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230 changes: 213 additions & 17 deletions src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/api.py

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19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/data.py
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Expand Up @@ -49,3 +49,22 @@ class CriterionDeletionResult:

id: int
archived: bool


@dataclass(frozen=True, kw_only=True, slots=True)
class GroupDeletionResult:
"""
The outcome of removing a CompetencyCriteriaGroup subtree: hard-deleted or archived, with counts.

The counts cover the target subtree only: ``cascaded_group_count`` counts the target's descendant
groups, not the target itself and not the ancestors the removal cascaded to, and
``cascaded_criteria_count`` is the number of criteria in the subtree.

UNSTABLE: the criteria-authoring family is incomplete, so this shape may change without a
deprecation cycle.
"""

id: int
archived: bool
cascaded_group_count: int
cascaded_criteria_count: int
60 changes: 51 additions & 9 deletions src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/rest_api/v1/views.py
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Expand Up @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
CompetencyCriterionArchivedError,
associate_competency_criterion,
bulk_update_competency_criteria,
delete_or_archive_competency_criteria_group,
delete_or_archive_competency_criterion,
get_blocked_courses,
get_competency_criteria_tree,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -230,25 +231,33 @@ def get(self, request, tag_id):

class CompetencyCriteriaGroupDetailView(generics.GenericAPIView):
"""
PATCH-only. Change how one CompetencyCriteriaGroup combines the criteria and groups beneath it.
PATCH or DELETE one CompetencyCriteriaGroup.

**Example Request**
PATCH changes how the group combines the criteria and groups beneath it. DELETE hard-deletes
the group's subtree, or archives it if learner status exists anywhere in it.

**Example Requests**
PATCH api/cbe/v1/competencies/<tag_id>/criteria-groups/<group_id>/
``{"logic_operator": "AND"}``

The response is the group as stored, in the criteria-tree endpoint's shape. ``logic_operator``
DELETE api/cbe/v1/competencies/<tag_id>/criteria-groups/<group_id>/

PATCH responds with the group as stored, in the criteria-tree endpoint's shape. ``logic_operator``
is the only editable field. The body may also repeat any other field the group's representation
carries, so a client can send back what it read, as long as each one matches what is stored.

A thin adapter: :func:`update_competency_criteria_group` makes every other refusal, including
the edit permission check, so an in-process caller is refused in the same cases. The body's
fixed fields are compared here, before that function runs, because only a REST body carries
them. Comparing them reveals what's stored, so a caller who can't read the competency's tree is
refused with 403 before the group is looked up.
For PATCH, the view is a thin adapter: :func:`update_competency_criteria_group` makes every other
refusal, including the edit permission check, so an in-process caller is refused in the same
cases. The body's fixed fields are compared here, before that function runs, because only a REST
body carries them. Comparing them reveals what's stored, so a caller who can't read the
competency's tree is refused with 403 before the group is looked up.

DELETE only resolves the group from the URL. Course resolution and the permission check happen in
:func:`delete_or_archive_competency_criteria_group`, so a refused user gets 403 and a root group gets 400.
"""

serializer_class = CompetencyCriteriaGroupUpdateSerializer
http_method_names = ["patch"]
http_method_names = ["patch", "delete"]
authentication_classes = (JwtAuthentication, SessionAuthenticationAllowInactiveUser)
permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated, CompetencyReadPermission]

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -279,6 +288,39 @@ def patch(self, request, tag_id: int, group_id: int):
raise CompetencyCriteriaConflict(str(exc)) from exc
return Response(CompetencyCriteriaGroupSerializer(group).data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)

def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
"""
Resolve the group by the `group_id` and `tag_id` in the URL, then delegate to the public API.

The public API checks permission. The lookup keeps archived groups, so a repeat DELETE on an
archived subtree still returns 200.
"""
group = get_object_or_404(
CompetencyCriteriaGroup, pk=self.kwargs["group_id"], tag_id=self.kwargs["tag_id"],
)
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Major · Security & Privacy · Detected with Advanced Tier · Quick win

Authorization Bypass

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

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Run the taxonomy object-permission check before deletion.

