OAuth Working Group M. Jones Internet-Draft A. Nadalin Intended status: Standards Track Microsoft Expires: August 2, 2018 B. Campbell, Ed. J. Bradley Ping Identity C. Mortimore Salesforce January 29, 2018 OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange draft-ietf-oauth-token-exchange-12 Abstract This specification defines a protocol for an HTTP- and JSON- based Security Token Service (STS) by defining how to request and obtain security tokens from OAuth 2.0 authorization servers, including security tokens employing impersonation and delegation. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. 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Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1. Delegation vs. Impersonation Semantics . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2. Requirements Notation and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.3. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. Token Exchange Request and Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.1. Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.1.1. Relationship Between Resource, Audience and Scope . . 8 2.2. Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.2.1. Successful Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.2.2. Error Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.3. Example Token Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3. Token Type Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4. JSON Web Token Claims and Introspection Response Parameters . 14 4.1. "act" (Actor) Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.2. "scp" (Scopes) Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.3. "cid" (Client Identifier) Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.4. "may_act" (May Act For) Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5.1. OAuth URI Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5.1.1. Registry Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5.2. OAuth Parameters Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 5.2.1. Registry Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 5.3. OAuth Access Token Type Registration . . . . . . . . . . 20 5.3.1. Registry Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5.4. JSON Web Token Claims Registration . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5.4.1. Registry Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5.5. OAuth Token Introspection Response Registration . . . . . 21 5.5.1. Registry Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5.6. OAuth Extensions Error Registration . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5.6.1. Registry Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7. Privacy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Appendix A. Additional Token Exchange Examples . . . . . . . . . 24 A.1. Impersonation Token Exchange Example . . . . . . . . . . 24 A.1.1. Token Exchange Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 A.1.2. Subject Token Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 A.1.3. Token Exchange Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 A.1.4. Issued Token Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 2] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 A.2. Delegation Token Exchange Example . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 A.2.1. Token Exchange Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 A.2.2. Subject Token Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 A.2.3. Actor Token Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 A.2.4. Token Exchange Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 A.2.5. Issued Token Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Appendix B. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Appendix C. Document History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 1. Introduction A security token is a set of information that facilitates the sharing of identity and security information in heterogeneous environments or across security domains. Examples of security tokens include JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) [JWT] and SAML 2.0 Assertions [OASIS.saml-core-2.0-os]. Security tokens are typically signed to achieve integrity and sometimes also encrypted to achieve confidentiality. Security tokens are also sometimes described as Assertions, such as in [RFC7521]. A Security Token Service (STS) is a service capable of validating and issuing security tokens, which enables clients to obtain appropriate access credentials for resources in heterogeneous environments or across security domains. Web Service clients have used WS-Trust [WS-Trust] as the protocol to interact with an STS for token exchange. While WS-Trust uses XML and SOAP, the trend in modern Web development has been towards RESTful patterns and JSON. The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework [RFC6749] and OAuth 2.0 Bearer Tokens [RFC6750] have emerged as popular standards for authorizing third- party applications access to HTTP and RESTful resources. The conventional OAuth 2.0 interaction involves the exchange of some representation of resource owner authorization for an access token, which has proven to be an extremely useful pattern in practice, however, its input and output are somewhat too constrained as is to fully accommodate a security token exchange framework. This specification defines a protocol extending OAuth 2.0 that enables clients to request and obtain security tokens from authorization servers acting in the role of an STS. Similar to OAuth 2.0, this specification focuses on client developer simplicity and requires only an HTTP client and JSON parser, which are nearly universally available in modern development environments. The STS protocol defined in this specification is not itself RESTful (an STS doesn't lend itself particularly well to a REST approach) but does utilize communication patterns and data formats that should be familiar to developers accustomed to working with RESTful systems. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 3] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 A new grant type for a token exchange request and the associated specific parameters for such a request to the token endpoint are defined by this specification. A token exchange response is a normal OAuth 2.0 response from the token endpoint with a few additional parameters defined herein to provide information to the client. The entity that makes the request to exchange tokens is considered the client in the context of the token exchange interaction. However, that does not restrict usage of this profile to traditional OAuth clients. An OAuth resource server, for example, might assume the role of the client during token exchange in order to trade an access token, which it received in a protected resource request, for a new token that is appropriate to include in a call to a backend service. The new token might be an access token that is more narrowly scoped for the downstream service or it could be an entirely different kind of token. The scope of this specification is limited to the definition of a basic request and response protocol for an STS-style token exchange utilizing OAuth 2.0. Although a few new JWT claims are defined that enable delegation semantics to be expressed, the specific syntax, semantics and security characteristics of the tokens themselves (both those presented to the authorization server and those obtained by the client) are explicitly out of scope and no requirements are placed on the trust model in which an implementation might be deployed. Additional profiles may provide more detailed requirements around the specific nature of the parties and trust involved, such as whether signing and/or encryption of tokens is needed or if proof-of- possession style tokens will be required or issued; however, such details will often be policy decisions made with respect to the specific needs of individual deployments and will be configured or implemented accordingly. The security tokens obtained may be used in a number of contexts, the specifics of which are also beyond the scope of this specification. 