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Unsafe Consumption of APIs
In this lab, you will identify and remediate an unsafe API consumption vulnerability in an application that trusts third-party responses without validation. You will implement response schema validation, handle invalid responses safely, and verify that malformed or malicious data is prevented from propagating through the application.
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Challenge
Identify unsafe consumption of third-party API responses
Identify where an application blindly trusts data returned by a third-party API and examine how unvalidated responses allow malformed or malicious data to reach downstream components.
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Challenge
Implement response schema validation to protect the application
Add a response schema to validate third-party API data before the application uses it, reject malformed or malicious responses, and handle validation failures gracefully.
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