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Debian 13 mounts /tmp in RAM. It supports using the HYDRO_BACKUP_DIR parameter to specify the location for temporary files during backup and restore operations, which is useful for devices with limited RAM.

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    • Database backups and restores now use the configured backup directory when provided, while retaining the temporary-directory fallback.

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The database backup and restore command now uses a nonempty HYDRO_BACKUP_DIR value as its working directory. If the variable is unset or empty, the command uses the existing randomized temporary-directory path.

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With this change, setting HYDRO_BACKUP_DIR to an existing folder causes that whole folder, including unrelated files, to be deleted after every backup or restore. Before merging, create a unique subdirectory under the configured path and delete only that subdirectory.

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Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7cb7a

A configured backup directory can be removed in full after an operation, even if it contains other files. Its value can also reach a shell-based restore step. These risks depend on the chosen directory and who can set it; the behavior warrants review before rollout.

Retained concerns

  • High · security · observed: A configured workspace is treated as command-owned: successful backup and restore remove the entire selected directory, including any pre-existing contents. Repeated operations also select the same configured path rather than distinct workspaces.
  • Medium · security · inferred: During a ZIP restore containing a file directory, the configured path reaches an unquoted bash command. Shell syntax in that path can therefore be interpreted with the restore process's authority; whether a less-trusted party can set the variable is unknown.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — For an enabled override, the removal scope is the configured directory and its contents under the CLI process's filesystem authority. Exposure beyond that directory depends on its actual path, ownership, permissions, and sharing, none of which is established.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — If HYDRO_BACKUP_DIR names an existing shared or persistent directory, normal cleanup can delete unrelated contents. If its value contains shell syntax, a ZIP restore with an extracted file directory can interpret that syntax. Neither the deployed value nor an attacker-controlled route to the environment variable is shown.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • inferred — The process environment now supplies a filesystem path used by external tools and cleanup without a source-level ownership check. The existing direct-directory restore path already interpolated a caller-supplied filename into the shell command; this change adds the configured-path route for ZIP restores, rather than introducing shell interpolation to the command for the first time.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — A fixed configured path permits a subsequent operation to encounter contents left by a failed one; overlapping operations would also share that path. Whether overlapping invocations occur or an external supervisor cleans interrupted work is unknown.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Treat the configured path as a parent for a private, operation-specific workspace; clean up only that workspace, including on failure. Avoid shell interpolation of the path during restore.
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Review comments at @packages/hydrooj/src/commands/db.ts:
- Line 19: Update the directory initialization used by backup and restore so
`HYDRO_BACKUP_DIR` is treated as a parent directory, not the cleanup target.
Create a unique child directory beneath the configured path (or `os.tmpdir()`
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const dir = `${os.tmpdir()}/${Math.random().toString(36).substring(2)}`;
const dir = process.env.HYDRO_BACKUP_DIR || `${os.tmpdir()}/${Math.random().toString(36).substring(2)}`;

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Keep cleanup inside an operation-owned directory.

When HYDRO_BACKUP_DIR points to an existing directory, fs.removeSync(dir) recursively removes that directory and its contents. This can delete unrelated files during backup or restore. Create a unique child directory under the configured path, then remove only that child.

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-const dir = process.env.HYDRO_BACKUP_DIR || `${os.tmpdir()}/${Math.random().toString(36).substring(2)}`;
+const dir = path.join(
+    process.env.HYDRO_BACKUP_DIR || os.tmpdir(),
+    Math.random().toString(36).substring(2),
+);
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const dir = process.env.HYDRO_BACKUP_DIR || `${os.tmpdir()}/${Math.random().toString(36).substring(2)}`;
const dir = path.join(
process.env.HYDRO_BACKUP_DIR || os.tmpdir(),
Math.random().toString(36).substring(2),
);
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Review comment at @packages/hydrooj/src/commands/db.ts at line 19:
Update the directory initialization used by backup and restore so
`HYDRO_BACKUP_DIR` is treated as a parent directory, not the cleanup target.
Create a unique child directory beneath the configured path (or `os.tmpdir()`
when unset) and ensure `fs.removeSync` removes only that operation-owned child.

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