http: preserve wwwauth_headers across redirects

When cURL follows a redirect, it calls the CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION for
each header received including ones from a redirect. http_request() sets
fwrite_wwwauth() as the header function, which will record the wwwauth[]
entries for the last step in the redirection chain.

However, when http_request_recoverable() sees that cURL followed a
redirect, it attempts to update the credentials for the request from the
new URL using credential_from_url(). The first thing that does is call
credential_clear(), which clears everything including wwwauth_headers.

If the new URL should use a credential helper rather than credentials
embedded in the URL, this loses the list of authentication methods that
the server provided in the redirect.

The WWW-Authenticate challenge is not derived from the URL; it is
populated from the server's response, and after a redirect it describes
how to authenticate to the redirect target and it needs to survive the
URL update so that credential helpers can know which authentication
methods are allowed.

Add a new credential_update_url() that wraps credential_from_url() and
preserves wwwauth_headers specifically. Use SWAP() to avoid having to
copy the whole strbuf.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Plattner <aplattner@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
jch
Aaron Plattner 2026-08-19 20:21:04 -07:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 1a3e64c6c4
commit 3de34b072a
5 changed files with 78 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -708,3 +708,19 @@ void credential_from_url(struct credential *c, const char *url)
if (credential_from_url_gently(c, url, 0) < 0)
die(_("credential url cannot be parsed: %s"), url);
}

void credential_update_url(struct credential *c, const char *url)
{
struct strvec wwwauth_headers = STRVEC_INIT;

/*
* credential_from_url() clears the whole credential. Preserve the
* WWW-Authenticate list, which is derived from the server's original
* response rather than from the URL and is required to authenticate to
* the new URL.
*/
SWAP(wwwauth_headers, c->wwwauth_headers);
credential_from_url(c, url);
SWAP(c->wwwauth_headers, wwwauth_headers);
strvec_clear(&wwwauth_headers);
}

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@ -305,6 +305,14 @@ void credential_write(const struct credential *, FILE *,
void credential_from_url(struct credential *, const char *url);
int credential_from_url_gently(struct credential *, const char *url, int quiet);

/*
* Update the URL-derived fields (protocol, host, path) of an existing
* credential to match a new URL. Unlike credential_from_url(), this function
* preserves state that was derived from a server's HTTP redirect response,
* such as the WWW-Authenticate headers.
*/
void credential_update_url(struct credential *c, const char *url);

int credential_match(const struct credential *want,
const struct credential *have, int match_password);


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http.c
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@ -2427,7 +2427,14 @@ static int http_request_recoverable(const char *url,
if (options->effective_url && options->base_url) {
if (update_url_from_redirect(options->base_url,
url, options->effective_url)) {
credential_from_url(&http_auth, options->base_url->buf);
/*
* Use credential_update_url() rather than
* credential_from_url() so that the WWW-Authenticate
* challenge the server sent with the redirect target's
* response is preserved and handed to the credential
* helper.
*/
credential_update_url(&http_auth, options->base_url->buf);
url = options->effective_url->buf;
}
}

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@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ RewriteRule ^/dumb-redir/(.*)$ /dumb/$1 [R=301]
RewriteRule ^/smart-redir-perm/(.*)$ /smart/$1 [R=301]
RewriteRule ^/smart-redir-temp/(.*)$ /smart/$1 [R=302]
RewriteRule ^/smart-redir-auth/(.*)$ /auth/smart/$1 [R=301]
RewriteRule ^/custom_auth_redir/(.*)$ /custom_auth/$1 [R=302]
RewriteRule ^/smart-redir-limited/(.*)/info/refs$ /smart/$1/info/refs [R=301]
RewriteRule ^/ftp-redir/(.*)$ ftp://localhost:1000/$1 [R=302]


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@ -557,6 +557,51 @@ test_expect_success 'access using bearer auth' '
EOF
'

test_expect_success 'bearer auth after redirect preserves wwwauth headers' '
test_when_finished "per_test_cleanup" &&

set_credential_reply get <<-EOF &&
capability[]=authtype
authtype=Bearer
credential=YS1naXQtdG9rZW4=
EOF

cat >"$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH/custom-auth.valid" <<-EOF &&
id=1 creds=Bearer YS1naXQtdG9rZW4=
EOF

cat >"$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH/custom-auth.challenge" <<-EOF &&
id=1 status=200
id=default response=WWW-Authenticate: FooBar param1="value1" param2="value2"
id=default response=WWW-Authenticate: Bearer authorize_uri="id.example.com" p=1 q=0
id=default response=WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="example.com"
EOF

test_config_global credential.helper test-helper &&
test_config_global credential.useHttpPath true &&
git ls-remote "$HTTPD_URL/custom_auth_redir/repo.git" &&

expect_credential_query get <<-EOF &&
capability[]=authtype
capability[]=state
protocol=http
host=$HTTPD_DEST
path=custom_auth/repo.git
wwwauth[]=FooBar param1="value1" param2="value2"
wwwauth[]=Bearer authorize_uri="id.example.com" p=1 q=0
wwwauth[]=Basic realm="example.com"
EOF

expect_credential_query store <<-EOF
capability[]=authtype
authtype=Bearer
credential=YS1naXQtdG9rZW4=
protocol=http
host=$HTTPD_DEST
path=custom_auth/repo.git
EOF
'

test_expect_success 'access using bearer auth with invalid credentials' '
test_when_finished "per_test_cleanup" &&