add global jwt_issuer_format option (#5508)

Add a corresponding global setting for the existing route-level
jwt_issuer_format option. The route-level option will take precedence
when set to a non-empty string.

authorize/authorize.go

@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ func newPolicyEvaluator(
 		evaluator.WithGoogleCloudServerlessAuthenticationServiceAccount(opts.GetGoogleCloudServerlessAuthenticationServiceAccount()),
 		evaluator.WithJWTClaimsHeaders(opts.JWTClaimsHeaders),
 		evaluator.WithJWTGroupsFilter(opts.JWTGroupsFilter),
+		evaluator.WithDefaultJWTIssuerFormat(opts.JWTIssuerFormat),
 	)
 }
 

authorize/evaluator/config.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ type evaluatorConfig struct {
 	GoogleCloudServerlessAuthenticationServiceAccount string
 	JWTClaimsHeaders                                  config.JWTClaimHeaders
 	JWTGroupsFilter                                   config.JWTGroupsFilter
+	DefaultJWTIssuerFormat                            config.JWTIssuerFormat
 }
 
 // cacheKey() returns a hash over the configuration, except for the policies.
@@ -105,3 +106,10 @@ func WithJWTGroupsFilter(groups config.JWTGroupsFilter) Option {
 		cfg.JWTGroupsFilter = groups
 	}
 }
+
+// WithDefaultJWTIssuerFormat sets the default JWT issuer format in the config.
+func WithDefaultJWTIssuerFormat(format config.JWTIssuerFormat) Option {
+	return func(cfg *evaluatorConfig) {
+		cfg.DefaultJWTIssuerFormat = format
+	}
+}

authorize/evaluator/evaluator.go

@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ func updateStore(ctx context.Context, store *store.Store, cfg *evaluatorConfig)
 	)
 	store.UpdateJWTClaimHeaders(cfg.JWTClaimsHeaders)
 	store.UpdateJWTGroupsFilter(cfg.JWTGroupsFilter)
+	store.UpdateDefaultJWTIssuerFormat(cfg.DefaultJWTIssuerFormat)
 	store.UpdateRoutePolicies(cfg.Policies)
 	store.UpdateSigningKey(jwk)
 

authorize/evaluator/headers_evaluator_evaluation.go

@@ -247,18 +247,16 @@ func (e *headersEvaluatorEvaluation) getGroupIDs(ctx context.Context) []string {
 	return make([]string, 0)
 }
 
-func (e *headersEvaluatorEvaluation) getJWTPayloadIss() (string, error) {
+func (e *headersEvaluatorEvaluation) getJWTPayloadIss() string {
-	var issuerFormat string
+	issuerFormat := e.evaluator.store.GetDefaultJWTIssuerFormat()
-	if e.request.Policy != nil {
+	if e.request.Policy != nil && e.request.Policy.JWTIssuerFormat != "" {
 		issuerFormat = e.request.Policy.JWTIssuerFormat
 	}
 	switch issuerFormat {
-	case "uri":
+	case config.JWTIssuerFormatURI:
-		return fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/", e.request.HTTP.Hostname), nil
+		return fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/", e.request.HTTP.Hostname)
-	case "", "hostOnly":
-		return e.request.HTTP.Hostname, nil
 	default:
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported JWT issuer format: %s", issuerFormat)
+		return e.request.HTTP.Hostname
 	}
 }
 
@@ -412,14 +410,9 @@ func (e *headersEvaluatorEvaluation) getJWTPayload(ctx context.Context) (map[str
 		return e.cachedJWTPayload, nil
 	}
 
-	iss, err := e.getJWTPayloadIss()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	e.gotJWTPayload = true
 	e.cachedJWTPayload = map[string]any{
-		"iss":    iss,
+		"iss":    e.getJWTPayloadIss(),
 		"aud":    e.getJWTPayloadAud(),
 		"jti":    e.getJWTPayloadJTI(),
 		"iat":    e.getJWTPayloadIAT(),

authorize/evaluator/headers_evaluator_test.go

@@ -437,34 +437,59 @@ func TestHeadersEvaluator(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, "u1@example.com", output.Headers.Get("X-Pomerium-Claim-Email"))
 	})
+}
 
-	t.Run("issuer format", func(t *testing.T) {
+func TestHeadersEvaluator_JWTIssuerFormat(t *testing.T) {
-		t.Parallel()
+	privateJWK, _ := newJWK(t)
 
