Defect #41220
closed
API Access does not require second factor
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Description
I have configured a required second factor for the admin account.
This is enforced when logging in via the browser interface.
It is however NOT enforced when using the API, where using
https://my.redmine.org/my/account.json with basic authentication
delivers me my api key NOT requiring the second factor.
When getting a token for www.keycloak.org for example, it is required
to pass the HTTP header totp with the current value to the endpoint.
Related issues
Updated by Marco Descher 3 months ago
The same holds when accessing resources directly using their json or xml representation
e.g. https://my.redmine.org/issues.json
Updated by Holger Just 3 months ago
- Status changed from New to Needs feedback
Redmine 5.1.3 does not allow to use basic authentication to access the API if two-factor authentication is enabled for a user. This was changed in #35001 starting with Redmine 5.0.0. My tests on a vanilla Redmine 5.0.3 confirms that this behavior works as intended, i.e. that API access is only possible with the user's API key if they have activated two-factor authentication but is denied when using the username and password with basic auth.
Accordingly, I'm unable to reproduce your described behavior. If you do still observe this however, please remove any plugins you may have installed and ensure that your Redmine code is unchanged. Please provide more details which allows us to reproduce this issue starting from a fresh Redmine.
Updated by Holger Just 3 months ago
- Related to Feature #35001: Disable API authentication with username and password when two-factor authentication is enabled for the user added
Updated by Marco Descher 3 months ago
Thank you for your feedback. I can confirm that my test by mistake went against a 4.2.8.stable instance, not the 5.1.3.
With 5.1.3 I can confirm, that the API returns HTTP 401. Thus this issue is resolved.
Updated by Holger Just 3 months ago
- Status changed from Needs feedback to Closed
- Resolution set to Invalid
Thank you for your feedback.