Changing user permissions invalidates password

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
authentication, authorization

Research direction

Reproduce the issue using two browser sessions and the Rocket.Chat 3.5.0 setup described: change a test user's permissions from admin to guest, then try to log in again. Trace the authentication and permission-change handling to determine why the account is treated as missing or has an incorrect password. Done means the user can log in after the permission change and the reported error no longer occurs.

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Description

Description:

After changing user permissions on a user it's no longer possible to login with this account.

Steps to reproduce:
  1. Create 'test' user with 'admin' permissions
  2. Login with 'test' user in another browser
  3. Change permissions of 'test' user from 'admin' to 'guest' with original admin account
    -> 'test' user in second browser gets logged out
  4. Try to login again with 'test' user
Expected behavior:

You log in with the test user

Actual behavior:

"User not found or incorrect password" error message

Server Setup Information:
  • Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 3.5.0
  • Operating System: linux
  • Deployment Method: docker
  • Number of Running Instances: 1
Client Setup Information
  • Desktop App or Browser Version: Chrome 84
  • Operating System: Arch Linux
Dominant language
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