1.1. Delegation vs. Impersonation Semantics When principal A impersonates principal B, A is given all the rights that B has within some defined rights context and is indistinguishable from B in that context. Thus, when principal A impersonates principal B, then in so far as any entity receiving such a token is concerned, they are actually dealing with B. It is true that some members of the identity system might have awareness that impersonation is going on, but it is not a requirement. For all intents and purposes, when A is impersonating B, A is B. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 4] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 Delegation semantics are different than impersonation semantics, though the two are closely related. With delegation semantics, principal A still has its own identity separate from B and it is explicitly understood that while B may have delegated some of its rights to A, any actions taken are being taken by A representing B. In a sense, A is an agent for B. Delegation and impersonation are not inclusive of all situations. When a principal is acting directly on its own behalf, for example, neither delegation nor impersonation are in play. They are, however, the more common semantics operating for token exchange and, as such, are given more direct treatment in this specification. Delegation semantics are typically expressed in a token by including information about both the primary subject of the token as well as the actor to whom that subject has delegated some of its rights. Such a token is sometimes referred to as a composite token because it is composed of information about multiple subjects. Typically, in the request, the "subject_token" represents the identity of the party on behalf of whom the token is being requested while the "actor_token" represents the identity of the party to whom the access rights of the issued token are being delegated. A composite token issued by the authorization server will contain information about both parties. When and if a composite token is issued is at the discretion of the authorization server and applicable policy and configuration. The specifics of representing a composite token and even whether or not such a token will be issued depend on the details of the implementation and the kind of token. The representations of composite tokens that are not JWTs are beyond the scope of this specification. The "actor_token" request parameter, however, does provide a means for providing information about the desired actor and the JWT "act" claim can provide a representation of a chain of delegation. 1.2. Requirements Notation and Conventions The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 5] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 1.3. Terminology This specification uses the terms "access token type", "authorization server", "client", "client identifier", "resource server", "token endpoint", "token request", and "token response" defined by OAuth 2.0 [RFC6749], and the terms "Base64url Encoding", "Claim", and "JWT Claims Set" defined by JSON Web Token (JWT) [JWT]. 2. Token Exchange Request and Response 2.1. Request A client requests a security token by making a token request to the authorization server's token endpoint using the extension grant type mechanism defined in Section 4.5 of OAuth 2.0 [RFC6749]. Client authentication to the authorization server is done using the normal mechanisms provided by OAuth 2.0. Section 2.3.1 of The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework [RFC6749] defines password-based authentication of the client, however, client authentication is extensible and other mechanisms are possible. For example, [RFC7523] defines client authentication using JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) [JWT]. The supported methods of client authentication and whether or not to allow unauthenticated or unidentified clients are deployment decisions that are at the discretion of the authorization server. The client makes a token exchange request to the token endpoint with an extension grant type by including the following parameters using the "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" format with a character encoding of UTF-8 in the HTTP request entity-body: grant_type REQUIRED. The value "urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:token- exchange" indicates that a token exchange is being performed. resource OPTIONAL. Indicates the location of the target service or resource where the client intends to use the requested security token. This enables the authorization server to apply policy as appropriate for the target, such as determining the type and content of the token to be issued or if and how the token is to be encrypted. In many cases, a client will not have knowledge of the logical organization of the systems with which it interacts and will only know the location of the service where it intends to use the token. The "resource" parameter allows the client to indicate to the authorization server where it intends to use the issued token by providing the location, typically as an https URL, in the token exchange request in the same form that will be used to Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 6] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 access that resource. The authorization server will typically have the capability to map from a resource URI value to an appropriate policy. The value of the "resource" parameter MUST be an absolute URI, as specified by Section 4.3 of [RFC3986], which MAY include a query component and MUST NOT include a fragment component. Multiple "resource" parameters may be used to indicate that the issued token is intended to be used at the multiple resources listed. audience OPTIONAL. The logical name of the target service where the client intends to use the requested security token. This serves a purpose similar to the "resource" parameter, but with the client providing a logical name rather than a location. Interpretation of the name requires that the value be something that both the client and the authorization server understand. An OAuth client identifier, a SAML entity identifier [OASIS.saml-core-2.0-os], an OpenID Connect Issuer Identifier [OpenID.Core], or a URI are examples of things that might be used as "audience" parameter values. Multiple "audience" parameters may be used to indicate that the issued token is intended to be used at the multiple audiences listed. The "audience" and "resource" parameters may be used together to indicate multiple target services with a mix of logical names and locations. scope OPTIONAL. A list of space-delimited, case-sensitive strings, as defined in Section 3.3 of [RFC6749], that allow the client to specify the desired scope of the requested security token in the context of the service or resource where the token will be used. The values and associated semantics of scope are service specific and expected to be described in the relevant service documentation. requested_token_type OPTIONAL. An identifier, as described in Section 3, for the type of the requested security token. If the requested type is unspecified, the issued token type is at the discretion of the authorization server and may be dictated by knowledge of the requirements of the service or resource indicated by the "resource" or "audience" parameter. subject_token REQUIRED. A security token that represents the identity of the party on behalf of whom the request is being made. Typically, the subject of this token will be the subject of the security token issued in response to this request. