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[8.0] Fix lua-enable-insecure-api default value cannot be changed to yes (#3548) - #4188

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[8.0] Fix lua-enable-insecure-api default value cannot be changed to yes (#3548)#4188
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Backport of #3548 to 8.0. Same adaptation as the 9.0 (#4182) and 8.1 (#4183) backports.

Adaptation for 8.0: only the second fix from the original PR (the
lua_insecure_api_current sync in server.c) applies here. The first fix does
not exist on 8.0: the Lua engine is not modularized on this branch (Lua
scripting lives in src/script_lua.c / src/eval.c; there is no engine_lua.c).
The deprecated-API allowlist gate reads server.lua_enable_insecure_api
directly in luaNewIndexAllowList (src/script_lua.c), and scriptingInit()
runs in initServer() after loadServerConfig(), so the config-file value is
already honored at Lua state initialization. The engine_lua.c hunk is
therefore dropped. Note: on this branch updateLuaEnableInsecureApi() calls
scriptingReset() rather than evalReset() — behavior is equivalent for
this fix.

Validation on 8.0:

  • Full unit/scripting suite passes with the fix
  • Both new tests fail without the fix with the expected symptom: getfenv()
    remains accessible after CONFIG SET lua-enable-insecure-api no

…alkey-io#3548)

The default value of lua-enable-insecure-api cannot be safely changed
from no to yes due to two issues:

1. In createEngineContext(), lua_enable_insecure_api was hardcoded to 0
   before initializing Lua states, so deprecated APIs (newproxy, setfenv,
   getfenv) were never registered in the global table regardless of the
   actual config value. Once the global table is locked, the config
   change has no effect.

2. lua_insecure_api_current was initialized to 0 (struct zero-init) and
   never synced with the final config value. If the default was changed
   to yes(1), a subsequent CONFIG SET no would see both values as 0 and
   skip the evalReset() call in updateLuaEnableInsecureApi().

Fix by reading the real config via isLuaInsecureAPIEnabled() in
createEngineContext() before Lua state initialization, and syncing
lua_insecure_api_current after all config sources (default, config file,
command-line args) are applied.

8.0 backport note: only fix 2 (the lua_insecure_api_current sync in
server.c) applies to this branch. Bug 1 does not exist on 8.0: there is
no per-engine-context lua_enable_insecure_api field hardcoded to 0 --
the Lua engine has not been modularized here (Lua scripting lives in
src/script_lua.c / src/eval.c; there is no engine_lua.c). The deprecated-API allowlist gate reads
server.lua_enable_insecure_api directly (src/script_lua.c
luaNewIndexAllowList), and scriptingInit() runs in initServer() after
loadServerConfig(), so the config-file value is already honored at Lua
state initialization. The engine_lua.c hunk is therefore dropped.
Validated: the two new tests fail on 8.0 without the server.c sync and
pass with it.

Signed-off-by: Binbin <binloveplay1314@qq.com>
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I found one correctness gap in the backport: it fixes the eval Lua state, but the separate functions Lua engine still keeps the startup insecure-API allowlist across CONFIG SET changes. The new tests only exercise EVAL, so that stale path remains unverified.

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LGTM!

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sarthakaggarwal97 merged commit eadf27f into valkey-io:8.0 Jul 17, 2026
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