-		for _, tc := range []struct {
+	store := store.New()
-			format string
+	store.UpdateSigningKey(privateJWK)
-			input  string
+
-			output string
+	eval := func(_ *testing.T, input *Request) (*HeadersResponse, error) {
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		e := NewHeadersEvaluator(store)
+		return e.Evaluate(ctx, input)
+	}
+
+	hostname := "route.example.com"
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		globalFormat config.JWTIssuerFormat
+		routeFormat  config.JWTIssuerFormat
+		expected     string
 	}{
-			{"", "example.com", "example.com"},
+		{"", "", "route.example.com"},
-			{"hostOnly", "host-only.example.com", "host-only.example.com"},
+		{"hostOnly", "", "route.example.com"},
-			{"uri", "uri.example.com", "https://uri.example.com/"},
+		{"uri", "", "https://route.example.com/"},
-		} {
+
+		{"", "hostOnly", "route.example.com"},
+		{"hostOnly", "hostOnly", "route.example.com"},
+		{"uri", "hostOnly", "route.example.com"},
+
+		{"", "uri", "https://route.example.com/"},
+		{"hostOnly", "uri", "https://route.example.com/"},
+		{"uri", "uri", "https://route.example.com/"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
+			store.UpdateDefaultJWTIssuerFormat(tc.globalFormat)
 			output, err := eval(t,
-				nil,
 				&Request{
 					HTTP: RequestHTTP{
-						Hostname: tc.input,
+						Hostname: hostname,
 					},
 					Policy: &config.Policy{
-						JWTIssuerFormat: tc.format,
+						JWTIssuerFormat: tc.routeFormat,
 					},
 				})
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			m := decodeJWTAssertion(t, output.Headers)
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.output, m["iss"], "unexpected issuer for format=%s", tc.format)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, m["iss"],
-		}
+				"unexpected issuer for global format=%q, route format=%q",
+				tc.globalFormat, tc.routeFormat)
 		})
+	}
 }
 
 func TestHeadersEvaluator_JWTGroupsFilter(t *testing.T) {

authorize/internal/store/store.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type Store struct {
 	googleCloudServerlessAuthenticationServiceAccount atomic.Pointer[string]
 	jwtClaimHeaders                                   atomic.Pointer[map[string]string]
 	jwtGroupsFilter                                   atomic.Pointer[config.JWTGroupsFilter]
+	defaultJWTIssuerFormat                            atomic.Pointer[config.JWTIssuerFormat]
 	signingKey                                        atomic.Pointer[jose.JSONWebKey]
 }
 
@@ -66,6 +67,13 @@ func (s *Store) GetJWTGroupsFilter() config.JWTGroupsFilter {
 	return config.JWTGroupsFilter{}
 }
 
+func (s *Store) GetDefaultJWTIssuerFormat() config.JWTIssuerFormat {
+	if f := s.defaultJWTIssuerFormat.Load(); f != nil {
+		return *f
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 func (s *Store) GetSigningKey() *jose.JSONWebKey {
 	return s.signingKey.Load()
 }
@@ -89,6 +97,12 @@ func (s *Store) UpdateJWTGroupsFilter(groups config.JWTGroupsFilter) {
 	s.jwtGroupsFilter.Store(&groups)
 }
 
+// UpdateDefaultJWTIssuerFormat updates the JWT groups filter in the store.
+func (s *Store) UpdateDefaultJWTIssuerFormat(format config.JWTIssuerFormat) {
+	// This isn't used by the Rego code, so we don't need to write it to the opastorage.Store instance.
+	s.defaultJWTIssuerFormat.Store(&format)
+}
+
 // UpdateRoutePolicies updates the route policies in the store.
 func (s *Store) UpdateRoutePolicies(routePolicies []*config.Policy) {
 	s.write("/route_policies", routePolicies)

config/custom.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pomerium/pomerium/internal/hashutil"
 	"github.com/pomerium/pomerium/internal/httputil"
 	"github.com/pomerium/pomerium/internal/urlutil"
+	configpb "github.com/pomerium/pomerium/pkg/grpc/config"
 	"github.com/pomerium/pomerium/pkg/policy/parser"
 )
 
