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SEC-2080: Add principal name based checks to SecurityExpressionRoot

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Description

Michael Osipov (Migrated from SEC-2080) said:

For now, Spring Sec supports role-based or pass-all-or-nothing access checks.

Checks like is(String username), isAny(String... username), isPrincipal, isAnyPrincipal would cover other useful cases.

In may env there are only roles for the prod system but not the test system or an authz system where the developer has no write access to, like Active Directory. Quick setups like access="is('michael-o@jira')" would ease this issue.

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Research direction

Start with SecurityExpressionRoot, the entry point named in the issue, and read its existing role-based and pass-through access checks. Trace how expression methods are exposed and determine the expected behavior for is, isAny, isPrincipal, and isAnyPrincipal; done means these principal-name checks are available for security expressions and behave consistently with the existing checks.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
authorization, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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