feat(auth): multi-issuer JWT validation — accept k8s SA tokens (infra ADR-0011)

JWTValidator trusted a single issuer (iss matched exactly against DEX_ISSUER_URL),
which is why every in-cluster caller fell back to a static bearer. Add support
for a LIST of trusted issuers so one MCP server can accept Authentik JWTs
(interactive/web) AND k3s cluster ServiceAccount tokens (in-cluster, audience-
bound, kubelet-rotated) at once — the enabler for ADR-0011.

- Add IssuerConfig{IssuerURL, Audience} + NewMultiJWTValidator([]IssuerConfig).
- Refactor JWTValidator to hold []issuerEntry + a shared jwk.Cache; Validate
  tries each trusted issuer, returns the subject on first success. All-issuers-
  JWKS-unreachable -> ErrUnavailable (503); any definitive reject -> 401.
- NewJWTValidator (single issuer) and BearerMiddleware signatures UNCHANGED —
  existing consumers (gitea-mcp, ingestion) compile and behave identically.
- Add auth/jwt_test.go: an in-process OIDC issuer harness (discovery + JWKS +
  token minting) — the chassis previously had NO happy-path JWT test. Covers
  accept-either-trusted-issuer, reject-untrusted (401 not 503), per-issuer
  audience enforcement, single-issuer backward compat.

Proven viable by the ADR-0011 live-cluster spike (k3s OIDC/JWKS validates a
projected SA token). Follow-up: wire gitea-mcp/brain-mcp/ingestion to also trust
the k3s issuer + mount an audience-scoped projected SA token on one pod.

Refs infra ADR-0011; supersedes the sidecar in infra#183. (Tracked as
hyperguild#77, which was misfiled — the chassis is this repo, not hyperguild.)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
2026-07-06 23:14:56 +02:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
parent d5aa5b992c
commit 75eb8b831c
3 changed files with 261 additions and 63 deletions
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@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ import (
func unavailableValidator(t *testing.T) *JWTValidator {
t.Helper()
return &JWTValidator{
issuer: "https://dex.example",
jwksURI: "http://127.0.0.1:0/jwks", // unregistered in cache → Get fails
cache: jwk.NewCache(context.Background()),
audience: "",
entries: []issuerEntry{{
issuer: "https://dex.example",
jwksURI: "http://127.0.0.1:0/jwks", // unregistered in cache → Get fails
}},
cache: jwk.NewCache(context.Background()),
}
}
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@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
// Package auth provides the Dex-JWT + static-Bearer authentication primitives
// shared by every Mathias-owned MCP server (gitea-mcp, brain-mcp / ingestion,
// future MCPs spawned from template-go-agent).
// Package auth provides the Dex/Authentik-JWT + static-Bearer authentication
// primitives shared by every Mathias-owned MCP server (gitea-mcp, brain-mcp /
// ingestion, future MCPs spawned from template-go-agent).
//
// Replaces ~80 LOC of near-identical jwt.go in each consumer, ~50 LOC of
// Bearer middleware, and ~25 LOC of RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata
// handler. See `gitea.d-ma.be/mathias/infra` docs/superpowers/handoffs/
// 2026-05-22-mcp-chassis-spike.md for the design rationale and the
// abort-criterion check.
//
// A validator trusts a LIST of OIDC issuers (infra ADR-0011): one MCP server can
// accept Authentik JWTs (interactive/web) AND k3s cluster ServiceAccount tokens
// (in-cluster, audience-bound, kubelet-rotated) at once.
package auth
import (
@@ -22,105 +26,155 @@ import (
)
// ErrUnavailable indicates JWT validation could not be COMPLETED because the
// JWKS / Dex endpoint was unreachable — a transient condition — as opposed to
// JWKS / issuer endpoint was unreachable — a transient condition — as opposed to
// the token being present and invalid. Callers (e.g. BearerMiddleware) map it
// to HTTP 503 temporarily_unavailable rather than a generic 401, so a Dex
// to HTTP 503 temporarily_unavailable rather than a generic 401, so an issuer
// outage is distinguishable from a bad token (gitea-mcp#6).
var ErrUnavailable = errors.New("jwt validation temporarily unavailable")
// JWTValidator validates Bearer JWTs issued by a Dex (OIDC) authorization server.