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 7] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 subject_token_type REQUIRED. An identifier, as described in Section 3, that indicates the type of the security token in the "subject_token" parameter. actor_token OPTIONAL. A security token that represents the identity of the acting party. Typically, this will be the party that is authorized to use the requested security token and act on behalf of the subject. actor_token_type An identifier, as described in Section 3, that indicates the type of the security token in the "actor_token" parameter. This is REQUIRED when the "actor_token" parameter is present in the request but MUST NOT be included otherwise. In processing the request, the authorization sever MUST validate the subject token as appropriate for the indicated token type and, if the actor token is present, also validate it according to its token type. The validity criteria and details of any particular token are beyond the scope of this document and are specific to the respective type of token and its content. In the absence of one-time-use or other semantics specific to the token type, the act of performing a token exchange has no impact on the validity of the subject token or actor token. Furthermore, the validity of the subject token or actor token have no impact on the validity of the issued token after the exchange has occurred. 2.1.1. Relationship Between Resource, Audience and Scope When requesting a token, the client can indicate the desired target service(s) where it intends to use that token by way of the "audience" and "resource" parameters, as well as indicating the desired scope of the requested token using the "scope" parameter. The semantics of such a request are that the client is asking for a token with the requested scope that is usable at all the requested target services. Effectively, the requested access rights of the token are the cartesian product of all the scopes at all the target services. An authorization server may be unwilling or unable to fulfill any token request but the likelihood of an unfulfillable request is significantly higher when very broad access rights are being solicited. As such, in the absence of specific knowledge about the relationship of systems in a deployment, clients should exercise discretion in the breadth of the access requested, particularly the Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 8] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 number of target services. An authorization server can use the "invalid_target" error code, defined in Section 2.2.2, to inform a client that it requested access to too many target services simultaneously. 2.2. Response The authorization server responds to a token exchange request with a normal OAuth 2.0 response from the token endpoint, as specified in Section 5 of [RFC6749]. Additional details and explanation are provided in the following subsections. 2.2.1. Successful Response If the request is valid and meets all policy and other criteria of the authorization server, a successful token response is constructed by adding the following parameters to the entity-body of the HTTP response using the "application/json" media type, as specified by [RFC7159], and an HTTP 200 status code. The parameters are serialized into a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) structure by adding each parameter at the top level. Parameter names and string values are included as JSON strings. Numerical values are included as JSON numbers. The order of parameters does not matter and can vary. access_token REQUIRED. The security token issued by the authorization server in response to the token exchange request. The "access_token" parameter from Section 5.1 of [RFC6749] is used here to carry the requested token, which allows this token exchange protocol to use the existing OAuth 2.0 request and response constructs defined for the token endpoint. The identifier "access_token" is used for historical reasons and the issued token need not be an OAuth access token. issued_token_type REQUIRED. An identifier, as described in Section 3, for the representation of the issued security token. token_type REQUIRED. A case-insensitive value specifying the method of using the access token issued, as specified in Section 7.1 of [RFC6749]. It provides the client with information about how to utilize the access token to access protected resources. For example, a value of "Bearer", as specified in [RFC6750], indicates that the security token is a bearer token and the client can simply present it as is without any additional proof of eligibility beyond the contents of the token itself. Note that the meaning of this Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 9] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 parameter is different from the meaning of the "issued_token_type" parameter, which declares the representation of the issued security token; the term "token type" is typically used with this meaning, as it is in all "*_token_type" parameters in this specification. If the issued token is not an access token or usable as an access token, then the "token_type" value "N_A" is used to indicate that an OAuth 2.0 "token_type" identifier is not applicable in that context. expires_in RECOMMENDED. The validity lifetime, in seconds, of the token issued by the authorization server. Oftentimes the client will not have the inclination or capability to inspect the content of the token and this parameter provides a consistent and token type agnostic indication of how long the token can be expected to be valid. For example, the value 1800 denotes that the token will expire in thirty minutes from the time the response was generated. scope OPTIONAL, if the scope of the issued security token is identical to the scope requested by the client; otherwise, REQUIRED. refresh_token OPTIONAL. A refresh token will typically not be issued when the exchange is of one temporary credential (the subject_token) for a different temporary credential (the issued token) for use in some other context. A refresh token can be issued in cases where the client of the token exchange needs the ability to access a resource even when the original credential is no longer valid (e.g., user-not-present or offline scenarios where there is no longer any user entertaining an active session with the client). Profiles or deployments of this specification should clearly document the conditions under which a client should expect a refresh token in response to "urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant- type:token-exchange" grant type requests. 2.2.2. Error Response IF the request itself is not valid or if either the "subject_token" or "actor_token" are invalid for any reason, or are unacceptable based on policy, the authorization server MUST construct an error response, as specified in Section 5.2 of [RFC6749]. The value of the "error" parameter MUST be the "invalid_request" error code. If the authorization server is unwilling or unable to issue a token for all the target services indicated by the "resource" or "audience" parameters, the "invalid_target" error code SHOULD be used in the error response. