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Cartographer
Graph Maze
Race to Zero
Tenant Trouble
Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This PR adds five rooms, but the current head still contains issues that can break learner workflows, send API clients to the wrong service, return unexpected server errors, or expose an unintended script-execution path. The affected code and documentation should be corrected before the PR is merged. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Learner
participant RoomTarget
participant RoomSolver
participant FlagValidator
Learner->>RoomTarget: Execute challenge interaction
RoomSolver->>RoomTarget: Run intended-path workflow
RoomTarget-->>RoomSolver: Return flag-bearing response
RoomSolver->>FlagValidator: Submit captured flag
FlagValidator-->>RoomSolver: Return validation result
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In `@content/rooms/cartographer/README.md`:
- Line 10: Update the sentence describing solver/solver.py to hyphenate the
compound modifier as “end-to-end.”
In `@content/rooms/cartographer/solver/solver.py`:
- Line 12: Update solve and the request flows at the robots.txt, sitemap, and
endpoint request sites to catch httpx.RequestError and JSON decoding failures
across the bounded retries; after retries are exhausted, return a failed
SolveResult with ok=False and attempt details instead of propagating the
exception.
In `@content/rooms/cartographer/target/app.py`:
- Line 86: Update the OpenAPI document’s servers declaration in app.py to use a
relative server URL, allowing clients to resolve requests against the host that
served the document instead of localhost.
In `@content/rooms/cartographer/target/requirements.txt`:
- Line 1: Update the Flask dependency pin in requirements.txt from version 3.1.0
to 3.1.3, leaving all other dependencies unchanged.
Apply the same fix in `@content/rooms/tenant-trouble/target/requirements.txt` at
line 1: The same Flask version pin and remediation apply here.
In `@content/rooms/graph-maze/solver/solver.py`:
- Around line 25-33: Update the retry loop in the solver around the
transport-exception and unsuccessful-traversal paths to wait before starting the
next attempt, matching the delay behavior used by the sibling solver. Apply the
pause only when another retry will occur, while preserving the existing success
and final-attempt behavior.
In `@content/rooms/graph-maze/target/app.py`:
- Around line 343-365: Harden Parser.take against end-of-token access so empty
and truncated queries produce GraphQLError responses instead of IndexError.
Update resolve_field to handle non-integer user id arguments as GraphQL
execution errors rather than letting ValueError escape. Add a narrow safety net
in run_query for remaining malformed-query or execution validation failures,
preserving the documented GraphQL error response shape and preventing HTTP 500
responses.
Apply the same fix in `@content/rooms/graph-maze/target/app.py` around lines 118 -
158.
In `@content/rooms/graph-maze/target/Dockerfile`:
- Around line 9-10: Add a Dockerfile HEALTHCHECK after the existing EXPOSE/CMD
configuration that probes the application’s /healthz endpoint on port 8000,
using an appropriate interval, timeout, retry count, and startup grace period.
In `@content/rooms/race-to-zero/lesson/01-brief.md`:
- Around line 3-4: Update the opening description of the lesson to state that
each account starts with 100.00 EUR, matching the 10,000-cent target balance;
leave the surrounding withdrawals API introduction unchanged.
In `@content/rooms/race-to-zero/room.yaml`:
- Around line 65-67: Correct the concurrent withdrawal shell example in the
race-to-zero instructions: use valid shell sequence syntax that runs five
iterations, and place the sentence punctuation outside the `wait` command so it
executes successfully. Preserve the existing curl request, token, amount,
backgrounding, and final wait behavior.
In `@content/rooms/race-to-zero/solver/solver.py`:
- Around line 22-47: Wrap the per-attempt workflow in solve, including
httpx.post, each Future.result(), and httpx.get, with an except httpx.HTTPError
handler. On failure, set detail with the attempt context, sleep using the
existing retry delay, and continue to the next attempt so solve still returns
its required TaskResult.
Apply the same fix in `@content/rooms/race-to-zero/solver/solver.py` at line 7.
In `@content/rooms/race-to-zero/target/app.py`:
- Around line 74-88: Escape the submitted name before interpolating it into the
success HTML response in the account-opening handler. Keep the raw trimmed name
for Account storage, but use an HTML-escaped value for the “Account opened for”
heading and any other rendered response content.
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| - `room.yaml` declares objectives, scope, safety, target, tasks. | ||
| - `lesson/` holds the learner-facing brief. | ||
| - `target/` builds the vulnerable service (Flask, port 8000). | ||
| - `solver/solver.py` proves the intended path end to end. |
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Hyphenate the compound modifier.
Replace end to end with end-to-end.
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-- `solver/solver.py` proves the intended path end to end.
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| - `solver/solver.py` proves the intended path end to end. | |
| - `solver/solver.py` proves the intended path end-to-end. |
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In `@content/rooms/cartographer/README.md` at line 10, Update the sentence
describing solver/solver.py to hyphenate the compound modifier as “end-to-end.”
