Implement GSSAPI authentication

Most commonly used with Kerberos.

Closes: #769

asyncpg/connect_utils.py

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def parse(cls, sslmode):
         'direct_tls',
         'server_settings',
         'target_session_attrs',
+        'krbsrvname',
     ])
 
 
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ def _dot_postgresql_path(filename) -> typing.Optional[pathlib.Path]:
 def _parse_connect_dsn_and_args(*, dsn, host, port, user,
                                 password, passfile, database, ssl,
                                 direct_tls, server_settings,
-                                target_session_attrs):
+                                target_session_attrs, krbsrvname):
     # `auth_hosts` is the version of host information for the purposes
     # of reading the pgpass file.
     auth_hosts = None
@@ -383,6 +384,11 @@ def _parse_connect_dsn_and_args(*, dsn, host, port, user,
                 if target_session_attrs is None:
                     target_session_attrs = dsn_target_session_attrs
 
+            if 'krbsrvname' in query:
+                val = query.pop('krbsrvname')
+                if krbsrvname is None:
+                    krbsrvname = val
+
             if query:
                 if server_settings is None:
                     server_settings = query
@@ -654,7 +660,8 @@ def _parse_connect_dsn_and_args(*, dsn, host, port, user,
         user=user, password=password, database=database, ssl=ssl,
         sslmode=sslmode, direct_tls=direct_tls,
         server_settings=server_settings,
-        target_session_attrs=target_session_attrs)
+        target_session_attrs=target_session_attrs,
+        krbsrvname=krbsrvname)
 
     return addrs, params
 
@@ -665,7 +672,7 @@ def _parse_connect_arguments(*, dsn, host, port, user, password, passfile,
                              max_cached_statement_lifetime,
                              max_cacheable_statement_size,
                              ssl, direct_tls, server_settings,
-                             target_session_attrs):
+                             target_session_attrs, krbsrvname):
     local_vars = locals()
     for var_name in {'max_cacheable_statement_size',
                      'max_cached_statement_lifetime',
@@ -694,7 +701,8 @@ def _parse_connect_arguments(*, dsn, host, port, user, password, passfile,
         password=password, passfile=passfile, ssl=ssl,
         direct_tls=direct_tls, database=database,
         server_settings=server_settings,
-        target_session_attrs=target_session_attrs)
+        target_session_attrs=target_session_attrs,
+        krbsrvname=krbsrvname)
 
     config = _ClientConfiguration(
         command_timeout=command_timeout,

asyncpg/connection.py

@@ -2007,7 +2007,8 @@ async def connect(dsn=None, *,
                   connection_class=Connection,
                   record_class=protocol.Record,
                   server_settings=None,
-                  target_session_attrs=None):
+                  target_session_attrs=None,
+                  krbsrvname=None):
     r"""A coroutine to establish a connection to a PostgreSQL server.
 
     The connection parameters may be specified either as a connection
@@ -2235,6 +2236,9 @@ async def connect(dsn=None, *,
         or the value of the ``PGTARGETSESSIONATTRS`` environment variable,
         or ``"any"`` if neither is specified.
 
+    :param str krbsrvname:
+        Kerberos service name to use when authenticating with GSSAPI.
+
     :return: A :class:`~asyncpg.connection.Connection` instance.
 
     Example:
@@ -2344,7 +2348,8 @@ async def connect(dsn=None, *,
             statement_cache_size=statement_cache_size,
             max_cached_statement_lifetime=max_cached_statement_lifetime,
             max_cacheable_statement_size=max_cacheable_statement_size,
-            target_session_attrs=target_session_attrs
+            target_session_attrs=target_session_attrs,
+            krbsrvname=krbsrvname,
         )
 
 

asyncpg/protocol/coreproto.pxd

@@ -51,16 +51,6 @@ cdef enum AuthenticationMessage:
     AUTH_SASL_FINAL = 12
 
 
-AUTH_METHOD_NAME = {
-    AUTH_REQUIRED_KERBEROS: 'kerberosv5',
-    AUTH_REQUIRED_PASSWORD: 'password',
-    AUTH_REQUIRED_PASSWORDMD5: 'md5',
-    AUTH_REQUIRED_GSS: 'gss',
-    AUTH_REQUIRED_SASL: 'scram-sha-256',
-    AUTH_REQUIRED_SSPI: 'sspi',
-}
-
-
 cdef enum ResultType:
     RESULT_OK = 1
     RESULT_FAILED = 2
@@ -96,10 +86,13 @@ cdef class CoreProtocol:
 
         object transport
 
+        object address
         # Instance of _ConnectionParameters
         object con_params
         # Instance of SCRAMAuthentication
         SCRAMAuthentication scram
+        # Instance of gssapi.SecurityContext
+        object gss_ctx
 
         readonly int32_t backend_pid
         readonly int32_t backend_secret
@@ -145,6 +138,8 @@ cdef class CoreProtocol:
     cdef _auth_password_message_md5(self, bytes salt)
     cdef _auth_password_message_sasl_initial(self, list sasl_auth_methods)
     cdef _auth_password_message_sasl_continue(self, bytes server_response)
+    cdef _auth_gss_init(self)
+    cdef _auth_gss_step(self, bytes server_response)
 
     cdef _write(self, buf)
     cdef _writelines(self, list buffers)

asyncpg/protocol/coreproto.pyx

@@ -6,14 +6,26 @@
 
 
 import hashlib
+import socket
 
 
 include "scram.pyx"
 