CompetencyReadPermission implements only has_object_permission(). Unlike PATCH, DELETE never calls self.check_object_permissions(), so declaring the permission class does not enforce that check. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

If an integration overrides oel_tagging.view_taxonomy to deny access, the default can_tag_object rule can still pass: its taxonomy check calls the base predicate directly. An authenticated course author with a known group ID can then delete or archive a subtree in that denied taxonomy. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Resolve the competency tag and call self.check_object_permissions(request, tag) before the group lookup, as PATCH does. Based on learnings, permission checks must honor the org-aware rules.set_perm overrides. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/rest_api/v1/views.py around lines 297 - 299:
In the DELETE flow near the CompetencyCriteriaGroup lookup, resolve the competency tag and call self.check_object_permissions(request, tag) before looking up the group, matching the PATCH flow. Ensure the check uses the configured object-permission mechanism so org-aware rules.set_perm overrides are honored.

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No change needed here. The DELETE is authorized inside delete_or_archive_competency_criteria_group(), which requires oel_tagging.can_tag_object for the competency's taxonomy and the group's course before anything is locked or changed. That rule checks the taxonomy through user.has_perm("oel_tagging.change_objecttag_taxonomy", ...), so an override registered with rules.set_perm is honored, and openedx-platform replaces both oel_tagging.can_tag_object and oel_tagging.change_objecttag_taxonomy with its own rules. test_group_delete_without_taxonomy_access_is_403_and_changes_nothing denies the taxonomy permission and gets a 403 with the subtree unchanged. The criterion delete view merged in #879 authorizes the same way.

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#!/bin/bash
set -u
for p in AGENTS.md src/AGENTS.md src/openedx_learning/AGENTS.md src/openedx_learning/applets/AGENTS.md src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/AGENTS.md src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/rest_api/AGENTS.md src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/rest_api/v1/AGENTS.md; do
  if [ -f "$p" ]; then echo "==== $p"; cat "$p"; fi
done
for p in src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/api.py src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/rest_api/v1/permissions.py src/openedx_tagging/rules.py tests/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/test_views.py; do
  echo "==== outline $p"
  ast-grep outline "$p" --items all --match 'delete_or_archive_competency_criteria_group|CompetencyReadPermission|taxonomy|tag_object|test_group_delete_without_taxonomy_access' || true
done
echo '==== CBE deletion API and permission helpers'
rg -n -C 8 'def delete_or_archive_competency_criteria_group|oel_tagging\.can_tag_object|def _.*permission|ObjectTagPermissionItem' src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/api.py
echo '==== taxonomy permissions and tagging rules'
rg -n -C 8 'class CompetencyReadPermission|has_object_permission|view_taxonomy|change_objecttag_taxonomy|can_tag_object|def .*taxonomy' src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/rest_api/v1/permissions.py src/openedx_tagging/rules.py
echo '==== cited test'
rg -n -C 28 'def test_group_delete_without_taxonomy_access_is_403_and_changes_nothing' tests/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/test_views.py
echo '==== permission-related tests'
rg -n -C 5 'view_taxonomy|change_objecttag_taxonomy|can_tag_object|taxonomy_access' tests/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/test_views.py

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@mgwozdz-unicon You’re right that the API checks oel_tagging.can_tag_object before deleting, and the cited test denies oel_tagging.change_objecttag_taxonomy.

My finding concerns a separate case: an integration could deny oel_tagging.view_taxonomy while allowing the write permission. The default write rule does not consult the view_taxonomy override, and the cited test does not cover that case.

I have not verified whether openedx-platform’s overrides always keep those permissions aligned. I respect your decision not to change the code, but I’m not marking the finding as addressed.


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Repo: openedx/openedx-core PR: 936
File: src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/rest_api/v1/views.py:298-300
Timestamp: 2026-11-13T22:37:09.991Z
Learning: Within repository "openedx/openedx-core", only for files matching one of ["src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/rest_api/v1/views.py","src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/api.py"]: In src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/rest_api/v1/views.py, the group DELETE delegates authorization to delete_or_archive_competency_criteria_group in src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/api.py. That function checks oel_tagging.can_tag_object for the group's taxonomy and nearest course before locking or modifying data. Under the default tagging rule, this check delegates taxonomy authorization through user.has_perm("oel_tagging.change_objecttag_taxonomy", ...), so overrides of that permission are honored. Do not assume this also enforces an independently overridden oel_tagging.view_taxonomy permission.

