fix(auth):harden session cookie transport

surfsense_backend/app/app.py

@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ allowed_origins.extend(
     ]
 )
 
+app.add_middleware(CsrfOriginMiddleware)
 app.add_middleware(
     CORSMiddleware,
     allow_origins=allowed_origins,
@@ -821,7 +822,6 @@ app.add_middleware(
     # FRONTEND_URL to BACKEND_URL.
     max_age=86400,
 )
-app.add_middleware(CsrfOriginMiddleware)
 
 # Password / email-based auth routers are only mounted when not running in
 # Google-OAuth-only mode. Mounting them in OAuth-only prod previously left

surfsense_backend/app/auth/session_cookies.py

@@ -3,13 +3,20 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any
 
+import jwt
 from fastapi import Request, Response
 
 from app.config import config
 
 
+class TransportMode(Enum):
+    COOKIE = "cookie"
+    HEADER = "header"
+
+
 def _cookie_secure(request: Request | None = None) -> bool:
     policy = config.SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE_POLICY
     if policy == "always":
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@ def _set_persistent_cookie(
 def write_session(
     response: Response,
     access: str,
-    refresh: str,
+    refresh: str | None = None,
     request: Request | None = None,
 ) -> None:
     _set_persistent_cookie(
@@ -59,13 +66,14 @@ def write_session(
         max_age=config.ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME_SECONDS,
         request=request,
     )
-    _set_persistent_cookie(
-        response,
-        key=config.REFRESH_COOKIE_NAME,
-        value=refresh,
-        max_age=config.REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME_SECONDS,
-        request=request,
-    )
+    if refresh is not None:
+        _set_persistent_cookie(
+            response,
+            key=config.REFRESH_COOKIE_NAME,
+            value=refresh,
+            max_age=config.REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME_SECONDS,
+            request=request,
+        )
 
 
 def clear_session(response: Response, request: Request | None = None) -> None:
@@ -80,10 +88,41 @@ def clear_session(response: Response, request: Request | None = None) -> None:
         )
 
 
-def read_refresh(request: Request, body: Any | None = None) -> str | None:
+def read_refresh(request: Request, body: Any | None = None) -> tuple[str | None, TransportMode]:
     cookie = request.cookies.get(config.REFRESH_COOKIE_NAME)
     if cookie:
-        return cookie
+        return cookie, TransportMode.COOKIE
     if body is None:
-        return None
-    return getattr(body, "refresh_token", None)
+        return None, TransportMode.HEADER
+    return getattr(body, "refresh_token", None), TransportMode.HEADER
+
+
+def access_expires_at(access_token: str) -> int:
+    payload = jwt.decode(
+        access_token,
+        config.SECRET_KEY,
+        algorithms=["HS256"],
+        options={"verify_aud": False},
+    )
+    return int(payload["exp"])
+
+
+def issue(
+    response: Response,
+    mode: TransportMode,
+    *,
+    access: str,
+    refresh: str | None,
+    access_expires_at: int,
+    request: Request | None = None,
+) -> dict:
+    if mode is TransportMode.COOKIE:
+        write_session(response, access, refresh, request)
+        return {"authenticated": True, "access_expires_at": access_expires_at}
+
+    return {
+        "access_token": access,
+        "refresh_token": refresh,
+        "token_type": "bearer",
+        "access_expires_at": access_expires_at,
+    }

surfsense_backend/app/config/__init__.py

@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ class Config:
     ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME_SECONDS = int(
         os.getenv("ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME_SECONDS", str(30 * 60))  # 30 minutes
     )
+    MIN_ISSUED_AT = int(os.getenv("MIN_ISSUED_AT", "0"))
     REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME_SECONDS = int(
         os.getenv("REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME_SECONDS", str(14 * 24 * 60 * 60))  # 2 weeks
     )