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micromegas_auth/
user_attribution.rs

1//! User attribution validation for preventing impersonation attacks
2//!
3//! This module provides utilities for validating user attribution headers against
4//! authenticated identity, preventing OIDC users from impersonating others while
5//! allowing service accounts (API keys) to delegate on behalf of users.
6//!
7//! This is specifically designed for gRPC services using tonic metadata.
8
9use micromegas_tracing::prelude::*;
10use percent_encoding::percent_decode_str;
11use tonic::{Status, metadata::MetadataMap};
12
13/// Resolved user attribution from gRPC metadata
14#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
15pub struct UserAttribution {
16    /// The resolved user identifier (from x-user-id or auth token)
17    pub user_id: String,
18    /// The resolved user email (from x-user-email or auth token)
19    pub user_email: String,
20    /// The display name from x-user-name header (if provided)
21    pub user_name: Option<String>,
22    /// Service account name when delegation is being used
23    pub service_account: Option<String>,
24}
25
26/// Extract header value, decoding percent-encoded UTF-8
27/// Best-effort: logs warning and extracts printable chars on failure
28fn get_header_string_lossy(metadata: &MetadataMap, key: &str) -> Option<String> {
29    let value = metadata.get(key)?;
30
31    match value.to_str() {
32        Ok(s) => {
33            // Decode percent-encoded UTF-8
34            match percent_decode_str(s).decode_utf8() {
35                Ok(decoded) => Some(decoded.into_owned()),
36                Err(e) => {
37                    warn!("Header '{key}' has invalid percent-encoded UTF-8: {e}");
38                    Some(s.to_string()) // Use raw value as fallback
39                }
40            }
41        }
42        Err(_) => {
43            // Header contains non-ASCII bytes - log and extract what we can
44            let bytes = value.as_bytes();
45            let printable: String = bytes
46                .iter()
47                .filter(|&&b| (0x20..=0x7E).contains(&b))
48                .map(|&b| b as char)
49                .collect();
50
51            warn!(
52                "Header '{key}' contains non-ASCII bytes, extracted printable portion: '{printable}'"
53            );
54
55            if !printable.is_empty() {
56                Some(printable)
57            } else {
58                None
59            }
60        }
61    }
62}
63
64/// Extract the authenticated caller's admin status from gRPC metadata.
65///
66/// A missing `x-auth-is-admin` header means no `AuthService` is configured at all (e.g.
67/// `--disable-auth`) — `AuthService::call` rejects the request before it reaches the inner
68/// service when a provider is configured but validation fails, so the header is otherwise
69/// always present. Treat this case as trusted admin, matching the existing `--disable-auth`
70/// convention in `analytics-web-srv/src/web_server.rs`. An unparseable value fails closed to
71/// non-admin.
72pub fn is_admin(metadata: &MetadataMap) -> bool {
73    match metadata.get("x-auth-is-admin") {
74        None => true,
75        Some(v) => v
76            .to_str()
77            .ok()
78            .and_then(|s| s.parse::<bool>().ok())
79            .unwrap_or(false),
80    }
81}
82
83/// Validate and resolve user attribution from gRPC metadata
84///
85/// This function prevents user impersonation by validating x-user-id and x-user-email
86/// headers against the authenticated user's identity:
87///
88/// - **OIDC user tokens**: User identity MUST match token claims (no impersonation allowed)
89/// - **API keys/service accounts**: Can act on behalf of users (delegation allowed)
90/// - **Unauthenticated requests**: Pass through client-provided attribution
91///
92/// Header values support percent-encoded UTF-8 for international characters.
93/// Invalid headers are handled gracefully with logging.
94///
95/// # Arguments
96///
97/// * `metadata` - gRPC metadata map (tonic::metadata::MetadataMap) containing authentication
98///   and attribution headers
99///
100/// # Returns
101///
102/// Returns `Ok(UserAttribution)` containing:
103/// - `user_id`: The resolved user identifier
104/// - `user_email`: The resolved user email
105/// - `user_name`: The display name from x-user-name header (if provided)
106/// - `service_account`: `Some(name)` when delegation is being used, `None` otherwise
107///
108/// # Errors
109///
110/// Returns `Err(Box<Status::PermissionDenied>)` if an OIDC user attempts to impersonate another user.
