Block login if a user requires approval and the server is configured to do so

Author: babolivier

synapse/handlers/auth.py

@@ -1010,6 +1010,17 @@ async def check_user_exists(self, user_id: str) -> Optional[str]:
             return res[0]
         return None
 
+    async def is_user_approved(self, user_id: str) -> bool:
+        """Checks if a user is approved and therefore can be allowed to log in.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id: the user to check the approval status of.
+
+        Returns:
+            A boolean that is True if the user is approved, False otherwise.
+        """
+        return await self.store.is_user_approved(user_id)
+
     async def _find_user_id_and_pwd_hash(
         self, user_id: str
     ) -> Optional[Tuple[str, str]]:

synapse/rest/client/login.py

@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
             hs.config.registration.refreshable_access_token_lifetime is not None
         )
 
+        # Whether we need to check if the user has been approved or not.
+        self._require_approval = (
+            hs.config.experimental.msc3866.enabled
+            and hs.config.experimental.msc3866.require_approval_for_new_accounts
+        )
+
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
 
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
@@ -220,6 +226,15 @@ async def on_POST(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> Tuple[int, LoginResponse]:
         except KeyError:
             raise SynapseError(400, "Missing JSON keys.")
 
+        if self._require_approval:
+            approved = await self.auth_handler.is_user_approved(result["user_id"])
+            if not approved:
+                raise SynapseError(
+                    code=403,
+                    errcode=Codes.USER_AWAITING_APPROVAL,
+                    msg="This account is pending approval by a server administrator.",
+                )
+
         well_known_data = self._well_known_builder.get_well_known()
         if well_known_data:
             result["well_known"] = well_known_data

tests/rest/client/test_login.py

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 from twisted.web.resource import Resource
 
 import synapse.rest.admin
+from synapse.api.constants import LoginType
+from synapse.api.errors import Codes
 from synapse.appservice import ApplicationService
 from synapse.rest.client import devices, login, logout, register
 from synapse.rest.client.account import WhoamiRestServlet
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ class LoginRestServletTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         logout.register_servlets,
         devices.register_servlets,
         lambda hs, http_server: WhoamiRestServlet(hs).register(http_server),
+        register.register_servlets,
     ]
 
     def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
@@ -406,6 +409,38 @@ def test_login_with_overly_long_device_id_fails(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(channel.code, 400)
         self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["errcode"], "M_INVALID_PARAM")
 
+    @override_config(
+        {
+            "experimental_features": {
+                "msc3866": {
+                    "enabled": True,
+                    "require_approval_for_new_accounts": True,
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    )
+    def test_require_approval(self) -> None:
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "POST",
+            "register",
+            {
+                "username": "kermit",
+                "password": "monkey",
+                "auth": {"type": LoginType.DUMMY},
+            },
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(403, channel.code, channel.result)
+        self.assertEqual(Codes.USER_AWAITING_APPROVAL, channel.json_body["errcode"])
+
+        params = {
+            "type": LoginType.PASSWORD,
+            "identifier": {"type": "m.id.user", "user": "kermit"},
+            "password": "monkey",
+        }
+        channel = self.make_request("POST", LOGIN_URL, params)
+        self.assertEqual(403, channel.code, channel.result)
+        self.assertEqual(Codes.USER_AWAITING_APPROVAL, channel.json_body["errcode"])
+
 
 @skip_unless(has_saml2 and HAS_OIDC, "Requires SAML2 and OIDC")
 class MultiSSOTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):