Simplify the aggregation of constraint sets

netbox/netbox/authentication.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+from collections import defaultdict
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend, RemoteUserBackend as _RemoteUserBackend
@@ -30,15 +31,12 @@ class ObjectPermissionBackend(ModelBackend):
         ).prefetch_related('object_types')
 
         # Create a dictionary mapping permissions to their constraints
-        perms = dict()
+        perms = defaultdict(list)
         for obj_perm in object_permissions:
             for object_type in obj_perm.object_types.all():
                 for action in obj_perm.actions:
                     perm_name = f"{object_type.app_label}.{action}_{object_type.model}"
-                    if perm_name in perms:
-                        perms[perm_name].append(obj_perm.constraints)
-                    else:
-                        perms[perm_name] = [obj_perm.constraints]
+                    perms[perm_name].extend(obj_perm.list_constraints())
 
         return perms
 
@@ -75,10 +73,7 @@ class ObjectPermissionBackend(ModelBackend):
         obj_perm_constraints = self.get_all_permissions(user_obj)[perm]
         constraints = Q()
         for perm_constraints in obj_perm_constraints:
-            if type(perm_constraints) is list:
-                for c in obj_perm_constraints:
-                    constraints |= Q(**c)
-            elif perm_constraints:
+            if perm_constraints:
                 constraints |= Q(**perm_constraints)
             else:
                 # Found ObjectPermission with null constraints; allow model-level access

netbox/users/models.py

@@ -285,3 +285,11 @@ class ObjectPermission(models.Model):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name
+
+    def list_constraints(self):
+        """
+        Return all constraint sets as a list (even if only a single set is defined).
+        """
+        if type(self.constraints) is not list:
+            return [self.constraints]
+        return self.constraints