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Chris CoutinhoandClaude Opus 4.7 15dbb26349 fix(auth): harden OAuth/session for hosted multi-tenant deployment (#626)
Pre-launch hardening for the hosted Astrolabe Cloud offering. Addresses
all five findings raised in #626 (Tim Kaufmann, code review of v0.65.0).
Re-verified against master before fixing.

Finding 3 (LLM-controllable user_id) — drop user_id from the public
signatures of provision_nextcloud_access, revoke_nextcloud_access,
check_provisioning_status, check_logged_in. Tool wrappers now always
derive identity from the verified AccessToken; user_id is no longer
accepted as MCP input. Adds parameterized CI-guard test that locks the
schema.

Finding 2 (predictable session cookie) — replace mcp_session=<user_id>
cookie with a cryptographically random session_id mapped server-side
(new browser_sessions table, alembic 005). Cookie value is opaque,
expires, revocable. SessionAuthBackend looks up user_id via the new
mapping and additionally requires a refresh token to fail closed.

Finding 4 (logout doesn't revoke refresh token) — oauth_logout now
calls the IdP revocation_endpoint (RFC 7009) when advertised, deletes
the stored refresh token regardless, and clears the browser_sessions
row. Cleanup is best-effort: logout always 302s.

Finding 1 (unverified ID token decodes) — verify_id_token helper does
JWKS signature + issuer + audience + exp + nonce checks per OIDC core
3.1.3.7. Used by both OAuth callback handlers (browser + MCP). Removes
the four "verify_signature: False" decodes that previously trusted IdP
claims unconditionally. Drops dead-code _validate_token_audience in
token_broker. Refactors token_utils + provisioning_decorator to read
user_id from the verified AccessToken instead of re-decoding the JWT.

Finding 5 (hardcoded Fernet keys in docker-compose.yml) — replace the
three inline TOKEN_ENCRYPTION_KEY values with required env var
interpolation; document in env.sample.

Test coverage: 4 new unit test modules (signature pinning, browser
sessions, ID-token verification, logout + revoke + session backend).
693 unit tests pass; ruff/format/ty clean.

Migration note: existing browser admin-UI sessions become invalid on
rollout (cookies are looked up against the new browser_sessions table,
which starts empty). Users re-login. MCP API access is unaffected.

Tracked on Astrolabe Cloud POC board card #37.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-02 17:03:57 +02:00

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"""Session-based authentication backend for Starlette routes.
Provides browser-based authentication for admin UI routes, separate from
MCP's OAuth authentication flow.
"""
import logging
import os
from starlette.authentication import (
AuthCredentials,
AuthenticationBackend,
SimpleUser,
)
from starlette.requests import HTTPConnection
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class SessionAuthBackend(AuthenticationBackend):
"""Authentication backend using signed session cookies.
For BasicAuth mode: Always authenticates as the configured user.
For OAuth mode: Checks for valid session cookie with stored refresh token.
"""
def __init__(self, oauth_enabled: bool = False):
"""Initialize session authentication backend.
Args:
oauth_enabled: Whether OAuth mode is enabled
"""
self.oauth_enabled = oauth_enabled
async def authenticate(
self, conn: HTTPConnection
) -> tuple[AuthCredentials, SimpleUser] | None:
"""Authenticate the request based on session cookie or BasicAuth mode.
This backend is only applied to browser routes (/user/*) via a separate
Starlette app mount. FastMCP routes use their own OAuth Bearer token
authentication.
Args:
conn: HTTP connection
Returns:
Tuple of (credentials, user) if authenticated, None otherwise
"""
# BasicAuth mode: Always authenticated as the configured user
if not self.oauth_enabled:
username = os.getenv("NEXTCLOUD_USERNAME", "admin")
return AuthCredentials(["authenticated", "admin"]), SimpleUser(username)
# OAuth mode: opaque random session_id cookie -> user_id mapping.
# Replaces the prior `mcp_session=<user_id>` cookie pattern (issue
# #626 finding 2). The cookie value is no longer the user identity;
# we look it up server-side and reject unknown / expired sessions.
session_id = conn.cookies.get("mcp_session")
if not session_id:
logger.info("No session cookie found - redirecting to login")
return None
oauth_context = getattr(conn.app.state, "oauth_context", None)
if not oauth_context:
logger.warning("OAuth context not available in app state")
return None
storage = oauth_context.get("storage")
if not storage:
logger.warning("OAuth storage not available")
return None
try:
user_id = await storage.get_browser_session_user(session_id)
if not user_id:
logger.info(
"Browser session not found or expired (sid=%s…)", session_id[:8]
)
return None
# Defense-in-depth: only authenticate sessions for users that
# actually have a refresh token persisted. Logout deletes both,
# so an expired/revoked user state will fail closed here.
token_data = await storage.get_refresh_token(user_id)
if not token_data:
logger.warning(
"Session %s… has no refresh token for user %s; rejecting",
session_id[:8],
user_id,
)
return None
return AuthCredentials(["authenticated"]), SimpleUser(user_id)
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"Session validation error: {e}")
return None