Spring security always returns HTTP 403

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Spring security always returns HTTP 403

I have configured a custom Filter

one that grants spring permissions for every url other than /login

:

public class TokenFilter implements Filter {
     @Override
     public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {
          GrantedAuthority authority = new SimpleGrantedAuthority("myAuthority");
          UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken auth = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(user, token, Arrays.asList(authority));
          SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(auth);
      }
}

and spring, which protects all requests (but / login

) with this authority:

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class SecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http
                .csrf().disable()
                .authorizeRequests()
                .antMatchers("/login").permitAll()
                .anyRequest().hasAuthority("myAuthority");
    }

}

But every request except /login

gets HTTP 403

Forbidden.

I debugged and made sure that the code from the filter actually ran.

What could be the problem?

EDIT - when installing spring security logs in debug, I get the following stack trace:

2015-07-31 14:52:42 [http-nio-8002-exec-2] DEBUG o.s.s.w.a.ExceptionTranslationFilter - Access is denied (user is anonymous); redirecting to authentication entry point
org.springframework.security.access.AccessDeniedException: Accès refusé
    at org.springframework.security.access.vote.AffirmativeBased.decide(AffirmativeBased.java:83) ~[spring-security-core-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.access.intercept.AbstractSecurityInterceptor.beforeInvocation(AbstractSecurityInterceptor.java:206) ~[spring-security-core-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:115) ~[spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:84) ~[spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:113) ~[spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:103) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:113) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:154) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:45) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:110) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doFilterInternal(HeaderWriterFilter.java:57) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) [spring-web-4.0.6.RELEASE.jar:4.0.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:87) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.context.request.async.WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.doFilterInternal(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.java:50) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) [spring-web-4.0.6.RELEASE.jar:4.0.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:192) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:160) [spring-security-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar:3.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at com.kgwebapps.tonpronostic.security.TokenFilter.doFilter(TokenFilter.java:55) [classes/:na]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:501) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteIpValve.invoke(RemoteIpValve.java:683) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:408) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1040) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:607) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1720) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1679) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [na:1.8.0_40]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [na:1.8.0_40]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) [tomcat-embed-core-7.0.54.jar:7.0.54]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.8.0_40]

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6 answers

doannx · Answer 1 · 2016-07-30T01:26:45+0000

I have the same problem, every request is blocked with a 403 error except for the [/] request. After a lot of crazy time, I found the root cause, ie [csrf].
Then my security config looks like this:

@Override
protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
    http.authorizeRequests().antMatchers("/delete/**").authenticated().and().httpBasic().and().csrf().disable();
}

This configuration states that: only [delete / **] is allowed.
And I mark the [delete] action like this:

@PreAuthorize("hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')")
void delete(String id);

Hope to help someone.

Ithar · Answer 2 · 2016-12-20T16:53:06+0000

As the other 403 have said, the user is logged in but is not allowed to view the resource; I would check the following:

Your control has the correct role permission @Secured( {"ROLE_myAuthority"} )
In fact, you have provided the correct permission new SimpleGrantedAuthority("ROLE_myAuthority");
Valid granted credentials from UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken object

The filter is correctly entered correctly

Authentication auth = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(username, authentication.getCredentials(), authorities);  
Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> auths = auth.getAuthorities();`

Iterator authsIterator = auths.iterator();

while (authsIterator.hasNext()) {
     SimpleGrantedAuthority sga =  (SimpleGrantedAuthority) authsIterator.next();
        sga.getAuthority();
    // ... 
}

Zerkz · Answer 3 · 2015-07-31T12:45:12+0000

Getting 403 instead of 401 usually means that you are logged in, but you are not allowed (through permissions) to see the resource.

Debug and validate that the user you are logging in with has this authority (I know your code is installing it, but you might be installing something else wrong).

Link · Answer 4 · 2015-07-31T13:22:55+0000

The only (obvious) thing that can result from a 403 is the user role is not set to ROLE_myAuthority

.

Beary · Answer 5 · 2018-08-07T07:18:19+0000

UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken

expands AbstractAuthenticationToken

, AbstractAuthenticationToken

implements Authentication

.

Spring Security calls a method Authentication's

isAuthenticated()

to check if it needs to be passed .

Therefore, you must call the setAuthenticated

instance UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken

and set the argument true

.

Like this:

public class TokenFilter implements Filter {
    @Override
    public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {
        GrantedAuthority authority = new SimpleGrantedAuthority("myAuthority");
        UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken auth = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(user, token, Arrays.asList(authority));

        auth.setAuthenticated(true);

        SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(auth);
  }
}

robin850 · Answer 6 · 2019-06-04T08:34:49+0000

Quite an old question, but in case anyone stumbles upon this post, the app had the same problem and turned out to be the problem @ControllerAdvice

.

Basically, the setup was like this:

@ControllerAdvice
class MainController {

@PreAuthorize("...")
class AdminController extends MainController {

And for a strange reason, any controller extending from MainController

would be called @PreAuthorize

from the AdminController

class, even if there was no relationship between that controller and the latter.

In my case it was easy to fix as the removal @ControllerAdvice

was enough, but if you need @ControllerAdvice

you can move the annotation to a class that is never used as a superclass.

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