 
+cdef dict AUTH_METHOD_NAME = {
+    AUTH_REQUIRED_KERBEROS: 'kerberosv5',
+    AUTH_REQUIRED_PASSWORD: 'password',
+    AUTH_REQUIRED_PASSWORDMD5: 'md5',
+    AUTH_REQUIRED_GSS: 'gss',
+    AUTH_REQUIRED_SASL: 'scram-sha-256',
+    AUTH_REQUIRED_SSPI: 'sspi',
+}
+
+
 cdef class CoreProtocol:
 
-    def __init__(self, con_params):
+    def __init__(self, addr, con_params):
+        self.address = addr
         # type of `con_params` is `_ConnectionParameters`
         self.buffer = ReadBuffer()
         self.user = con_params.user
@@ -26,6 +38,8 @@ cdef class CoreProtocol:
         self.encoding = 'utf-8'
         # type of `scram` is `SCRAMAuthentcation`
         self.scram = None
+        # type of `gss_ctx` is `gssapi.SecurityContext`
+        self.gss_ctx = None
 
         self._reset_result()
 
@@ -619,9 +633,17 @@ cdef class CoreProtocol:
                     'could not verify server signature for '
                     'SCRAM authentciation: scram-sha-256',
                 )
+            self.scram = None
+
+        elif status == AUTH_REQUIRED_GSS:
+            self._auth_gss_init()
+            self.auth_msg = self._auth_gss_step(None)
+
+        elif status == AUTH_REQUIRED_GSS_CONTINUE:
+            server_response = self.buffer.consume_message()
+            self.auth_msg = self._auth_gss_step(server_response)
 
         elif status in (AUTH_REQUIRED_KERBEROS, AUTH_REQUIRED_SCMCRED,
-                        AUTH_REQUIRED_GSS, AUTH_REQUIRED_GSS_CONTINUE,
                         AUTH_REQUIRED_SSPI):
             self.result_type = RESULT_FAILED
             self.result = apg_exc.InterfaceError(
@@ -634,7 +656,8 @@ cdef class CoreProtocol:
                 'unsupported authentication method requested by the '
                 'server: {}'.format(status))
 
-        if status not in [AUTH_SASL_CONTINUE, AUTH_SASL_FINAL]:
+        if status not in [AUTH_SASL_CONTINUE, AUTH_SASL_FINAL,
+                          AUTH_REQUIRED_GSS_CONTINUE]:
             self.buffer.discard_message()
 
     cdef _auth_password_message_cleartext(self):
@@ -691,6 +714,39 @@ cdef class CoreProtocol:
 
         return msg
 
+    cdef _auth_gss_init(self):
+        try:
+            import gssapi
+        except ModuleNotFoundError:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                'gssapi module not found; please install asyncpg[gss] to use '
+                'asyncpg with Kerberos or GSSAPI authentication'
+            ) from None
+
+        service_name = self.con_params.krbsrvname or 'postgres'
+        # find the canonical name of the server host
+        if isinstance(self.address, str):
+            host = socket.gethostname()
+        else:
+            host = self.address[0]
+        host_cname = socket.gethostbyname_ex(host)[0].rstrip('.') or host
+        gss_name = gssapi.Name(f'{service_name}/{host_cname}')
+        self.gss_ctx = gssapi.SecurityContext(name=gss_name, usage='initiate')
+
+    cdef _auth_gss_step(self, bytes server_response):
+        cdef:
+            WriteBuffer msg
+
+        token = self.gss_ctx.step(server_response)
+        if not token:
+            self.gss_ctx = None
+            return None
+        msg = WriteBuffer.new_message(b'p')
+        msg.write_bytes(token)
+        msg.end_message()
+
+        return msg
+
     cdef _parse_msg_ready_for_query(self):
         cdef char status = self.buffer.read_byte()
 

asyncpg/protocol/protocol.pxd

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ cdef class BaseProtocol(CoreProtocol):
 
     cdef:
         object loop
-        object address
         ConnectionSettings settings
         object cancel_sent_waiter
         object cancel_waiter

asyncpg/protocol/protocol.pyx

@@ -75,16 +75,15 @@ NO_TIMEOUT = object()
 cdef class BaseProtocol(CoreProtocol):
     def __init__(self, addr, connected_fut, con_params, record_class: type, loop):
         # type of `con_params` is `_ConnectionParameters`
-        CoreProtocol.__init__(self, con_params)
+        CoreProtocol.__init__(self, addr, con_params)
 
         self.loop = loop
         self.transport = None
         self.waiter = connected_fut
         self.cancel_waiter = None
         self.cancel_sent_waiter = None
 
-        self.address = addr
-        self.settings = ConnectionSettings((self.address, con_params.database))
+        self.settings = ConnectionSettings((addr, con_params.database))
         self.record_class = record_class
 
         self.statement = None

pyproject.toml

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ dependencies = [
 github = "https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
+gss = [
+    'gssapi',
+]
 test = [
     'flake8~=6.1',
     'uvloop>=0.15.3; platform_system != "Windows" and python_version < "3.12.0"',