From 2e06a00934bb3594c06df2d413e0a91c70146a0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Tannous <rolandtannous@gravityq.ai>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:05:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: replace FileResponse with Response for index.html to
 prevent Content-Length mismatch and add path traversal guard

---
 studio/backend/main.py | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/studio/backend/main.py b/studio/backend/main.py
index 466be151d8..331962fb67 100644
--- a/studio/backend/main.py
+++ b/studio/backend/main.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
-from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
+from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, HTMLResponse, Response
 from pathlib import Path
 from datetime import datetime
 
@@ -156,26 +156,44 @@ async def get_hardware_info():
 
 def setup_frontend(app: FastAPI, build_path: Path):
     """Mount frontend static files (optional)"""
-    if build_path.exists():
-        # Mount assets
-        assets_dir = build_path / "assets"
-        if assets_dir.exists():
-            app.mount("/assets", StaticFiles(directory=assets_dir), name="assets")
+    if not build_path.exists():
+        return False
 
-        @app.get("/")
-        async def serve_root():
-            return FileResponse(build_path / "index.html", headers={"Cache-Control": "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"})
+    # Mount assets
+    assets_dir = build_path / "assets"
+    if assets_dir.exists():
+        app.mount("/assets", StaticFiles(directory=assets_dir), name="assets")
 
-        @app.get("/{full_path:path}")
-        async def serve_frontend(full_path: str):
-            if full_path.startswith("api"):
-                return {"error": "API endpoint not found"}
+    @app.get("/")
+    async def serve_root():
+        content = (build_path / "index.html").read_bytes()
+        return Response(
+            content=content,
+            media_type="text/html",
+            headers={"Cache-Control": "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"},
+        )
 
-            file_path = build_path / full_path
-            if file_path.is_file():
-                return FileResponse(file_path)
+    @app.get("/{full_path:path}")
+    async def serve_frontend(full_path: str):
+        if full_path.startswith("api"):
+            return {"error": "API endpoint not found"}
 
-            return FileResponse(build_path / "index.html", headers={"Cache-Control": "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"})
+        file_path = (build_path / full_path).resolve()
+
+        # Block path traversal — ensure resolved path stays inside build_path
+        if not str(file_path).startswith(str(build_path.resolve())):
+            return Response(status_code=403)
+
+        if file_path.is_file():
+            return FileResponse(file_path)
+
+        # Serve index.html as bytes — avoids Content-Length mismatch
+        content = (build_path / "index.html").read_bytes()
+        return Response(
+            content=content,
+            media_type="text/html",
+            headers={"Cache-Control": "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"},
+        )
+
+    return True
 
-        return True
-    return False