spring-projects / spring-projects/spring-security

Support 303 status for authorization response

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in: oauth2 type: breaks-passivity
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Description

Expected Behavior

According to A comprehensive formal security analysis of OAuth 2.0. 303 redirect should be used to drop the body of an HTTP POST request.

Current Behavior

DefaultRedirectStrategy in OAuth2AuthorizationEndpointFilter sets the status to 302

Context

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Research direction

Start at DefaultRedirectStrategy in OAuth2AuthorizationEndpointFilter and inspect how the authorization response selects status 302. Confirm the intended 303 behavior for POST requests and verify the authorization endpoint tests cover the resulting response.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
authorization, backend, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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