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Chris CoutinhoandClaude Opus 4.8 0df3fb4a19 fix(api): validate app password against Nextcloud using loginName, not UID
provision_app_password validated the supplied app password by calling the
OCS cloud/user endpoint with BasicAuth as the *path user_id* (the UID).
Nextcloud keys app-password BasicAuth on the loginName, which differs from
the UID for OIDC-provisioned accounts whose UID is their display name
(UID "Chris Coutinho", loginName "chris@coutinho.io"). Authenticating as
the UID is rejected with HTTP 401 ("App password validation failed"), so
provisioning never completes.

Parse the request body up front and authenticate the OCS validation as the
body's `username` (the Nextcloud loginName), falling back to the path
user_id for legacy callers where UID == loginName. The OCS-returned account
id is still checked against the path user_id (the UID), and the password is
still stored keyed by UID with the loginName alongside.

Note this is not an encoding issue: BasicAuth places the user-id literally
in the header (RFC 7617, no URL-encoding); %20/+/literal-space forms of the
UID all fail — only the loginName authenticates.

Adds a regression test asserting the OCS BasicAuth uses the loginName while
storage is keyed by the UID, plus a backward-compat assertion that callers
without a loginName fall back to the UID.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-30 11:50:19 +02:00

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"""App password management API endpoints.
Provides REST API endpoints for app password provisioning in multi-user BasicAuth mode.
These endpoints are used by the Nextcloud PHP app (Astrolabe) to:
- Store app passwords for background sync operations
- Check app password status
- Delete stored app passwords
Authentication is via BasicAuth with the user's Nextcloud credentials.
Passwords are validated against Nextcloud before being stored.
"""
import base64
import logging
import re
import time
from collections import defaultdict
import httpx
from starlette.requests import Request
from starlette.responses import JSONResponse
from nextcloud_mcp_server.api.management import _sanitize_error_for_client
from nextcloud_mcp_server.auth.scope_authorization import invalidate_scope_cache
from nextcloud_mcp_server.auth.storage import RefreshTokenStorage
from nextcloud_mcp_server.config import get_settings
from ..http import nextcloud_httpx_client
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# App password format regex (Nextcloud format: xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx)
# Shape guard only — the authoritative check is the BasicAuth validation
# against Nextcloud below. Accepts both the dashed format a user copies from
# Security settings (xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx) and the raw token returned
# by the one-click ``core/getapppassword`` flow (a long alphanumeric string).
APP_PASSWORD_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9-]{20,256}$")
# Timeout for Nextcloud API validation requests (seconds)
NEXTCLOUD_VALIDATION_TIMEOUT = 10.0
# Rate limiting configuration for app password provisioning
# Limits: 5 attempts per user per hour
RATE_LIMIT_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5
RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_SECONDS = 3600 # 1 hour
# In-memory rate limiter storage
# Structure: {user_id: [(timestamp, success), ...]}
_rate_limit_attempts: dict[str, list[tuple[float, bool]]] = defaultdict(list)
def _check_rate_limit(user_id: str) -> tuple[bool, int]:
"""Check if user is rate limited for app password operations.
Implements a sliding window rate limiter to prevent brute-force attacks
on the app password provisioning endpoint.
Args:
user_id: User identifier to check
Returns:
Tuple of (is_allowed, seconds_until_retry)
- is_allowed: True if request should be allowed
- seconds_until_retry: Seconds to wait if rate limited (0 if allowed)
"""
current_time = time.time()
window_start = current_time - RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_SECONDS
# Clean up old attempts outside the window
_rate_limit_attempts[user_id] = [
(ts, success)
for ts, success in _rate_limit_attempts[user_id]
if ts > window_start
]
# Count recent attempts (both successful and failed)
recent_attempts = len(_rate_limit_attempts[user_id])
if recent_attempts >= RATE_LIMIT_MAX_ATTEMPTS:
# Find when the oldest attempt in the window will expire
oldest_attempt = min(ts for ts, _ in _rate_limit_attempts[user_id])
seconds_until_retry = int(
oldest_attempt + RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_SECONDS - current_time
)
return False, max(1, seconds_until_retry)
return True, 0
def _record_rate_limit_attempt(user_id: str, success: bool) -> None:
"""Record an app password provisioning attempt for rate limiting.
Args:
user_id: User identifier
success: Whether the attempt was successful
"""
_rate_limit_attempts[user_id].append((time.time(), success))
def _extract_basic_auth(
request: Request, path_user_id: str
) -> tuple[str, str, JSONResponse | None]:
"""Extract and validate BasicAuth credentials from request.