// Audience is optional; leave empty to skip audience validation.
//
// A nil *JWTValidator behaves as "JWT auth disabled" — Validate returns an
// error without panicking. Callers can construct one validator at startup
// keyed on whether DEX_ISSUER_URL is set, and pass nil through the rest of
// the codebase without further branching.
type JWTValidator struct {
// IssuerConfig names one trusted OIDC issuer and its (optional) required
// audience. Trusting a list of these is what lets a single MCP server accept
// tokens from Authentik (D3/D4) and the k3s cluster OIDC issuer (D1 SA tokens)
// simultaneously — infra ADR-0011 Decision 5.
type IssuerConfig struct {
IssuerURL string
Audience string // "" = skip audience validation for this issuer
}
// issuerEntry is a resolved IssuerConfig: OIDC discovery has run and jwks_uri is
// registered in the shared cache.
type issuerEntry struct {
issuer string
audience string
jwksURI string
cache *jwk.Cache
}
// NewJWTValidator fetches the OIDC discovery document from issuerURL,
// extracts jwks_uri, warms the JWKS cache, and returns a ready validator.
// Empty issuerURL returns (nil, nil) so callers can use a single
// constructor regardless of whether Dex is configured.
// JWTValidator validates Bearer JWTs against one or more trusted OIDC issuers.
//
// A nil *JWTValidator behaves as "JWT auth disabled" — Validate returns an
// error without panicking. Callers can construct one validator at startup keyed
// on whether any issuer is configured, and pass nil through the rest of the
// codebase without further branching.
type JWTValidator struct {
entries []issuerEntry
cache *jwk.Cache
}
// NewJWTValidator builds a single-issuer validator — the common case, and
// backward compatible with every existing caller. Empty issuerURL returns
// (nil, nil) so callers can use one constructor regardless of whether an issuer
// is configured.
func NewJWTValidator(ctx context.Context, issuerURL, audience string) (*JWTValidator, error) {
if issuerURL == "" {
return nil, nil
}
return NewMultiJWTValidator(ctx, []IssuerConfig{{IssuerURL: issuerURL, Audience: audience}})
}
// NewMultiJWTValidator builds a validator that trusts every issuer in the list.
// For each, it fetches the OIDC discovery document, registers jwks_uri in a
// shared cache, and warms it. Entries with an empty IssuerURL are skipped; an
// empty/nil resulting set returns (nil, nil) — "JWT auth disabled".
func NewMultiJWTValidator(ctx context.Context, issuers []IssuerConfig) (*JWTValidator, error) {
cache := jwk.NewCache(ctx)
var entries []issuerEntry
for _, ic := range issuers {
if ic.IssuerURL == "" {
continue
}
jwksURI, err := discoverJWKSURI(ctx, ic.IssuerURL)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("issuer %s: %w", ic.IssuerURL, err)
}
if err := cache.Register(jwksURI, jwk.WithMinRefreshInterval(time.Hour)); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("register jwks cache (%s): %w", ic.IssuerURL, err)
}
if _, err := cache.Refresh(ctx, jwksURI); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("initial jwks fetch (%s): %w", ic.IssuerURL, err)
}
entries = append(entries, issuerEntry{issuer: ic.IssuerURL, audience: ic.Audience, jwksURI: jwksURI})
}
if len(entries) == 0 {
return nil, nil
}
return &JWTValidator{entries: entries, cache: cache}, nil
}
// discoverJWKSURI fetches the OIDC discovery document from issuerURL and returns
// its jwks_uri.