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 10] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 The authorization server MAY include additional information regarding the reasons for the error using the "error_description" and/or "error_uri" parameters. Other error codes may also be used, as appropriate. 2.3. Example Token Exchange The following example demonstrates a hypothetical token exchange in which an OAuth resource server assumes the role of the client during token exchange in order to trade an access token that it received in a protected resource request for a token that it will use to call to a backend service (extra line breaks and indentation in the examples are for display purposes only). The resource server receives the following request containing an OAuth access token in the Authorization request header, as specified in Section 2.1 of [RFC6750]. GET /resource HTTP/1.1 Host: frontend.example.com Authorization: Bearer accVkjcJyb4BWCxGsndESCJQbdFMogUC5PbRDqceLTC Figure 1: Protected Resource Request The resource server assumes the role of the client for the token exchange and the access token from the request above is sent to the authorization server using a request as specified in Section 2.1. The value of the "subject_token" parameter carries the access token and the value of the "subject_token_type" parameter indicates that it is an OAuth 2.0 access token. The resource server, acting in the role of the client, uses its identifier and secret to authenticate to the authorization server using the HTTP Basic authentication scheme. The "resource" parameter indicates the location of the backend service, https://backend.example.com/api, where the issued token will be used. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 11] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 POST /as/token.oauth2 HTTP/1.1 Host: as.example.com Authorization: Basic cnMwODpsb25nLXNlY3VyZS1yYW5kb20tc2VjcmV0 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded grant_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Agrant-type%3Atoken-exchange &resource=https%3A%2F%2Fbackend.example.com%2Fapi%20 &subject_token=accVkjcJyb4BWCxGsndESCJQbdFMogUC5PbRDqceLTC &subject_token_type= urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Atoken-type%3Aaccess_token Figure 2: Token Exchange Request The authorization server validates the client credentials and the "subject_token" presented in the token exchange request. From the "resource" parameter, the authorization server is able to determine the appropriate policy to apply to the request and issues a token suitable for use at https://backend.example.com. The "access_token" parameter of the response contains the new token, which is itself a bearer OAuth access token that is valid for one minute. The token happens to be a JWT; however, its structure and format are opaque to the client so the "issued_token_type" indicates only that it is an access token. HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/json Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store { "access_token":"eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjllciJ9.eyJhdWQiOiJo dHRwczovL2JhY2tlbmQuZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iLCJpc3MiOiJodHRwczovL2FzLmV 4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiZXhwIjoxNDQxOTE3NTkzLCJpYXQiOjE0NDE5MTc1MzMsIn N1YiI6ImJjQGV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwic2NwIjpbImFwaSJdfQ.MXgnpvPMo0nhce PwnQbunD2gw_pDyCFA-Saobl6gyLAdyPbaALFuAOyFc4XTWaPEnHV_LGmXklSTp z0yC7hlSQ", "issued_token_type": "urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:access_token", "token_type":"Bearer", "expires_in":60 } Figure 3: Token Exchange Response The resource server can then use the newly acquired access token in making a request to the backend server. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 12] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 GET /api HTTP/1.1 Host: backend.example.com Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjllciJ9.eyJhdWQ iOiJodHRwczovL2JhY2tlbmQuZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iLCJpc3MiOiJodHRwczovL2 FzLmV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiZXhwIjoxNDQxOTE3NTkzLCJpYXQiOjE0NDE5MTc1M zMsInN1YiI6ImJjQGV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwic2NwIjpbImFwaSJdfQ.MXgnpvPMo 0nhcePwnQbunD2gw_pDyCFA-Saobl6gyLAdyPbaALFuAOyFc4XTWaPEnHV_LGmX klSTpz0yC7hlSQ Figure 4: Backend Protected Resource Request Additional examples can be found in Appendix A. 3. Token Type Identifiers Several parameters in this specification utilize an identifier as the value to describe the token in question. Specifically, they are the "requested_token_type", "subject_token_type", "actor_token_type" parameters of the request and the "issued_token_type" member of the response. Token type identifiers are URIs. Token Exchange can work with both tokens issued by other parties and tokens from the given authorization server. For the former the token type identifier indicates the syntax (e.g., JWT or SAML 2.0) so the authorization server can parse it; for the latter it indicates what the given authorization server issued it for (e.g., access_token or refresh_token). The following token type identifiers are defined by this specification. Other URIs MAY be used to indicate other token types. urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:access_token Indicates that the token is an OAuth 2.0 access token issued by the given authorization server. urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:refresh_token Indicates that the token is an OAuth 2.0 refreshe token issued by the given authorization server. urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:id_token Indicates that the token is an ID Token, as defined in Section 2 of [OpenID.Core]. urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:saml1 Indicates that the token is a base64url-encoded SAML 1.1 [OASIS.saml-core-1.1] assertion. urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:saml2 Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 13] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 Indicates that the token is a base64url-encoded SAML 2.0 [OASIS.saml-core-2.0-os] assertion. The value "urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:jwt", which is defined in Section 9 of [JWT], indicates that the token is a JWT. The distinction between an access token and a JWT is subtle. An access token represents a delegated authorization decision, whereas JWT is a token format. An access token can be formatted as a JWT but doesn't necessarily have to be. And a JWT might well be an access token but not all JWTs are access tokens. The intent of this specification is that "urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:access_token" be an indicator that the token is a typical OAuth access token issued by the authorization server in question, opaque to the client, and usable the same manner as any other access token obtained from that authorization server. (It could well be a JWT, but the client isn't and needn't be aware of that fact.) Whereas, "urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:jwt" is to indicate specifically that a JWT is being requested or sent (perhaps in a cross-domain use- case where the JWT is used as an authorization grant to obtain an access token from a different authorization server as is facilitated by [RFC7523]). 4. JSON Web Token Claims and Introspection Response Parameters It is useful to have defined mechanisms to express delegation within a token as well as to express authorization to delegate or impersonate. Although the token exchange protocol described herein can be used with any type of token, this section defines claims to express such semantics specifically for JWTs and in an OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection [RFC7662] response. Similar definitions for other types of tokens are possible but beyond the scope of this specification. Note that the claims not established herein but used in examples and descriptions, such as "iss", "sub", "exp", etc., are defined by [JWT]. 