feat(registraton): add anti enumeration (cannot know if an account already exists)

Important: anti-enumeration is active only if SMTP is defined, welcome email can be used
    otherwise it is a classic registration with ok or conflic if account alrady exists
This commit is contained in:
Edouard Vanbelle
2026-06-02 22:50:13 +02:00
parent 46f5379def
commit 00af0e8a89
4 changed files with 248 additions and 73 deletions
+105 -47
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::application::dtos::user_dto::{
AuthResponseDto, ChangePasswordDto, LoginDto, OidcCallbackQueryDto, OidcExchangeDto,
OidcProviderInfoDto, RefreshTokenDto, RegisterDto, SetupAdminDto, UserDto,
};
use crate::application::services::auth_application_service::OidcCallbackResult;
use crate::application::services::auth_application_service::{OidcCallbackResult, RegisterResult};
use crate::common::di::AppState;
use crate::interfaces::api::cookie_auth;
use crate::interfaces::errors::AppError;
@@ -64,15 +64,39 @@ pub fn setup_route() -> Router<Arc<AppState>> {
}
/// Register a new user account.
///
/// **Response shape depends on SMTP availability**:
///
/// - **SMTP configured** (`magic_link_invite_service` is wired): the
/// endpoint returns a **uniform 200** for both success and collision
/// (anti-enumeration). The "Registration request received" message
/// covers both branches honestly because successful email-only
/// signups receive a welcome magic-link. Real outcome recorded in
/// the `audit` channel as `auth.register` with `reason` one of
/// `created`, `email_taken`, `username_taken`.
/// - **SMTP not configured**: there is no welcome-mail cover story, so
/// the classic `201 + UserDto` on success and `409` on collision
/// apply. Anti-enumeration would just be misleading UX (telling the
/// user to check an email that will never arrive). Email-only
/// signup is **503** in this mode because the user would otherwise
/// be stranded with an account they can't log into.
///
/// **Instance-wide policy stays visible** in both modes: when
/// registration is disabled by the admin or password registration is
/// disabled in OIDC-only mode, the endpoint returns **403** with a
/// clear message. These are instance-wide settings, not per-user
/// oracles — legitimate users deserve an actionable error.
#[utoipa::path(
post,
path = "/api/auth/register",
request_body = RegisterDto,
responses(
(status = 201, description = "User registered successfully", body = UserDto),
(status = 400, description = "Validation error"),
(status = 403, description = "Registration disabled"),
(status = 409, description = "Username or email already taken"),
(status = 200, description = "Uniform registration response (SMTP configured, anti-enumeration mode)"),
(status = 201, description = "User registered successfully (SMTP not configured)", body = UserDto),
(status = 400, description = "Validation error (malformed request body)"),
(status = 403, description = "Registration disabled (admin setting or OIDC-only mode)"),
(status = 409, description = "Username or email already taken (SMTP not configured)"),
(status = 503, description = "Email-only signup requires SMTP to be configured"),
),
tag = "auth"
)]
@@ -80,15 +104,13 @@ pub async fn register(
State(state): State<Arc<AppState>>,
Json(dto): Json<RegisterDto>,
) -> Result<axum::response::Response, AppError> {
// Display the supplied identifier in operational logs without
// panicking on the None branch — the user may have registered
// email-only with no username yet.
let log_identifier = dto
.username
.as_deref()
.unwrap_or(dto.email.as_str())
.to_string();
tracing::info!("Registration attempt for: {}", log_identifier);
// Uniform 200 response used in anti-enumeration mode (SMTP wired).
let uniform_ok = || {
let payload = serde_json::json!({
"message": "Registration request received.",
});
(StatusCode::OK, Json(payload)).into_response()
};
// Verify auth service exists
let auth_service = match state.auth_service.as_ref() {
@@ -101,9 +123,9 @@ pub async fn register(
}
};
// Block password registration when OIDC-only mode is active. The
// email-only signup path is allowed because it doesn't store a
// password — the user later authenticates via magic-link.
