Operation Report Failing

[Ch1l3n0]

Describe the bug
Caldera does not successfully create a report using the Operations report button.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Execute an operation
2. Select Download report
3. Select Include Agent Output and Full report
4. Select download
5. Downloaded file in browser is 4 bytes with single word: Null
6. Check default /tmp directory for reports on the Caldera host. Directory empty

Expected behavior
Download complete JSON formatted report of the operation

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Ubuntu 22.04.4
• Browser: Chrome and Firefox
• Version 5.0.0

Additional context
running in Python virtual environment for dependency management

[github-actions]

Looks like your first issue -- we aim to respond to issues as quickly as possible. In the meantime, check out our documentation here: http://caldera.readthedocs.io/

[mkultraWasHere]

Pull Master and see if bug persists.

[gitonglue]

Experienced the same bug with latest Caldera version

[gitonglue]

Hi @elegantmoose,

I have debugged, and fixed it by editing app/objects/c_operation.py:340 step_report['output'] = json.loads(results.replace('\\r\\n', '').replace('\\n', '')) to either expression of below

1. step_report['output'] = json.loads(results.replace('\\\\r\\\\n','\\r\\n').replace('\\\\n','\\n').replace('\\\\t','\\t'))
2. step_report['output'] = json.loads(results.replace('\\\\r\\\\n','').replace('\\\\n','').replace('\\\\t',''))

The problem was \\r\\n gets interpreted as \r\n in string replacement, which was not the target string needed replacement. It needs double escape to interpret slash correctly.

I recommend fixing it with option (1) because it preserves those newlines. Thank you.

[deacon-mp]

Closed by corresponding PR fix. The fix has been submitted and is pending review.