4.1. "act" (Actor) Claim The "act" (actor) claim provides a means within a JWT to express that delegation has occurred and identify the acting party to whom authority has been delegated. The "act" claim value is a JSON object and members in the JSON object are claims that identify the actor. The claims that make up the "act" claim identify and possibly provide additional information about the actor. For example, the combination of the two claims "iss" and "sub" might be necessary to uniquely identify an actor. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 14] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 However, claims within the "act" claim pertain only to the identity of the actor and are not relevant to the validity of the containing JWT in the same manner as the top-level claims. Consequently, non- identity claims (e.g., "exp", "nbf", and "aud") are not meaningful when used within an "act" claim, and therefore must not be used. The following example illustrates the "act" (actor) claim within a JWT Claims Set. The claims of the token itself are about user@example.com while the "act" claim indicates that admin@example.com is the current actor. { "aud":"https://consumer.example.com", "iss":"https://issuer.example.com", "exp":1443904177, "nbf":1443904077, "sub":"user@example.com", "act": { "sub":"admin@example.com" } } Figure 5: Actor Claim A chain of delegation can be expressed by nesting one "act" claim within another. The outermost "act" claim represents the current actor while nested "act" claims represent prior actors. The least recent actor is the most deeply nested. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 15] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 The following example illustrates nested "act" (actor) claims within a JWT Claims Set. The claims of the token itself are about user@example.com while the "act" claim indicates that the system consumer.example.com-web-application is the current actor and admin@example.com was a prior actor. Such a token might come about as the result of the web application receiving a token like the one in the previous example and exchanging it for a new token that lists it as the current actor and that can be used at https://backend.example.com. { "aud":"https://backend.example.com", "iss":"https://issuer.example.com", "exp":1443904100, "nbf":1443904000, "sub":"user@example.com", "act": { "sub":"consumer.example.com-web-application", "iss":"https://issuer.example.net", "act": { "sub":"admin@example.com" } } } Figure 6: Nested Actor Claim When included as a top-level member of an OAuth token introspection response, "act" has the same semantics and format as the claim of the same name. 4.2. "scp" (Scopes) Claim The "scp" claim is an array of strings, each of which represents an OAuth scope granted for the issued security token. Each array entry of the claim value is a scope-token, as defined in Section 3.3 of OAuth 2.0 [RFC6749]. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 16] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 The following example illustrates the "scp" claim within a JWT Claims Set with four scope-tokens. { "aud":"https://consumer.example.com", "iss":"https://issuer.example.com", "exp":1443904177, "nbf":1443904077, "sub":"dgaf4mvfs75Fci_FL3heQA", "scp":["email","address","profile","phone"] } Figure 7: Scopes Claim OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection [RFC7662] defines the "scope" parameter to convey the scopes associated with the token. 4.3. "cid" (Client Identifier) Claim The "cid" claim carries the client identifier of the OAuth 2.0 [RFC6749] client that requested the token. The following example illustrates the "cid" claim within a JWT Claims Set indicating an OAuth 2.0 client with "s6BhdRkqt3" as its identifier. { "aud":"https://consumer.example.com", "iss":"https://issuer.example.com", "exp":1443904177, "sub":"user@example.com", "cid":"s6BhdRkqt3" } Figure 8: Client Identifier Claim OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection [RFC7662] defines the "client_id" parameter as the client identifier for the OAuth 2.0 client that requested the token. 4.4. "may_act" (May Act For) Claim The "may_act" claim makes a statement that one party is authorized to become the actor and act on behalf of another party. The claim value is a JSON object and members in the JSON object are claims that identify the party that is asserted as being eligible to act for the party identified by the JWT containing the claim. The claims that make up the "may_act" claim identify and possibly provide additional Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 17] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 information about the authorized actor. For example, the combination of the two claims "iss" and "sub" are sometimes necessary to uniquely identify an authorized actor, while the "email" claim might be used to provide additional useful information about that party. However, claims within the "may_act" claim pertain only to the identity of that party and are not relevant to the validity of the containing JWT in the same manner as top-level claims. Consequently, claims such as "exp", "nbf", and "aud" are not meaningful when used within a "may_act" claim, and therefore should not be used. The following example illustrates the "may_act" claim within a JWT Claims Set. The claims of the token itself are about user@example.com while the "may_act" claim indicates that admin@example.com is authorized to act on behalf of user@example.com. { "aud":"https://consumer.example.com", "iss":"https://issuer.example.com", "exp":1443904177, "nbf":1443904077, "sub":"user@example.com", "may_act": { "sub":"admin@example.com" } } Figure 9: May Act For Claim When included as a top-level member of an OAuth token introspection response, "may_act" has the same semantics and format as the claim of the same name. 5. IANA Considerations 5.1. OAuth URI Registration This specification registers the following values in the IANA "OAuth URI" registry [IANA.OAuth.Parameters] established by [RFC6755]. 5.1.1. Registry Contents o URN: urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:token-exchange o Common Name: Token exchange grant type for OAuth 2.0 o Change controller: IESG o Specification Document: Section 2.1 of [[ this specification ]] Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 18] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 o URN: urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:access_token o Common Name: Token type URI for an OAuth 2.0 access token o Change controller: IESG o Specification Document: Section 3 of [[this specification]] o URN: urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:refresh_token o Common Name: Token type URI for an OAuth 2.0 refresh token o Change controller: IESG o Specification Document: Section 3 of [[this specification]] o URN: urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:id_token o Common Name: Token type URI for an ID Token o Change controller: IESG o Specification Document: Section 3 of [[this specification]] o URN: urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:saml1 o Common Name: Token type URI for a base64url-encoded SAML 1.1 assertion o Change Controller: IESG o Specification Document: Section 3 of [[this specification]] o URN: urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:saml2 o Common Name: Token type URI for a base64url-encoded SAML 2.0 assertion o Change Controller: IESG o Specification Document: Section 3 of [[this specification]] 5.2. OAuth Parameters Registration This specification registers the following values in the IANA "OAuth Parameters" registry [IANA.OAuth.Parameters] established by [RFC6749]. 