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File: AGENTS.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-11-13T15:32:12.478Z
Learning: Source excerpt:
# AGENTS.md

## Architecture

### openedx_learning and openedx_tagging specifics

- Permissions use django-rules, always checked through `user.has_perm(...)` rather than by
  calling a predicate directly, because openedx-platform swaps in org-aware rules via
  `rules.set_perm` and a direct call skips them. Tagging's `api.py` enforces no permissions (its
  views do); some CBE API functions take a `user` and raise Django's `PermissionDenied`
  themselves. A consuming project needs `rules.apps.AutodiscoverRulesConfig` in `INSTALLED_APPS`
  and `rules.permissions.ObjectPermissionBackend` in `AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS`; without them every
  non-superuser gets 403 with nothing in the logs, and testing as a superuser hides the problem.

You are interacting with an AI system.

try:
result = delete_or_archive_competency_criteria_group(group.id, request.user)
except (CompetencyCriteriaGroup.DoesNotExist, Tag.DoesNotExist) as exc:

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Map concurrent course disappearance to 404.

If course deletion commits after the API reads a course-level group but before course resolution reads node.course, the lazy lookup raises CourseRun.DoesNotExist. The resolver performs this lookup in src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/api.py, Lines 1132–1157. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

This handler does not catch that exception. Default DRF handling therefore returns 500 instead of 404. Catch CourseRun.DoesNotExist here, or normalize it to CompetencyCriteriaGroup.DoesNotExist in the API. Add a regression case at the course-resolution boundary. (django-rest-framework.org)

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Review comment at @src/openedx_learning/applets/cbe/rest_api/v1/views.py at line 299:
Update the exception handler around CompetencyCriteriaGroup.DoesNotExist and Tag.DoesNotExist to also catch CourseRun.DoesNotExist, preserving the existing 404 response for a course that disappears during lazy resolution. Add a regression case at the course-resolution boundary for this race.

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# Removed between the lookup above and the API call, or while the call waited for the Tag lock.
raise NotFound() from exc
except DjangoValidationError as exc:
raise DRFValidationError(exc.message_dict if hasattr(exc, "message_dict") else exc.messages) from exc
except IntegrityError as exc:
# ProtectedError is a subclass. The API already archives when the target subtree itself gained a
# status, so this is a conflict outside it, such as a status on an ancestor. A retry re-checks.
raise CompetencyCriteriaConflict(
_("The delete conflicted with a concurrent change. Retry the DELETE.")
) from exc
return Response(
{
"id": result.id,
"archived": result.archived,
"cascaded_group_count": result.cascaded_group_count,
"cascaded_criteria_count": result.cascaded_criteria_count,
},
status=status.HTTP_200_OK,
)


class CompetencyCriterionDeleteView(generics.GenericAPIView):
"""
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58 changes: 56 additions & 2 deletions src/openedx_tagging/api.py
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Expand Up @@ -330,12 +330,27 @@ def _check_new_tag_count(
else:
current_count = ObjectTag.objects.filter(object_id=object_id).exclude(_export_id=taxonomy_export_id).count()

_check_object_tag_limit(current_count, new_tag_count, object_id)


def _check_object_tag_limit(current_count: int, new_tag_count: int, object_id: str) -> None:
"""
Raises ValueError if ``new_tag_count`` tags on top of ``current_count`` would exceed OBJECT_MAX_TAGS.
"""
if current_count + new_tag_count > OBJECT_MAX_TAGS:
raise ValueError(
_("Cannot add more than {limit} tags to ({object_id}).").format(object_id=object_id, limit=OBJECT_MAX_TAGS)
)


def _check_taxonomy_allows_tag_count(taxonomy: Taxonomy, tag_count: int) -> None:
"""
Raises ValueError if ``tag_count`` tags on one object is more than the taxonomy allows.
"""
if not taxonomy.allow_multiple and tag_count > 1:
raise ValueError(_("Taxonomy ({name}) only allows one tag per object.").format(name=taxonomy.name))


