SAML2: render a comprehensible error page if something goes wrong
If an error happened while processing a SAML AuthN response, or a client
ends up doing a `GET` request to `/authn_response`, then render a
customisable error page rather than a confusing error.
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/saml_handler.py b/synapse/handlers/saml_handler.py
index 9406753393..72c109981b 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/saml_handler.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/saml_handler.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from saml2.client import Saml2Client
from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
from synapse.config import ConfigError
+from synapse.http.server import finish_request
from synapse.http.servlet import parse_string
from synapse.module_api import ModuleApi
from synapse.types import (
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ class SamlHandler:
# a lock on the mappings
self._mapping_lock = Linearizer(name="saml_mapping", clock=self._clock)
+ self._error_html_content = hs.config.saml2_error_html_content
+
def handle_redirect_request(self, client_redirect_url):
"""Handle an incoming request to /login/sso/redirect
@@ -114,7 +117,22 @@ class SamlHandler:
# the dict.
self.expire_sessions()
- user_id = await self._map_saml_response_to_user(resp_bytes, relay_state)
+ try:
+ user_id = await self._map_saml_response_to_user(resp_bytes, relay_state)
+ except Exception as e:
+ # If decoding the response or mapping it to a user failed, then log the
+ # error and tell the user that something went wrong.
+ logger.error(e)
+
+ request.setResponseCode(400)
+ request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
+ request.setHeader(
+ b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (len(self._error_html_content),)
+ )
+ request.write(self._error_html_content.encode("utf8"))
+ finish_request(request)
+ return
+
self._auth_handler.complete_sso_login(user_id, request, relay_state)
async def _map_saml_response_to_user(self, resp_bytes, client_redirect_url):
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