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| def solve(ctx) -> SolveResult: # type: ignore[no-untyped-def] | ||
| base = ctx.url() | ||
| res = httpx.get(f"{base}/robots.txt", timeout=10) |
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printf '%s\n' '--- exception handling in solvers ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- cartographer target and configuration ---'
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sed -n '1,90p' packages/content-sdk/src/openrange/content/harness/__init__.py
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except Exception as exc:
print("import_error", type(exc).__name__, str(exc))
else:
print("httpx_version", getattr(httpx, "__version__", "unknown"))
for name in ("HTTPError", "RequestError", "TransportError", "TimeoutException",
"ConnectError", "ReadTimeout", "ResponseNotRead"):
cls = getattr(httpx, name, None)
if cls is not None:
print(name, cls.__mro__)
response = httpx.Response(200, content=b"not-json")
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HTTPX official documentation exceptions Response.json JSONDecodeError request timeout
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HTTPX utilizes a structured exception hierarchy and a robust timeout configuration system [1][2]. Exception Hierarchy The base class for all exceptions in HTTPX is httpx.HTTPError [1]. Key subclasses include: - RequestError: The base class for all exceptions occurring while issuing an HTTP request, containing a.request attribute [1][3]. - HTTPStatusError: Raised by response.raise_for_status for 4xx or 5xx responses, containing both.request and.response attributes [1][3]. - TimeoutException: The base class for all timeout-related errors (including ConnectTimeout, ReadTimeout, WriteTimeout, and PoolTimeout) [1][2]. Response.json and JSONDecodeError The.json method on a Response object parses the response content as JSON [4]. It can raise: - json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Occurs if the response content is not valid JSON (e.g., an empty response or malformed data) [5][6]. - UnicodeDecodeError: May occur if the content cannot be correctly decoded into a string before JSON parsing [5][7]. Request Timeouts HTTPX enforces a default 5-second timeout on all network operations [2]. You can configure timeouts globally on a Client or per-request [2]. The Timeout configuration supports four distinct operations [2][8]: - connect: Time to establish a socket connection. - read: Time to wait for a chunk of data to be received. - write: Time to wait for a chunk of data to be sent. - pool: Time to wait for acquiring a connection from the connection pool. Example configuration: timeout = httpx.Timeout(10.0, connect=60.0) # 60s for connect, 10s for others client = httpx.Client(timeout=timeout)
Citations:
- 1: https://www.python-httpx.org/exceptions/
- 2: https://www.python-httpx.org/advanced/timeouts/
- 3: https://www.python-httpx.org/quickstart/
- 4: https://www.python-httpx.org/api/
- 5: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75773019/what-exceptions-can-be-raised-by-python-httpxs-json-method
- 6: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) encode/httpx#2695
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response.json()method. encode/httpx#2911 - 8: https://github.com/encode/httpx/blob/def4778d/httpx/_config.py
Return a failed TaskResult after request failures.
Catch httpx.RequestError and JSON decoding errors around bounded retries for the requests at lines 12, 26, and 43. After retries fail, return SolveResult with ok=False and attempt details instead of allowing solve to crash.
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In `@content/rooms/cartographer/solver/solver.py` at line 12, Update solve and the
request flows at the robots.txt, sitemap, and endpoint request sites to catch
httpx.RequestError and JSON decoding failures across the bounded retries; after
retries are exhausted, return a failed SolveResult with ok=False and attempt
details instead of propagating the exception.
| "sandbox keeps it reachable for on-call debugging." | ||
| ), | ||
| }, | ||
| "servers": [{"url": "http://localhost:8000"}], |
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Declare a server that resolves to the room target.
The room scope uses http://target:8000, but this document declares http://localhost:8000. An OpenAPI client will send requests to the learner workstation instead of the target. Use a relative server URL so the document resolves against the host that served it.
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- "servers": [{"url": "http://localhost:8000"}],
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| "servers": [{"url": "http://localhost:8000"}], | |
| "servers": [{"url": "/"}], |
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In `@content/rooms/cartographer/target/app.py` at line 86, Update the OpenAPI
document’s servers declaration in app.py to use a relative server URL, allowing
clients to resolve requests against the host that served the document instead of
localhost.
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| flask==3.1.0 | |||
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Pin Flask to 3.1.3 or later in both new targets.
The cartographer and tenant-trouble images currently pin Flask 3.1.0. Update both requirements files to a fixed release so the shipped room targets do not retain the advisories identified for this version.
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In `@content/rooms/cartographer/target/requirements.txt` at line 1, Update the
Flask dependency pin in requirements.txt from version 3.1.0 to 3.1.3, leaving
all other dependencies unchanged.