func discoverJWKSURI(ctx context.Context, issuerURL string) (string, error) {
req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet,
issuerURL+"/.well-known/openid-configuration", nil)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("build oidc discovery request: %w", err)
return "", fmt.Errorf("build oidc discovery request: %w", err)
}
resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("fetch oidc discovery: %w", err)
return "", fmt.Errorf("fetch oidc discovery: %w", err)
}
defer func() { _ = resp.Body.Close() }()
if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("oidc discovery: status %d", resp.StatusCode)
return "", fmt.Errorf("oidc discovery: status %d", resp.StatusCode)
}
var doc struct {
JWKSURI string `json:"jwks_uri"`
}
if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&doc); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("decode oidc discovery: %w", err)
return "", fmt.Errorf("decode oidc discovery: %w", err)
}
if doc.JWKSURI == "" {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("oidc discovery: empty jwks_uri")
return "", fmt.Errorf("oidc discovery: empty jwks_uri")
}
cache := jwk.NewCache(ctx)
if err := cache.Register(doc.JWKSURI, jwk.WithMinRefreshInterval(time.Hour)); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("register jwks cache: %w", err)
}
if _, err := cache.Refresh(ctx, doc.JWKSURI); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("initial jwks fetch: %w", err)
}
return &JWTValidator{
issuer: issuerURL,
audience: audience,
jwksURI: doc.JWKSURI,
cache: cache,
}, nil
return doc.JWKSURI, nil
}
// Validate parses and validates rawToken against the OIDC issuer. Returns
// the subject claim on success. A nil receiver returns
// (`""`, errDisabled) so callers can dispatch on `err != nil` without
// nil-checks at every call site.
// Validate parses rawToken against each trusted issuer and returns the subject
// claim on the first success. If no issuer accepts it: when EVERY issuer's JWKS
// was unreachable the error wraps ErrUnavailable (caller answers 503); otherwise
// at least one issuer reached a signature/claims verdict and rejected it, so the
// error is a definitive rejection (401). A nil receiver returns errDisabled.
func (v *JWTValidator) Validate(ctx context.Context, rawToken string) (string, error) {
if v == nil {
return "", errDisabled
}
keySet, err := v.cache.Get(ctx, v.jwksURI)
if err != nil {
// The JWKS could not be fetched — Dex/JWKS is unreachable, not a bad
// token. Tag it ErrUnavailable so the caller can answer 503, not 401.
return "", fmt.Errorf("%w: get jwks: %v", ErrUnavailable, err)
var lastErr error
sawDecision := false // at least one issuer reached a real verify verdict
for _, e := range v.entries {
keySet, err := v.cache.Get(ctx, e.jwksURI)
if err != nil {
// This issuer's JWKS is unreachable — transient. Try the next; only
// if ALL issuers are unreachable do we surface ErrUnavailable.
lastErr = fmt.Errorf("%w: get jwks (%s): %v", ErrUnavailable, e.issuer, err)
continue
}
opts := []jwt.ParseOption{
jwt.WithKeySet(keySet),
jwt.WithValidate(true),
jwt.WithIssuer(e.issuer),
}
if e.audience != "" {
opts = append(opts, jwt.WithAudience(e.audience))
}
tok, err := jwt.ParseString(rawToken, opts...)
if err == nil {
return tok.Subject(), nil
}
sawDecision = true
lastErr = fmt.Errorf("validate jwt: %w", err)
}
opts := []jwt.ParseOption{
jwt.WithKeySet(keySet),
jwt.WithValidate(true),
jwt.WithIssuer(v.issuer),
if lastErr == nil {
lastErr = errDisabled
}
if v.audience != "" {
opts = append(opts, jwt.WithAudience(v.audience))
if !sawDecision {
// Every issuer's JWKS was unreachable — lastErr already wraps ErrUnavailable.
return "", lastErr
}
tok, err := jwt.ParseString(rawToken, opts...)
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("validate jwt: %w", err)
}
return tok.Subject(), nil
return "", lastErr
}
// errDisabled is the sentinel returned by Validate on a nil receiver.
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package auth
import (
"context"
"crypto/rand"
"crypto/rsa"
"encoding/json"
"net/http"
"net/http/httptest"
"testing"
"time"
"github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2/jwa"
"github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2/jwk"
"github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2/jwt"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
)
// testIssuer is an in-process OIDC issuer: it serves an openid-configuration
// discovery doc + a JWKS, and mints signed JWTs — enough to exercise the real
// signature/issuer/audience validation path (which the chassis previously had
// no happy-path test for). Used to prove multi-issuer validation (ADR-0011).