111///
112/// # Example
113///
114/// ```rust
115/// use micromegas_auth::user_attribution::validate_and_resolve_user_attribution_grpc;
116/// use tonic::metadata::MetadataMap;
117///
118/// let mut metadata = MetadataMap::new();
119/// metadata.insert("x-auth-subject", "alice@example.com".parse().unwrap());
120/// metadata.insert("x-auth-email", "alice@example.com".parse().unwrap());
121/// metadata.insert("x-allow-delegation", "false".parse().unwrap());
122/// metadata.insert("x-user-id", "alice@example.com".parse().unwrap());
123///
124/// let result = validate_and_resolve_user_attribution_grpc(&metadata);
125/// assert!(result.is_ok());
126/// ```
127pub fn validate_and_resolve_user_attribution_grpc(
128    metadata: &MetadataMap,
129) -> Result<UserAttribution, Box<Status>> {
130    // Extract authentication context from headers (set by AuthService tower layer)
131    let auth_subject = metadata.get("x-auth-subject").and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok());
132    let auth_email = metadata.get("x-auth-email").and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok());
133    let allow_delegation = metadata
134        .get("x-allow-delegation")
135        .and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok())
136        .and_then(|s| s.parse::<bool>().ok())
137        .unwrap_or(false);
138
139    // Extract claimed user attribution from client (with percent-decoding support)
140    let claimed_user_id = get_header_string_lossy(metadata, "x-user-id");
141    let claimed_user_email = get_header_string_lossy(metadata, "x-user-email");
142    let claimed_user_name = get_header_string_lossy(metadata, "x-user-name");
143
144    // If no authentication context, allow unauthenticated access with client-provided attribution
145    let Some(authenticated_subject) = auth_subject else {
146        return Ok(UserAttribution {
147            user_id: claimed_user_id.unwrap_or_else(|| "unknown".to_string()),
148            user_email: claimed_user_email.unwrap_or_else(|| "unknown".to_string()),
149            user_name: claimed_user_name,
150            service_account: None,
151        });
152    };
153
154    if allow_delegation {
155        // Service account - can delegate (act on behalf of users)
156        let has_delegation = claimed_user_id.is_some() || claimed_user_email.is_some();
157        let user_id = claimed_user_id.unwrap_or_else(|| authenticated_subject.to_string());
158        let user_email = claimed_user_email
159            .or_else(|| auth_email.map(|s| s.to_string()))
160            .unwrap_or_else(|| "service-account".to_string());
161
162        // Return service account name to indicate delegation
163        let service_account = if has_delegation {
164            Some(authenticated_subject.to_string())
165        } else {
166            None
167        };
168
169        Ok(UserAttribution {
170            user_id,
171            user_email,
172            user_name: claimed_user_name,
173            service_account,
174        })
175    } else {
176        // OIDC user token - must match token claims (no impersonation)
177
178        // Validate x-user-id matches token subject (if provided)
179        if let Some(ref claimed_id) = claimed_user_id
180            && claimed_id != authenticated_subject
181        {
182            return Err(Box::new(Status::permission_denied(format!(
183                "User impersonation not allowed: x-user-id '{}' does not match authenticated subject '{}'",
184                claimed_id, authenticated_subject
185            ))));
186        }
187
188        // Validate x-user-email matches token email (if both provided)
189        if let (Some(claimed_email), Some(authenticated_email)) = (&claimed_user_email, auth_email)
190            && claimed_email != authenticated_email
191        {
192            return Err(Box::new(Status::permission_denied(format!(
193                "User impersonation not allowed: x-user-email '{}' does not match authenticated email '{}'",
194                claimed_email, authenticated_email
195            ))));
196        }
197
198        // Use token claims as authoritative source
199        Ok(UserAttribution {
200            user_id: authenticated_subject.to_string(),
201            user_email: auth_email.unwrap_or("unknown").to_string(),
202            user_name: claimed_user_name,
203            service_account: None,
204        })
205    }
206}