2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/update_validator.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/update_validator.ex
index 94d72491b..b4ba5ede0 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/update_validator.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/update_validator.ex
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.UpdateValidator do
     |> validate_required([:id, :type, :actor, :to, :cc, :object])
     |> validate_inclusion(:type, ["Update"])
     |> validate_actor_presence()
+    |> validate_updating_rights()
   end
 
   def cast_and_validate(data) do
@@ -40,4 +41,19 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.UpdateValidator do
     |> cast_data
     |> validate_data
   end
+
+  # For now we only support updating users, and here the rule is easy:
+  # object id == actor id
+  def validate_updating_rights(cng) do
+    with actor = get_field(cng, :actor),
+         object = get_field(cng, :object),
+         {:ok, object_id} <- ObjectValidators.ObjectID.cast(object),
+         true <- actor == object_id do
+      cng
+    else
+      _e ->
+        cng
+        |> add_error(:object, "Can't be updated by this actor")
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/web/activity_pub/object_validator_test.exs b/test/web/activity_pub/object_validator_test.exs
index adb56092d..770a8dcf8 100644
--- a/test/web/activity_pub/object_validator_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/activity_pub/object_validator_test.exs
@@ -641,5 +641,17 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidatorTest do
     test "validates a basic object", %{valid_update: valid_update} do
       assert {:ok, _update, []} = ObjectValidator.validate(valid_update, [])
     end
+
+    test "returns an error if the object can't be updated by the actor", %{
+      valid_update: valid_update
+    } do
+      other_user = insert(:user)
+
+      update =
+        valid_update
+        |> Map.put("actor", other_user.ap_id)
+
+      assert {:error, _cng} = ObjectValidator.validate(update, [])
+    end
   end
 end