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feat: add API endpoint to update token API keys#19983
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ThomasK33 commentedSep 26, 2025 • edited
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| require.NotEmpty(t,resp.Key) | ||
| } | ||
| funcTestTokenCreationAllowsElevatedScopes(t*testing.T) { |
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Do these scoped API keys allow creating other API keys? If so, do these API keys inherit the original scope?
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Scoped API keys allow the creation of other API keys. The newly created keys do not inherit the original key's scope.
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Isn't that basically privilege escalation?
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It depends on one's perspective.
Not inheriting the original scopes allows an admin to use that API key to provision just-in-time API keys for specific use cases and revoke them later. If we enforced inheritance, the issuing API key would need all the permissions required for those actions, which could introduce the risk of creating an overly broad API key.
AWS IAM addresses this withService Control Policies (SCPs)—which act as organization-wide upper limits—andpermission boundaries, which serve as per-identity upper limits. These need to be explicitly applied to prevent this kind of privilege escalation.
For Coder, this could or should be considered as a later addition. Also, once we have the OAuth client credentials flow in place, we can advise users and admins to use that instead.
| // Valid typed allow list should succeed. | ||
| resp,err:=client.CreateToken(ctx,codersdk.Me, codersdk.CreateTokenRequest{ | ||
| Scopes: []codersdk.APIKeyScope{codersdk.APIKeyScopeWorkspaceRead}, | ||
| AllowList: []codersdk.APIAllowListTarget{codersdk.AllowResourceTarget(codersdk.ResourceWorkspace,uuid.New())}, | ||
| }) | ||
| require.NoError(t,err) | ||
| require.NotEmpty(t,resp.Key) | ||
| } |
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Are wildcard resource targets allowed here?
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They are supported.
4fbe05f toe1c95e4Compared38ed5b to5cb53f7Compare2a701ed to29af648Compare5cb53f7 to6248fffCompare29af648 to1a42b23Compare6248fff to67ed32bCompare1d1732b to518faffCompare4beef99 to86f7de9Compare4de874d tofd7a0fbCompare86f7de9 to854efb0Compare854efb0 to87fb51cComparefd7a0fb tod06529eCompare87fb51c to3bdb267Compared06529e toa343213Compare| r.Get("/tokenconfig",api.tokenConfig) | ||
| r.Route("/{keyname}",func(r chi.Router) { | ||
| r.Get("/",api.apiKeyByName) | ||
| r.Patch("/",api.patchToken) |
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Why do we need to update api keys?
Is this a common practice elsewhere? Can the user just make a new api key with the new scopes? I feel strange allowing someone to escalate a token after it has been created.
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Is this required for oauth, or has product requested it?
I would prefer not to add this if it is not requested/required.
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Is this a common practice elsewhere? Can the user just make a new api key with the new scopes? I feel strange allowing someone to escalate a token after it has been created.
It is a common practice. GitHub, for example, allows you to update a personal access token and attach additional permissions to it or remove permissions. This is not only an escalation but also a de-escalation.
Is this required for oauth, or has product requested it?
I would prefer not to add this if it is not requested/required.
It's part of the API key scopes RFC.
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It's part of the API key scopes RFC.
Do you have a quote from it? I cannot find information of updating a key's scope/allow_list
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You're right. It's not explicitly included.
There are mentions ofAPI key updates getting audited and theapi_key:updatescope implying that updates should be possible.
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Add API for updating token API keys
This PR adds a new PATCH endpoint for updating token API keys. The endpoint allows updating:
scopeorscopesfield)The implementation includes:
UpdateTokenRequesttype in the SDKpatchTokenhandler in the APIThis enables users to modify existing API tokens without having to create new ones, which is particularly useful for adjusting permissions or extending token lifetimes.