MMT-4182: Signing into MMT on multiple EDL envs on the same tab causes Request Headers Too Large errors in all Earthdata webpages in my browser - #1508
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe authentication flow now delivers callback JWTs in URL fragments and refresh JWTs in JSON responses. The frontend captures and stores tokens in host-only cookies before application startup. Cookie-domain configuration and server-side cookie creation were removed. ChangesJWT delivery and cookie migration
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Existing users may retain oversized legacy cookies, and the new callback flow exposes material authentication risks. These issues should be resolved before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant EDLCallback
participant Browser
participant InlineAuthScript
participant consumeAuthToken
participant AuthContextProvider
EDLCallback->>Browser: Redirect to /auth-callback#token=encoded JWT
Browser->>InlineAuthScript: Load callback URL
InlineAuthScript->>Browser: Store token in window.mmtAuthToken and remove fragment
Browser->>consumeAuthToken: Consume captured token before App loads
consumeAuthToken->>Browser: Write host-only _mmt_jwt cookie
AuthContextProvider->>Browser: Read and refresh authentication state
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In `@index.html`:
- Line 15: Update the EDL login and callback flow around the fragment token
parsing to generate and persist an unpredictable state before redirect, include
it in the authorization request, and validate the returned state before
accepting or storing the token. Reject callbacks with missing or mismatched
state while preserving normal authentication for matching state; do not rely
solely on JWT validation.
In `@serverless/src/edlCallback/handler.js`:
- Line 115: Validate mmtHost before constructing the redirect URL in the
callback handler, requiring HTTPS for non-loopback hosts while permitting HTTP
only for explicitly supported loopback development hosts. Preserve the existing
target and JWT encoding in the location construction after validation.
In `@static/src/js/providers/AuthContextProvider/AuthContextProvider.jsx`:
- Around line 65-66: Update the cookie cleanup in AuthContextProvider.jsx at
lines 65-66 and ErrorUnauthorizedAccess.jsx at line 19 to first expire
MMT_COOKIE using the retired shared domain, then remove the host-only cookie.
Apply this migration before any host-only MMT_COOKIE write, including callback
bootstrap, and keep the cleanup consistent in both locations.
In `@static/src/js/utils/consumeAuthToken.js`:
- Line 45: Update consumeAuthToken so the bearer JWT is exchanged through a
same-origin server endpoint that sets a host-only Secure, HttpOnly cookie
instead of assigning _mmt_jwt via document.cookie; replace any client-side
expiry reads with server-provided session state as needed.
- Line 46: Update the cookie assignment in consumeAuthToken to encode the
decoded token value before interpolating it into document.cookie, preventing
injected cookie attributes such as Domain=. Add a regression test covering a
token containing a semicolon and Domain= payload.
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Broken Authentication
Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-384 — Session Fixation
Bind the callback token to the login request.
The EDL state currently contains only the redirect target. /auth-callback accepts any fragment token and stores it as the active session credential. An attacker can send a valid token for the attacker’s account to a victim, causing login CSRF.
Generate an unpredictable state before redirecting to EDL. Return it with the callback and reject the token unless it matches the stored value. Do not rely only on JWT signature validation.
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In `@index.html` at line 15, Update the EDL login and callback flow around the
fragment token parsing to generate and persist an unpredictable state before
redirect, include it in the authorization request, and validate the returned
state before accepting or storing the token. Reject callbacks with missing or
mismatched state while preserving normal authentication for matching state; do
not rely solely on JWT validation.
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| const location = `${mmtHost}/auth-callback?target=${encodeURIComponent(target)}#token=${encodeURIComponent(jwt)}` |
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Security Misconfiguration
Reachability: Internal
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
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Require HTTPS for JWT callback targets.
If mmtHost uses HTTP outside loopback development, an on-path attacker can read the JWT from the redirect fragment. Validate mmtHost before creating this redirect. Allow HTTP only for explicit loopback hosts.
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In `@serverless/src/edlCallback/handler.js` at line 115, Validate mmtHost before
constructing the redirect URL in the callback handler, requiring HTTPS for
non-loopback hosts while permitting HTTP only for explicitly supported loopback
development hosts. Preserve the existing target and JWT encoding in the location
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Retire the previous shared-domain cookie during migration.
