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fix(auth): return no matches, not raw ValueError, for a malformed URL#3437

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fixes #3436

find_entries_for_url did (urlparse(url).hostname or "").lower() unguarded. a malformed authority (unterminated ipv6 bracket https://[::1, bracketed non-ip host https://[not-an-ip]) makes urlparse/hostname raise ValueError, so a raw ValueError leaked instead of the empty list the function already returns for a host-less url. this is the first step of the shared http client (build_request / open_url call it before any url validation), so it can surface out of catalog/extension/preset fetches.

fix: wrap the parse + hostname access; on ValueError return no matches, exactly like the host-less case just below it (no auth entry can match a url with no usable host anyway).

added a regression test (test_malformed_url_returns_empty) over an unterminated bracket and a bracketed non-ip host. i confirmed it fails on the pre-fix code by stashing the source and re-running (raw ValueError leaks); the auth suite passes with the fix.

same bug class as #3210 and the recent bundler/catalog validator fixes.

find_entries_for_url did (urlparse(url).hostname or "").lower() unguarded. a
malformed authority (e.g. an unterminated ipv6 bracket "https://[::1") makes
urlparse/hostname raise ValueError, so instead of the empty list the function
already returns for a host-less url, a raw ValueError leaked out of the shared
http client (build_request / open_url call this before any url validation).

no auth entry can match such a url, so treat it like the host-less case and
return no matches. added a regression test over an unterminated bracket and a
bracketed non-ip host; confirmed it fails on the pre-fix code.

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Pull request overview

This PR fixes a crash in find_entries_for_url where malformed URL authorities could cause urlparse(...).hostname to raise ValueError, leaking an exception from the shared HTTP client path. The fix makes malformed-host URLs behave like host-less URLs for auth matching (returning no matches).

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  • Catch ValueError when extracting/lowercasing the parsed hostname and return [] for malformed authorities.
  • Add a regression test covering an unterminated IPv6 bracket and a bracketed non-IP host.
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src/specify_cli/authentication/config.py Wrap hostname extraction in try/except ValueError and return no matches on malformed URLs.
tests/test_authentication.py Add parametrized regression test ensuring malformed URLs return [] rather than raising.

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@mnriem mnriem merged commit 74d03a2 into github:main Jul 10, 2026
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auth find_entries_for_url leaks raw ValueError on a malformed URL

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