go-api/authentik.go

// SPDX-License-Identifier: EUPL-1.2

package api

import (
	"context"
	"strings"
	"sync"

	"github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3/oidc"
	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
)

// AuthentikConfig holds settings for the Authentik forward-auth integration.
type AuthentikConfig struct {
	// Issuer is the OIDC issuer URL (e.g. https://auth.example.com/application/o/my-app/).
	Issuer string

	// ClientID is the OAuth2 client identifier.
	ClientID string

	// TrustedProxy enables reading X-authentik-* headers set by a reverse proxy.
	// When false, headers are ignored to prevent spoofing from untrusted sources.
	TrustedProxy bool

	// PublicPaths lists additional paths that do not require authentication.
	// /health and /swagger are always public.
	PublicPaths []string
}

// AuthentikUser represents an authenticated user extracted from Authentik
// forward-auth headers or a validated JWT.
type AuthentikUser struct {
	Username     string   `json:"username"`
	Email        string   `json:"email"`
	Name         string   `json:"name"`
	UID          string   `json:"uid"`
	Groups       []string `json:"groups,omitempty"`
	Entitlements []string `json:"entitlements,omitempty"`
	JWT          string   `json:"-"`
}

// HasGroup reports whether the user belongs to the named group.
func (u *AuthentikUser) HasGroup(group string) bool {
	for _, g := range u.Groups {
		if g == group {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

// authentikUserKey is the Gin context key used to store the authenticated user.
const authentikUserKey = "authentik_user"

// GetUser retrieves the AuthentikUser from the Gin context.
// Returns nil when no user has been set (unauthenticated request or
// middleware not active).
func GetUser(c *gin.Context) *AuthentikUser {
	val, exists := c.Get(authentikUserKey)
	if !exists {
		return nil
	}
	user, ok := val.(*AuthentikUser)
	if !ok {
		return nil
	}
	return user
}

// oidcProviderMu guards the provider cache.
var oidcProviderMu sync.Mutex

// oidcProviders caches OIDC providers by issuer URL to avoid repeated
// discovery requests.
var oidcProviders = make(map[string]*oidc.Provider)

// getOIDCProvider returns a cached OIDC provider for the given issuer,
// performing discovery on first access.
func getOIDCProvider(ctx context.Context, issuer string) (*oidc.Provider, error) {
	oidcProviderMu.Lock()
	defer oidcProviderMu.Unlock()

	if p, ok := oidcProviders[issuer]; ok {
		return p, nil
	}

	p, err := oidc.NewProvider(ctx, issuer)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	oidcProviders[issuer] = p
	return p, nil
}

// validateJWT verifies a raw JWT against the configured OIDC issuer and
// extracts user claims on success.
func validateJWT(ctx context.Context, cfg AuthentikConfig, rawToken string) (*AuthentikUser, error) {
	provider, err := getOIDCProvider(ctx, cfg.Issuer)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	verifier := provider.Verifier(&oidc.Config{ClientID: cfg.ClientID})

	idToken, err := verifier.Verify(ctx, rawToken)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	var claims struct {
		PreferredUsername string   `json:"preferred_username"`
		Email            string   `json:"email"`
		Name             string   `json:"name"`
		Sub              string   `json:"sub"`
		Groups           []string `json:"groups"`
	}
	if err := idToken.Claims(&claims); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return &AuthentikUser{
		Username: claims.PreferredUsername,
		Email:    claims.Email,
		Name:     claims.Name,
		UID:      claims.Sub,
		Groups:   claims.Groups,
		JWT:      rawToken,
	}, nil
}

// authentikMiddleware returns Gin middleware that extracts user identity from
// X-authentik-* headers set by a trusted reverse proxy (e.g. Traefik with
// Authentik forward-auth) or from a JWT in the Authorization header.
//
// The middleware is PERMISSIVE: it populates the context when credentials are
// present but never rejects unauthenticated requests. Downstream handlers
// use GetUser to check authentication.
func authentikMiddleware(cfg AuthentikConfig) gin.HandlerFunc {
	// Build the set of public paths that skip header extraction entirely.
	public := map[string]bool{
		"/health":  true,
		"/swagger": true,
	}
	for _, p := range cfg.PublicPaths {
		public[p] = true
	}

	return func(c *gin.Context) {
		// Skip public paths.
		path := c.Request.URL.Path
		for p := range public {
			if strings.HasPrefix(path, p) {
				c.Next()
				return
			}
		}

		// Block 1: Extract user from X-authentik-* forward-auth headers.
		if cfg.TrustedProxy {
			username := c.GetHeader("X-authentik-username")
			if username != "" {
				user := &AuthentikUser{
					Username: username,
					Email:    c.GetHeader("X-authentik-email"),
					Name:     c.GetHeader("X-authentik-name"),
					UID:      c.GetHeader("X-authentik-uid"),
					JWT:      c.GetHeader("X-authentik-jwt"),
				}

				if groups := c.GetHeader("X-authentik-groups"); groups != "" {
					user.Groups = strings.Split(groups, "|")
				}
				if ent := c.GetHeader("X-authentik-entitlements"); ent != "" {
					user.Entitlements = strings.Split(ent, "|")
				}

				c.Set(authentikUserKey, user)
			}
		}

		// Block 2: Attempt JWT validation for direct API clients.
		// Only when OIDC is configured and no user was extracted from headers.
		if cfg.Issuer != "" && cfg.ClientID != "" && GetUser(c) == nil {
			if auth := c.GetHeader("Authorization"); strings.HasPrefix(auth, "Bearer ") {
				rawToken := strings.TrimPrefix(auth, "Bearer ")
				if user, err := validateJWT(c.Request.Context(), cfg, rawToken); err == nil {
					c.Set(authentikUserKey, user)
				}
				// On failure: continue without user (fail open / permissive).
			}
		}

		c.Next()
	}
}