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api-grpc

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Test gRPC / Protocol Buffers APIs — reflection, method enumeration, authz, and injection. Load on gRPC services (HTTP/2, content-type application/grpc, .proto files, ports like 50051), grpc-web, or "protobuf". Signals: grpc, protobuf, reflection service, ServerReflection.

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gRPC / Protobuf API attacks

When it applies

The target exposes gRPC (or grpc-web). Binary framing over HTTP/2 makes it feel opaque, but the same authz/injection bugs apply — and server reflection often hands you the whole API.

Why it works

gRPC methods are RPCs with typed messages; security still lives per-method. Reflection (if on) exposes every service/method, and teams frequently skip auth on internal-looking RPCs or trust the client-generated stubs to enforce access.

Method

  1. Enumerate via reflection: grpcurl -plaintext host:50051 list then list <service> and describe <method>; grpcui for an interactive UI. No reflection? Recover .proto from the client/mobile app or JS (grpc-web).
  2. Call methods directly: grpcurl -d '{"id":123}' host:port pkg.Service/Method — test BOLA/BFLA by calling privileged methods or swapping object ids with a low-priv token.
  3. Auth testing: replay with/without metadata (the gRPC equivalent of headers/tokens); many servers authenticate the connection but not each method.
  4. Injection: message fields feed backends — test SQLi/NoSQLi/command injection in string fields.
  5. grpc-web: it rides HTTP/1.1+base64 — proxy through Burp, decode frames, tamper.

Gotchas

  • Reflection off ≠ safe — extract the schema from clients; then grpcurl with a local .proto.
  • Binary framing hides bugs from scanners; manual method-by-method testing is the win.
  • HTTP/2 + TLS: use -plaintext only when the service is plaintext; otherwise pass certs.

Verify success

Call a method your role shouldn't reach, read/modify another object, or land an injection — proving per-method authz or input handling is broken.

References

grpcurl/grpcui docs; OWASP API Security (2023); "hacking gRPC" write-ups.

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