backport of commit 366693c78dec71212ab344e8d315637722b60d25 (#21887)

Co-authored-by: Laurent <hello@viper61.fr>

builtin/logical/pki/acme_wrappers.go

@@ -398,13 +398,16 @@ func getAcmeRoleAndIssuer(sc *storageContext, data *framework.FieldData, config
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Override ExtKeyUsage behavior to force it to only be ServerAuth within ACME issued certs
+	// If not allowed in configuration, override ExtKeyUsage behavior to force it to only be
-	role.ExtKeyUsage = []string{"serverauth"}
+	// ServerAuth within ACME issued certs
-	role.ExtKeyUsageOIDs = []string{}
+	if !config.AllowRoleExtKeyUsage {
-	role.ServerFlag = true
+		role.ExtKeyUsage = []string{"serverauth"}
-	role.ClientFlag = false
+		role.ExtKeyUsageOIDs = []string{}
-	role.CodeSigningFlag = false
+		role.ServerFlag = true
-	role.EmailProtectionFlag = false
+		role.ClientFlag = false
+		role.CodeSigningFlag = false
+		role.EmailProtectionFlag = false
+	}
 
 	return role, issuer, nil
 }

builtin/logical/pki/path_acme_order.go

@@ -582,10 +582,18 @@ func issueCertFromCsr(ac *acmeContext, csr *x509.CertificateRequest) (*certutil.
 		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("verification of parsed bundle failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// We only allow ServerAuth key usage from ACME issued certs.
+	// We only allow ServerAuth key usage from ACME issued certs
-	for _, usage := range parsedBundle.Certificate.ExtKeyUsage {
+	// when configuration does not allow usage of ExtKeyusage field.
-		if usage != x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth {
+	config, err := ac.sc.Backend.acmeState.getConfigWithUpdate(ac.sc)
-			return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("%w: ACME certs only allow ServerAuth key usage", ErrBadCSR)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch ACME configuration: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if !config.AllowRoleExtKeyUsage {
+		for _, usage := range parsedBundle.Certificate.ExtKeyUsage {
+			if usage != x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth {
+				return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("%w: ACME certs only allow ServerAuth key usage", ErrBadCSR)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 

builtin/logical/pki/path_acme_test.go

@@ -795,8 +795,10 @@ func TestAcmeTruncatesToIssuerExpiry(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, shortCa.NotAfter, acmeCert.NotAfter, "certificate times aren't the same")
 }
 
-// TestAcmeIgnoresRoleExtKeyUsage
+// TestAcmeRoleExtKeyUsage verify that ACME by default ignores the role's various ExtKeyUsage flags,
-func TestAcmeIgnoresRoleExtKeyUsage(t *testing.T) {
+// but if the ACME configuration override of allow_role_ext_key_usage is set that we then honor
+// the role's flag.
+func TestAcmeRoleExtKeyUsage(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	cluster, client, _ := setupAcmeBackend(t)
@@ -862,6 +864,37 @@ func TestAcmeIgnoresRoleExtKeyUsage(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 1, len(acmeCert.ExtKeyUsage), "mis-match on expected ExtKeyUsages")
 	require.ElementsMatch(t, []x509.ExtKeyUsage{x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth}, acmeCert.ExtKeyUsage,
 		"mismatch of ExtKeyUsage flags")
+
+	// Now turn the ACME configuration allow_role_ext_key_usage and retest to make sure we get a certificate
+	// with them all
+	_, err = client.Logical().WriteWithContext(context.Background(), "pki/config/acme", map[string]interface{}{
+		"enabled":                  true,
+		"eab_policy":               "not-required",
+		"allow_role_ext_key_usage": true,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed updating ACME configuration")
+
+	t.Logf("Testing Authorize Order on %s", baseAcmeURL)
+	order, err = acmeClient.AuthorizeOrder(testCtx, []acme.AuthzID{
+		{Type: "dns", Value: identifiers[0]},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed creating order")
+
+	// HACK: Update authorization/challenge to completed as we can't really do it properly in this workflow test.
+	markAuthorizationSuccess(t, client, acmeClient, acct, order)
+
+	certs, _, err = acmeClient.CreateOrderCert(testCtx, order.FinalizeURL, csr, true)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "order finalization failed")
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, len(certs), 1, "expected at least one cert in bundle")
+	acmeCert, err = x509.ParseCertificate(certs[0])
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed parsing acme cert")
+
+	require.Equal(t, 4, len(acmeCert.ExtKeyUsage), "mis-match on expected ExtKeyUsages")
+	require.ElementsMatch(t, []x509.ExtKeyUsage{
+		x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth, x509.ExtKeyUsageClientAuth,
+		x509.ExtKeyUsageCodeSigning, x509.ExtKeyUsageEmailProtection,
+	},
+		acmeCert.ExtKeyUsage, "mismatch of ExtKeyUsage flags")
 }
 
