chore: Enhance image upload validation with magic byte checks

apps/api/src/controllers/Uploads.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ import {requireAuth, requireEmailVerified} from '../middleware/auth.js';
 import * as S3Service from '../services/S3Service.js';
 import {CatchAsync} from '../utils/asyncHandler.js';
 
+const MAGIC_BYTES: Record<string, Buffer[]> = {
+  'image/jpeg': [Buffer.from([0xff, 0xd8, 0xff])],
+  'image/jpg': [Buffer.from([0xff, 0xd8, 0xff])],
+  'image/png': [Buffer.from([0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47])],
+  'image/gif': [Buffer.from('GIF87a'), Buffer.from('GIF89a')],
+  'image/webp': [Buffer.from('RIFF')],
+};
+
+function validateMagicBytes(buffer: Buffer, mimetype: string): boolean {
+  const signatures = MAGIC_BYTES[mimetype];
+  if (!signatures) return false;
+  return signatures.some(sig => buffer.subarray(0, sig.length).equals(sig));
+}
+
 // Configure multer for file uploads (memory storage)
 const upload = multer({
   storage: multer.memoryStorage(),
@@ -13,12 +27,12 @@ const upload = multer({
     fileSize: 10 * 1024 * 1024, // 10MB max file size
   },
   fileFilter: (_req, file, cb) => {
-    const allowedMimeTypes = ['image/jpeg', 'image/jpg', 'image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/webp', 'image/svg+xml'];
+    const allowedMimeTypes = ['image/jpeg', 'image/jpg', 'image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/webp'];
 
     if (allowedMimeTypes.includes(file.mimetype)) {
       cb(null, true);
     } else {
-      cb(new Error('Only image files are allowed (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG)'));
+      cb(new Error('Only image files are allowed (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP)'));
     }
   },
 });
@@ -48,6 +62,12 @@ export class Uploads {
         });
       }
 
+      if (!validateMagicBytes(req.file.buffer, req.file.mimetype)) {
+        return res.status(400).json({
+          error: 'File contents do not match the declared image type',
+        });
+      }
+
       // Upload file to S3/Minio
       const result = await S3Service.uploadFile({
         file: req.file.buffer,