Refactor so Principal is never cached in session with cache==false

apache · Dec 7, 2019 · ab72a10 · ab72a10
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diff --git a/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/AuthenticatorBase.java b/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/AuthenticatorBase.java
@@ -914,10 +914,11 @@ public void register(Request request, HttpServletResponse response, Principal pr
         }
 
         // Cache the authentication information in our session, if any
-        if (cache) {
-            if (session != null) {
+        if (session != null) {
+            if (cache) {
                 session.setAuthType(authType);
                 session.setPrincipal(principal);
+            } else {
                 if (username != null) {
                     session.setNote(Constants.SESS_USERNAME_NOTE, username);
                 } else {

diff --git a/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/Constants.java b/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/Constants.java
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ public class Constants {
 
     /**
      * The previously authenticated principal (if caching is disabled).
+     *
+     * @deprecated Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public static final String FORM_PRINCIPAL_NOTE = "org.apache.catalina.authenticator.PRINCIPAL";
 
     /**

diff --git a/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java b/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java
@@ -153,10 +153,6 @@ public boolean authenticate(Request request,
                                 LoginConfig config)
         throws IOException {
 
-        if (checkForCachedAuthentication(request, response, true)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
         // References to objects we will need later
         Session session = null;
         Principal principal = null;
@@ -175,9 +171,8 @@ public boolean authenticate(Request request,
                 }
                 principal = context.getRealm().authenticate(username, password);
                 if (principal != null) {
-                    session.setNote(Constants.FORM_PRINCIPAL_NOTE, principal);
+                    register(request, response, principal, HttpServletRequest.FORM_AUTH, username, password);
                     if (!matchRequest(request)) {
-                        register(request, response, principal, HttpServletRequest.FORM_AUTH, username, password);
                         return true;
                     }
                 }
@@ -194,16 +189,6 @@ public boolean authenticate(Request request,
             if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 log.debug("Restore request from session '" + session.getIdInternal() + "'");
             }
-            principal = (Principal) session.getNote(Constants.FORM_PRINCIPAL_NOTE);
-            register(request, response, principal, HttpServletRequest.FORM_AUTH,
-                     (String) session.getNote(Constants.SESS_USERNAME_NOTE),
-                     (String) session.getNote(Constants.SESS_PASSWORD_NOTE));
-            // If we're caching principals we no longer need the user name
-            // and password in the session, so remove them
-            if (cache) {
-                session.removeNote(Constants.SESS_USERNAME_NOTE);
-                session.removeNote(Constants.SESS_PASSWORD_NOTE);
-            }
             if (restoreRequest(request, session)) {
                 if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                     log.debug("Proceed to restored request");
@@ -218,6 +203,12 @@ public boolean authenticate(Request request,
             }
         }
 
+        // This check has to be after the previous check for a matching request
+        // because that matching request may also include a cached Principal.
+        if (checkForCachedAuthentication(request, response, true)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         // Acquire references to objects we will need to evaluate
         String contextPath = request.getContextPath();
         String requestURI = request.getDecodedRequestURI();
@@ -302,12 +293,7 @@ public boolean authenticate(Request request,
             return false;
         }
 
-        // Save the authenticated Principal in our session
-        session.setNote(Constants.FORM_PRINCIPAL_NOTE, principal);
-
-        // Save the username and password as well
-        session.setNote(Constants.SESS_USERNAME_NOTE, username);
-        session.setNote(Constants.SESS_PASSWORD_NOTE, password);
+        register(request, response, principal, HttpServletRequest.FORM_AUTH, username, password);
 
         // Redirect the user to the original request URI (which will cause
         // the original request to be restored)
@@ -502,7 +488,7 @@ protected boolean matchRequest(Request request) {
         }
 
         // Is there a saved principal?
-        if (session.getNote(Constants.FORM_PRINCIPAL_NOTE) == null) {
+        if (cache && session.getPrincipal() == null || !cache && request.getPrincipal() == null) {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -532,7 +518,6 @@ protected boolean restoreRequest(Request request, Session session)
         // Retrieve and remove the SavedRequest object from our session
         SavedRequest saved = (SavedRequest) session.getNote(Constants.FORM_REQUEST_NOTE);
         session.removeNote(Constants.FORM_REQUEST_NOTE);
-        session.removeNote(Constants.FORM_PRINCIPAL_NOTE);
         if (saved == null) {
             return false;
         }