package jwt import ( "crypto/subtle" "fmt" "time" ) // ClaimsValidator is an interface that can be implemented by custom claims who // wish to execute any additional claims validation based on // application-specific logic. The Validate function is then executed in // addition to the regular claims validation and any error returned is appended // to the final validation result. // // type MyCustomClaims struct { // Foo string `json:"foo"` // jwt.RegisteredClaims // } // // func (m MyCustomClaims) Validate() error { // if m.Foo != "bar" { // return errors.New("must be foobar") // } // return nil // } type ClaimsValidator interface { Claims Validate() error } // Validator is the core of the new Validation API. It is automatically used by // a [Parser] during parsing and can be modified with various parser options. // // The [NewValidator] function should be used to create an instance of this // struct. type Validator struct { // leeway is an optional leeway that can be provided to account for clock skew. leeway time.Duration // timeFunc is used to supply the current time that is needed for // validation. If unspecified, this defaults to time.Now. timeFunc func() time.Time // requireExp specifies whether the exp claim is required requireExp bool // verifyIat specifies whether the iat (Issued At) claim will be verified. // According to https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7519#section-4.1.6 this // only specifies the age of the token, but no validation check is // necessary. However, if wanted, it can be checked if the iat is // unrealistic, i.e., in the future. verifyIat bool // expectedAud contains the audience this token expects. Supplying an empty // string will disable aud checking. expectedAud []string // expectedIss contains the issuer this token expects. Supplying an empty // string will disable iss checking. expectedIss string // expectedSub contains the subject this token expects. Supplying an empty // string will disable sub checking. expectedSub string } // NewValidator can be used to create a stand-alone validator with the supplied // options. This validator can then be used to validate already parsed claims. // // Note: Under normal circumstances, explicitly creating a validator is not // needed and can potentially be dangerous; instead functions of the [Parser] // class should be used. // // The [Validator] is only checking the *validity* of the claims, such as its // expiration time, but it does NOT perform *signature verification* of the // token. func NewValidator(opts ...ParserOption) *Validator { p := NewParser(opts...) return p.validator } // Validate validates the given claims. It will also perform any custom // validation if claims implements the [ClaimsValidator] interface. // // Note: It will NOT perform any *signature verification* on the token that // contains the claims and expects that the [Claim] was already successfully // verified. func (v *Validator) Validate(claims Claims) error { var ( now time.Time errs []error = make([]error, 0, 6) err error ) // Check, if we have a time func if v.timeFunc != nil { now = v.timeFunc() } else { now = time.Now() } // We always need to check the expiration time, but usage of the claim // itself is OPTIONAL by default. requireExp overrides this behavior // and makes the exp claim mandatory. if err = v.verifyExpiresAt(claims, now, v.requireExp); err != nil { errs = append(errs, err) } // We always need to check not-before, but usage of the claim itself is // OPTIONAL. if err = v.verifyNotBefore(claims, now, false); err != nil { errs = append(errs, err) } // Check issued-at if the option is enabled if v.verifyIat { if err = v.verifyIssuedAt(claims, now, false); err != nil { errs = append(errs, err) } } // If we have an expected audience, we also require the audience claim if len(v.expectedAud) > 0 { if err = v.verifyAudience(claims, v.expectedAud, true); err != nil { errs = append(errs, err) } } // If we have an expected issuer, we also require the issuer claim if v.expectedIss != "" { if err = v.verifyIssuer(claims, v.expectedIss, true); err != nil { errs = append(errs, err) } } // If we have an expected subject, we also require the subject claim if v.expectedSub != "" { if err = v.verifySubject(claims, v.expectedSub, true); err != nil { errs = append(errs, err) } } // Finally, we want to give the claim itself some possibility to do some // additional custom validation based on a custom Validate function. cvt, ok := claims.