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Informational 20 Bitcoin

Feature: New global search bar to improve navigation (#7183)

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Authored by Pavlenex

73/100 · Adequate
Feature: New global search bar to improve navigation (#7183)

Co-authored-by: Nicolas Dorier <nicolas.dorier@gmail.com>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new global search bar and reorganizes the top navigation in BTCPay Server. Most of the change is user-interface code (menus, CSS, JavaScript, tests). There is one small security-relevant detail: the new search endpoint returns a list of internal URLs and checks whether the current user is authorized for each one, but it also accepts an arbitrary storeId parameter and queries the store with the current user's permissions. The commit does not describe itself as a security fix, and no vulnerability is clearly demonstrated in the diff.

Recommended action

Treat this as a regular feature commit. As a defensive measure, reviewers should verify that /search/global: (1) validates the storeId parameter and does not allow cross-store enumeration, (2) applies rate limiting to prevent abuse of the search/invoice lookup, (3) ensures the q parameter cannot be used for injection into InvoiceQuery, and (4) confirms that authorization checks are enforced on the target pages and not only on search suggestions. No immediate patch is indicated by the diff alone.

Security signals we found

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New authenticated endpoint /search/global returns internal URLs and metadata

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Endpoint accepts user-supplied storeId and resolves it with current user's authorization context

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Search results are filtered by RequiredPolicy using the authorization service

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ResultItemViewModel.RequiredPolicy is marked [JsonIgnore] so it is not leaked to the client

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Tests assert authorization boundary: admin-only routes hidden from non-admin users

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No input validation/sanitization of q parameter is visible in the diff

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No rate-limiting or anti-CSRF considerations visible for the search endpoint

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Refactor of navigation moved permission-gated menu items to a new GlobalNav component using the same permission attributes

Risk score

Why this scored 20/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 3/25
Stealth signal 4/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 4/10
Evidence quality 2/5
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