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Summary

  • Protect management UI sign-ins with short-lived, node-local cookie sessions
  • Require HTTPS, antiforgery tokens, and current account validation for browser operations
  • Prevent legacy credential cookies from being reused after upgrade

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Changes authentication, session lifecycle, CSRF enforcement, and leader forwarding identity—security-critical paths that affect every management UI operator and clustered write forwarding.

Overview
Replaces the management UI’s browser-stored Basic/OAuth cookies with short-lived, node-local ASP.NET cookie sessions so passwords and access tokens are not kept in the client.

Sign-in (password and OAuth PKCE) now issues a protected __Host-eventstore-ui-session cookie backed by an in-memory ticket store (15-minute fixed expiry, HTTPS-only, /ui-scoped). Legacy es-creds / oauth_token cookies are cleared on upgrade and no longer promoted to Authorization. UI POST actions and the admin JS client send antiforgery tokens; sign-out explicitly revokes server tickets.

Internal auth and cluster forwarding gain session support: password principals carry a security stamp tied to the latest $user-* event, ValidateSessionAsync re-reads the account on each use, and forwarded writes can carry a LocalSession identity (username + user event id) over mutual TLS instead of replaying passwords. Documentation in docs/security.md describes session behavior, affinity, and rolling-upgrade expectations.

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📒 Files selected for processing (9)
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/OAuthBrowserFlowEndpoints.cs
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/SecurityBrowserService.cs
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/UiSessionAuthentication.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Authentication/OAuthBrowserFlowServiceTests.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Authentication/SecurityBrowserServiceTests.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Authentication/UiSessionIntegrationTests.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Services/Transport/Grpc/Forwarding/ForwardingServiceTests.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.XUnit.Tests/Configuration/ClusterVNodeOptionsTests.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Configuration/ClusterVNodeOptions.cs

Walkthrough

The change replaces browser credential cookies with protected server-side UI sessions, validates sessions against current accounts, adds antiforgery protection, supports local-session forwarding, removes legacy authentication configuration, and updates ACL role and system-identity checks.

Changes

Browser session authentication

Layer / File(s) Summary
Session validation contracts
src/EventStore.Core/Authentication/..., src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Authentication/InternalSessionAuthenticationTests.cs
Authentication providers issue session stamps, rebuild validated principals, reject revoked accounts, and support delegated and composite providers.
UI session runtime
src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/UiSession*.cs, src/EventStore.Core/Services/Transport/Http/*, src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Authentication/UiSessionIntegrationTests.cs
The UI uses secure, non-sliding cookies with node-local server-side tickets. Requests require HTTPS and antiforgery validation for mutations.
Browser sign-in and sign-out
src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Pages/{SignIn,SignOut}.razor, src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/{SecurityBrowserService,OAuthBrowserFlowEndpoints}.cs, src/EventStore.ClusterNode/ui-assets/js/*
Password and OAuth flows create UI sessions. Sign-out revokes sessions and deletes legacy cookies. Admin commands send antiforgery tokens.
Forwarded local sessions
src/Protos/Grpc/forwarding.proto, src/EventStore.Core/Services/Transport/Grpc/Forwarding/*, src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Services/Transport/Grpc/Forwarding/*
Forwarding serializes local session identities, requires TLS and mutual system identity, and validates the current account before publishing requests.
Authentication configuration
src/EventStore.Core/Authentication/AuthenticationMethodNames.cs, src/EventStore.Core/Configuration/ClusterVNodeOptions.cs, docs/security.md, src/EventStore.Core.Tests*/*Authentication*
Unset Auth:Methods defaults to password. Auth:AuthenticationType and the internal alias are no longer accepted.
ACL authorization updates
src/EventStore.Core/Authorization/*, src/EventStore.ClusterNode/AuthorizationPolicyRegistryFactory.cs, src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Authorization/*
Legacy ACL names are renamed. Admin and operations checks use role claims. System authorization requires the trusted system principal.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to bab4b