type testIssuer struct {
url string
priv jwk.Key
}
func newTestIssuer(t *testing.T) *testIssuer {
t.Helper()
raw, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, 2048)
require.NoError(t, err)
priv, err := jwk.FromRaw(raw)
require.NoError(t, err)
require.NoError(t, priv.Set(jwk.KeyIDKey, "test-kid"))
require.NoError(t, priv.Set(jwk.AlgorithmKey, jwa.RS256))
pub, err := priv.PublicKey()
require.NoError(t, err)
set := jwk.NewSet()
require.NoError(t, set.AddKey(pub))
ti := &testIssuer{priv: priv}
mux := http.NewServeMux()
mux.HandleFunc("/jwks", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(set)
})
mux.HandleFunc("/.well-known/openid-configuration", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]string{
"issuer": ti.url,
"jwks_uri": ti.url + "/jwks",
})
})
srv := httptest.NewServer(mux)
t.Cleanup(srv.Close)
ti.url = srv.URL
return ti
}
func (ti *testIssuer) mint(t *testing.T, aud, sub string) string {
t.Helper()
tok, err := jwt.NewBuilder().
Issuer(ti.url).
Subject(sub).
Audience([]string{aud}).
IssuedAt(time.Now()).
Expiration(time.Now().Add(time.Hour)).
Build()
require.NoError(t, err)
signed, err := jwt.Sign(tok, jwt.WithKey(jwa.RS256, ti.priv))
require.NoError(t, err)
return string(signed)
}
// The core ADR-0011 claim: one validator, several trusted issuers (e.g.
// Authentik + the k3s cluster OIDC), a token from any trusted issuer validates.
func TestNewMultiJWTValidator_AcceptsEitherTrustedIssuer(t *testing.T) {
ctx := context.Background()
a := newTestIssuer(t)
b := newTestIssuer(t)
v, err := NewMultiJWTValidator(ctx, []IssuerConfig{
{IssuerURL: a.url, Audience: "brain-mcp"},
{IssuerURL: b.url, Audience: "brain-mcp"},
})
require.NoError(t, err)
require.NotNil(t, v)
subA, err := v.Validate(ctx, a.mint(t, "brain-mcp", "alice"))
require.NoError(t, err)
require.Equal(t, "alice", subA)
subB, err := v.Validate(ctx, b.mint(t, "brain-mcp", "bob"))
require.NoError(t, err)
require.Equal(t, "bob", subB)
}
// A token from an issuer NOT in the trusted list is rejected — definitively
// (401), not as a transient JWKS outage (503).
func TestNewMultiJWTValidator_RejectsUntrustedIssuer(t *testing.T) {
ctx := context.Background()
trusted := newTestIssuer(t)
untrusted := newTestIssuer(t)
v, err := NewMultiJWTValidator(ctx, []IssuerConfig{{IssuerURL: trusted.url, Audience: "brain-mcp"}})
require.NoError(t, err)
_, err = v.Validate(ctx, untrusted.mint(t, "brain-mcp", "eve"))
require.Error(t, err)
require.NotErrorIs(t, err, ErrUnavailable)
}
// Audience is enforced per issuer — the k8s-SA-token replay guard from the ADR
// spike. A token minted for a different audience is rejected.
func TestNewMultiJWTValidator_EnforcesPerIssuerAudience(t *testing.T) {
ctx := context.Background()
a := newTestIssuer(t)
v, err := NewMultiJWTValidator(ctx, []IssuerConfig{{IssuerURL: a.url, Audience: "brain-mcp"}})
require.NoError(t, err)
_, err = v.Validate(ctx, a.mint(t, "some-other-service", "alice"))
require.Error(t, err)
}
// Backward compatibility: the existing single-issuer constructor still works and
// validates a real signed token end-to-end.
func TestNewJWTValidator_SingleIssuer_BackwardCompatible(t *testing.T) {
ctx := context.Background()
a := newTestIssuer(t)
v, err := NewJWTValidator(ctx, a.url, "brain-mcp")
require.NoError(t, err)
require.NotNil(t, v)
sub, err := v.Validate(ctx, a.mint(t, "brain-mcp", "carol"))
require.NoError(t, err)
require.Equal(t, "carol", sub)
}
func TestNewMultiJWTValidator_EmptyList_ReturnsNilNil(t *testing.T) {
v, err := NewMultiJWTValidator(context.Background(), nil)
require.NoError(t, err)
require.Nil(t, v)
}