Existing browsers can retain the cookie created with the previous shared Domain. A host-only removal does not overwrite or expire that separate cookie. The old cookie remains on requests to the MMT host, so affected users can continue to get oversized Cookie headers and can have ambiguous same-name cookie values.
static/src/js/providers/AuthContextProvider/AuthContextProvider.jsx#L65-L66: expireMMT_COOKIEwith the retired shared domain as a one-time migration, then remove the host-only cookie.static/src/js/components/ErrorUnauthorizedAccess/ErrorUnauthorizedAccess.jsx#L19-L19: use the same migration cleanup when rendering the unauthorized state.
Run this migration before any host-only cookie write, including callback bootstrap.
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[warning] 66-70: Avoid using the initial state variable in setState
Context: setCookie(MMT_COOKIE, null, {
path: '/',
maxAge: 0,
expires: new Date(0)
})
Note: [CWE-710] Improper Adherence to Coding Standards. Security best practice.
(setstate-same-var)
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In `@static/src/js/providers/AuthContextProvider/AuthContextProvider.jsx` around
lines 65 - 66, Update the cookie cleanup in AuthContextProvider.jsx at lines
65-66 and ErrorUnauthorizedAccess.jsx at line 19 to first expire MMT_COOKIE
using the retired shared domain, then remove the host-only cookie. Apply this
migration before any host-only MMT_COOKIE write, including callback bootstrap,
and keep the cleanup consistent in both locations.
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Sensitive Data Exposure
Reachability: External
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-1004
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Do not persist the bearer JWT in a script-readable cookie.
document.cookie cannot set HttpOnly. Any XSS payload or compromised third-party script running in this origin can read and exfiltrate _mmt_jwt. Secure and SameSite=strict do not prevent script access.
Exchange the fragment token with a same-origin endpoint that sets a host-only Secure; HttpOnly cookie. Replace client-side expiry reads with server-provided session state if needed.
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In `@static/src/js/utils/consumeAuthToken.js` at line 45, Update consumeAuthToken
so the bearer JWT is exchanged through a same-origin server endpoint that sets a
host-only Secure, HttpOnly cookie instead of assigning _mmt_jwt via
document.cookie; replace any client-side expiry reads with server-provided
session state as needed.
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Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
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Encode token before building document.cookie.
URLSearchParams.get('token') decodes the callback value before it reaches window.mmtAuthToken. A crafted semicolon and Domain= value can inject a cookie attribute and widen the intended host-only scope. Encode the value and add a regression test for this payload.
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Overview
What is the feature?
The root of this issue is a Set-Cookie that is created whenever a user switches between environments (ie. sit, uat, and prod). Every time that happens, a new mmt_jwt_env cookie is created and sticks around in the request headers which in turns causes users to get an error saying 'request header too large'.
What is the Solution?
Here's what I didn't do and why:
Narrow the Cookie Domain. Ideally, in a situation like this, you would want to narrow the cookie domain so that it is scoped to it's host. IE --> mmt_jwt is scoped to mmt.sit.earthdata.nasa.gov. However that was impossible in this scenario because the cookie was set using edlCallback which uses api.mmt.sit.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov and read by mmt.sit.earthdata.nasa.gov. The only domain those two shared was the nasa.gov suffix, which would always incorporate sit and uat and all the rest no matter what.
Shrink the cookie size. This would help, but not solve problem which was that we were having to send x amount of cookies for x amount of environments. We can still do this, but the cookies are about 2KB as is, each, even shrinking them down by half would still mean fat cookies riding alongside each other.
Here's what I did do:
So rather than narrowing the cookie domain or shrinking the cookie, I went with a thrid option: have the app set the cookie itself. edlCallback now returns the token in the URL fragment instead of a Set-Cookie hearder and the app stores it. Because the app is both writing and reading the cookie, no Domain is needed and the browser can automatically scope itself to the app's host. So now mm_jwt is used for mmt.sit.earthdata.nasa.gov and mmt_jwt is also used for mmt.uat.earthdata.nasa.gov (different cookies, same name).
What areas of the application does this impact?
Login, Token refresh, cookie setting/clearing, the deployment config
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