CWE-180: Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize

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The product validates input before it is canonicalized, which prevents the product from detecting data that becomes invalid after the canonicalization step.

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This can be used by an attacker to bypass the validation and launch attacks that expose weaknesses that would otherwise be prevented, such as injection.

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