OAuth secrets may traverse cleartext HTTP, while some authentication configurations can fail session validation, return 500 responses during provider delays, or silently accept misspelled settings. These authentication-path issues should be resolved before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Browser
  participant SignInPage
  participant SecurityBrowserService
  participant AuthenticationProvider
  participant UiSessionAuthentication
  participant UiSessionTicketStore
  Browser->>SignInPage: Submit credentials
  SignInPage->>SecurityBrowserService: SignInAsync(HttpContext, username, password)
  SecurityBrowserService->>AuthenticationProvider: AuthenticateSession
  AuthenticationProvider-->>SecurityBrowserService: Validated principal
  SecurityBrowserService->>UiSessionAuthentication: SignInAsync
  UiSessionAuthentication->>UiSessionTicketStore: Store AuthenticationTicket
  UiSessionAuthentication-->>Browser: Protected session cookie
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Poem

A rabbit guards the session gate
With tokens tucked beside the plate
Old cookie crumbs are swept away
Fresh stamps renew the login day
TLS keeps every hop in tune
And carrots roll beneath the moon

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: protecting management UI authentication with server-side sessions.
Description check ✅ Passed The description accurately summarizes server-side UI sessions, HTTPS, antiforgery protection, account validation, and legacy cookie prevention.
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Actionable comments posted: 4

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src/EventStore.Core/Authentication/CompositeAuthenticationProvider.cs (1)

28-30: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Align provider selection between AuthenticateSession and ValidateSessionAsync.

AuthenticateSession selects the first provider that supports the "Basic" scheme. ValidateSessionAsync selects the first provider that implements ISessionAuthenticationProvider. With more than one provider, these two calls can resolve to different providers, so a session issued by one provider is validated by another. Use the same selection rule in both methods.

♻️ Proposed refactor for consistent selection
-	public void AuthenticateSession(AuthenticationRequest authenticationRequest)
-	{
-		var provider = providers.FirstOrDefault(candidate =>
-			candidate.GetSupportedAuthenticationSchemes()?.Contains("Basic", StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == true);
-		if (provider is ISessionAuthenticationProvider sessions)
-			sessions.AuthenticateSession(authenticationRequest);
-		else
-			authenticationRequest.Unauthorized();
-	}
-
-	public Task<ClaimsPrincipal> ValidateSessionAsync(ClaimsPrincipal principal, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
-		providers.OfType<ISessionAuthenticationProvider>().FirstOrDefault()?.ValidateSessionAsync(principal, cancellationToken)
-		?? Task.FromResult<ClaimsPrincipal>(null);
+	private ISessionAuthenticationProvider SessionProvider() =>
+		providers.FirstOrDefault(candidate =>
+			candidate.GetSupportedAuthenticationSchemes()?.Contains("Basic", StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == true)
+			as ISessionAuthenticationProvider;
+
+	public void AuthenticateSession(AuthenticationRequest authenticationRequest)
+	{
+		if (SessionProvider() is { } sessions)
+			sessions.AuthenticateSession(authenticationRequest);
+		else
+			authenticationRequest.Unauthorized();
+	}
+
+	public Task<ClaimsPrincipal> ValidateSessionAsync(ClaimsPrincipal principal, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+		SessionProvider()?.ValidateSessionAsync(principal, cancellationToken)
+		?? Task.FromResult<ClaimsPrincipal>(null);
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In `@src/EventStore.Core/Authentication/CompositeAuthenticationProvider.cs` around
lines 28 - 30, Update ValidateSessionAsync to select the same provider as
AuthenticateSession, using the “Basic” scheme selection rule rather than
choosing the first ISessionAuthenticationProvider. Preserve the existing
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Inline comments:
In `@src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/OAuthBrowserFlowEndpoints.cs`:
- Around line 70-71: Update the OAuth browser flow to reject non-HTTPS requests
before invoking the OAuth challenge or creating the PKCE cookie, preserving the
existing https_required error redirect. Tighten NormalizeRedirectUri so it
accepts only HTTPS redirect URIs and rejects HTTP or other schemes.

In `@src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/SecurityBrowserService.cs`:
- Line 59: Update SignInAsync to catch TimeoutException from
request.AuthenticateAsync().WaitAsync and return the existing “not ready”
SecurityCommandResult.Failure message, matching the timeout handling in
OAuthBrowserFlowEndpoints.HandleCallback.