@@ -617,3 +618,50 @@ func (f JWTGroupsFilter) Equal(other JWTGroupsFilter) bool {
 	}
 	return f.set.Equal(other.set)
 }
+
+type JWTIssuerFormat string
+
+const (
+	JWTIssuerFormatUnset    JWTIssuerFormat = ""
+	JWTIssuerFormatHostOnly JWTIssuerFormat = "hostOnly"
+	JWTIssuerFormatURI      JWTIssuerFormat = "uri"
+)
+
+var knownJWTIssuerFormats = map[JWTIssuerFormat]struct{}{
+	JWTIssuerFormatUnset:    {},
+	JWTIssuerFormatHostOnly: {},
+	JWTIssuerFormatURI:      {},
+}
+
+func JWTIssuerFormatFromPB(format *configpb.IssuerFormat) JWTIssuerFormat {
+	if format == nil {
+		return JWTIssuerFormatUnset
+	}
+
+	switch *format {
+	case configpb.IssuerFormat_IssuerHostOnly:
+		return JWTIssuerFormatHostOnly
+	case configpb.IssuerFormat_IssuerURI:
+		return JWTIssuerFormatURI
+	default:
+		return JWTIssuerFormatUnset
+	}
+}
+
+func (f JWTIssuerFormat) ToPB() *configpb.IssuerFormat {
+	switch f {
+	case JWTIssuerFormatUnset:
+		return nil
+	case JWTIssuerFormatHostOnly:
+		return configpb.IssuerFormat_IssuerHostOnly.Enum()
+	case JWTIssuerFormatURI:
+		return configpb.IssuerFormat_IssuerURI.Enum()
+	default:
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (f JWTIssuerFormat) Valid() bool {
+	_, ok := knownJWTIssuerFormats[f]
+	return ok
+}

config/options.go

@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ type Options struct {
 	// List of JWT claims to insert as x-pomerium-claim-* headers on proxied requests
 	JWTClaimsHeaders JWTClaimHeaders `mapstructure:"jwt_claims_headers" yaml:"jwt_claims_headers,omitempty"`
 
+	// JWTIssuerFormat controls the default format of the 'iss' claim in JWTs passed to upstream services.
+	// Possible values:
+	// - "hostOnly" (default): Issuer strings will be the hostname of the route, with no scheme or trailing slash.
+	// - "uri": Issuer strings will be a complete URI, including the scheme and ending with a trailing slash.
+	JWTIssuerFormat JWTIssuerFormat `mapstructure:"jwt_issuer_format" yaml:"jwt_issuer_format,omitempty"`
+
 	// BearerTokenFormat indicates how authorization bearer tokens are interepreted. Possible values:
 	// - "default": Only Bearer tokens prefixed with Pomerium- will be interpreted by Pomerium.
 	// - "idp_access_token": The Bearer token will be interpreted as an IdP access token.
@@ -761,6 +767,10 @@ func (o *Options) Validate() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if !o.JWTIssuerFormat.Valid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("config: unsupported jwt_issuer_format value %q", o.JWTIssuerFormat)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -1514,6 +1524,9 @@ func (o *Options) ApplySettings(ctx context.Context, certsIndex *cryptutil.Certi
 	if len(settings.JwtGroupsFilter) > 0 {
 		o.JWTGroupsFilter = NewJWTGroupsFilter(settings.JwtGroupsFilter)
 	}
+	if f := JWTIssuerFormatFromPB(settings.JwtIssuerFormat); f != JWTIssuerFormatUnset {
+		o.JWTIssuerFormat = f
+	}
 	setDuration(&o.DefaultUpstreamTimeout, settings.DefaultUpstreamTimeout)
 	set(&o.MetricsAddr, settings.MetricsAddress)
 	set(&o.MetricsBasicAuth, settings.MetricsBasicAuth)
@@ -1624,6 +1637,7 @@ func (o *Options) ToProto() *config.Config {
 	settings.JwtClaimsHeaders = o.JWTClaimsHeaders
 	settings.BearerTokenFormat = o.BearerTokenFormat.ToPB()
 	settings.JwtGroupsFilter = o.JWTGroupsFilter.ToSlice()
+	settings.JwtIssuerFormat = o.JWTIssuerFormat.ToPB()
 	copyOptionalDuration(&settings.DefaultUpstreamTimeout, o.DefaultUpstreamTimeout)
 	copySrcToOptionalDest(&settings.MetricsAddress, &o.MetricsAddr)
 	copySrcToOptionalDest(&settings.MetricsBasicAuth, &o.MetricsBasicAuth)

