feat(antienum): 403 when sub can read, 404 otherwise

this is a UX improvement, always return a 404 not found when subject do not have any access on the resource
    but returns an explicit 403 forbidden is subject try a forbidden action on a resourse it can read

    regarding performance, the role is already in cache for the second call with read perm
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Edouard Vanbelle
2026-07-16 21:34:31 +02:00
parent 5b996bb218
commit 7aea383588
9 changed files with 252 additions and 153 deletions
+105 -35
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@@ -16,6 +16,28 @@ use crate::domain::services::authorization::{
ResourceKind, Role, Subject,
};
/// Discriminates the two denial shapes surfaced by
/// [`AuthorizationEngine::require_visible`] in the `authz.denied` audit line.
/// Log-aggregation consumers key off the string form via `as_str`; keep the
/// values stable — a new denial shape means a new variant, never a renamed
/// existing one.
#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum AuthzDenialVisibility {
/// Caller has `Read` on the resource — 403 Forbidden.
Visible,
/// Caller has no `Read` — 404 anti-enum.
Hidden,
}
impl AuthzDenialVisibility {
pub fn as_str(self) -> &'static str {
match self {
Self::Visible => "visible",
Self::Hidden => "hidden",
}
}
}
pub trait AuthorizationEngine: Send + Sync + 'static {
/// Returns true if `subject` has `permission` on `resource`, considering
/// owner short-circuit AND cascading from folder ancestors.
@@ -53,9 +75,28 @@ pub trait AuthorizationEngine: Send + Sync + 'static {
Ok(allowed)
}
/// Convenience wrapper around `check`: returns `Ok(())` when allowed and
/// `DomainError::not_found` when denied (anti-enumeration — same error as
/// "resource doesn't exist" so attackers can't probe IDs by error shape).
/// Graduated-denial wrapper around `check`. Semantics:
///
/// - `permission` granted → `Ok(())`
/// - `permission` denied, `Read` also denied → `DomainError::not_found`
/// (404, anti-enumeration — same shape as "doesn't exist" so a probing
/// caller can't distinguish "wrong id" from "no access")
/// - `permission` denied, `Read` granted → `DomainError::access_denied`
/// (403 — the caller can already see the resource, so hiding existence
/// leaks nothing new; a clear 403 beats a confusing 404 for UX and for
/// API-first clients like rclone)
///
/// Special case: when `permission == Read`, the visibility gate collapses
/// onto itself — a `Read` denial IS a "hidden" outcome by definition, so
/// the method short-circuits to the strict anti-enum 404 without a second
/// DB round-trip. That's why there's only one method: strict Read-denial
/// and graduated write-denial fall out of the same signature.
///
/// Do NOT use this in search / enumeration paths where existence itself is
/// the attack vector — those must filter at the SQL/index layer, never
/// touch this method with per-row ids. Cross-tenant probes on ids the
/// caller has no prior read handle for degrade to the 404 shape naturally
/// (Read denied → `Hidden`).
async fn require(
&self,
subject: Subject,
@@ -80,39 +121,68 @@ pub trait AuthorizationEngine: Send + Sync + 'static {
permission,
resource
);
Ok(())
return Ok(());
}
// Visibility probe. Short-circuit: when the target permission IS
// `Read` and the check above returned false, we already know Read is
// denied — visibility is `Hidden` by definition, no second DB hop.
// Otherwise probe Read; a DB-hop failure here degrades to `Hidden` so
// the caller sees the strict anti-enum shape (safe default).
let visibility = if permission == Permission::Read {
AuthzDenialVisibility::Hidden
} else if self
.check(subject, Permission::Read, resource)
.await
.unwrap_or(false)
{
AuthzDenialVisibility::Visible
} else {
let (kind, id) = match resource {
Resource::Folder(id) => ("Folder", id),
Resource::File(id) => ("File", id),
Resource::Drive(id) => ("Drive", id),
Resource::Calendar(id) => ("Calendar", id),
Resource::AddressBook(id) => ("AddressBook", id),
Resource::Playlist(id) => ("Playlist", id),
};
// Audit-worthy: denials are the interesting signal. Routed
// through the `audit` tracing target so log aggregators can
// surface them separately from operational debug traffic.
// Span context (request_id, client_ip, user_id) is attached
// automatically by the request-scope span set in
// `interfaces/middleware/trace_span.rs`, so this log line
// doesn't need to duplicate those fields — they appear in
// the structured output of every log written inside the
// request span.
tracing::info!(
target: "audit",
event = "authz.denied",
subject_type = subject.type_str(),
subject_id = %subject.id(),
permission = permission.as_str(),
resource_type = resource.type_str(),
resource_id = %resource.id(),
"👮🏻‍♂️ perms: ⛔ Subject '{}' hasn't permission to '{}' on resource '{}'",
subject,
permission,
resource
);
Err(DomainError::not_found(kind, id.to_string()))
AuthzDenialVisibility::Hidden
};
let (kind, id) = match resource {
Resource::Folder(id) => ("Folder", id),
Resource::File(id) => ("File", id),
Resource::Drive(id) => ("Drive", id),
Resource::Calendar(id) => ("Calendar", id),
Resource::AddressBook(id) => ("AddressBook", id),
Resource::Playlist(id) => ("Playlist", id),
};
// Audit-worthy: denials are the interesting signal. Routed through
// the `audit` tracing target so log aggregators can surface them
// separately from operational debug traffic. Span context
// (request_id, client_ip, user_id) comes from the request-scope
// span set in `interfaces/middleware/trace_span.rs`, so this line
// doesn't need to duplicate those fields.
//
// The `visibility` field discriminates the two denial shapes for
// operators grepping exists-but-denied vs fully-hidden. `visible`
// denials are the ones surfaced to the caller as 403 (and safe to
// detail in the UI); `hidden` denials are the 404 anti-enum path.
tracing::info!(
target: "audit",
event = "authz.denied",
visibility = visibility.as_str(),
subject_type = subject.type_str(),
subject_id = %subject.id(),
permission = permission.as_str(),
resource_type = resource.type_str(),
resource_id = %resource.id(),
"👮🏻‍♂️ perms: ⛔ Subject '{}' hasn't permission to '{}' on resource '{}' (visibility={})",
subject,
permission,
resource,
visibility.as_str()
);
match visibility {
AuthzDenialVisibility::Visible => Err(DomainError::access_denied(
kind,
format!("Missing '{}' permission on {} {}", permission, kind, id),
)),
AuthzDenialVisibility::Hidden => Err(DomainError::not_found(kind, id.to_string())),
}
}