Validates:
1. Authorization header is present and valid BasicAuth format
2. Username in credentials matches the path user_id
Args:
request: Starlette request with Authorization header
path_user_id: User ID from the URL path to verify against
Returns:
Tuple of (username, password, error_response)
- If successful: (username, password, None)
- If failed: ("", "", JSONResponse with error)
"""
auth_header = request.headers.get("Authorization")
if not auth_header or not auth_header.startswith("Basic "):
return (
"",
"",
JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "Missing BasicAuth credentials"},
status_code=401,
),
)
try:
# Decode BasicAuth
encoded = auth_header.split(" ", 1)[1]
decoded = base64.b64decode(encoded).decode("utf-8")
username, password = decoded.split(":", 1)
except Exception:
return (
"",
"",
JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "Invalid BasicAuth format"},
status_code=401,
),
)
# Verify username matches path user_id
if username != path_user_id:
logger.warning(
"Username mismatch in app password operation for path user %s", path_user_id
)
return (
"",
"",
JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "Username does not match path user_id"},
status_code=403,
),
)
return username, password, None
async def _get_app_password_storage(request: Request) -> RefreshTokenStorage:
"""Get or initialize RefreshTokenStorage for app password operations.
Checks app.state.storage first, then falls back to creating from environment.
This helper avoids repeated storage initialization logic across endpoints.
Args:
request: Starlette request with app state
Returns:
Initialized RefreshTokenStorage instance
"""
storage = getattr(request.app.state, "storage", None)
if not storage:
# Multi-user BasicAuth mode may not have oauth_context
# Initialize storage from environment
storage = RefreshTokenStorage.from_env()
await storage.initialize()
return storage
async def provision_app_password(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
"""POST /api/v1/users/{user_id}/app-password - Store app password for background sync.
This endpoint is used by Astrolabe (Nextcloud PHP app) to provision app passwords
for multi-user BasicAuth mode background sync.
The request must include BasicAuth credentials where:
- username: Nextcloud user ID (must match path user_id)
- password: The app password being provisioned
The MCP server validates the app password against Nextcloud before storing it.
This proves the user owns the password and has access to Nextcloud.
Security model:
- User identity is verified via BasicAuth against Nextcloud
- App password is encrypted before storage
- Only the user who owns the password can provision it
- Rate limited to prevent brute-force attacks
"""
# Get user_id from path
path_user_id = request.path_params.get("user_id")
if not path_user_id:
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "Missing user_id in path"},
status_code=400,
)
# Check rate limit before processing
is_allowed, retry_after = _check_rate_limit(path_user_id)
if not is_allowed:
logger.warning(
"Rate limit exceeded for app password provisioning: %s", path_user_id
)
return JSONResponse(
{
"success": False,
"error": f"Rate limit exceeded. Try again in {retry_after} seconds.",
},
status_code=429,
headers={"Retry-After": str(retry_after)},
)
# Extract and validate BasicAuth credentials
username, app_password, error_response = _extract_basic_auth(request, path_user_id)
if error_response is not None:
_record_rate_limit_attempt(path_user_id, success=False)
return error_response
# Validate app password format
if not APP_PASSWORD_PATTERN.match(app_password):
_record_rate_limit_attempt(path_user_id, success=False)
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "Invalid app password format"},
status_code=400,
)
# Parse optional scopes and the Nextcloud loginName from the request body
# up front. Nextcloud authenticates app passwords against the *loginName*,
# which can differ from the UID — e.g. OIDC-provisioned users whose UID is
# their display name (UID "Chris Coutinho", loginName "chris@coutinho.io").
# Use the loginName for the BasicAuth validation below, falling back to the
# path user_id for legacy callers that don't send one (where UID ==
# loginName).
scopes = None
nc_username = None
try:
body = await request.json()
scopes = body.get("scopes") # list[str] | None
nc_username = body.get("username") # Nextcloud loginName
except Exception:
pass # No JSON body = legacy call without scopes / loginName
login_name = nc_username or username
# Get Nextcloud host from settings
settings = get_settings()
nextcloud_host = settings.nextcloud_host
if not nextcloud_host:
logger.error("NEXTCLOUD_HOST not configured")
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "Server not configured"},
status_code=500,
)
