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David Handermann updated NIFI-8766:
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Affects Version/s: 1.14.0
Status: Patch Available (was: In Progress)
> Improve JWT Authentication Handling
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> Key: NIFI-8766
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-8766
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Core UI, Security
> Affects Versions: 1.13.2, 1.14.0
> Reporter: David Handermann
> Assignee: David Handermann
> Priority: Major
> Labels: JWT, security
> Time Spent: 10m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> NiFi access for username and password authentication currently leverages
> several custom classes to handle JWT generation, signing, and verification.
> The JWT service uses symmetric keys generated for each user with the HMAC
> SHA256 signing algorithm, and stores signing keys in the local node database.
> NiFi deletes the symmetric signing key for each user on logout.
> The Spring Security OAuth2 library provides more standardized components to
> handle JWT verification, which will reduce the need for custom Spring
> Security authentication provider classes. The JWT generation process should
> be evaluated and refactored to support more frequent key rotation.
> Transitioning to asymmetric keys for JWT signing and avoiding persistence of
> private signing keys should also be considered.
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