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feat(identity): inject X-Forwarded-User headers after JWT validation (#15)
Closes homelab#9 (P3.4)

## Changes

- New `internal/identity` package: header injection + anti-spoofing
- `proxy.go`: strip spoofed headers on all requests, inject identity after JWT validation

## Headers

| Header | Source | When |
|--------|--------|------|
| X-Forwarded-User | sub claim | Always after JWT |
| X-Forwarded-Roles | roles or permissions claim | Always after JWT |
| X-Acting-Service | azp claim | Only when azp != sub |
| X-Auth-Verified | literal "true" | Always after JWT |

## Tests

13 tests, 93.9% coverage. Covers: spoofing, service accounts, human users, empty claims, nil values, wildcard, mixed types, precedence.

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Co-authored-by: Poimen <[email protected]>
Reviewed-on: #15
2026-09-08 23:08:39 +00:00

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// Package identity extracts authenticated user identity from JWT claims
// and injects forwarding headers into proxied requests.
//
// Headers injected after JWT validation:
//
// X-Forwarded-User: subject (sub claim)
// X-Forwarded-Roles: comma-separated roles or permissions
// X-Acting-Service: authorized party (azp claim), only for service accounts
// X-Auth-Verified: "true" when gateway validated the JWT
//
// Security contract: downstream services MUST only accept traffic from the
// gateway (enforced by NetworkPolicy). They trust these headers because the
// gateway is the sole ingress path.
package identity
import (
"net/http"
"strings"
"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5"
)
// Headers that the gateway controls. Incoming values from clients are
// stripped to prevent spoofing.
const (
HeaderUser = "X-Forwarded-User"
HeaderRoles = "X-Forwarded-Roles"
HeaderActingService = "X-Acting-Service"
HeaderAuthVerified = "X-Auth-Verified"
)
// managed lists all headers this package owns. Used for stripping and cleanup.
var managed = []string{
HeaderUser,
HeaderRoles,
HeaderActingService,
HeaderAuthVerified,
}
// StripIncoming removes all gateway-managed identity headers from an
// inbound request, preventing clients from spoofing identity.
// Call this early in the handler chain, before any routing.
func StripIncoming(r *http.Request) {
for _, h := range managed {
r.Header.Del(h)
}
}
// Inject extracts identity from validated JWT claims and sets the
// corresponding forwarding headers on the request. Only call this
// after successful JWT validation.
func Inject(r *http.Request, claims jwt.MapClaims) {
r.Header.Set(HeaderAuthVerified, "true")
if sub := claimString(claims, "sub"); sub != "" {
r.Header.Set(HeaderUser, sub)
}
if roles := claimStringSlice(claims, "roles"); len(roles) > 0 {
r.Header.Set(HeaderRoles, strings.Join(roles, ","))
} else if perms := claimStringSlice(claims, "permissions"); len(perms) > 0 {
r.Header.Set(HeaderRoles, strings.Join(perms, ","))
}
if azp := claimString(claims, "azp"); azp != "" {
sub := claimString(claims, "sub")
// Only set acting-service when azp differs from sub
// (i.e., a service account acting, not the user themselves)
if azp != sub {
r.Header.Set(HeaderActingService, azp)
}
}
}
// claimString extracts a string value from claims, returning "" if
// the key is missing or not a string.
func claimString(claims jwt.MapClaims, key string) string {
val, ok := claims[key]
if !ok || val == nil {
return ""
}
s, ok := val.(string)
if !ok {
return ""
}
return s
}
// claimStringSlice extracts a []string from claims. JWT libraries
// deserialize JSON arrays as []interface{}, so each element is
// type-asserted individually. Non-string elements are skipped.
func claimStringSlice(claims jwt.MapClaims, key string) []string {
val, ok := claims[key]
if !ok || val == nil {
return nil
}
raw, ok := val.([]interface{})
if !ok {
return nil
}
out := make([]string, 0, len(raw))
for _, v := range raw {
if s, ok := v.(string); ok && s != "" {
out = append(out, s)
}
}
if len(out) == 0 {
return nil
}
return out
}