# Validate app password against Nextcloud. BasicAuth places the user-id
# literally in the header (RFC 7617 — no URL-encoding) and Nextcloud keys
# app-password auth on the loginName, so authenticate as the loginName, not
# the UID.
try:
async with nextcloud_httpx_client(
timeout=NEXTCLOUD_VALIDATION_TIMEOUT
) as client:
# Use OCS API to verify credentials
test_url = f"{nextcloud_host}/ocs/v1.php/cloud/user"
response = await client.get(
test_url,
auth=(login_name, app_password),
params={"format": "json"},
headers={"OCS-APIRequest": "true"},
)
if response.status_code != 200:
logger.warning(
"App password validation failed for user: HTTP %s",
response.status_code,
)
_record_rate_limit_attempt(path_user_id, success=False)
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "Invalid app password"},
status_code=401,
)
# Verify the authenticated account maps to the path user_id (UID):
# the loginName must resolve to the UID claimed in the URL path.
data = response.json()
ocs_user_id = data.get("ocs", {}).get("data", {}).get("id")
if ocs_user_id != path_user_id:
logger.warning("User ID mismatch in OCS response")
_record_rate_limit_attempt(path_user_id, success=False)
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "User ID mismatch"},
status_code=403,
)
except httpx.RequestError as e:
logger.error("Failed to validate app password: %s", e)
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "Failed to validate credentials"},
status_code=500,
)
# Store the validated app password
try:
storage = await _get_app_password_storage(request)
await storage.store_app_password_with_scopes(
username, app_password, scopes=scopes, username=nc_username
)
invalidate_scope_cache(username)
_record_rate_limit_attempt(path_user_id, success=True)
logger.info("Provisioned app password for user: %s", username)
return JSONResponse(
{
"success": True,
"message": f"App password stored for {username}",
"scopes": scopes,
}
)
except Exception as e:
error_msg = _sanitize_error_for_client(e, "provision_app_password")
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": error_msg},
status_code=500,
)
async def get_app_password_status(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
"""GET /api/v1/users/{user_id}/app-password - Check if user has provisioned app password.
Returns status of background sync access for multi-user BasicAuth mode.
Requires BasicAuth with the user's app password for authentication.
"""
# Get user_id from path
path_user_id = request.path_params.get("user_id")
if not path_user_id:
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "Missing user_id in path"},
status_code=400,
)
# Extract and validate BasicAuth credentials
username, _, error_response = _extract_basic_auth(request, path_user_id)
if error_response is not None:
return error_response
try:
storage = await _get_app_password_storage(request)
app_password = await storage.get_app_password(username)
return JSONResponse(
{
"success": True,
"user_id": username,
"has_app_password": app_password is not None,
}
)
except Exception as e:
error_msg = _sanitize_error_for_client(e, "get_app_password_status")
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": error_msg},
status_code=500,
)
async def delete_app_password(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
"""DELETE /api/v1/users/{user_id}/app-password - Delete stored app password.
Removes the user's app password from MCP server storage.
Requires BasicAuth with the user's credentials.
"""
# Get user_id from path
path_user_id = request.path_params.get("user_id")
if not path_user_id:
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "Missing user_id in path"},
status_code=400,
)
# Extract and validate BasicAuth credentials
username, password, error_response = _extract_basic_auth(request, path_user_id)
if error_response is not None:
return error_response
# Validate credentials against Nextcloud
settings = get_settings()
nextcloud_host = settings.nextcloud_host
try:
async with nextcloud_httpx_client(
timeout=NEXTCLOUD_VALIDATION_TIMEOUT
) as client:
test_url = f"{nextcloud_host}/ocs/v1.php/cloud/user"
response = await client.get(
test_url,
auth=(username, password),
params={"format": "json"},
headers={"OCS-APIRequest": "true"},
)
if response.status_code != 200:
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "Invalid credentials"},
status_code=401,
)
except httpx.RequestError as e:
logger.error("Failed to validate credentials: %s", e)
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": "Failed to validate credentials"},
status_code=500,
)
try:
storage = await _get_app_password_storage(request)
deleted = await storage.delete_app_password(username)
if deleted:
logger.info("Deleted app password for user: %s", username)
return JSONResponse(
{
"success": True,
"message": f"App password deleted for {username}",
}
)
else:
return JSONResponse(
{
"success": True,
"message": "No app password found to delete",
}
)
except Exception as e:
error_msg = _sanitize_error_for_client(e, "delete_app_password")
return JSONResponse(
{"success": False, "error": error_msg},
status_code=500,
)