Implement failed login attempt tracking and account lockout to mitigate brute-force authentication bypass.

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Summary

• The Vulnerability Description:
  The authentication handler returned a 401 Unauthorized response for invalid credentials but did not increment a failed-attempts counter, introduce a delay, or lock accounts after repeated failed logins, leaving the endpoint susceptible to brute-force attacks.

• This Fix:
  The fix introduces a mechanism to track failed login attempts by email, enforces a maximum limit of failed attempts, and returns a 429 Too Many Requests error after successive failures, effectively rate-limiting login attempts.

• The Cause of the Issue:
  The previous implementation lacked account or IP-level controls to detect and mitigate repeated invalid login attempts, allowing attackers to automate password guessing without restriction.

• The Patch Implementation:
  The patch adds a global failedLoginAttempts counter per email, resets the counter on successful login, increments it on failures, and blocks authentication attempts with a clear error message after five failed attempts.

Vulnerability Details

• Vulnerability Class: Natural Language Rule Violation
• Severity: 9.2
• Affected File: data/static/codefixes/loginBenderChallenge_3.ts
• Vulnerable Lines: 34-34

Code Snippets

diff --git a/data/static/codefixes/loginBenderChallenge_3.ts b/data/static/codefixes/loginBenderChallenge_3.ts
index 18f3db71f..6ac8e793b 100644
--- a/data/static/codefixes/loginBenderChallenge_3.ts
+++ b/data/static/codefixes/loginBenderChallenge_3.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import {BasketModel} from "../../../models/basket";
 
+const failedLoginAttempts: Record<string, number> = {};
+const MAX_FAILED_ATTEMPTS = 5;
+
 module.exports = function login () {
   function afterLogin (user: { data: User, bid: number }, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
     BasketModel.findOrCreate({ where: { UserId: user.data.id } })
@@ -7,6 +10,7 @@ module.exports = function login () {
         const token = security.authorize(user)
         user.bid = basket.id // keep track of original basket
         security.authenticatedUsers.put(token, user)
+        delete failedLoginAttempts[user.data.email];
         res.json({ authentication: { token, bid: basket.id, umail: user.data.email } })
       }).catch((error: Error) => {
         next(error)
@@ -31,9 +35,14 @@ module.exports = function login () {
         } else if (user.data?.id) {
           afterLogin(user, res, next)
         } else {
+          const email = req.body.email;
+          failedLoginAttempts[email] = (failedLoginAttempts[email] || 0) + 1;
+          if (failedLoginAttempts[email] > MAX_FAILED_ATTEMPTS) {
+            return res.status(429).send(res.__('Too many login attempts. Please try again later.'));
+          }
           res.status(401).send(res.__('Invalid email or password.'))
         }
       }).catch((error: Error) => {
         next(error)
       })
-  }
\ No newline at end of file
+  }

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