Validate signer for AWS ALB header

configs/config.hcl

@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ okta {
 
   // disabled disables Okta authorization.
   disabled = true
+
+  // jwt_signer is the trusted signer for the ALB JWT header.
+  jwt_signer = ""
 }
 
 // postgres configures PostgreSQL as the app database.

internal/auth/oktaalb/oktaalb.go

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// Disabled disables Okta authorization.
 	Disabled bool `hcl:"disabled,optional"`
+
+	// JWTSigner is the trusted signer for the ALB JWT header.
+	JWTSigner string `hcl:"jwt_signer,optional"`
 }
 
 // New returns a new Okta authorizer.
@@ -72,6 +75,10 @@ func (oa *OktaAuthorizer) EnforceOktaAuth(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 // verifyOIDCToken checks if the request is authorized and returns the user
 // identity.
 func (oa *OktaAuthorizer) verifyOIDCToken(r *http.Request) (string, error) {
+	if oa.cfg.JWTSigner == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("JWT signer not configured")
+	}
+
 	// Get the key ID from JWT headers (the kid field).
 	encodedJWT := r.Header.Get("x-amzn-oidc-data")
 	if encodedJWT == "" {
@@ -96,6 +103,15 @@ func (oa *OktaAuthorizer) verifyOIDCToken(r *http.Request) (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("kid not found in decoded JSON")
 	}
 
+	// Validate signer.
+	signer, ok := decodedJSON["signer"].(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("signer not found in decoded JSON")
+	}
+	if signer != oa.cfg.JWTSigner {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected signer: %s", signer)
+	}
+
 	// Get the public key from the regional endpoint.
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://public-keys.auth.elb.%s.amazonaws.com/%s",
 		oa.cfg.AWSRegion, kid)

internal/cmd/commands/server/server.go

@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ func (c *Command) Run(args []string) int {
 			cfg.Okta.Disabled = true
 		}
 	}
+	if val, ok := os.LookupEnv("HERMES_SERVER_OKTA_JWT_SIGNER"); ok {
+		cfg.Okta.JWTSigner = val
+	}
 	if c.flagOktaDisabled {
 		cfg.Okta.Disabled = true
 	}
@@ -193,6 +196,10 @@ func (c *Command) Run(args []string) int {
 			c.UI.Error("error initializing server: Okta client ID is required")
 			return 1
 		}
+		if cfg.Okta.JWTSigner == "" {
+			c.UI.Error("error initializing server: Okta JWT signer is required")
+			return 1
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Initialize Datadog.