helm-external-secrets/pkg/provider/vault/auth_iam.go

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package vault

import (
	"context"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"

	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials/stscreds"
	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5"
	authaws "github.com/hashicorp/vault/api/auth/aws"
	kclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"

	esv1 "github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/apis/externalsecrets/v1"
	"github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/pkg/constants"
	"github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/pkg/metrics"
	vaultiamauth "github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/pkg/provider/vault/iamauth"
	"github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/pkg/provider/vault/util"
)

const (
	defaultAWSRegion              = "us-east-1"
	defaultAWSAuthMountPath       = "aws"
	errNoAWSAuthMethodFound       = "no AWS authentication method found: expected either IRSA or Pod Identity"
	errIrsaTokenFileNotFoundOnPod = "web identity token file not found at %s location: %w"
	errIrsaTokenFileNotReadable   = "could not read the web identity token from the file %s: %w"
	errIrsaTokenNotValidJWT       = "could not parse web identity token available at %s. not a valid jwt?: %w"
	errIrsaTokenNotValidClaims    = "could not find pod identity info on token %s"
)

func setIamAuthToken(ctx context.Context, v *client, jwtProvider vaultutil.JwtProviderFactory, assumeRoler vaultiamauth.STSProvider) (bool, error) {
	iamAuth := v.store.Auth.Iam
	isClusterKind := v.storeKind == esv1.ClusterSecretStoreKind
	if iamAuth != nil {
		err := v.requestTokenWithIamAuth(ctx, iamAuth, isClusterKind, v.kube, v.namespace, jwtProvider, assumeRoler)
		if err != nil {
			return true, err
		}
		return true, nil
	}
	return false, nil
}

func (c *client) requestTokenWithIamAuth(ctx context.Context, iamAuth *esv1.VaultIamAuth, isClusterKind bool, k kclient.Client, n string, jwtProvider vaultutil.JwtProviderFactory, assumeRoler vaultiamauth.STSProvider) error {
	jwtAuth := iamAuth.JWTAuth
	secretRefAuth := iamAuth.SecretRef
	regionAWS := c.getRegionOrDefault(iamAuth.Region)
	awsAuthMountPath := c.getAuthMountPathOrDefault(iamAuth.Path)

	var creds *credentials.Credentials
	var err error
	if jwtAuth != nil { // use credentials from a sa explicitly defined and referenced. Highest preference is given to this method/configuration.
		creds, err = vaultiamauth.CredsFromServiceAccount(ctx, *iamAuth, regionAWS, isClusterKind, k, n, jwtProvider)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	} else if secretRefAuth != nil { // if jwtAuth is not defined, check if secretRef is defined. Second preference.
		logger.V(1).Info("using credentials from secretRef")
		creds, err = vaultiamauth.CredsFromSecretRef(ctx, *iamAuth, c.storeKind, k, n)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}

	// Neither of jwtAuth or secretRefAuth defined. Last preference.
	// Default to controller pod's identity
	if jwtAuth == nil && secretRefAuth == nil {
		creds, err = c.getControllerPodCredentials(ctx, regionAWS, k, jwtProvider)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}

	config := aws.NewConfig().WithEndpointResolver(vaultiamauth.ResolveEndpoint())
	if creds != nil {
		config.WithCredentials(creds)
	}

	if regionAWS != "" {
		config.WithRegion(regionAWS)
	}

	sess, err := vaultiamauth.GetAWSSession(config)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if iamAuth.AWSIAMRole != "" {
		stsclient := assumeRoler(sess)
		if iamAuth.ExternalID != "" {
			var setExternalID = func(p *stscreds.AssumeRoleProvider) {
				p.ExternalID = aws.String(iamAuth.ExternalID)
			}
			sess.Config.WithCredentials(stscreds.NewCredentialsWithClient(stsclient, iamAuth.AWSIAMRole, setExternalID))
		} else {
			sess.Config.WithCredentials(stscreds.NewCredentialsWithClient(stsclient, iamAuth.AWSIAMRole))
		}
	}

	getCreds, err := sess.Config.Credentials.Get()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// Set environment variables. These would be fetched by Login
	_ = os.Setenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", getCreds.AccessKeyID)
	_ = os.Setenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", getCreds.SecretAccessKey)
	_ = os.Setenv("AWS_SESSION_TOKEN", getCreds.SessionToken)

