Allow re-using a UI auth validation for a period of time (#8970)

3 files changed, 27 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/config/_base.pyi b/synapse/config/_base.pyi
index ed26e2fb60..29aa064e57 100644
--- a/synapse/config/_base.pyi
+++ b/synapse/config/_base.pyi
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from typing import Any, Iterable, List, Optional
 from synapse.config import (
     api,
     appservice,
+    auth,
     captcha,
     cas,
     consent_config,
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ from synapse.config import (
     logger,
     metrics,
     oidc_config,
-    password,
     password_auth_providers,
     push,
     ratelimiting,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class RootConfig:
     sso: sso.SSOConfig
     oidc: oidc_config.OIDCConfig
     jwt: jwt_config.JWTConfig
-    password: password.PasswordConfig
+    auth: auth.AuthConfig
     email: emailconfig.EmailConfig
     worker: workers.WorkerConfig
     authproviders: password_auth_providers.PasswordAuthProviderConfig
diff --git a/synapse/config/password.py b/synapse/config/auth.py
index 9c0ea8c30a..2b3e2ce87b 100644
--- a/synapse/config/password.py
+++ b/synapse/config/auth.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,11 +17,11 @@
 from ._base import Config
 
 
-class PasswordConfig(Config):
-    """Password login configuration
+class AuthConfig(Config):
+    """Password and login configuration
     """
 
-    section = "password"
+    section = "auth"
 
     def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
         password_config = config.get("password_config", {})
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ class PasswordConfig(Config):
         self.password_policy = password_config.get("policy") or {}
         self.password_policy_enabled = self.password_policy.get("enabled", False)
 
+        # User-interactive authentication
+        ui_auth = config.get("ui_auth") or {}
+        self.ui_auth_session_timeout = ui_auth.get("session_timeout", 0)
+
     def generate_config_section(self, config_dir_path, server_name, **kwargs):
         return """\
         password_config:
@@ -87,4 +92,19 @@ class PasswordConfig(Config):
               # Defaults to 'false'.
               #
               #require_uppercase: true
+
+        ui_auth:
+            # The number of milliseconds to allow a user-interactive authentication
+            # session to be active.
+            #
+            # This defaults to 0, meaning the user is queried for their credentials
+            # before every action, but this can be overridden to alow a single
+            # validation to be re-used.  This weakens the protections afforded by
+            # the user-interactive authentication process, by allowing for multiple
+            # (and potentially different) operations to use the same validation session.
+            #
+            # Uncomment below to allow for credential validation to last for 15
+            # seconds.
+            #
+            #session_timeout: 15000
         """
diff --git a/synapse/config/homeserver.py b/synapse/config/homeserver.py
index be65554524..4bd2b3587b 100644
--- a/synapse/config/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/config/homeserver.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from ._base import RootConfig
 from .api import ApiConfig
 from .appservice import AppServiceConfig
+from .auth import AuthConfig
 from .cache import CacheConfig
 from .captcha import CaptchaConfig
 from .cas import CasConfig
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ from .key import KeyConfig
 from .logger import LoggingConfig
 from .metrics import MetricsConfig
 from .oidc_config import OIDCConfig
-from .password import PasswordConfig
 from .password_auth_providers import PasswordAuthProviderConfig
 from .push import PushConfig
 from .ratelimiting import RatelimitConfig
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class HomeServerConfig(RootConfig):
         CasConfig,
         SSOConfig,
         JWTConfig,
-        PasswordConfig,
+        AuthConfig,
         EmailConfig,
         PasswordAuthProviderConfig,
         PushConfig,