#345 handle the userinfo response as JWT

Author: NatePlumm

lib/resty/openidc.lua

@@ -623,6 +623,17 @@ function openidc.call_userinfo_endpoint(opts, access_token)
 
   log(DEBUG, "userinfo response: ", res.body)
 
+  -- handle if the response type is a jwt/signed payload
+  local responseType = string.lower(res.headers["Content-Type"])
+  if string.find(responseType, "application/jwt") then
+    local json, err = openidc.jwt_verify(res.body, opts)
+    if err then
+      err = "userinfo jwt could not be verified: " .. err
+      return nil, err
+    end
+    return json
+  end
+
   -- parse the response from the user info endpoint
   return openidc_parse_json_response(res)
 end

tests/spec/test_support.lua

@@ -326,6 +326,15 @@ http {
             }
         }
 
+        location /user-info-signed {
+            content_by_lua_block {
+                local auth = ngx.req.get_headers()["Authorization"]
+                ngx.header.content_type = 'application/jwt;charset=UTF-8'
+                local signed_userinfo = test_globals.create_jwt(USERINFO)
+                ngx.print(signed_userinfo)
+            }
+        }
+
         location /introspection {
             content_by_lua_block {
                 ngx.req.read_body()

tests/spec/userinfo_spec.lua

@@ -169,3 +169,26 @@ describe("when userinfo endpoint doesn't return proper JSON", function()
     assert.error_log_contains("JSON decoding failed")
   end)
 end)
+
+describe("when userinfo endpoint returns a JWT", function()
+  test_support.start_server({
+    oidc_opts = {
+      discovery = {
+        userinfo_endpoint = "http://127.0.0.1/user-info-signed",
+        token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported = { "private_key_jwt" },
+      },
+      token_endpoint_auth_method = "private_key_jwt",
+      client_rsa_private_key = test_support.load("/spec/private_rsa_key.pem"),
+      public_key = test_support.load("/spec/public_rsa_key.pem"),
+    },
+  })
+  teardown(test_support.stop_server)
+  local _, status = test_support.login()
+  it("login succeeds", function()
+    assert.are.equals(302, status)
+  end)
+  it("an error has not been logged", function()
+    assert.is_not.error_log_contains("JSON decoding failed")
+    assert.is_not.error_log_contains("userinfo jwt could not be verified")
+  end)
+end)