From f2a84717e52966f851b890b6b5f2e13e3d2dca56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: juancarmore <juancar_more2@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 13:36:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] backend: enhance bulk room and recording deletion logic to
 check for permissions on each item to delete

---
 .../backend/src/services/recording.service.ts | 20 +++++++++++++++++--
 meet-ce/backend/src/services/room.service.ts  | 14 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/recording.service.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/recording.service.ts
index 9a86ad6a..f656a02f 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/recording.service.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/recording.service.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { EgressStatus, EncodedFileOutput, EncodedFileType, RoomCompositeOptions
 import ms from 'ms';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
 import { uid } from 'uid';
+import { container } from '../config/dependency-injector.config.js';
 import { INTERNAL_CONFIG } from '../config/internal-config.js';
 import { MEET_ENV } from '../environment.js';
 import { RecordingHelper } from '../helpers/recording.helper.js';
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import { LiveKitService } from './livekit.service.js';
 import { LoggerService } from './logger.service.js';
 import { MutexService, RedisLock } from './mutex.service.js';
 import { RequestSessionService } from './request-session.service.js';
+import { RoomService } from './room.service.js';
 import { BlobStorageService } from './storage/blob-storage.service.js';
 
 @injectable()
@@ -282,15 +284,17 @@ export class RecordingService {
 		recordingIds: string[],
 		roomId?: string
 	): Promise<{ deleted: string[]; failed: { recordingId: string; error: string }[] }> {
+		const roomService = container.get(RoomService);
+
 		const validRecordingIds: Set<string> = new Set<string>();
 		const deletedRecordings: Set<string> = new Set<string>();
 		const failedRecordings: Set<{ recordingId: string; error: string }> = new Set();
 
 		for (const recordingId of recordingIds) {
+			const { roomId: recRoomId } = RecordingHelper.extractInfoFromRecordingId(recordingId);
+
 			// If a roomId is provided, only process recordings from that room
 			if (roomId) {
-				const { roomId: recRoomId } = RecordingHelper.extractInfoFromRecordingId(recordingId);
-
 				if (recRoomId !== roomId) {
 					this.logger.warn(`Skipping recording '${recordingId}' as it does not belong to room '${roomId}'`);
 					failedRecordings.add({
@@ -299,6 +303,18 @@ export class RecordingService {
 					});
 					continue;
 				}
+			} else {
+				// Check room member permissions for each recording if no roomId filter is applied
+				const permissions = await roomService.getAuthenticatedRoomMemberPermissions(recRoomId);
+
+				if (!permissions.canDeleteRecordings) {
+					this.logger.warn(`Insufficient permissions to delete recording '${recordingId}'`);
+					failedRecordings.add({
+						recordingId,
+						error: `Insufficient permissions to delete recording '${recordingId}'`
+					});
+					continue;
+				}
 			}
 
 			try {
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/room.service.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/room.service.ts
index 93d66d24..2fe9dc35 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/room.service.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/room.service.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { MEET_ENV } from '../environment.js';
 import { MeetRoomHelper } from '../helpers/room.helper.js';
 import {
 	errorDeletingRoom,
+	errorInsufficientPermissions,
 	errorRoomActiveMeeting,
 	errorRoomNotFound,
 	internalError,
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ export class RoomService {
 
 	/**
 	 * Retrieves a list of rooms based on the provided filtering, pagination, and sorting options.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * If the request is made by an authenticated user, access is determined by the user's role:
 	 * - ADMIN: Can see all rooms
 	 * - USER: Can see rooms they own or are members of
@@ -716,6 +717,17 @@ export class RoomService {
 					const roomId = typeof room === 'string' ? room : room.roomId;
 
 					try {
+						const user = this.requestSessionService.getAuthenticatedUser();
+
+						// Check permissions if user is authenticated and not an admin
+						if (user && user.role !== MeetUserRole.ADMIN) {
+							const isOwner = await this.isRoomOwner(roomId, user.userId);
+
+							if (!isOwner) {
+								throw errorInsufficientPermissions();
+							}
+						}
+
 						let result;
 
 						if (typeof room === 'string') {