5.2.1. Registry Contents o Parameter name: resource o Parameter usage location: token request o Change controller: IESG o Specification document(s): Section 2.1 of [[ this specification ]] o Parameter name: audience o Parameter usage location: token request o Change controller: IESG o Specification document(s): Section 2.1 of [[ this specification ]] o Parameter name: requested_token_type o Parameter usage location: token request o Change controller: IESG Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 19] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 o Specification document(s): Section 2.1 of [[ this specification ]] o Parameter name: subject_token o Parameter usage location: token request o Change controller: IESG o Specification document(s): Section 2.1 of [[ this specification ]] o Parameter name: subject_token_type o Parameter usage location: token request o Change controller: IESG o Specification document(s): Section 2.1 of [[ this specification ]] o Parameter name: actor_token o Parameter usage location: token request o Change controller: IESG o Specification document(s): Section 2.1 of [[ this specification ]] o Parameter name: actor_token_type o Parameter usage location: token request o Change controller: IESG o Specification document(s): Section 2.1 of [[ this specification ]] o Parameter name: issued_token_type o Parameter usage location: token response o Change controller: IESG o Specification document(s): Section 2.2.1 of [[ this specification ]] 5.3. OAuth Access Token Type Registration This specification registers the following access token type in the IANA "OAuth Access Token Types" registry [IANA.OAuth.Parameters] established by [RFC6749]. 5.3.1. Registry Contents o Type name: N_A o Additional Token Endpoint Response Parameters: (none) o HTTP Authentication Scheme(s): (none) o Change controller: IESG o Specification document(s): Section 2.2.1 of [[ this specification ]] 5.4. JSON Web Token Claims Registration This specification registers the following Claims in the IANA "JSON Web Token Claims" registry [IANA.JWT.Claims] established by [JWT]. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 20] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 5.4.1. Registry Contents o Claim Name: "act" o Claim Description: Actor o Change Controller: IESG o Specification Document(s): Section 4.1 of [[ this specification ]] o Claim Name: "scp" o Claim Description: Scope Values o Change Controller: IESG o Specification Document(s): Section 4.2 of [[ this specification ]] o Claim Name: "cid" o Claim Description: Client Identifier o Change Controller: IESG o Specification Document(s): Section 4.3 of [[ this specification ]] o Claim Name: "may_act" o Claim Description: May Act For o Change Controller: IESG o Specification Document(s): Section 4.4 of [[ this specification ]] 5.5. OAuth Token Introspection Response Registration This specification registers the following values in the IANA "OAuth Token Introspection Response" registry [IANA.OAuth.Parameters] established by [RFC7662]. 5.5.1. Registry Contents o Claim Name: "act" o Claim Description: Actor o Change Controller: IESG o Specification Document(s): Section 4.1 of [[ this specification ]] o Claim Name: "may_act" o Claim Description: May Act For o Change Controller: IESG o Specification Document(s): Section 4.4 of [[ this specification ]] 5.6. OAuth Extensions Error Registration This specification registers the following values in the IANA "OAuth Extensions Error" registry [IANA.OAuth.Parameters] established by [RFC6749]. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 21] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 5.6.1. Registry Contents o Error Name: "invalid_target" o Error Usage Location: token error response o Related Protocol Extension: OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange o Change Controller: IETF o Specification Document(s): Section 2.2.2 of [[ this specification ]] 6. Security Considerations All of the normal security issues that are discussed in [JWT], especially in relationship to comparing URIs and dealing with unrecognized values, also apply here. In addition, both delegation and impersonation introduce unique security issues. Any time one principal is delegated the rights of another principal, the potential for abuse is a concern. The use of the "scp" claim is suggested to mitigate potential for such abuse, as it restricts the contexts in which the delegated rights can be exercised. 7. Privacy Considerations Tokens typically carry personal information and their usage in Token Exchange may reveal details of the target services being accessed. As such, tokens should only be requested and sent according to the privacy policies at the respective organizations. 8. References 8.1. Normative References [IANA.JWT.Claims] IANA, "JSON Web Token Claims", . [IANA.OAuth.Parameters] IANA, "OAuth Parameters", . [JWT] Jones, M., Bradley, J., and N. Sakimura, "JSON Web Token (JWT)", RFC 7519, DOI 10.17487/RFC7519, May 2015, . Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 22] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, . [RFC3986] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66, RFC 3986, DOI 10.17487/RFC3986, January 2005, . [RFC6749] Hardt, D., Ed., "The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework", RFC 6749, DOI 10.17487/RFC6749, October 2012, . [RFC7159] Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format", RFC 7159, DOI 10.17487/RFC7159, March 2014, . [RFC7662] Richer, J., Ed., "OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection", RFC 7662, DOI 10.17487/RFC7662, October 2015, . 8.2. Informative References [OASIS.saml-core-1.1] Maler, E., Mishra, P., and R. Philpott, "Assertions and Protocol for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V1.1", OASIS Standard oasis-sstc-saml-core-1.1, September 2003. [OASIS.saml-core-2.0-os] Cantor, S., Kemp, J., Philpott, R., and E. Maler, "Assertions and Protocol for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0", OASIS Standard saml-core- 2.0-os, March 2005. [OpenID.Core] Sakimura, N., Bradley, J., Jones, M., de Medeiros, B., and C. Mortimore, "OpenID Connect Core 1.0", August 2015, . [RFC6750] Jones, M. and D. Hardt, "The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: Bearer Token Usage", RFC 6750, DOI 10.17487/RFC6750, October 2012, . Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 23] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 [RFC6755] Campbell, B. and H. Tschofenig, "An IETF URN Sub-Namespace for OAuth", RFC 6755, DOI 10.17487/RFC6755, October 2012, . [RFC7521] Campbell, B., Mortimore, C., Jones, M., and Y. Goland, "Assertion Framework for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants", RFC 7521, DOI 10.17487/RFC7521, May 2015, . [RFC7523] Jones, M., Campbell, B., and C. Mortimore, "JSON Web Token (JWT) Profile for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants", RFC 7523, DOI 10.17487/RFC7523, May 2015, . [RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May 2017, . [WS-Trust] Nadalin, A., Goodner, M., Gudgin, M., Barbir, A., and H. Granqvist, "WS-Trust 1.4", February 2012, . Appendix A. Additional Token Exchange Examples Two example token exchanges are provided in the following sections illustrating impersonation and delegation, respectively (with extra line breaks and indentation for display purposes only). A.1. Impersonation Token Exchange Example A.1.1. Token Exchange Request In the following token exchange request, a client is requesting a token with impersonation semantics. The client tells the authorization server that it needs a token for use at the target service with the logical name "urn:example:cooperation-context". Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 24] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 POST /as/token.oauth2 HTTP/1.1 Host: as.example.com Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded grant_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Agrant-type%3Atoken-exchange &audience=urn%3Aexample%3Acooperation-context &subject_token=eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjE2In0.eyJhdWQiOiJodHRwc zovL2FzLmV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9vcmlnaW5hbC1pc3N1ZXI uZXhhbXBsZS5uZXQiLCJleHAiOjE0NDE5MTA2MDAsIm5iZiI6MTQ0MTkwOTAwMCwic 3ViIjoiYmNAZXhhbXBsZS5uZXQiLCJzY3AiOlsib3JkZXJzIiwicHJvZmlsZSIsImh pc3RvcnkiXX0.JDe7fZ267iIRXwbFmOugyCt5dmGoy6EeuzNQ3MqDek5cCUlyPhQC6 cz9laKjK1bnjMQbLJqWix6ZdBI0isjsTA &subject_token_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Atoken-type%3Ajwt Figure 10: Token Exchange Request A.1.2. Subject Token Claims The "subject_token" in the prior request is a JWT and the decoded JWT Claims Set is shown here. The JWT is intended for consumption by the authorization server within a specific time window. The subject of the JWT ("bc@example.net") is the party on behalf of whom the new token is being requested. { "aud":"https://as.example.com", "iss":"https://original-issuer.example.net", "exp":1441910600, "nbf":1441909000, "sub":"bc@example.net", "scp":["orders","profile","history"] } Figure 11: Subject Token Claims A.1.3. Token Exchange Response The "access_token" parameter of the token exchange response shown below contains the new token that the client requested. The other parameters of the response indicate that the token is a bearer access token that expires in an hour. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 25] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/json Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store { "access_token":"eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjcyIn0.eyJhdWQiOiJ1cm4 6ZXhhbXBsZTpjb29wZXJhdGlvbi1jb250ZXh0IiwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hcy5l eGFtcGxlLmNvbSIsImV4cCI6MTQ0MTkxMzYxMCwic3ViIjoiYmNAZXhhbXBsZS5uZ XQiLCJzY3AiOlsib3JkZXJzIiwiaGlzdG9yeSIsInByb2ZpbGUiXX0.YQHuLmI1YD TugbfEvgGY2gaGBmMyj9BepZSECCBE9j9ogqZv2qx6VQQPrbT1k7vBYGLNMOkkpmm JkxZDS0YV7g", "issued_token_type": "urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:access_token", "token_type":"Bearer", "expires_in":3600 } Figure 12: Token Exchange Response A.1.4. Issued Token Claims The decoded JWT Claims Set of the issued token is shown below. The new JWT is issued by the authorization server and intended for consumption by a system entity known by the logical name "urn:example:cooperation-context" any time before its expiration. The subject ("sub") of the JWT is the same as the subject the token used to make the request, which effectively enables the client to impersonate that subject at the system entity known by the logical name of "urn:example:cooperation-context" by using the token. { "aud":"urn:example:cooperation-context", "iss":"https://as.example.com", "exp":1441913610, "sub":"bc@example.net", "scp":["orders","history","profile"] } Figure 13: Issued Token Claims A.2. Delegation Token Exchange Example A.2.1. Token Exchange Request In the following token exchange request, a client is requesting a token and providing both a "subject_token" and an "actor_token". The client tells the authorization server that it needs a token for use at the target service with the logical name "urn:example:cooperation- Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 26] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 context". Policy at the authorization server dictates that the issued token be a composite. POST /as/token.oauth2 HTTP/1.1 Host: as.example.com Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded grant_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Agrant-type%3Atoken-exchange &audience=urn%3Aexample%3Acooperation-context &subject_token=eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjE2In0.eyJhdWQiOiJodHRwc zovL2FzLmV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9vcmlnaW5hbC1pc3N1ZXI uZXhhbXBsZS5uZXQiLCJleHAiOjE0NDE5MTAwNjAsInNjcCI6WyJzdGF0dXMiLCJmZ WVkIl0sInN1YiI6InVzZXJAZXhhbXBsZS5uZXQiLCJtYXlfYWN0Ijp7InN1YiI6ImF kbWluQGV4YW1wbGUubmV0In19.ut0Ll7wm920VzRvuLGLFoPJLeO5DDElxsax1L_xK Um2eooiNSfuif-OGa2382hPyFYnddKIa0wmDhQksW018Rw &subject_token_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Atoken-type%3Ajwt &actor_token=eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjE2In0.eyJhdWQiOiJodHRwczo vL2FzLmV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9vcmlnaW5hbC1pc3N1ZXIuZ XhhbXBsZS5uZXQiLCJleHAiOjE0NDE5MTAwNjAsInN1YiI6ImFkbWluQGV4YW1wbGU ubmV0In0.7YQ-3zPfhUvzje5oqw8COCvN5uP6NsKik9CVV6cAOf4QKgM-tKfiOwcgZ oUuDL2tEs6tqPlcBlMjiSzEjm3yBg &actor_token_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Atoken-type%3Ajwt Figure 14: Token Exchange Request A.2.2. Subject Token Claims The "subject_token" in the prior request is a JWT and the decoded JWT Claims Set is shown here. The JWT is intended for consumption by the authorization server before a specific expiration time. The subject of the JWT ("user@example.net") is the party on behalf of whom the new token is being requested. { "aud":"https://as.example.com", "iss":"https://original-issuer.example.net", "exp":1441910060, "scp":["status","feed"], "sub":"user@example.net", "may_act": { "sub":"admin@example.net" } } Figure 15: Subject Token Claims Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 27] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 A.2.3. Actor Token Claims The "actor_token" in the prior request is a JWT and the decoded JWT Claims Set is shown here. This JWT is also intended for consumption by the authorization server before a specific expiration time. The subject of the JWT ("admin@example.net") is the actor that will wield the security token being requested. { "aud":"https://as.example.com", "iss":"https://original-issuer.example.net", "exp":1441910060, "sub":"admin@example.net" } Figure 16: Actor Token Claims A.2.4. Token Exchange Response The "access_token" parameter of the token exchange response shown below contains the new token that the client requested. The other parameters of the response indicate that the token is a JWT that expires in an hour and that the access token type is not applicable since the issued token is not an access token. HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/json Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store { "access_token":"eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjcyIn0.eyJhdWQiOiJ1cm4 6ZXhhbXBsZTpjb29wZXJhdGlvbi1jb250ZXh0IiwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hcy5l eGFtcGxlLmNvbSIsImV4cCI6MTQ0MTkxMzYxMCwic2NwIjpbInN0YXR1cyIsImZlZ WQiXSwic3ViIjoidXNlckBleGFtcGxlLm5ldCIsImFjdCI6eyJzdWIiOiJhZG1pbk BleGFtcGxlLm5ldCJ9fQ._qjM7Ij_HcrC78omT4jiZTFJOuzsAj1wPo31ymQS-Suq r64S1jCp6pfQR-in_OOAosAGamEg4jyPsht6kMAiYA", "issued_token_type":"urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:jwt", "token_type":"N_A", "expires_in":3600 } Figure 17: Token Exchange Response A.2.5. Issued Token Claims The decoded JWT Claims Set of the issued token is shown below. The new JWT is issued by the authorization server and intended for consumption by a system entity known by the logical name Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 28] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 "urn:example:cooperation-context" any time before its expiration. The subject ("sub") of