_tmp_user_invitation so the new role binding uses
v_invite.invited_by_user_id for granted_by rather than p_user_id. Apply this
change at
supabase/migrations/20260908142416_fix_invite_role_escalation_guards.sql:323 and
supabase/schemas/prod.sql:1877 so both definitions match.
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In `@supabase/functions/_backend/plugin_runtime/utils/supabase.types.ts`:
- Line 2986: Update the tmp_users.invited_by_user_id schema definition to
reference public.users(id) with delete behavior that sets the column to null,
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supabase/schemas/prod.sqlclearsis_invitebefore inserting the role binding, so everytmp_usersacceptance can fail; keep the marker true until the binding is inserted, then set it false.supabase/functions/_backend/private/accept_invitation.tsconverts expectedNO_INVITE,INVITER_NOT_FOUND, andROLE_NOT_FOUNDoutcomes into generic 500 responses; move status mapping outside thetryor rethrowHTTPExceptionbefore the generic catch.supabase/migrations/20260908142416_fix_invite_role_escalation_guards.sqlcan treat an existing active organization membership as the pending invite, replace its role, and delete its binding; restrict this branch to genuine pending invitations.supabase/migrations/20260908142416_fix_invite_role_escalation_guards.sqlrecordsp_user_idas the grantor, making the invitee appear to self-grant the role; usev_invite.invited_by_user_idfor the audit trail.
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<violation number="1" location="supabase/schemas/prod.sql:1844">
P1: Every `tmp_users` acceptance can fail because this clears the pending-invite marker before the role binding is inserted. Keep `is_invite` true through the binding insert, then update it to false afterward.</violation>
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<file name="supabase/migrations/20260908142416_fix_invite_role_escalation_guards.sql">
<violation number="1" location="supabase/migrations/20260908142416_fix_invite_role_escalation_guards.sql:280">
P2: When the invitee already has an active membership in this organization, this branch treats it as the pending invite and replaces the membership role while deleting its existing org binding. Restrict the update path to `is_invite IS TRUE` and explicitly reject or safely no-op acceptance for an active member before inserting a duplicate membership.</violation>
<violation number="2" location="supabase/migrations/20260908142416_fix_invite_role_escalation_guards.sql:319">
P2: Record the inviter as the grantor for the accepted invitation binding. Using `p_user_id` makes the invitee appear to self-grant the role and produces an incorrect audit trail; use `v_invite.invited_by_user_id` here and in `supabase/schemas/prod.sql`.</violation>
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<violation number="1" location="supabase/functions/_backend/private/accept_invitation.ts:166">
P1: Move the status-to-response mapping outside this `try` block, or rethrow `HTTPException` before the generic `catch`. Otherwise `NO_INVITE`, `INVITER_NOT_FOUND`, and `ROLE_NOT_FOUND` are converted into generic 500 responses.</violation>
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In `@supabase/migrations/20260908142416_fix_invite_role_escalation_guards.sql`:
- Around line 342-350: After the accept UPDATE in accept_tmp_user_invitation,
check the affected-row count and raise an exception when no org-level invite row
was updated, preventing the function from continuing with role binding and
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Acquire lock_rbac_orgs in update_org/tmp invite role RPCs so acceptance cannot race role downgrades. Reject accept_tmp_user_invitation when pending membership cannot be finalized. Add e2e escalation test for tmp acceptance. Co-authored-by: Martin DONADIEU <martindonadieu@gmail.com>
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Move lock_rbac_orgs to the start of update_tmp_invite_role_rbac and update_org_invite_role_rbac so rank/permission checks serialize with acceptance. Return MEMBERSHIP_NOT_FINALIZED when accept_invitation_to_org finalization UPDATE affects zero rows. Co-authored-by: Martin DONADIEU <martindonadieu@gmail.com>
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Raise MEMBERSHIP_NOT_FINALIZED after post-binding finalization checks so partial role-binding writes are not left committed. Map the exception to HTTP 409 in accept_invitation. Co-authored-by: Martin DONADIEU <martindonadieu@gmail.com>
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Summary (AI generated)
assert_principal_can_grant_org_roleand rank checks toupdate_tmp_invite_role_rbacandupdate_org_invite_role_rbacso callers cannot assign roles above their own max rank.tmp_users.invited_by_user_idon new/resend invites and revalidated inviter rank during/private/accept_invitationacceptance.accept_invitation_to_orgto reject acceptance when the stored invite role exceeds what the original inviter could grant.tests/invite-role-escalation-guards.test.ts.Motivation (AI generated)
An authenticated
org_admincould escalate privileges by rewriting a pendingtmp_usersinvitation toorg_super_adminthroughupdate_tmp_invite_role_rbac, then having the invitee accept. The RPC only checked coarse permissions (org.update_user_roles) and did not compare caller vs target role priority. Acceptance paths then materialized the stored role with service-role writes, bypassing normal rank guards.Business Impact (AI generated)
This closes a privilege-escalation path that could let a non-super-admin grant themselves or an accomplice org-super-admin access, including destructive org actions. Only principals who already hold sufficient rank (super-admin for super-admin invites) can create, mutate, or finalize elevated invitations.
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tests/invite-role-escalation-guards.test.ts— org_admin blocked fromupdate_tmp_invite_role_rbac/update_org_invite_role_rbacto super-admin; super-admin allowed; acceptance rejects escalated rolesGenerated with AI
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