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  1. Core Server
  2. SERVER-6863

REST interface does not filter some invalid non-UTF8 strings

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      The REST interface does not properly filter invalid UTF-8, eg:

      wget -q "http://localhost:28017/%3Cscript%3E%80%3C/script%3E"

      This has the side effect of causing some errors in the `mongo` shell when trying to show dbs:

      > db.adminCommand('listDatabases')
Mon Aug 27 00:47:49 decode failed. probably invalid utf-8 string [<script>?<]
Mon Aug 27 00:47:49 	 why: TypeError: malformed UTF-8 character sequence at offset 8
Mon Aug 27 00:47:49 Error: invalid utf8 shell/utils.js:926

      The errors appear to persist in the shell until `mongod` is restarted.

      Other tools such as `mongodump` do not appear to be affected.

            Assignee:
            backlog-server-platform DO NOT USE - Backlog - Platform Team
            Reporter:
            stephen.steneker@mongodb.com Stennie Steneker (Inactive)
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