(ClaimsValidator) if ok { if err := cvt.Validate(); err != nil { errs = append(errs, err) } } if len(errs) == 0 { return nil } return joinErrors(errs...) } // verifyExpiresAt compares the exp claim in claims against cmp. This function // will succeed if cmp < exp. Additional leeway is taken into account. // // If exp is not set, it will succeed if the claim is not required, // otherwise ErrTokenRequiredClaimMissing will be returned. // // Additionally, if any error occurs while retrieving the claim, e.g., when its // the wrong type, an ErrTokenUnverifiable error will be returned. func (v *Validator) verifyExpiresAt(claims Claims, cmp time.Time, required bool) error { exp, err := claims.GetExpirationTime() if err != nil { return err } if exp == nil { return errorIfRequired(required, "exp") } return errorIfFalse(cmp.Before((exp.Time).Add(+v.leeway)), ErrTokenExpired) } // verifyIssuedAt compares the iat claim in claims against cmp. This function // will succeed if cmp >= iat. Additional leeway is taken into account. // // If iat is not set, it will succeed if the claim is not required, // otherwise ErrTokenRequiredClaimMissing will be returned. // // Additionally, if any error occurs while retrieving the claim, e.g., when its // the wrong type, an ErrTokenUnverifiable error will be returned. func (v *Validator) verifyIssuedAt(claims Claims, cmp time.Time, required bool) error { iat, err := claims.GetIssuedAt() if err != nil { return err } if iat == nil { return errorIfRequired(required, "iat") } return errorIfFalse(!cmp.Before(iat.Add(-v.leeway)), ErrTokenUsedBeforeIssued) } // verifyNotBefore compares the nbf claim in claims against cmp. This function // will return true if cmp >= nbf. Additional leeway is taken into account. // // If nbf is not set, it will succeed if the claim is not required, // otherwise ErrTokenRequiredClaimMissing will be returned. // // Additionally, if any error occurs while retrieving the claim, e.g., when its // the wrong type, an ErrTokenUnverifiable error will be returned. func (v *Validator) verifyNotBefore(claims Claims, cmp time.Time, required bool) error { nbf, err := claims.GetNotBefore() if err != nil { return err } if nbf == nil { return errorIfRequired(required, "nbf") } return errorIfFalse(!cmp.Before(nbf.Add(-v.leeway)), ErrTokenNotValidYet) } // verifyAudience compares the aud claim against cmp. // // If aud is not set or an empty list, it will succeed if the claim is not required, // otherwise ErrTokenRequiredClaimMissing will be returned. // // Additionally, if any error occurs while retrieving the claim, e.g., when its // the wrong type, an ErrTokenUnverifiable error will be returned. func (v *Validator) verifyAudience(claims Claims, cmp []string, required bool) error { aud, err := claims.GetAudience() if err != nil { return err } if len(aud) == 0 { return errorIfRequired(required, "aud") } // use a var here to keep constant time compare when looping over a number of claims result := false var stringClaims string for _, a := range aud { for _, c := range cmp { if subtle.ConstantTimeCompare([]byte(a), []byte(c)) != 0 { result = true } stringClaims = stringClaims + a } } // case where "" is sent in one or many aud claims if stringClaims == "" { return errorIfRequired(required, "aud") } return errorIfFalse(result, ErrTokenInvalidAudience) } // verifyIssuer compares the iss claim in claims against cmp. // // If iss is not set, it will succeed if the claim is not required, // otherwise ErrTokenRequiredClaimMissing will be returned. // // Additionally, if any error occurs while retrieving the claim, e.g., when its // the wrong type, an ErrTokenUnverifiable error will be returned. func (v *Validator) verifyIssuer(claims Claims, cmp string, required bool) error { iss, err := claims.GetIssuer() if err != nil { return err } if iss == "" { return errorIfRequired(required, "iss") } return errorIfFalse(iss == cmp, ErrTokenInvalidIssuer) } // verifySubject compares the sub claim against cmp. // // If sub is not set, it will succeed if the claim is not required, // otherwise ErrTokenRequiredClaimMissing will be returned. // // Additionally, if any error occurs while retrieving the claim, e.g., when its // the wrong type, an ErrTokenUnverifiable error will be returned. func (v *Validator) verifySubject(claims Claims, cmp string, required bool) error { sub, err := claims.GetSubject() if err != nil { return err } if sub == "" { return errorIfRequired(required, "sub") } return errorIfFalse(sub == cmp, ErrTokenInvalidSubject) } // errorIfFalse returns the error specified in err, if the value is true. // Otherwise, nil is returned. func errorIfFalse(value bool, err error) error { if value { return nil } else { return err } } // errorIfRequired returns an ErrTokenRequiredClaimMissing error if required is // true. Otherwise, nil is returned. func errorIfRequired(required bool, claim string) error { if required { return newError(fmt.Sprintf("%s claim is required", claim), ErrTokenRequiredClaimMissing) } else { return nil } }