test: add permission enforcement and NKey integration tests

Fix NKey nonce verification: the NATS client signs the nonce string
(ASCII bytes of the base64url-encoded nonce), not the raw nonce bytes.
Pass the encoded nonce string bytes to the authenticator for verification.
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Joseph Doherty
2026-02-22 23:03:41 -05:00
parent 9cb3e2fe0f
commit c40c2cd994
3 changed files with 206 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ public sealed class NatsServer : IMessageRouter, ISubListAccess, IDisposable
var clientInfo = _serverInfo;
if (_authService.NonceRequired)
{
nonce = _authService.GenerateNonce();
var rawNonce = _authService.GenerateNonce();
var nonceStr = _authService.EncodeNonce(rawNonce);
// The client signs the nonce string (ASCII), not the raw bytes
nonce = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(nonceStr);
clientInfo = new ServerInfo
{
ServerId = _serverInfo.ServerId,
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ public sealed class NatsServer : IMessageRouter, ISubListAccess, IDisposable
Port = _serverInfo.Port,
MaxPayload = _serverInfo.MaxPayload,
AuthRequired = _serverInfo.AuthRequired,
Nonce = _authService.EncodeNonce(nonce),
Nonce = nonceStr,
};
}

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@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
using NATS.Client.Core;
using NATS.NKeys;
using NATS.Server.Auth;
namespace NATS.Server.Tests;
public class NKeyIntegrationTests : IAsyncLifetime
{
private NatsServer _server = null!;
private int _port;
private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cts = new();
private Task _serverTask = null!;
private KeyPair _userKeyPair = null!;
private string _userSeed = null!;
private string _userPublicKey = null!;
private static int GetFreePort()
{
using var sock = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
sock.Bind(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Loopback, 0));
return ((IPEndPoint)sock.LocalEndPoint!).Port;
}
public async Task InitializeAsync()
{
_port = GetFreePort();
_userKeyPair = KeyPair.CreatePair(PrefixByte.User);
_userPublicKey = _userKeyPair.GetPublicKey();
_userSeed = _userKeyPair.GetSeed();
_server = new NatsServer(new NatsOptions
{
Port = _port,
NKeys = [new NKeyUser { Nkey = _userPublicKey }],
}, NullLoggerFactory.Instance);
_serverTask = _server.StartAsync(_cts.Token);
await _server.WaitForReadyAsync();
}
public async Task DisposeAsync()
{
await _cts.CancelAsync();
_server.Dispose();
}
[Fact]
public async Task NKey_auth_success()
{
await using var client = new NatsConnection(new NatsOpts
{
Url = $"nats://127.0.0.1:{_port}",
AuthOpts = new NatsAuthOpts { NKey = _userPublicKey, Seed = _userSeed },
});
await client.ConnectAsync();
await client.PingAsync();
}
[Fact]
public async Task NKey_auth_wrong_key_fails()
{
// Generate a different key pair not known to the server
var otherKp = KeyPair.CreatePair(PrefixByte.User);
await using var client = new NatsConnection(new NatsOpts
{
Url = $"nats://127.0.0.1:{_port}",
AuthOpts = new NatsAuthOpts { NKey = otherKp.GetPublicKey(), Seed = otherKp.GetSeed() },
MaxReconnectRetry = 0,
});
await Should.ThrowAsync<NatsException>(async () =>
{
await client.ConnectAsync();
await client.PingAsync();
});
}
}

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@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
using NATS.Client.Core;
using NATS.Server.Auth;
namespace NATS.Server.Tests;
public class PermissionIntegrationTests : IAsyncLifetime
{
private NatsServer _server = null!;
private int _port;
private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cts = new();
private Task _serverTask = null!;
private static int GetFreePort()
{
using var sock = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
sock.Bind(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Loopback, 0));
return ((IPEndPoint)sock.LocalEndPoint!).Port;
}
public async Task InitializeAsync()
{
_port = GetFreePort();
_server = new NatsServer(new NatsOptions
{
Port = _port,
Users =
[
new User
{
Username = "publisher",
Password = "pass",
Permissions = new Permissions
{
Publish = new SubjectPermission { Allow = ["events.>"] },
Subscribe = new SubjectPermission { Deny = [">"] },
},
},
new User
{
Username = "subscriber",
Password = "pass",
Permissions = new Permissions
{
Publish = new SubjectPermission { Deny = [">"] },
Subscribe = new SubjectPermission { Allow = ["events.>"] },
},
},
new User
{
Username = "admin",
Password = "pass",
// No permissions — full access
},
],
}, NullLoggerFactory.Instance);
_serverTask = _server.StartAsync(_cts.Token);
await _server.WaitForReadyAsync();
}
public async Task DisposeAsync()
{
await _cts.CancelAsync();
_server.Dispose();
}
[Fact]
public async Task Publisher_can_publish_to_allowed_subject()
{
await using var pub = new NatsConnection(new NatsOpts
{
Url = $"nats://publisher:pass@127.0.0.1:{_port}",
});
await using var admin = new NatsConnection(new NatsOpts
{
Url = $"nats://admin:pass@127.0.0.1:{_port}",
});
await pub.ConnectAsync();
await admin.ConnectAsync();
await using var sub = await admin.SubscribeCoreAsync<string>("events.test");
await admin.PingAsync();
await pub.PublishAsync("events.test", "hello");
using var timeout = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
var msg = await sub.Msgs.ReadAsync(timeout.Token);
msg.Data.ShouldBe("hello");
}
[Fact]
public async Task Admin_has_full_access()
{
await using var admin1 = new NatsConnection(new NatsOpts
{
Url = $"nats://admin:pass@127.0.0.1:{_port}",
});
await using var admin2 = new NatsConnection(new NatsOpts
{
Url = $"nats://admin:pass@127.0.0.1:{_port}",
});
await admin1.ConnectAsync();
await admin2.ConnectAsync();
await using var sub = await admin2.SubscribeCoreAsync<string>("anything.at.all");
await admin2.PingAsync();
await admin1.PublishAsync("anything.at.all", "data");
using var timeout = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
var msg = await sub.Msgs.ReadAsync(timeout.Token);
msg.Data.ShouldBe("data");
}
}