Apply the same fix in `@content/rooms/tenant-trouble/target/requirements.txt` at
line 1: The same Flask version pin and remediation apply here.
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| except Exception as exc: # retry any transport hiccup | ||
| detail = f"attempt {attempt}: {type(exc).__name__}" | ||
| continue | ||
| detail = ( | ||
| f"attempt {attempt}: intro={'ok' if intro_ok else 'incomplete'}, flags={len(flags)}" | ||
| ) | ||
| if flags and intro_ok: | ||
| captured = flags[0] | ||
| break |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Wait between retry attempts.
The solver starts the next attempt immediately after a transport failure or an unsuccessful traversal. A target that becomes available after the initial request burst gets no usable retry window. Sleep before each retry, as the sibling solver does.
Proposed change
import httpx
+import time
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except Exception as exc: # retry any transport hiccup
detail = f"attempt {attempt}: {type(exc).__name__}"
+ time.sleep(1)
continue
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captured = flags[0]
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In `@content/rooms/graph-maze/solver/solver.py` around lines 25 - 33, Update the
retry loop in the solver around the transport-exception and
unsuccessful-traversal paths to wait before starting the next attempt, matching
the delay behavior used by the sibling solver. Apply the pause only when another
retry will occur, while preserving the existing success and final-attempt
behavior.
| EXPOSE 8000 | ||
| CMD ["python", "app.py"] |
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Add an image health check.
The image has no HEALTHCHECK instruction. A container runtime cannot detect a process that remains alive but cannot serve requests. Add a health check that calls /healthz.
Proposed change
EXPOSE 8000
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 CMD wget -q -O /dev/null http://127.0.0.1:8000/healthz || exit 1
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| EXPOSE 8000 | |
| CMD ["python", "app.py"] | |
| EXPOSE 8000 | |
| HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 CMD wget -q -O /dev/null http://127.0.0.1:8000/healthz || exit 1 | |
| CMD ["python", "app.py"] |
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Dockerfile HEALTHCHECK after the existing EXPOSE/CMD configuration that probes
the application’s /healthz endpoint on port 8000, using an appropriate interval,
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| Meridian Pay runs a payments sandbox where every account starts at | ||
| 1000.00 EUR. The withdrawals API looks boring until you look between |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Correct the starting balance.
The lesson says that accounts start with 1000.00 EUR. The target starts accounts with 10_000 cents, or 100.00 EUR. This conflict can cause learners to plan withdrawals against the wrong balance.
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In `@content/rooms/race-to-zero/lesson/01-brief.md` around lines 3 - 4, Update the
opening description of the lesson to state that each account starts with 100.00
EUR, matching the 10,000-cent target balance; leave the surrounding withdrawals
API introduction unchanged.
| 3. Send five withdrawals concurrently, for example: | ||
| for i in 1..5; do curl -X POST http://target:8000/withdraw | ||
| -d token=$TOKEN -d amount_cents=6000 & done; wait. Several |
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Fix the concurrent-request shell example.
for i in 1..5 iterates once because 1..5 is one literal word. wait. is not the wait command. The documented solution therefore does not create the required withdrawal race.
Proposed fix
- 3. Send five withdrawals concurrently, for example:
- for i in 1..5; do curl -X POST http://target:8000/withdraw
- -d token=$TOKEN -d amount_cents=6000 & done; wait. Several
+ 3. Send five withdrawals concurrently, for example:
+ for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+ curl -X POST http://target:8000/withdraw \
+ -d "token=$TOKEN" -d amount_cents=6000 &
+ done
+ wait
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| 3. Send five withdrawals concurrently, for example: | |
| for i in 1..5; do curl -X POST http://target:8000/withdraw | |
| -d token=$TOKEN -d amount_cents=6000 & done; wait. Several | |
| 3. Send five withdrawals concurrently, for example: | |
| for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do | |
| curl -X POST http://target:8000/withdraw \ | |
| -d "token=$TOKEN" -d amount_cents=6000 & | |
| done | |
| wait | |
| Several |
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In `@content/rooms/race-to-zero/room.yaml` around lines 65 - 67, Correct the
concurrent withdrawal shell example in the race-to-zero instructions: use valid
shell sequence syntax that runs five iterations, and place the sentence
punctuation outside the `wait` command so it executes successfully. Preserve the
existing curl request, token, amount, backgrounding, and final wait behavior.