	var awsAuthClient *authaws.AWSAuth

	if iamAuth.VaultAWSIAMServerID != "" {
		awsAuthClient, err = authaws.NewAWSAuth(authaws.WithRegion(regionAWS), authaws.WithIAMAuth(), authaws.WithRole(iamAuth.Role), authaws.WithMountPath(awsAuthMountPath), authaws.WithIAMServerIDHeader(iamAuth.VaultAWSIAMServerID))
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	} else {
		awsAuthClient, err = authaws.NewAWSAuth(authaws.WithRegion(regionAWS), authaws.WithIAMAuth(), authaws.WithRole(iamAuth.Role), authaws.WithMountPath(awsAuthMountPath))
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}

	_, err = c.auth.Login(ctx, awsAuthClient)
	metrics.ObserveAPICall(constants.ProviderHCVault, constants.CallHCVaultLogin, err)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

func (c *client) getRegionOrDefault(region string) string {
	if region != "" {
		return region
	}
	return defaultAWSRegion
}

func (c *client) getAuthMountPathOrDefault(path string) string {
	if path != "" {
		return path
	}
	return defaultAWSAuthMountPath
}

func (c *client) getControllerPodCredentials(ctx context.Context, region string, k kclient.Client, jwtProvider vaultutil.JwtProviderFactory) (*credentials.Credentials, error) {
	// First try IRSA (Web Identity Token) - checking if controller pod's service account is IRSA enabled
	tokenFile := os.Getenv(vaultiamauth.AWSWebIdentityTokenFileEnvVar)
	if tokenFile != "" {
		logger.V(1).Info("using IRSA token for authentication")
		return c.getCredsFromIRSAToken(ctx, tokenFile, region, k, jwtProvider)
	}

	// Check for Pod Identity environment variables.
	podIdentityURI := os.Getenv(vaultiamauth.AWSContainerCredentialsFullURIEnvVar)

	if podIdentityURI != "" {
		logger.V(1).Info("using Pod Identity for authentication")
		// Return nil to let AWS SDK v1 container credential provider handle Pod Identity automatically
		return nil, nil
	}

	// No IRSA or Pod Identity found.
	return nil, errors.New(errNoAWSAuthMethodFound)
}

func (c *client) getCredsFromIRSAToken(ctx context.Context, tokenFile, region string, k kclient.Client, jwtProvider vaultutil.JwtProviderFactory) (*credentials.Credentials, error) {
	// IRSA enabled service account, let's check that the jwt token filemount and file exists
	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Clean(tokenFile)); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf(errIrsaTokenFileNotFoundOnPod, tokenFile, err)
	}

	// everything looks good so far, let's fetch the jwt token from AWS_WEB_IDENTITY_TOKEN_FILE
	jwtByte, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(tokenFile))
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf(errIrsaTokenFileNotReadable, tokenFile, err)
	}

	// let's parse the jwt token
	parser := jwt.NewParser(jwt.WithoutClaimsValidation())

	token, _, err := parser.ParseUnverified(string(jwtByte), jwt.MapClaims{})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf(errIrsaTokenNotValidJWT, tokenFile, err) // JWT token parser error
	}

	var ns string
	var sa string

	// let's fetch the namespace and serviceaccount from parsed jwt token
	claims, ok := token.Claims.(jwt.MapClaims)
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf(errIrsaTokenNotValidClaims, tokenFile)
	}

	k8s, ok := claims["kubernetes.io"].(map[string]any)
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf(errIrsaTokenNotValidClaims, tokenFile)
	}

	ns, ok = k8s["namespace"].(string)
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf(errIrsaTokenNotValidClaims, tokenFile)
	}
	saMap, ok := k8s["serviceaccount"].(map[string]any)
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf(errIrsaTokenNotValidClaims, tokenFile)
	}
	sa, ok = saMap["name"].(string)
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf(errIrsaTokenNotValidClaims, tokenFile)
	}

	return vaultiamauth.CredsFromControllerServiceAccount(ctx, sa, ns, region, k, jwtProvider)
}