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AppRegistry mishandles keys inherited from Object.prototype

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
react-native
Domain
mobile

Research direction

Start at the public AppRegistry entry points named in the report: getRunnable(), registerApp or section registration, and getAppKeys()/getSectionKeys(). Reproduce the constructor lookup and proto registration cases, then inspect how keys are stored and resolved. Done means unregistered inherited names do not resolve and every registered string key appears in the relevant key list.

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Description

The public AppRegistry stores app and section keys in plain object literals. Looking up an unregistered key such as constructor returns an inherited Object member. Registering the valid string key __proto__ mutates the registry prototype rather than creating an own entry, so the app/section key lists omit it.

The defect is present in React Native 0.87.1 and current main.

Steps to reproduce

Call AppRegistry.getRunnable("constructor"), then register an app or section named __proto__ and inspect getAppKeys() / getSectionKeys().

Expected behavior

Only explicitly registered keys should resolve, and all string app/section keys should be stored as ordinary own entries.

React Native Version

0.87.1 and current main.

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