| for attempt in range(6): | ||
| opened = httpx.post(f"{base}/open", data={"name": f"solver-{attempt}"}, timeout=10) | ||
| match = ACCOUNT_RE.search(opened.text) | ||
| if match is None: | ||
| detail = f"attempt {attempt}: could not read an account token" | ||
| continue | ||
| token = match.group(1) | ||
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| # Each round uses a fresh 100.00 EUR account, so the solver is | ||
| # idempotent across harness restarts. | ||
| with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=5) as pool: | ||
| futures = [pool.submit(_withdraw, base, token) for _ in range(5)] | ||
| responses = [f.result() for f in futures] | ||
| bodies = "\n".join(r.text for r in responses) | ||
| if "/notice/" not in bodies: | ||
| detail = f"attempt {attempt}: no withdrawal overdrafted ({bodies.count('approved')} approved)" | ||
| time.sleep(0.5) | ||
| continue | ||
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| notice = httpx.get(f"{base}/notice/{token}", timeout=10) | ||
| flags = find_flags(notice.text) | ||
| if flags: | ||
| captured = flags[0] | ||
| break | ||
| detail = f"attempt {attempt}: notice page had no flag" | ||
| time.sleep(0.5) |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Handle transport failures inside each retry attempt.
httpx.post, httpx.get, and Future.result() can raise transport exceptions. The exception escapes solve instead of advancing to the next attempt. A temporary target connection failure then aborts the solver and prevents it from returning its required TaskResult.
Wrap each attempt in try/except httpx.HTTPError, set detail, sleep, and continue.
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[warning] 22-22: Request-controlled URL passed to httpx; validate against an allowlist to prevent SSRF.
Context: httpx.post(f"{base}/open", data={"name": f"solver-{attempt}"}, timeout=10)
Note: [CWE-918] Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF).
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[warning] 40-40: Request-controlled URL passed to httpx; validate against an allowlist to prevent SSRF.
Context: httpx.get(f"{base}/notice/{token}", timeout=10)
Note: [CWE-918] Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF).
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@content/rooms/race-to-zero/solver/solver.py` around lines 22 - 47, Wrap the
per-attempt workflow in solve, including httpx.post, each Future.result(), and
httpx.get, with an except httpx.HTTPError handler. On failure, set detail with
the attempt context, sleep using the existing retry delay, and continue to the
next attempt so solve still returns its required TaskResult.
Apply the same fix in `@content/rooms/race-to-zero/solver/solver.py` at line 7.
| name = request.form.get("name", "").strip() | ||
| if not name: | ||
| return ( | ||
| PAGE | ||
| % "<div class='box'><h1>Name required</h1><p>Go back and name the account holder.</p></div>", | ||
| 400, | ||
| ) | ||
| token = secrets.token_hex(8) | ||
| with _accounts_lock: | ||
| accounts[token] = Account(name=name) | ||
| return ( | ||
| PAGE | ||
| % f""" | ||
| <div class="box"> | ||
| <h1>Account opened for {name}</h1> |
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Escape name before rendering it.
When a client sends HTML in name, Line 88 inserts that value into the response without escaping. A payload such as <script>...</script> executes at the target origin. This creates an unintended reflected XSS path beside the intended TOCTOU workflow.
Proposed fix
+from html import escape
import os
...
def open_account():
name = request.form.get("name", "").strip()
if not name:
...
+ display_name = escape(name)
token = secrets.token_hex(8)
...
-<h1>Account opened for {name}</h1>
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| name = request.form.get("name", "").strip() | |
| if not name: | |
| return ( | |
| PAGE | |
| % "<div class='box'><h1>Name required</h1><p>Go back and name the account holder.</p></div>", | |
| 400, | |
| ) | |
| token = secrets.token_hex(8) | |
| with _accounts_lock: | |
| accounts[token] = Account(name=name) | |
| return ( | |
| PAGE | |
| % f""" | |
| <div class="box"> | |
| <h1>Account opened for {name}</h1> | |
| name = request.form.get("name", "").strip() | |
| if not name: | |
| return ( | |
| PAGE | |
| % "<div class='box'><h1>Name required</h1><p>Go back and name the account holder.</p></div>", | |
| 400, | |
| ) | |
| display_name = escape(name) | |
| token = secrets.token_hex(8) | |
| with _accounts_lock: | |
| accounts[token] = Account(name=name) | |
| return ( | |
| PAGE | |
| % f""" | |
| <div class="box"> | |
| <h1>Account opened for {display_name}</h1> |
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In `@content/rooms/race-to-zero/target/app.py` around lines 74 - 88, Escape the
submitted name before interpolating it into the success HTML response in the
account-opening handler. Keep the raw trimmed name for Account storage, but use
an HTML-escaped value for the “Account opened for” heading and any other
rendered response content.
Summary
Five new lab-backed rooms completing web-track batch: cartographer (API discovery, 150), tenant-trouble (IDOR via tenant header, 200), graph-maze (GraphQL introspection + missing object authz, 225), cache-me-outside (response cache poisoning, 275), race-to-zero (TOCTOU withdrawal race, 250). All follow the bundle contract: Flask target on 8000, /healthz, non-root uid 10001, per-session flags, hints 0/10/25.
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