def _get_current_tags(
taxonomy: Taxonomy | None,
tags: list[str],
Expand All @@ -346,8 +361,7 @@ def _get_current_tags(
Returns the current object tags of the related object_id with taxonomy
"""
if taxonomy:
if not taxonomy.allow_multiple and len(tags) > 1:
raise ValueError(_("Taxonomy ({name}) only allows one tag per object.").format(name=taxonomy.name))
_check_taxonomy_allows_tag_count(taxonomy, len(tags))
current_tags = list(
ObjectTag.objects.filter(taxonomy=taxonomy, object_id=object_id)
)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -461,6 +475,46 @@ def tag_object(
object_tag.save()


def add_tag_to_object(object_id: str, tag: Tag) -> ObjectTag:
"""
Adds one existing ``tag`` to ``object_id``, and returns its ObjectTag.

UNSTABLE: this function is new, so its shape may change without a deprecation cycle.

Unlike :func:`tag_object`, no other ObjectTag of the object is read for replacement or changed,
so a concurrent write of another tag on the same object, even one in the same taxonomy, is not
undone by this call. If ``tag`` is already applied to the object, its existing ObjectTag is
returned and nothing is written.

Raises ValueError if the taxonomy of ``tag`` allows only one tag per object and the object
already has a different tag in it, or if the object already has the maximum number of tags
(``OBJECT_MAX_TAGS``). Both use the same messages as :func:`tag_object`. Raises ValueError if
``tag`` does not belong to a taxonomy. Raises Django's ``ValidationError`` if the new ObjectTag
fails ``full_clean()``.

The checks and the insert are not atomic, so a caller that needs them to hold against concurrent
writers must serialize those writers itself.
"""
taxonomy = tag.taxonomy
if taxonomy is None:
raise ValueError(_("Tag ({value}) does not belong to a taxonomy.").format(value=tag.value))

object_tag = ObjectTag.objects.filter(object_id=object_id, taxonomy_id=taxonomy.id, tag_id=tag.id).first()
if object_tag is not None:
return object_tag

if not taxonomy.allow_multiple:
# The new tag would be the one after the ones the object already has in this taxonomy.
existing_count = ObjectTag.objects.filter(object_id=object_id, taxonomy_id=taxonomy.id).count()
_check_taxonomy_allows_tag_count(taxonomy, existing_count + 1)
_check_object_tag_limit(ObjectTag.objects.filter(object_id=object_id).count(), 1, object_id)

object_tag = ObjectTag(taxonomy=taxonomy, object_id=object_id, tag=tag)
object_tag.full_clean()
object_tag.save()
return object_tag


def add_tag_to_taxonomy(
taxonomy: Taxonomy,
tag: str,
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Expand Up @@ -2029,6 +2029,75 @@ def test_create_competency_criterion_takes_the_tag_lock_itself(
cbe_api.create_competency_criterion(group, usage_key(course_run, "p1"), course_run=course_run)


def test_create_competency_criterion_writes_only_its_own_object_tag(
tag: Tag, course_run: CourseRun, competency_taxonomy: CompetencyTaxonomy,
) -> None:
"""
Creating a criterion for one competency inserts that competency's ObjectTag and nothing else, so
it cannot undo a concurrent create or delete of a sibling competency's ObjectTag on the same object.
"""
sibling_tag = make_tag(competency_taxonomy, "Sibling Skill")
object_id = usage_key(course_run, "p1")
sibling = ObjectTag.objects.create(object_id=object_id, taxonomy=competency_taxonomy, tag=sibling_tag)
group = _create_leaf_group(tag, course_run)

with CaptureQueriesContext(connection) as queries:
criterion = cbe_api.create_competency_criterion(group, object_id, course_run=course_run)

quoted_table = re.escape(connection.ops.quote_name("oel_tagging_objecttag"))
object_tag_writes = [
query["sql"] for query in queries.captured_queries
if re.match(rf"(INSERT INTO|UPDATE|DELETE FROM) {quoted_table}", query["sql"])
]
assert len(object_tag_writes) == 1
assert object_tag_writes[0].startswith("INSERT")
assert criterion.object_tag.tag_id == tag.id
assert ObjectTag.objects.get(id=sibling.id).tag_id == sibling_tag.id