In
`@src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Services/Transport/Grpc/Forwarding/ForwardingServiceTests.cs`:
- Around line 271-273: Update the assertions in the forwarding service tests to
verify exact result counts for both validation outcomes: require two published
ClientMessage.WriteEvents entries on successful validation and two
NotAuthenticated responses on failed validation, in addition to the existing
per-item assertions.

In `@src/EventStore.Core/Configuration/ClusterVNodeOptions.cs`:
- Around line 714-716: Update FindUnknownKeys so Auth validation recursively
checks the complete nested AuthOptions shape rather than only direct AuthOptions
properties, ensuring unknown keys such as Auth:OAuth:IssuerTypo set
UnknownOptionsDetected. Add a regression test covering an unknown property under
Auth:OAuth.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@src/EventStore.Core/Authentication/CompositeAuthenticationProvider.cs`:
- Around line 28-30: Update ValidateSessionAsync to select the same provider as
AuthenticateSession, using the “Basic” scheme selection rule rather than
choosing the first ISessionAuthenticationProvider. Preserve the existing
cancellation token, principal, and null-task fallback behavior.

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📒 Files selected for processing (41)
  • docs/security.md
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/AuthorizationPolicyRegistryFactory.cs
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Pages/SignOut.razor
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/ConfigurationBrowserService.cs
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/OAuthBrowserFlowEndpoints.cs
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/SecurityBrowserService.cs
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/UiCredentialCookie.cs
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/UiCredentialsMiddleware.cs
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/UiSessionAuthentication.cs
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Program.cs
  • src/EventStore.Common/Utils/ClaimsPrincipalExtensions.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Authentication/InternalSessionAuthenticationTests.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Authentication/OAuthBrowserFlowServiceTests.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Authentication/UiSessionIntegrationTests.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Authorization/AclPolicyVerification.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/ClientOperations/specification_with_bare_vnode.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Helpers/MiniClusterNode.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Helpers/MiniNode.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Services/Transport/Grpc/Forwarding/ForwardingServiceTests.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.Tests/Services/VNode/startup_should.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.XUnit.Tests/Authentication/AuthenticationMethodNamesTests.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.XUnit.Tests/Authorization/StreamBasedAuthPolicyRegistryTests.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.XUnit.Tests/Configuration/ClusterNodeOptionsTests/ClusterVNodeOptionsScenarios.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.XUnit.Tests/Configuration/ClusterNodeOptionsTests/when_building/with_secure_tcp.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.XUnit.Tests/Configuration/ClusterNodeOptionsTests/when_shutting_down_an_isolated_cluster_member.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core.XUnit.Tests/Configuration/ClusterVNodeOptionsTests.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Authentication/AuthenticationMethodNames.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Authentication/CompositeAuthenticationProvider.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Authentication/DelegatedAuthentication/DelegatedAuthenticationProvider.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Authentication/ISessionAuthenticationProvider.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Authentication/InternalAuthentication/InternalAuthenticationProvider.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Authentication/InternalAuthentication/UserManagementService.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Authentication/LocalSessionClaimsIdentity.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Authorization/AclStreamPermissionAssertion.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Authorization/AuthorizationPolicies/AclPolicySelectorFactory.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Authorization/AuthorizationPolicies/StreamBasedAuthorizationPolicyRegistry.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Authorization/SystemAccountAssertion.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Authorization/WellKnownAssertions.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Configuration/ClusterVNodeOptions.cs
  • src/EventStore.Core/Services/Storage/StorageScavenger.cs
  • src/EventStore.Projections.Core/Messages/ProjectionManagementMessage.cs
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  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/UiCredentialCookie.cs
  • src/EventStore.ClusterNode/Components/Services/UiCredentialsMiddleware.cs
  • src/EventStore.Common/Utils/ClaimsPrincipalExtensions.cs

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yordis force-pushed the yordis/fix-secure-ui-sessions branch from bab4bd5 to df56185 Compare September 5, 2026 04:54
Signed-off-by: Yordis Prieto <yordis.prieto@gmail.com>
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yordis merged commit 444cd83 into master Sep 5, 2026
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