config/policy.go

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ type Policy struct {
 	// Possible values:
 	// - "hostOnly" (default): Issuer strings will be the hostname of the route, with no scheme or trailing slash.
 	// - "uri": Issuer strings will be a complete URI, including the scheme and ending with a trailing slash.
-	JWTIssuerFormat string `mapstructure:"jwt_issuer_format" yaml:"jwt_issuer_format,omitempty"`
+	JWTIssuerFormat JWTIssuerFormat `mapstructure:"jwt_issuer_format" yaml:"jwt_issuer_format,omitempty"`
 	// BearerTokenFormat indicates how authorization bearer tokens are interepreted. Possible values:
 	// - "default": Only Bearer tokens prefixed with Pomerium- will be interpreted by Pomerium
 	// - "idp_access_token": The Bearer token will be interpreted as an IdP access token.
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ func NewPolicyFromProto(pb *configpb.Route) (*Policy, error) {
 		IDPClientID:                       pb.GetIdpClientId(),
 		IDPClientSecret:                   pb.GetIdpClientSecret(),
 		JWTGroupsFilter:                   NewJWTGroupsFilter(pb.JwtGroupsFilter),
+		JWTIssuerFormat:                   JWTIssuerFormatFromPB(pb.JwtIssuerFormat),
 		KubernetesServiceAccountToken:     pb.GetKubernetesServiceAccountToken(),
 		KubernetesServiceAccountTokenFile: pb.GetKubernetesServiceAccountTokenFile(),
 		LogoURL:                           pb.GetLogoUrl(),
@@ -390,9 +391,9 @@ func NewPolicyFromProto(pb *configpb.Route) (*Policy, error) {
 
 	switch pb.GetJwtIssuerFormat() {
 	case configpb.IssuerFormat_IssuerHostOnly:
-		p.JWTIssuerFormat = "hostOnly"
+		p.JWTIssuerFormat = JWTIssuerFormatHostOnly
 	case configpb.IssuerFormat_IssuerURI:
-		p.JWTIssuerFormat = "uri"
+		p.JWTIssuerFormat = JWTIssuerFormatURI
 	}
 
 	p.BearerTokenFormat = BearerTokenFormatFromPB(pb.BearerTokenFormat)
@@ -468,6 +469,7 @@ func (p *Policy) ToProto() (*configpb.Route, error) {
 		Id:                                p.ID,
 		IdleTimeout:                       idleTimeout,
 		JwtGroupsFilter:                   p.JWTGroupsFilter.ToSlice(),
+		JwtIssuerFormat:                   p.JWTIssuerFormat.ToPB(),
 		KubernetesServiceAccountToken:     p.KubernetesServiceAccountToken,
 		KubernetesServiceAccountTokenFile: p.KubernetesServiceAccountTokenFile,
 		LogoUrl:                           p.LogoURL,
@@ -555,13 +557,6 @@ func (p *Policy) ToProto() (*configpb.Route, error) {
 		pb.LoadBalancingWeights = weights
 	}
 
-	switch p.JWTIssuerFormat {
-	case "", "hostOnly":
-		pb.JwtIssuerFormat = configpb.IssuerFormat_IssuerHostOnly
-	case "uri":
-		pb.JwtIssuerFormat = configpb.IssuerFormat_IssuerURI
-	}
-
 	pb.BearerTokenFormat = p.BearerTokenFormat.ToPB()
 
 	for _, rwh := range p.RewriteResponseHeaders {
@@ -698,6 +693,10 @@ func (p *Policy) Validate() error {
 		p.compiledRegex, _ = regexp.Compile(rawRE)
 	}
 
+	if !p.JWTIssuerFormat.Valid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("config: unsupported jwt_issuer_format value %q", p.JWTIssuerFormat)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 

pkg/grpc/config/config.proto

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ message Route {
   string kubernetes_service_account_token = 26;
   string kubernetes_service_account_token_file = 64;
   bool enable_google_cloud_serverless_authentication = 42;
-  IssuerFormat jwt_issuer_format = 65;
+  optional IssuerFormat jwt_issuer_format = 65;
   repeated string jwt_groups_filter = 66;
   optional BearerTokenFormat bearer_token_format = 70;
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ message Policy {
   string remediation = 9;
 }
 
-// Next ID: 139.
+// Next ID: 140.
 message Settings {
   message Certificate {
     bytes cert_bytes = 3;
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ message Settings {
   map<string, string> set_response_headers = 69;
   // repeated string jwt_claims_headers = 37;
   map<string, string> jwt_claims_headers = 63;
+  optional IssuerFormat jwt_issuer_format = 139;
   repeated string jwt_groups_filter = 119;
   optional BearerTokenFormat bearer_token_format = 138;
   optional google.protobuf.Duration default_upstream_timeout = 39;