// Block password registration when OIDC-only mode is active.
// Email-only signup still works in OIDC-only mode (no password
// stored; the user authenticates via magic-link).
if dto.password.is_some()
&& auth_service
.auth_application_service
@@ -116,7 +138,7 @@ pub async fn register(
));
}
// Check if public registration has been disabled by the admin
// Admin disabled public registration globally — surface 403.
if let Some(admin_svc) = state.admin_settings_service.as_ref()
&& !admin_svc.get_registration_enabled().await
{
@@ -127,45 +149,81 @@ pub async fn register(
));
}
// Email-only signup requires SMTP. Without it the welcome mail
// can't be dispatched and the user is stranded with no way to log
// in. 503 is the right response: instance-wide policy, no per-user
// oracle leaked.
let smtp_enabled = state.magic_link_invite_service.is_some();
if dto.password.is_none() && !smtp_enabled {
return Err(AppError::new(
StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
"Email-only registration requires SMTP to be configured on this server.",
"SmtpRequired",
));
}
let was_passwordless = dto.password.is_none();
let email = dto.email.clone();
// Registration logic (duplicate checks, hashing, user creation) is
// all inside the service layer.
let user = match auth_service.auth_application_service.register(dto).await {
Ok(u) => u,
let result = match auth_service.auth_application_service.register(dto).await {
Ok(r) => r,
Err(err) => {
tracing::error!("Registration failed for {}: {}", log_identifier, err);
tracing::error!("Registration failed: {}", err);
return Err(err.into());
}
};
tracing::info!("Registration successful for: {}", log_identifier);
// Email-only signup: dispatch a welcome magic-link so the user can
// land their first session without a password. Best-effort — SMTP
// failures don't fail the registration. Response shape is uniform
// (200 + anti-enumeration message) so the user is told to check
// their email regardless of whether SMTP was actually wired.
if was_passwordless {
if let Some(invite) = state.magic_link_invite_service.as_ref()
&& let Err(e) = invite.send_login_link(&email).await
{
tracing::warn!(
target: "audit",
event = "auth.register_welcome_mail_failed",
user_id = %user.id,
email = %email,
error = %e,
"register: welcome magic-link send failed (user created)",
);
match result {
RegisterResult::Created(user) => {
// Email-only signup: dispatch the welcome magic-link.
// Best-effort — SMTP failures don't roll back the user.
if was_passwordless
&& let Some(invite) = state.magic_link_invite_service.as_ref()
&& let Err(e) = invite.send_login_link(&email).await
{
tracing::warn!(
target: "audit",
event = "auth.register_welcome_mail_failed",
user_id = %user.id,
email = %email,
error = %e,
"register: welcome magic-link send failed (user created)",
);
}
if smtp_enabled {
// Anti-enumeration mode: hide success-vs-collision behind
// the uniform "check your email" cover story.
Ok(uniform_ok())
} else {
// Classic mode: clear 201 + UserDto so the frontend can
// log the user in directly with the password they just
// submitted. Unbox the DTO for the JSON serialisation.
Ok((StatusCode::CREATED, Json(*user)).into_response())
}
}
RegisterResult::UsernameTaken => {
if smtp_enabled {
Ok(uniform_ok())
} else {
Err(AppError::new(
StatusCode::CONFLICT,
"Username is already taken",
"UsernameTaken",
))
}
}
RegisterResult::EmailTaken => {
if smtp_enabled {
Ok(uniform_ok())
} else {
Err(AppError::new(
StatusCode::CONFLICT,
"Email is already registered",
"EmailTaken",
))
}
}
let payload = serde_json::json!({
"message": "Check your email for a sign-in link to complete registration.",
});
return Ok((StatusCode::OK, Json(payload)).into_response());
}
Ok((StatusCode::CREATED, Json(user)).into_response())
}
/// Authenticate with username and password.