the JWT is the same as the subject of the "subject_token" used to make the request. The actor ("act") of the JWT is the same as the subject of the "actor_token" used to make the request. This indicates delegation and identifies "admin@example.net" as the current actor to whom authority has been delegated to act on behalf of "user@example.net". { "aud":"urn:example:cooperation-context", "iss":"https://as.example.com", "exp":1441913610, "scp":["status","feed"], "sub":"user@example.net", "act": { "sub":"admin@example.net" } } Figure 18: Issued Token Claims Appendix B. Acknowledgements This specification was developed within the OAuth Working Group, which includes dozens of active and dedicated participants. It was produced under the chairmanship of Hannes Tschofenig, Derek Atkins, and Rifaat Shekh-Yusef with Kathleen Moriarty, Stephen Farrell, and Eric Rescorla serving as Security Area Directors. The following individuals contributed ideas, feedback, and wording to this specification: Caleb Baker, Vittorio Bertocci, Thomas Broyer, William Denniss, Vladimir Dzhuvinov, Phil Hunt, Benjamin Kaduk, Jason Keglovitz, Torsten Lodderstedt, Adam Lewis, James Manger, Nov Matake, Matt Miller, Matthew Perry, Eric Rescorla, Justin Richer, Rifaat Shekh- Yusef, Scott Tomilson, and Hannes Tschofenig. Appendix C. Document History [[ to be removed by the RFC Editor before publication as an RFC ]] -12 o Updated to use the boilerplate from RFC 8174. -11 Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 29] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 o Added new WG chair and AD to the Acknowledgements. o Applied clarifications suggested during AD review by EKR. -10 o Defined token type URIs for base64url-encoded SAML 1.1 and SAML 2.0 assertions. o Applied editorial fixes. -09 o Changed "security tokens obtained could be used in a number of contexts" to "security tokens obtained may be used in a number of contexts" per a WGLC suggestion. o Clarified that the validity of the subject or actor token have no impact on the validity of the issued token after the exchange has occurred per a WGLC comment. o Changed use of invalid_target error code to a SHOULD per a WGLC comment. o Clarified text about non-identity claims within the "act" claim being meaningless per a WGLC comment. o Added brief Privacy Considerations section per WGLC comments. -08 o Use the bibxml reference for OpenID.Core rather than defining it inline. o Added editor role for Campbell. o Minor clarification of the text for actor_token. -07 o Fixed typo (desecration -> discretion). o Added an explanation of the relationship between scope, audience and resource in the request and added an "invalid_target" error code enabling the AS to tell the client that the requested audiences/resources were too broad. -06 o Drop "An STS for the REST of Us" from the title. o Drop "heavyweight" and "lightweight" from the abstract and introduction. o Clarifications on the language around xxxxxx_token_type. o Remove the want_composite parameter. o Add a short mention of proof-of-possession style tokens to the introduction and remove the respective open issue. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 30] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 -05 o Defined the JWT claim "cid" to express the OAuth 2.0 client identifier of the client that requested the token. o Defined and requested registration for "act" and "may_act" as Token introspection response parameters (in addition to being JWT claims). o Loosen up the language about refresh_token in the response to OPTIONAL from NOT RECOMMENDED based on feedback form real world deployment experience. o Add clarifying text about the distinction between JWT and access token URIs. o Close out (remove) some of the Open Issues bullets that have been resolved. -04 o Clarified that the "resource" and "audience" request parameters can be used at the same time (via http://www.ietf.org/mail- archive/web/oauth/current/msg15335.html). o Clarified subject/actor token validity after token exchange and explained a bit more about the recommendation to not issue refresh tokens (via http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/ msg15318.html). o Updated the examples appendix to use an issuer value that doesn't imply that the client issued and signed the tokens and used "Bearer" and "urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:access_token" in one of the responses (via http://www.ietf.org/mail- archive/web/oauth/current/msg15335.html). o Defined and registered urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:id_token, since some use cases perform token exchanges for ID Tokens and no URI to indicate that a token is an ID Token had previously been defined. -03 o Updated the document editors (adding Campbell, Bradley, and Mortimore). o Added to the title. o Added to the abstract and introduction. o Updated the format of the request to use application/x-www-form- urlencoded request parameters and the response to use the existing token endpoint JSON parameters defined in OAuth 2.0. o Changed the grant type identifier to urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant- type:token-exchange. o Added RFC 6755 registration requests for urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:refresh_token, Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 31] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:access_token, and urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:token-exchange. o Added RFC 6749 registration requests for request/response parameters. o Removed the Implementation Considerations and the requirement to support JWTs. o Clarified many aspects of the text. o Changed "on_behalf_of" to "subject_token", "on_behalf_of_token_type" to "subject_token_type", "act_as" to "actor_token", and "act_as_token_type" to "actor_token_type". o Added an "audience" request parameter used to indicate the logical names of the target services at which the client intends to use the requested security token. o Added a "want_composite" request parameter used to indicate the desire for a composite token rather than trying to infer it from the presence/absence of token(s) in the request. o Added a "resource" request parameter used to indicate the URLs of resources at which the client intends to use the requested security token. o Specified that multiple "audience" and "resource" request parameter values may be used. o Defined the JWT claim "act" (actor) to express the current actor or delegation principal. o Defined the JWT claim "may_act" to express that one party is authorized to act on behalf of another party. o Defined the JWT claim "scp" (scopes) to express OAuth 2.0 scope- token values. o Added the "N_A" (not applicable) OAuth Access Token Type definition for use in contexts in which the token exchange syntax requires a "token_type" value, but in which the token being issued is not an access token. o Added examples. -02 o Enabled use of Security Token types other than JWTs for "act_as" and "on_behalf_of" request values. o Referenced the JWT and OAuth Assertions RFCs. -01 o Updated references. -00 o Created initial working group draft from draft-jones-oauth-token- exchange-01. Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 32] Internet-Draft OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange January 2018 Authors' Addresses Michael B. Jones Microsoft Email: mbj@microsoft.com URI: http://self-issued.info/ Anthony Nadalin Microsoft Email: tonynad@microsoft.com Brian Campbell (editor) Ping Identity Email: brian.d.campbell@gmail.com John Bradley Ping Identity Email: ve7jtb@ve7jtb.com Chuck Mortimore Salesforce Email: cmortimore@salesforce.com Jones, et al. Expires August 2, 2018 [Page 33]