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fix: support space-separated OIDC prompt parameter values - #4083

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Fixes #4039

  • The OIDC spec (Section 3.1.2.1) defines prompt as a space-separated list of values
  • The existing code compared the entire string against individual values, rejecting valid multi-value inputs like select_account consent
  • Split the prompt string by spaces and use slices.Contains to check for each recognized value
  • Adds test cases for multi-value prompt combinations

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  • Bug Fixes

    • OpenID Connect requests now correctly support multiple space-separated prompt values, including combinations such as select_account consent.
    • Prompt values are evaluated independently, ensuring stale login prompts are still rejected when combined with other values.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for valid multi-prompt combinations across public and confidential clients.

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The failing scanners check is unrelated to this PR's changes. It is caused by a known high-severity vulnerability in a transitive dependency (github.com/docker/cli via CVE-2025-15558 and GHSA-p436-gjf2-799p), which also triggers on the master branch. The last 5 scanner runs on master have all failed with the same issue.

This PR only modifies OpenID Connect prompt handling logic in Go source files and does not touch Docker images, dependencies, or the Dockerfile.

Could a maintainer re-trigger the check or add an exception for this known vulnerability so the PR can proceed?

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Friendly ping. The failing scanners check is a pre-existing CVE in the base image, not introduced by this PR. Could a maintainer re-trigger or exempt it? Happy to help if there's anything else needed.

The OIDC spec allows multiple prompt values separated by spaces
(e.g. "select_account consent"). The validator already handled this
correctly by splitting on spaces, but GenerateIDToken in strategy_jwt.go
used a switch statement on the raw unsplit string, causing prompt
values like "login consent" to skip login-specific validation.

Split the prompt parameter by space in GenerateIDToken and use
slices.Contains to check for individual values, consistent with
how the validator and consent strategy already handle it.

Fixes ory#4039
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raajheshkannaa force-pushed the feat/fix-oidc-prompt-parsing branch from 4252380 to 014df6d Compare September 3, 2026 12:53
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OIDC prompt handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Parse and evaluate multiple prompt values
fosite/handler/openid/strategy_jwt.go
The JWT strategy splits space-separated prompt values and evaluates none and login independently.
Validate combined prompt behavior
fosite/handler/openid/strategy_jwt_test.go, fosite/handler/openid/validator_test.go
Tests cover accepted select_account consent prompts and rejected stale login consent prompts. select_account consent is tested for public and confidential clients.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 014df

Multi-value prompt handling is improved, but valid consent or account-selection requests can now fail during ID-token generation when auth_time is initially absent. The guard should be narrowed and covered by a regression test before merging.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 3 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: support for space-separated OIDC prompt parameter values.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the bug, references issue #4039, describes the implementation, and identifies the added tests. It omits the repository checklist and further comments sections, but the core re…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #4039 by parsing space-separated prompt values in GenerateIDToken and adding tests for valid multi-value prompts and stale login handling.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The code and test changes are directly related to OIDC prompt parameter handling. No unrelated code, dependency, or infrastructure changes are included.
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In `@fosite/handler/openid/strategy_jwt.go`:
- Around line 163-166: Restrict the claims.AuthTime zero-value guard in the
prompt validation flow to cases where prompts contains none or login, allowing
consent and select_account to proceed to GenerateIDToken’s initialization. Add a
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Comment on lines +163 to 166
if len(prompts) > 0 {
if claims.AuthTime.IsZero() {
return "", errorsx.WithStack(fosite.ErrServerError.WithDebug("Unable to determine validity of prompt parameter because auth_time is missing in id token claims."))
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Limit the auth_time guard to freshness-sensitive prompts.

prompt=consent and prompt=select_account do not use the freshness checks, but this guard rejects them when claims.AuthTime is zero. GenerateIDToken initializes a missing claims.AuthTime later at Lines 213-215, so valid requests now fail before token generation. The validator also does not require auth_time for these prompts.

Apply the guard only when prompts contains none or login. Add a regression test with zero AuthTime for select_account consent.

Proposed fix
-		if len(prompts) > 0 {
+		if slices.Contains(prompts, "none") || slices.Contains(prompts, "login") {
 			if claims.AuthTime.IsZero() {
 				return "", errorsx.WithStack(fosite.ErrServerError.WithDebug("Unable to determine validity of prompt parameter because auth_time is missing in id token claims."))
 			}
 		}
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if len(prompts) > 0 {
if claims.AuthTime.IsZero() {
return "", errorsx.WithStack(fosite.ErrServerError.WithDebug("Unable to determine validity of prompt parameter because auth_time is missing in id token claims."))
}
if slices.Contains(prompts, "none") || slices.Contains(prompts, "login") {
if claims.AuthTime.IsZero() {
return "", errorsx.WithStack(fosite.ErrServerError.WithDebug("Unable to determine validity of prompt parameter because auth_time is missing in id token claims."))
}
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In `@fosite/handler/openid/strategy_jwt.go` around lines 163 - 166, Restrict the
claims.AuthTime zero-value guard in the prompt validation flow to cases where
prompts contains none or login, allowing consent and select_account to proceed
to GenerateIDToken’s initialization. Add a regression test covering
select_account consent with zero AuthTime.

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Unknown value '[select_account consent]' for prompt parameter

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