Merge branch '34141-allow-unauthenticated-access-to-the-users-api' into 'master'

Allow unauthenticated access to the `/api/v4/users` API

Closes #34141

See merge request !12445

app/finders/users_finder.rb

@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ class UsersFinder
   end
 
   def by_external_identity(users)
-    return users unless current_user.admin? && params[:extern_uid] && params[:provider]
+    return users unless current_user&.admin? && params[:extern_uid] && params[:provider]
 
     users.joins(:identities).merge(Identity.with_extern_uid(params[:provider], params[:extern_uid]))
   end
 
   def by_external(users)
-    return users = users.where.not(external: true) unless current_user.admin?
+    return users = users.where.not(external: true) unless current_user&.admin?
     return users unless params[:external]
 
     users.external

app/policies/base_policy.rb

 require_dependency 'declarative_policy'
 
 class BasePolicy < DeclarativePolicy::Base
+  include Gitlab::CurrentSettings
+
   desc "User is an instance admin"
   with_options scope: :user, score: 0
   condition(:admin) { @user&.admin? }
@@ -10,4 +12,9 @@ class BasePolicy < DeclarativePolicy::Base
 
   with_options scope: :user, score: 0
   condition(:can_create_group) { @user&.can_create_group }
+
+  desc "The application is restricted from public visibility"
+  condition(:restricted_public_level, scope: :global) do
+    current_application_settings.restricted_visibility_levels.include?(Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::PUBLIC)
+  end
 end

app/policies/global_policy.rb

@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@ class GlobalPolicy < BasePolicy
   with_options scope: :user, score: 0
   condition(:access_locked) { @user.access_locked? }
 
-  rule { anonymous }.prevent_all
+  rule { anonymous }.policy do
+    prevent :log_in
+    prevent :access_api
+    prevent :access_git
+    prevent :receive_notifications
+    prevent :use_quick_actions
+    prevent :create_group
+  end
 
   rule { default }.policy do
-    enable :read_users_list
     enable :log_in
     enable :access_api
     enable :access_git
@@ -37,4 +43,8 @@ class GlobalPolicy < BasePolicy
   rule { access_locked }.policy do
     prevent :log_in
   end
+
+  rule { ~restricted_public_level }.policy do
+    enable :read_users_list
+  end
 end

app/policies/user_policy.rb

 class UserPolicy < BasePolicy
-  include Gitlab::CurrentSettings
-
-  desc "The application is restricted from public visibility"
-  condition(:restricted_public_level, scope: :global) do
-    current_application_settings.restricted_visibility_levels.include?(Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::PUBLIC)
-  end
-
   desc "The current user is the user in question"
   condition(:user_is_self, score: 0) { @subject == @user }
 

changelogs/unreleased/34141-allow-unauthenticated-access-to-the-users-api.yml

+---
+title: Allow unauthenticated access to the /api/v4/users API
+merge_request: 12445
+author:

lib/api/users.rb

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ module API
 
     before do
       allow_access_with_scope :read_user if request.get?
-      authenticate!
     end
 
     resource :users, requirements: { uid: /[0-9]*/, id: /[0-9]*/ } do
+      before do
+        authenticate_non_get!
+      end
+
       helpers do
         def find_user(params)
           id = params[:user_id] || params[:id]
@@ -51,15 +54,22 @@ module API
         use :pagination
       end
       get do
-        unless can?(current_user, :read_users_list)
-          render_api_error!("Not authorized.", 403)
-        end
-
         authenticated_as_admin! if params[:external].present? || (params[:extern_uid].present? && params[:provider].present?)
 
         users = UsersFinder.new(current_user, params).execute
 
-        entity = current_user.admin? ? Entities::UserWithAdmin : Entities::UserBasic
+        authorized = can?(current_user, :read_users_list)
+
+        # When `current_user` is not present, require that the `username`
+        # parameter is passed, to prevent an unauthenticated user from accessing
+        # a list of all the users on the GitLab instance. `UsersFinder` performs
+        # an exact match on the `username` parameter, so we are guaranteed to
+        # get either 0 or 1 `users` here.
+        authorized &&= params[:username].present? if current_user.blank?
+
+        forbidden!("Not authorized to access /api/v4/users") unless authorized
+
+        entity = current_user&.admin? ? Entities::UserWithAdmin : Entities::UserBasic
         present paginate(users), with: entity
       end
 
@@ -398,6 +408,10 @@ module API
     end
 
     resource :user do
+      before do
+        authenticate!
+      end
+
       desc 'Get the currently authenticated user' do
         success Entities::UserPublic
       end

spec/policies/global_policy_spec.rb

+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe GlobalPolicy, models: true do
+  let(:current_user) { create(:user) }
+  let(:user) { create(:user) }
+
+  subject { GlobalPolicy.new(current_user, [user]) }
+
+  describe "reading the list of users" do
+    context "for a logged in user" do
+      it { is_expected.to be_allowed(:read_users_list) }
+    end
+
+    context "for an anonymous user" do
+      let(:current_user) { nil }
+
+      context "when the public level is restricted" do
+        before do
+          stub_application_setting(restricted_visibility_levels: [Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::PUBLIC])
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.not_to be_allowed(:read_users_list) }
+      end
+
+      context "when the public level is not restricted" do
+        before do
+          stub_application_setting(restricted_visibility_levels: [])
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.to be_allowed(:read_users_list) }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb

@@ -13,9 +13,40 @@ describe API::Users do
 
   describe 'GET /users' do
     context "when unauthenticated" do
-      it "returns authentication error" do
+      it "returns authorization error when the `username` parameter is not passed" do
         get api("/users")
-        expect(response).to have_http_status(401)
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(403)
+      end
+
+      it "returns the user when a valid `username` parameter is passed" do
+        user = create(:user)
+
+        get api("/users"), username: user.username
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(json_response).to be_an Array
+        expect(json_response.size).to eq(1)
+        expect(json_response[0]['id']).to eq(user.id)
+        expect(json_response[0]['username']).to eq(user.username)
+      end
+
+      it "returns authorization error when the `username` parameter refers to an inaccessible user" do
+        user = create(:user)
+
+        stub_application_setting(restricted_visibility_levels: [Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::PUBLIC])
+
+        get api("/users"), username: user.username
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(403)
+      end
+
+      it "returns an empty response when an invalid `username` parameter is passed" do
+        get api("/users"), username: 'invalid'
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(json_response).to be_an Array
+        expect(json_response.size).to eq(0)
       end
     end
 
@@ -138,6 +169,7 @@ describe API::Users do
   describe "GET /users/:id" do
     it "returns a user by id" do
       get api("/users/#{user.id}", user)
+
       expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
       expect(json_response['username']).to eq(user.username)
     end
@@ -148,9 +180,22 @@ describe API::Users do
       expect(json_response['is_admin']).to be_nil
     end
 
-    it "returns a 401 if unauthenticated" do
-      get api("/users/9998")
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(401)
+    context 'for an anonymous user' do
+      it "returns a user by id" do
+        get api("/users/#{user.id}")
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(json_response['username']).to eq(user.username)
+      end
+
+      it "returns a 404 if the target user is present but inaccessible" do
+        allow(Ability).to receive(:allowed?).and_call_original
+        allow(Ability).to receive(:allowed?).with(nil, :read_user, user).and_return(false)
+
+        get api("/users/#{user.id}")
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(404)
+      end
     end
 
     it "returns a 404 error if user id not found" do