def test_create_competency_criterion_does_not_resurrect_a_sibling_object_tag_deleted_mid_create(
tag: Tag, course_run: CourseRun, competency_taxonomy: CompetencyTaxonomy,
) -> None:
"""
A sibling competency's ObjectTag deleted by a concurrent request, right after this create first
reads ObjectTags, stays deleted; the create adds only its own competency's tag.
"""
sibling_tag = make_tag(competency_taxonomy, "Sibling Skill")
object_id = usage_key(course_run, "p1")
sibling = ObjectTag.objects.create(object_id=object_id, taxonomy=competency_taxonomy, tag=sibling_tag)
group = _create_leaf_group(tag, course_run)
raced = False
quoted_table = connection.ops.quote_name("oel_tagging_objecttag")

def _delete_sibling_after_first_object_tag_query(execute, sql, params, many, context):
nonlocal raced
result = execute(sql, params, many, context)
if not raced and quoted_table in sql:
raced = True
ObjectTag.objects.filter(pk=sibling.pk).delete()
return result

with connection.execute_wrapper(_delete_sibling_after_first_object_tag_query):
cbe_api.create_competency_criterion(group, object_id, course_run=course_run)

assert raced
assert list(ObjectTag.objects.filter(object_id=object_id).values_list("tag_id", flat=True)) == [tag.id]


def test_create_competency_criterion_reuses_an_existing_object_tag_for_the_same_competency(
tag: Tag, course_run: CourseRun, competency_taxonomy: CompetencyTaxonomy,
) -> None:
"""An ObjectTag already tying the object to this competency is reused rather than duplicated."""
object_id = usage_key(course_run, "p1")
existing = ObjectTag.objects.create(object_id=object_id, taxonomy=competency_taxonomy, tag=tag)
group = _create_leaf_group(tag, course_run)

criterion = cbe_api.create_competency_criterion(group, object_id, course_run=course_run)

assert criterion.object_tag_id == existing.id
assert ObjectTag.objects.filter(object_id=object_id).count() == 1


def test_associate_competency_criterion_creates_the_course_runs_cbe_row(
tag: Tag, course_run: CourseRun,
) -> None:
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Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
"""Tests for delete_or_archive_competency_criterion() and its ancestor-cascade helper, _cascade_remove_from_group()."""
from collections.abc import Iterator
from contextlib import contextmanager
from datetime import datetime
from types import SimpleNamespace

import pytest
import rules
from django.apps import apps
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
from django.db import transaction
from rules.permissions import permissions as rule_permissions

from openedx_learning.api import delete_or_archive_competency_criterion
from openedx_learning.applets.cbe import api as cbe_api
from openedx_learning.models import (
CompetencyCriteriaGroup,
CompetencyCriterion,
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delete_or_archive_competency_criterion(999999999, user)


def test_a_criterion_removed_with_its_group_before_the_lock_raises_does_not_exist(
user, tag: Tag, object_tag: ObjectTag, default_rule_profile: CompetencyRuleProfile, monkeypatch,
) -> None:
"""
A concurrent group delete that removes the criterion and its ancestors after the function's
pre-lock read, but before its Tag lock, surfaces as CompetencyCriterion.DoesNotExist.

The race is simulated without threads: the ``transaction`` name the api module uses is swapped
for one whose ``atomic`` (the function's only use of it) first hard-deletes the group chain,
cascading to the criterion, and then opens the real transaction. That is the point between the
pre-lock read and the Tag lock.
"""
root = CompetencyCriteriaGroup.objects.create(tag=tag)
group = CompetencyCriteriaGroup.objects.create(tag=tag, parent=root)
criterion = _make_criterion(group, object_tag, default_rule_profile)
real_atomic = transaction.atomic

@contextmanager
def delete_chain_then_atomic() -> Iterator[None]:
CompetencyCriteriaGroup.objects.filter(pk=root.pk).delete()
with real_atomic():
yield

monkeypatch.setattr(cbe_api, "transaction", SimpleNamespace(atomic=delete_chain_then_atomic))

with pytest.raises(CompetencyCriterion.DoesNotExist):
delete_or_archive_competency_criterion(criterion.id, user)


# =================================================================================================
# The walk stops at archived groups
# =================================================================================================
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