OAuth 2.0 Security Best Current Practice
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Open Authentication Protocol                         T. Lodderstedt, Ed.
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Intended status: Best Current Practice                        J. Bradley
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                                                             A. Labunets
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                                                                 D. Fett
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                                                       November 09, 2018

                OAuth 2.0 Security Best Current Practice
                  draft-ietf-oauth-security-topics-09

Abstract

   This document describes best current security practice for OAuth 2.0.
   It updates and extends the OAuth 2.0 Security Threat Model to
   incorporate practical experiences gathered since OAuth 2.0 was
   published and covers new threats relevant due to the broader
   application of OAuth 2.0.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.1.  Protecting Redirect-Based Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
       2.1.1.  Authorization Code Grant  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       2.1.2.  Implicit Grant  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.2.  Token Replay Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.3.  Access Token Privilege Restriction  . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   3.  Attacks and Mitigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.1.  Insufficient Redirect URI Validation  . . . . . . . . . .   6
       3.1.1.  Attacks on Authorization Code Grant . . . . . . . . .   7
       3.1.2.  Attacks on Implicit Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       3.1.3.  Proposed Countermeasures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     3.2.  Credential Leakage via Referrer Headers . . . . . . . . .  10
       3.2.1.  Leakage from the OAuth client . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       3.2.2.  Leakage from the Authorization Server . . . . . . . .  10
       3.2.3.  Consequences  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       3.2.4.  Proposed Countermeasures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     3.3.  Attacks through the Browser History . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       3.3.1.  Code in Browser History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       3.3.2.  Access Token in Browser History . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     3.4.  Mix-Up  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       3.4.1.  Attack Description  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       3.4.2.  Countermeasures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     3.5.  Authorization Code Injection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       3.5.1.  Proposed Countermeasures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     3.6.  Access Token Injection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       3.6.1.  Proposed Countermeasures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     3.7.  Cross Site Request Forgery  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       3.7.1.  Proposed Countermeasures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     3.8.  Access Token Leakage at the Resource Server . . . . . . .  20
       3.8.1.  Access Token Phishing by Counterfeit Resource Server   20
         3.8.1.1.  Metadata  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20