# Which Problems Are Solved
There are multiple issues with the metadata and error handling of SAML:
- When providing a SAML metadata for an IdP, which cannot be processed,
the error will only be noticed once a user tries to use the IdP.
- Parsing for metadata with any other encoding than UTF-8 fails.
- Metadata containing an enclosing EntitiesDescriptor around
EntityDescriptor cannot be parsed.
- Metadata's `validUntil` value is always set to 48 hours, which causes
issues on external providers, if processed from a manual down/upload.
- If a SAML response cannot be parsed, only a generic "Authentication
failed" error is returned, the cause is hidden to the user and also to
actions.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- Return parsing errors after create / update and retrieval of an IdP in
the API.
- Prevent the creation and update of an IdP in case of a parsing
failure.
- Added decoders for encodings other than UTF-8 (including ASCII,
windows and ISO, [currently
supported](efd25daf28/encoding/ianaindex/ianaindex.go (L156)))
- Updated parsing to handle both `EntitiesDescriptor` and
`EntityDescriptor` as root element
- `validUntil` will automatically set to the certificate's expiration
time
- Unwrapped the hidden error to be returned. The Login UI will still
only provide a mostly generic error, but action can now access the
underlying error.
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
reported by a customer
# Which Problems Are Solved
Adding a SAML IDPs with an empty metadata XML and URL leads to failed
projection events. The main IDP template projection succeeds, but the
subtable projection for SAML template fails, because the metadata field
is not nullable in that table. The SAML IDP shows up in list queries,
because the list method only queries the main template projection.
However, getting a SAML IDP created without metadata by ID misses the
SAML specific IDP data.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- The command for adding a SAML IDP properly ensures that non-empty
metadata is either given by XML or resolved by URL.
- The console doesn't send requests with empty metadata anymore. This
works by explicitly setting a single oneof option for either XML or URL
and emptying the other one.
# Additional Context
Closes#8443
# Which Problems Are Solved
ZITADEL currently always uses
`urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:persistent` in SAML requests,
relying on the IdP to respect that flag and always return a peristent
nameid in order to be able to map the external user with an existing
user (idp link) in ZITADEL.
In case the IdP however returns a
`urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient` (transient)
nameid, the attribute will differ between each request and it will not
be possible to match existing users.
# How the Problems Are Solved
This PR adds the following two options on SAML IdP:
- **nameIDFormat**: allows to set the nameid-format used in the SAML
Request
- **transientMappingAttributeName**: allows to set an attribute name,
which will be used instead of the nameid itself in case the returned
nameid-format is transient
# Additional Changes
To reduce impact on current installations, the `idp_templates6_saml`
table is altered with the two added columns by a setup job. New
installations will automatically get the table with the two columns
directly.
All idp unit tests are updated to use `expectEventstore` instead of the
deprecated `eventstoreExpect`.
# Additional Context
Closes#7483Closes#7743
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Co-authored-by: peintnermax <max@caos.ch>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Benz <46600784+stebenz@users.noreply.github.com>
Adds a id_attribute to the GenericOAuthProvider, which is used to map the external User. Further mapping can be done in actions by using the `rawInfo` of the new `ctx.v1.providerInfo` field.
Add management functionality for LDAP idps with templates and the basic functionality for the LDAP provider, which can then be used with a separate login page in the future.
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Co-authored-by: Livio Spring <livio.a@gmail.com>
