nextcloud / nextcloud/user_saml

InResponseTo mismatch causes "user not provisioned" error

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Description

Steps to reproduce

not known so far

Expected behaviour

Login via Keycloak as SAML IdP should work without error.

Actual behaviour

Sometimes users on my instance get a "user not provisioned error" after login via Keycloak. Accessing the page for a second time the error seems to disappear and Nextcloud can be accessed.

The NC logs show the following kind of message:

The InResponseTo of the Response: ONELOGIN_13562acfd3890b72005f7093d5c88eb3e7d9f01e, does not match the ID of the AuthNRequest sent by the SP: ONELOGIN_de689d902ad50a04240e2370cd937a9f7621a35e

Nextcloud version:
15.0.2 via Docker

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Research direction

Start by examining the SAML login flow that creates and validates AuthNRequest and InResponseTo values, using the reported Nextcloud logs as the initial clue. Reproduce the intermittent Keycloak login failure if possible and verify that the response matches the request sent by the service provider without producing a user-not-provisioned error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
authentication, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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