Findings from the 2026-06-24 security review, now mandatory before this
platform leaves the LAN for a public VPS (see budget/externalization note):
- Timing attack on admin password: hmac.compare_digest instead of !=
- CORS wildcard removed, restricted to ALLOWED_ORIGINS (needed for credentials)
- hCaptcha now fails closed on network error instead of open
- HMAC signatures use the full SHA-256 digest instead of a 64-bit truncation
- Consultation-scoped submissions were missing the consent/cooldown checks
the global submission route already had
- Admin search capped at 200 chars (ILIKE cost)
- Webhook URLs validated against SSRF (private/loopback/link-local/metadata
IPs rejected, re-checked at trigger time too, redirects not followed)
- Flood tracker backed by Redis when REDIS_URL is set (shared across Gunicorn
workers, survives restarts), falls back to in-memory otherwise
- Admin session moved from sessionStorage/Bearer token to an httpOnly+Secure+
SameSite=Strict cookie; new /api/admin/logout and /api/admin/session routes
Also found while wiring ProxyFix for the cookie's Secure flag: the app never
told Flask about the Nginx reverse proxy, so request.remote_addr saw Nginx's
own IP for every request in production — silently breaking rate limiting,
flood detection, and IP blacklist (everyone would collapse onto one shared
key). Added ProxyFix (1 hop).
CSV exports now stream instead of loading everything into memory. AI prompts
delimit citizen-submitted content explicitly and instruct the model to treat
it as inert data, never instructions, to reduce prompt injection surface.
Docs (DEX.md, SECURITE_ANTI_ABUS.md, README.md, DEPLOIEMENT.md) and
dev-local.sh updated to match.
Implements a two-layer approach to ensure legal texts are accurate and current:
Option A — runtime injection (legifrance_client.py):
- LegifranceClient: OAuth2 via PISTE (oauth.piste.gouv.fr), fetches consolidated
article text via api.piste.gouv.fr/dila/legifrance/lf-engine-app
- Redis cache with 24h TTL (in-memory fallback if no Redis)
- build_filter_prompt() injects live texts into the prompt with explicit priority
over static descriptions — model uses official Légifrance text, not training memory
- Graceful fallback to static prompt if API is unavailable — filtering never blocks
Option B — weekly sync script (scripts/check_legal_refs.py):
- Reads legal_refs.yaml (11 tracked articles, priority critical/high/medium)
- Fetches current text from Légifrance, diffs against stored baseline
- --init: resolves LEGIARTI IDs on first run
- --check: report only; --update: saves new texts to YAML
- Exit code 2 when changes detected (CI/n8n-compatible)
Supporting changes:
- legal_refs.yaml: tracked articles with code LEGITEXT IDs, priorities, rationale
- requirements.txt: add pyyaml>=6.0.2 and requests>=2.32.0
- .env.example: document PISTE_CLIENT_ID, PISTE_CLIENT_SECRET, LEGIFRANCE_CACHE_TTL
- transparence.tsx: document the Légifrance injection for public transparency
- Fixed portal URL: piste.gouv.fr (not piste.api.gouv.fr — verified June 2026)
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Nav: "Fonctionnement" and "Flyer QR" restored on mobile via a ···
overflow dropdown (click-outside closes); other links always visible
Law check: new POST /api/check-law endpoint (5/min, 20/h) calls
mistral-small with a new LAW_CHECK_PROMPT to detect if a proposal is
already covered by French or EU law. Informational only, non-blocking.
Frontend: "Vérifier le cadre légal existant" button below textarea in
home.tsx; result displayed with Scale icon; resets on content change.
Favicon: replaced placeholder red square with a petrol rounded square
containing a serif "V" (for Voix) in warm cream — matches brand palette
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Backend (app.py / database.py / ai_agent.py):
- [Critique] Autoclose loop: add pg_try_advisory_lock so only one Gunicorn
worker runs the check per 60s cycle; add random startup jitter
- [Critique] admin_delete_idea: pass consultation_id to
_update_synthesis_background so the right synthesis is regenerated
- [Majeur] admin_login: return HMAC-signed session token instead of raw
ADMIN_SECRET; require_admin verifies the signature (TTL 8h)
- [Majeur] bulk_delete: replace str.isdigit() (Unicode-unsafe) with
try/except int() to prevent crash on Unicode digit characters
- [Majeur] create_consultation: force UTC timezone on naive datetime from
fromisoformat() to prevent TypeError when comparing with UTC-aware now()
- [Majeur] ai_agent.py: fix 'raw' in dir() -> 'raw' in locals() so the
JSON parse error log actually shows the raw response
- [Mineur] export print: use datetime.now(UTC) instead of datetime.now()
Frontend (React):
- [Majeur] consultation.tsx: show startsAt (not endsAt) for upcoming
consultations; add startsAt variable
- [Majeur] consultations-list.tsx: same fix for the list view
- [Mineur] home.tsx: guard new Date(idea.createdAt) against null
- [Mineur] admin.tsx: check HTTP status in exportCsv XHR before creating
download link; show error toast on non-200
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