 func TestIssuerRoleDirectoryAssociations(t *testing.T) {

builtin/logical/pki/path_config_acme.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type acmeConfigEntry struct {
 	Enabled                bool          `json:"enabled"`
 	AllowedIssuers         []string      `json:"allowed_issuers="`
 	AllowedRoles           []string      `json:"allowed_roles"`
+	AllowRoleExtKeyUsage   bool          `json:"allow_role_ext_key_usage"`
 	DefaultDirectoryPolicy string        `json:"default_directory_policy"`
 	DNSResolver            string        `json:"dns_resolver"`
 	EabPolicyName          EabPolicyName `json:"eab_policy_name"`
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ var defaultAcmeConfig = acmeConfigEntry{
 	Enabled:                false,
 	AllowedIssuers:         []string{"*"},
 	AllowedRoles:           []string{"*"},
+	AllowRoleExtKeyUsage:   false,
 	DefaultDirectoryPolicy: "sign-verbatim",
 	DNSResolver:            "",
 	EabPolicyName:          eabPolicyNotRequired,
@@ -98,6 +100,11 @@ func pathAcmeConfig(b *backend) *framework.Path {
 				Description: `which roles are allowed for use with ACME; by default via '*', these will be all roles including sign-verbatim; when concrete role names are specified, any default_directory_policy role must be included to allow usage of the default acme directories under /pki/acme/directory and /pki/issuer/:issuer_id/acme/directory.`,
 				Default:     []string{"*"},
 			},
+			"allow_role_ext_key_usage": {
+				Type:        framework.TypeBool,
+				Description: `whether the ExtKeyUsage field from a role is used, defaults to false meaning that certificate will be signed with ServerAuth.`,
+				Default:     false,
+			},
 			"default_directory_policy": {
 				Type:        framework.TypeString,
 				Description: `the policy to be used for non-role-qualified ACME requests; by default ACME issuance will be otherwise unrestricted, equivalent to the sign-verbatim endpoint; one may also specify a role to use as this policy, as "role:<role_name>", the specified role must be allowed by allowed_roles`,
@@ -161,6 +168,7 @@ func genResponseFromAcmeConfig(config *acmeConfigEntry, warnings []string) *logi
 	response := &logical.Response{
 		Data: map[string]interface{}{
 			"allowed_roles":            config.AllowedRoles,
+			"allow_role_ext_key_usage": config.AllowRoleExtKeyUsage,
 			"allowed_issuers":          config.AllowedIssuers,
 			"default_directory_policy": config.DefaultDirectoryPolicy,
 			"enabled":                  config.Enabled,
@@ -194,6 +202,10 @@ func (b *backend) pathAcmeWrite(ctx context.Context, req *logical.Request, d *fr
 		}
 	}
 
+	if allowRoleExtKeyUsageRaw, ok := d.GetOk("allow_role_ext_key_usage"); ok {
+		config.AllowRoleExtKeyUsage = allowRoleExtKeyUsageRaw.(bool)
+	}
+
 	if defaultDirectoryPolicyRaw, ok := d.GetOk("default_directory_policy"); ok {
 		config.DefaultDirectoryPolicy = defaultDirectoryPolicyRaw.(string)
 	}

changelog/21702.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+secrets/pki: Add a parameter to allow ExtKeyUsage field usage from a role within ACME.
+```

ui/app/models/pki/config/acme.js

@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ export default class PkiConfigAcmeModel extends Model {
   })
   allowedRoles;
 
+  @attr('boolean', {
+    label: 'Allow role ExtKeyUsage',
+    subText:
+      "When enabled, respect the role's ExtKeyUsage flags. Otherwise, ACME certificates are forced to ServerAuth.",
+  })
+  allowRoleExtKeyUsage;
+
   @attr('array', {
     editType: 'stringArray',
     subText:

website/content/api-docs/secret/pki.mdx

@@ -374,6 +374,10 @@ mount.
    an issuer outside this list, it will be allowed. The default value `*`
    allows every issuer within the mount.
 
+  - `allow_role_ext_key_usage` `(bool: false)` - whether the ExtKeyUsage field
+   from a role is used, defaults to false meaning that certificate will be
+   signed with ServerAuth.
+
  - `allowed_roles` `(list: ["*"])` - Specifies a list of roles allowed to
    issue certificates via explicit ACME paths.  The default value `*` allows
    every role within the mount to be used.  If the `default_directory_policy`