feat(oidc): support access token in body for user info post

Author: scottmckendry

internal/controller/oidc_controller.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/google/go-querystring/query"
+
 	"github.com/steveiliop56/tinyauth/internal/service"
 	"github.com/steveiliop56/tinyauth/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/steveiliop56/tinyauth/internal/utils/tlog"
@@ -376,22 +377,48 @@ func (controller *OIDCController) Userinfo(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	var token string
+
 	authorization := c.GetHeader("Authorization")
+	if authorization != "" {
+		tokenType, bearerToken, ok := strings.Cut(authorization, " ")
+		if !ok {
+			tlog.App.Warn().Msg("OIDC userinfo accessed with malformed authorization header")
+			c.JSON(401, gin.H{
+				"error": "invalid_request",
+			})
+			return
+		}
 
-	tokenType, token, ok := strings.Cut(authorization, " ")
+		if strings.ToLower(tokenType) != "bearer" {
+			tlog.App.Warn().Msg("OIDC userinfo accessed with invalid token type")
+			c.JSON(401, gin.H{
+				"error": "invalid_request",
+			})
+			return
+		}
 
-	if !ok {
+		token = bearerToken
+	} else if c.Request.Method == http.MethodPost {
+		if c.ContentType() != "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" {
+			tlog.App.Warn().Msg("OIDC userinfo POST accessed with invalid content type")
+			c.JSON(400, gin.H{
+				"error": "invalid_request",
+			})
+			return
+		}
+		token = c.PostForm("access_token")
+		if token == "" {
+			tlog.App.Warn().Msg("OIDC userinfo POST accessed without access_token in body")
+			c.JSON(401, gin.H{
+				"error": "invalid_request",
+			})
+			return
+		}
+	} else {
 		tlog.App.Warn().Msg("OIDC userinfo accessed without authorization header")
 		c.JSON(401, gin.H{
-			"error": "invalid_grant",
-		})
-		return
-	}
-
-	if strings.ToLower(tokenType) != "bearer" {
-		tlog.App.Warn().Msg("OIDC userinfo accessed with invalid token type")
-		c.JSON(401, gin.H{
-			"error": "invalid_grant",
+			"error": "invalid_request",
 		})
 		return
 	}

internal/controller/oidc_controller_test.go

@@ -435,6 +435,128 @@ func TestOIDCController(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.False(t, ok, "Did not expect email claim in userinfo response")
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			description: "Ensure userinfo forbids access with malformed authorization header",
+			middlewares: []gin.HandlerFunc{},
+			run: func(t *testing.T, router *gin.Engine, recorder *httptest.ResponseRecorder) {
+				req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/oidc/userinfo", nil)
+				req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer")
+				router.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
+				assert.Equal(t, 401, recorder.Code)
+
+				var res map[string]any
+				err := json.Unmarshal(recorder.Body.Bytes(), &res)
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, "invalid_request", res["error"])
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			description: "Ensure userinfo forbids access with invalid token type",
+			middlewares: []gin.HandlerFunc{},
+			run: func(t *testing.T, router *gin.Engine, recorder *httptest.ResponseRecorder) {
+				req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/oidc/userinfo", nil)
+				req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Basic some-token")
+				router.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
+				assert.Equal(t, 401, recorder.Code)
+
+				var res map[string]any
+				err := json.Unmarshal(recorder.Body.Bytes(), &res)
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, "invalid_request", res["error"])
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			description: "Ensure userinfo forbids access with empty bearer token",
+			middlewares: []gin.HandlerFunc{},
+			run: func(t *testing.T, router *gin.Engine, recorder *httptest.ResponseRecorder) {
+				req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/oidc/userinfo", nil)
+				req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer ")
+				router.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
+				assert.Equal(t, 401, recorder.Code)
+
+				var res map[string]any
+				err := json.Unmarshal(recorder.Body.Bytes(), &res)
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, "invalid_grant", res["error"])
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			description: "Ensure userinfo forbids access with no authorization header",
+			middlewares: []gin.HandlerFunc{},
+			run: func(t *testing.T, router *gin.Engine, recorder *httptest.ResponseRecorder) {
+				req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/oidc/userinfo", nil)
+				router.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
+				assert.Equal(t, 401, recorder.Code)
+
+				var res map[string]any
+				err := json.Unmarshal(recorder.Body.Bytes(), &res)
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, "invalid_request", res["error"])
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			description: "Ensure userinfo POST rejects missing access token in body",
+			middlewares: []gin.HandlerFunc{},
+			run: func(t *testing.T, router *gin.Engine, recorder *httptest.ResponseRecorder) {
+				req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/api/oidc/userinfo", strings.NewReader(""))
+				req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
+				router.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
+				assert.Equal(t, 401, recorder.Code)
+
+				var res map[string]any
+				err := json.Unmarshal(recorder.Body.Bytes(), &res)
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, "invalid_request", res["error"])
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			description: "Ensure userinfo accepts access token via POST body",
+			middlewares: []gin.HandlerFunc{
+				simpleCtx,
+			},
+			run: func(t *testing.T, router *gin.Engine, recorder *httptest.ResponseRecorder) {
+				tokenTest, found := getTestByDescription("Ensure we can get a token with a valid request")
+				assert.True(t, found, "Token test not found")
+				tokenRecorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+				tokenTest(t, router, tokenRecorder)
+
+				var tokenRes map[string]any
+				err := json.Unmarshal(tokenRecorder.Body.Bytes(), &tokenRes)
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+				accessToken := tokenRes["access_token"].(string)
+				assert.NotEmpty(t, accessToken)
+
+				body := url.Values{}
+				body.Set("access_token", accessToken)
+				req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/api/oidc/userinfo", strings.NewReader(body.Encode()))
+				req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
+				router.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
+				assert.Equal(t, 200, recorder.Code)
+
+				var userInfoRes map[string]any
+				err = json.Unmarshal(recorder.Body.Bytes(), &userInfoRes)
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+				_, ok := userInfoRes["sub"]
+				assert.True(t, ok, "Expected sub claim in userinfo response")
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			description: "Ensure userinfo POST rejects wrong content type",
+			middlewares: []gin.HandlerFunc{},
+			run: func(t *testing.T, router *gin.Engine, recorder *httptest.ResponseRecorder) {
+				req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/api/oidc/userinfo", strings.NewReader(`{"access_token":"some-token"}`))
+				req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+				router.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
+				assert.Equal(t, 400, recorder.Code)
+
+				var res map[string]any
+				err := json.Unmarshal(recorder.Body.Bytes(), &res)
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, "invalid_request", res["error"])
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			description: "Ensure plain PKCE succeeds",
 			middlewares: []gin.HandlerFunc{