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docs: align sign-in restriction docs with the INVALID_CREDENTIALS gate
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion apps/docs/content/docs/self-hosting/configuration/environment.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -313,8 +313,9 @@ NEXT_PUBLIC_DISABLE_SIGNUP="true"

You can control which methods are available for users to sign in with the following environment variables:

- **`NEXT_PUBLIC_DISABLE_SIGNIN`** (master switch): Set to `true` to block all signin methods (email/password, Google, Microsoft, OIDC). Hides every signin entry point on `/signin` and rejects email/password signin server-side with a `SIGNIN_DISABLED` error.
- **`NEXT_PUBLIC_DISABLE_SIGNIN`** (master switch): Set to `true` to block all signin methods (email/password, Google, Microsoft, OIDC). Hides every signin entry point on `/signin`. Server-side, the password management endpoints (`update-password`, `forgot-password`, `reset-password`) reject requests with a `SIGNIN_DISABLED` error, while the signin endpoint itself answers with the same `INVALID_CREDENTIALS` error as a wrong password so that probing cannot reveal which accounts exist.
- **`NEXT_PUBLIC_DISABLE_EMAIL_PASSWORD_SIGNIN`**: Set to `true` to disable email/password signin only. The email/password form is hidden, the `/forgot-password` and `/reset-password` pages redirect to `/signin`, and the corresponding server endpoints reject requests. SSO signin is unaffected.
- **`NEXT_PRIVATE_BREAK_GLASS_EMAILS`**: Comma-separated admin emails that keep password signin available via `/signin?direct=1` even when email/password signin is disabled suite-wide (e.g. redirect-only OIDC deployments). Intended as an escape hatch for when the identity provider is unreachable. Attempts from emails outside the list are rejected with the same error as a wrong password, so the allowlist cannot be probed.
- **`NEXT_PUBLIC_DISABLE_GOOGLE_SIGNIN`**, **`NEXT_PUBLIC_DISABLE_MICROSOFT_SIGNIN`**, **`NEXT_PUBLIC_DISABLE_OIDC_SIGNIN`**: Set to `true` to hide the matching SSO button on the signin page. Useful when an SSO provider is kept configured for account linking but not advertised as a signin entry point.

These flags are opt-in: when none are set, signin behaviour is unchanged from a stock Documenso instance.
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21 changes: 12 additions & 9 deletions packages/auth/server/routes/email-password.ts
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Expand Up @@ -68,15 +68,6 @@ export const emailPasswordRoute = new Hono<HonoAuthContext>()

const { email, password, totpCode, backupCode, csrfToken, captchaToken } = c.req.valid('json');

// Break-glass: when password signin is disabled suite-wide, allowlisted
// admin emails (see NEXT_PRIVATE_BREAK_GLASS_EMAILS) may still sign in
// via /signin?direct=1 while the OIDC provider is unreachable.
if (!isSigninEnabledForProvider('email') && !isBreakGlassEmail(email)) {
throw new AppError(AuthenticationErrorCode.SigninDisabled, {
statusCode: 400,
});
}

const loginLimitResult = await loginRateLimit.check({
ip: requestMetadata.ipAddress ?? 'unknown',
identifier: email,
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ipAddress: requestMetadata.ipAddress,
});

// Break-glass: when password signin is disabled suite-wide, allowlisted
// admin emails (see NEXT_PRIVATE_BREAK_GLASS_EMAILS) may still sign in
// via /signin?direct=1 while the OIDC provider is unreachable. The gate
// sits after the rate limit and CSRF/captcha checks and rejects with the
// same INVALID_CREDENTIALS error as a wrong password, so probing the
// endpoint cannot reveal which emails are on the allowlist.
if (!isSigninEnabledForProvider('email') && !isBreakGlassEmail(email)) {

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rg -n -C 3 'bcrypt|compare\(|InvalidCredentials|isSigninEnabledForProvider|isBreakGlassEmail|findFirst' packages/auth/server/routes/email-password.ts packages/auth/server packages/lib 2>/dev/null | head -240
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Equalize the full rejected-request path before applying the sign-in gate.

The blocked path skips the user lookup, password comparison, and failed-login audit work that an allowlisted wrong-password request performs. A dummy comparison alone does not remove the timing signal. Make both paths execute equivalent work before returning InvalidCredentials, and add a focused regression test for blocked and allowlisted wrong-password requests.

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In `@packages/auth/server/routes/email-password.ts` at line 104, Update the
rejected-request flow in the email sign-in handler around
isSigninEnabledForProvider and isBreakGlassEmail so blocked requests perform
equivalent user lookup, password comparison, and failed-login audit work as
allowlisted wrong-password requests before returning InvalidCredentials; do not
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throw new AppError(AuthenticationErrorCode.InvalidCredentials, {
message: 'Invalid email or password',
});
}
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While this change successfully masks the error code behind INVALID_CREDENTIALS, it introduces a significant timing side-channel (timing attack).

The Issue

  1. Non-break-glass email: The check !isSigninEnabledForProvider('email') && !isBreakGlassEmail(email) evaluates to true immediately. The server throws InvalidCredentials and returns a response almost instantly (typically < 10ms), without performing any database lookup or password hashing.
  2. Break-glass email: The check evaluates to false. The server proceeds to query the database (prisma.user.findFirst) and perform a computationally intensive bcrypt comparison (compare(password, user.password)), which takes around 100ms–300ms.

An attacker can easily measure the response times of the /authorize endpoint to determine which emails are on the break-glass allowlist, completely defeating the purpose of this PR.

The Solution

To eliminate this timing difference, the break-glass check should be performed after the password comparison. This ensures that both break-glass and non-break-glass emails undergo the exact same database lookup and bcrypt comparison flow, making their response times indistinguishable.

Move the check to run immediately after the password comparison (around line 141):

    const isPasswordsSame = await compare(password, user.password);

    if (!isPasswordsSame) {
      // ... existing audit log and error throwing ...
    }

    // Perform the break-glass check here
    if (!isSigninEnabledForProvider('email') && !isBreakGlassEmail(email)) {
      throw new AppError(AuthenticationErrorCode.InvalidCredentials, {
        message: 'Invalid email or password',
      });
    }


if (email.toLowerCase() === legacyServiceAccountEmail() || email.toLowerCase() === deletedServiceAccountEmail()) {
return c.text('FORBIDDEN', 403);
}
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