From 33f81c1b4aee6bffce42ae5c5e05b56952fc4049 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bitterpanda <bitterpanda@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 15:49:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix NoSQL object comparison being too strict

---
 .../nosql_injection/__init__.py               |  16 ++-
 .../nosql_injection/init_test.py              | 102 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aikido_zen/vulnerabilities/nosql_injection/__init__.py b/aikido_zen/vulnerabilities/nosql_injection/__init__.py
index 7071ae16a..4d2bf3aec 100644
--- a/aikido_zen/vulnerabilities/nosql_injection/__init__.py
+++ b/aikido_zen/vulnerabilities/nosql_injection/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def match_filter_part_in_user(user_input, filter_part, path_to_payload=None):
 
     if is_mapping(user_input):
         filtered_input = remove_keys_that_dont_start_with_dollar_sign(user_input)
-        if filtered_input == filter_part:
+        if is_user_operators_subset_of(filtered_input, filter_part):
             return {
                 "match": True,
                 "pathToPayload": build_path_to_payload(path_to_payload),
@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ def remove_keys_that_dont_start_with_dollar_sign(nosql_filter):
     return {key: value for key, value in nosql_filter.items() if key.startswith("$")}
 
 
+def is_user_operators_subset_of(user_operators, filter_operators):
+    """
+    Returns True if every operator in user_operators is present in filter_operators
+    with the same value — i.e. the user-supplied operators are a subset of the filter.
+    An empty user_operators dict never matches (no operators = no injection).
+    """
+    has_keys = False
+    for key, value in user_operators.items():
+        if key not in filter_operators or filter_operators[key] != value:
+            return False
+        has_keys = True
+    return has_keys
+
+
 def find_filter_part_with_operators(user_input, part_of_filter):
     """
     This looks for parts in the filter that have NSQL operators (e.g. $)
diff --git a/aikido_zen/vulnerabilities/nosql_injection/init_test.py b/aikido_zen/vulnerabilities/nosql_injection/init_test.py
index 7c7cbdb79..121cdf420 100644
--- a/aikido_zen/vulnerabilities/nosql_injection/init_test.py
+++ b/aikido_zen/vulnerabilities/nosql_injection/init_test.py
@@ -540,3 +540,105 @@ def test_ignores_safe_pipeline_aggregations(create_context):
         )
         == {}
     )
+
+
+def test_detects_injection_when_app_merges_user_operators_with_own_dollar_keys(
+    create_context,
+):
+    assert detect_nosql_injection(
+        create_context(body={"username": {"$ne": None}}),
+        {"title": {"$ne": None, "$exists": True}},
+    ) == {
+        "injection": True,
+        "source": "body",
+        "pathToPayload": ".username",
+        "payload": {"$ne": None, "$exists": True},
+    }
+
+
+def test_detects_injection_when_app_prepends_own_dollar_key_before_user_operators(
+    create_context,
+):
+    assert detect_nosql_injection(
+        create_context(body={"username": {"$gt": ""}}),
+        {"title": {"$exists": True, "$gt": ""}},
+    ) == {
+        "injection": True,
+        "source": "body",
+        "pathToPayload": ".username",
+        "payload": {"$exists": True, "$gt": ""},
+    }
+
+
+def test_does_not_flag_when_user_operator_value_differs(create_context):
+    assert (
+        detect_nosql_injection(
+            create_context(body={"username": {"$ne": "different"}}),
+            {"title": {"$ne": None, "$exists": True}},
+        )
+        == {}
+    )
+
+
+def test_detects_injection_when_app_adds_non_dollar_key_to_subobject(create_context):
+    assert detect_nosql_injection(
+        create_context(body={"field": {"$elemMatch": {"$gt": 5}}}),
+        {"items": {"$elemMatch": {"$gt": 5, "verified": True}}},
+    ) == {
+        "injection": True,
+        "source": "body",
+        "pathToPayload": ".field.$elemMatch",
+        "payload": {"$gt": 5},
+    }
+
+
+def test_does_not_flag_when_user_sends_empty_object(create_context):
+    assert (
+        detect_nosql_injection(
+            create_context(body={"username": {}}),
+            {"title": {"$exists": True}},
+        )
+        == {}
+    )
+
+
+def test_does_not_flag_when_user_object_has_only_non_dollar_keys(create_context):
+    assert (
+        detect_nosql_injection(
+            create_context(body={"username": {"name": "alice"}}),
+            {"title": {"$exists": True}},
+        )
+        == {}
+    )
+
+
+def test_does_not_flag_when_user_dollar_key_absent_from_filter(create_context):
+    assert (
+        detect_nosql_injection(
+            create_context(body={"username": {"$ne": None}}),
+            {"title": {"$exists": True}},
+        )
+        == {}
+    )
+
+
+def test_does_not_flag_when_filter_uses_subset_of_user_operators(create_context):
+    assert (
+        detect_nosql_injection(
+            create_context(body={"username": {"$ne": None, "$gt": 0}}),
+            {"title": {"$ne": None}},
+        )
+        == {}
+    )
+
+
+def test_does_not_flag_when_app_ignores_user_operators_and_uses_hardcoded_filter(
+    create_context,
+):
+    assert (
+        detect_nosql_injection(
+            create_context(body={"username": {"$ne": None}}),
+            {"username": "hardcoded"},
+        )
+        == {}
+    )