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Fixes #4990.

GET/POST /oauth2/logout accepted any server-signed JWT as id_token_hint. clientIDFromIDTokenHint checked the signature and the issuer and then went straight to the audience, so nothing constrained the token type. An access token issued to an application with no configured defaultAudience carries aud=client_id (ResolveDefaultAudience falls back to the client id), so it satisfied both checks and resolved a client. Expiry is deliberately not enforced for id_token_hint per OIDC RP-Initiated Logout, so an expired access token was accepted as well.

Because supplying a hint suppresses the End-User sign-out confirmation, any holder of an access token for the target client could suppress it.

Approach

The codebase already answers "is this an ID token" in tokenservice.ValidateIDJAGSubjectToken, which makes the same decision for subject_token. I mirrored it rather than inventing a second rule:

  • Require the ID token typ header. Access tokens are typed at+jwt (RFC 9068) and ID-JAG assertions oauth-id-jag+jwt, so this rejects both.
  • Reject the access_token_sub claim, which marks a refresh token. Refresh tokens share the ID token typ, so the header alone does not separate them.

Both failures return the existing errInvalidIDTokenHint, so the response is unchanged and the endpoint does not reveal which check refused the token.

Refresh tokens were already unreachable in practice, since their aud is the issuer rather than a client id and so resolved no client a step later. I rejected them explicitly anyway, because that is what the existing ID token check does and relying on a downstream accident is fragile.

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  • Go 1.26.5
  • go test ./internal/oauth/...: 25 packages pass
  • Full backend unit suite: 136 packages, 0 failures
  • golangci-lint run ./internal/oauth/...: 0 issues
  • mockery from both configs produces no diff, since no interface changed
  • Neutralised both new checks locally to confirm the added tests catch the defect: the four rejection tests fail, the rest still pass

Unit tests cover an access token, an ID-JAG assertion, a refresh token, a missing typ and an undecodable header. The integration test in logout_negative_test.go uses a real access token from a real login, with the id_token from that same login as the control, so the rejection is shown to be about the token type rather than the session, client or issuer.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved logout validation to reject access tokens, refresh tokens, ID-JAG assertions, and malformed tokens used as an ID-token hint.
    • Tokens missing a valid JWT type or containing refresh-token markers now return an invalid id_token_hint error.
    • Valid ID tokens continue to be accepted for logout.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified that only ID tokens are valid for the id_token_hint parameter.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for invalid token types, malformed headers, and access-token rejection in integration scenarios.

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The logout resolver now requires id_token_hint values to use the standard JWT type and rejects refresh-token markers. Unit, integration, and documentation updates cover invalid token types and access-token rejection.

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Logout hint validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Validate logout token identity
backend/internal/oauth/oauth2/logout/service.go
The resolver rejects tokens without the standard JWT type, ID-JAG tokens, and tokens containing access_token_sub.
Verify invalid hint rejection
backend/internal/oauth/oauth2/logout/service_test.go, tests/integration/oauth/sso/logout_negative_test.go
Tests cover invalid headers, missing types, refresh tokens, access tokens, and ID-JAG assertions.
Document token restrictions
docs/content/guides/protocols/oauth-oidc/rp-initiated-logout.mdx
The documentation states that non-ID tokens supplied as id_token_hint receive a 400 Bad Request response.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 630f8

The logout endpoint now rejects access tokens and other non-ID-token hints, preventing them from suppressing the sign-out confirmation. The change is otherwise mergeable, but the required documentation for this public behavior change still needs explicit owner follow-up.

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Suggested reviewers: thamindudilshan, thiva-k, rajithacharith

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #4990 by rejecting non-ID-token hints while preserving the existing invalid-hint response and adding focused tests.
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Could a maintainer add Type/Bug and trigger-pr-builder? I cannot set labels myself.

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In `@backend/internal/oauth/oauth2/logout/service.go`:
- Around line 224-253: Update the OAuth2 logout API documentation in apis.mdx to
describe id_token_hint validation for /oauth2/logout: accept ID tokens only and
reject access tokens, ID-JAG assertions, and refresh tokens.
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Comment thread backend/internal/oauth/oauth2/logout/service.go
GET/POST /oauth2/logout accepted any server-signed JWT as id_token_hint. The
hint was checked for signature and issuer and then read for its audience, with
nothing constraining the token type. An access token issued to an application
with no configured defaultAudience carries aud=client_id, because
ResolveDefaultAudience falls back to the client id, so it satisfied both checks
and resolved a client. Expiry is deliberately not enforced for id_token_hint per
OIDC RP-Initiated Logout, so an expired access token was accepted too.

Supplying a hint suppresses the End-User sign-out confirmation, which is the
mitigation for forced logout through cross-site navigation, so any holder of an
access token for the target client could suppress it.

Identify the token the way ValidateIDJAGSubjectToken already does when it makes
the same decision for subject_token: require the ID token typ header, which
access tokens ("at+jwt", RFC 9068) and ID-JAG assertions ("oauth-id-jag+jwt") do
not carry, and reject the access_token_sub claim that marks a refresh token.

The RP-initiated logout guide listed the hint checks as signature and issuer and
enumerated the reasons a request is rejected, so both now cover the token type.

Fixes thunder-id#4990

Signed-off-by: Thareesha98 <thareesha98@gmail.com>
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Hi @Thareesha98 ,

This issue is already being worked on. Could you please comment and get yourself assigned to issues before starting to work on them.

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