From 50730ddc6c25fb176d8e017c269fad55be156ff4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shamoon <4887959+shamoon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 08:43:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] markdown pipe

---
 src-ui/src/app/pipes/markdown.pipe.spec.ts | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 src-ui/src/app/pipes/markdown.pipe.ts      | 57 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 127 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src-ui/src/app/pipes/markdown.pipe.spec.ts
 create mode 100644 src-ui/src/app/pipes/markdown.pipe.ts

diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/pipes/markdown.pipe.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/pipes/markdown.pipe.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dbfc719e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/pipes/markdown.pipe.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { MarkdownPipe } from './markdown.pipe'
+
+describe('MarkdownPipe', () => {
+  const pipe = new MarkdownPipe()
+
+  it('should return empty string for empty input', () => {
+    expect(pipe.transform(null)).toEqual('')
+    expect(pipe.transform(undefined)).toEqual('')
+    expect(pipe.transform('')).toEqual('')
+  })
+
+  it('should render basic markdown', () => {
+    const html = pipe.transform(
+      '**bold** _em_ `code`\n\n- one\n- two\n\n| a | b |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | 2 |'
+    )
+    expect(html).toContain('<strong>bold</strong>')
+    expect(html).toContain('<em>em</em>')
+    expect(html).toContain('<code>code</code>')
+    expect(html).toContain('<li>one</li>')
+    expect(html).toContain('<table>')
+  })
+
+  it('should escape raw html', () => {
+    const html = pipe.transform(
+      'hi <img src=x onerror="alert(1)"> <b>x</b>\n\n<script>alert(1)</script>'
+    )
+    expect(html).not.toContain('<img')
+    expect(html).not.toContain('<script')
+    expect(html).not.toContain('<b>')
+    expect(html).toContain('&lt;script&gt;')
+  })
+
+  it('should not render images', () => {
+    const html = pipe.transform('![secret](https://evil.example/x.png?d=1)')
+    expect(html).not.toContain('<img')
+    expect(html).not.toContain('evil.example')
+    expect(html).toContain('secret')
+  })
+
+  it('should render safe links with target and rel', () => {
+    const html = pipe.transform('[docs](https://docs.paperless-ngx.com "Docs")')
+    expect(html).toContain(
+      '<a href="https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/" title="Docs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">docs</a>'
+    )
+    expect(pipe.transform('[mail](mailto:a@b.c)')).toContain(
+      'href="mailto:a@b.c"'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('should drop unsafe or relative links but keep their text', () => {
+    for (const href of [
+      'javascript:alert(1)',
+      'JaVaScRiPt:alert(1)',
+      'data:text/html,<script>alert(1)</script>',
+      'vbscript:msgbox',
+      '/api/documents/',
+    ]) {
+      const html = pipe.transform(`[click](${href})`)
+      expect(html).not.toContain('<a')
+      expect(html).toContain('click')
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('should escape link titles', () => {
+    const html = pipe.transform(
+      '[x](https://a.example "a\\" onmouseover=\\"1")'
+    )
+    expect(html).not.toMatch(/"\s*onmouseover=/)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/pipes/markdown.pipe.ts b/src-ui/src/app/pipes/markdown.pipe.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..492cce77b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/pipes/markdown.pipe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core'
+import { Marked, Renderer, Tokens } from 'marked'
+
+const ALLOWED_LINK_PROTOCOLS = ['http:', 'https:', 'mailto:']
+
+function escapeHtml(text: string): string {
+  return text
+    .replace(/&/g, '&amp;')
+    .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
+    .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
+    .replace(/"/g, '&quot;')
+    .replace(/'/g, '&#39;')
+}
+
+function safeHref(href: string): string | null {
+  try {
+    const url = new URL(href)
+    return ALLOWED_LINK_PROTOCOLS.includes(url.protocol) ? url.href : null
+  } catch {
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+// Treat chat content as untrusted: no raw HTML, no images, and only
+// absolute links. Angular sanitizer runs on top of this as well.
+const renderer: Partial<Renderer> = {
+  html({ text }: Tokens.HTML | Tokens.Tag): string {
+    return escapeHtml(text)
+  },
+  image({ text }: Tokens.Image): string {
+    return escapeHtml(text)
+  },
+  link(this: Renderer, { href, title, tokens }: Tokens.Link): string {
+    const text = this.parser.parseInline(tokens)
+    const url = safeHref(href)
+    if (!url) return text
+    const titleAttr = title ? ` title="${escapeHtml(title)}"` : ''
+    return `<a href="${escapeHtml(url)}"${titleAttr} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">${text}</a>`
+  },
+}
+
+const markdown = new Marked({
+  async: false,
+  gfm: true,
+  breaks: true,
+  renderer,
+})
+
+@Pipe({
+  name: 'markdown',
+})
+export class MarkdownPipe implements PipeTransform {
+  transform(value: string | null | undefined): string {
+    if (!value) return ''
+    return markdown.parse(value) as string
+  }
+}