Fix iterate-from-1 bug in smart realm order (#49617)

The AuthenticationService has a feature to "smart order" the realm
chain so that whicherver realm was the last one to successfully
authenticate a given user will be tried first when that user tries to
authenticate again.

There was a bug where the building of this realm order would
incorrectly drop the first realm from the default chain unless that
realm was the "last successful" realm.

In most cases this didn't cause problems because the first realm is
the reserved realm and so it is unusual for a user that authenticated
against a different realm to later need to authenticate against the
resevered realm.

This commit fixes that bug and adds relevant asserts and tests.

Backport of: #49473

Author: tvernum

x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/AuthenticationService.java

@@ -420,11 +420,13 @@ private List<Realm> getRealmList(String principal) {
                     if (index > 0) {
                         final List<Realm> smartOrder = new ArrayList<>(orderedRealmList.size());
                         smartOrder.add(lastSuccess);
-                        for (int i = 1; i < orderedRealmList.size(); i++) {
+                        for (int i = 0; i < orderedRealmList.size(); i++) {
                             if (i != index) {
                                 smartOrder.add(orderedRealmList.get(i));
                             }
                         }
+                        assert smartOrder.size() == orderedRealmList.size() && smartOrder.containsAll(orderedRealmList)
+                            : "Element mismatch between SmartOrder=" + smartOrder + " and DefaultOrder=" + orderedRealmList;
                         return Collections.unmodifiableList(smartOrder);
                     }
                 }

x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/AuthenticationServiceTests.java

@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@
  */
 public class AuthenticationServiceTests extends ESTestCase {
 
+    private static final String SECOND_REALM_NAME = "second_realm";
+    private static final String SECOND_REALM_TYPE = "second";
+    private static final String FIRST_REALM_NAME = "file_realm";
+    private static final String FIRST_REALM_TYPE = "file";
     private AuthenticationService service;
     private TransportMessage message;
     private RestRequest restRequest;
@@ -170,11 +174,11 @@ public void init() throws Exception {
         threadContext = new ThreadContext(Settings.EMPTY);
 
         firstRealm = mock(Realm.class);
-        when(firstRealm.type()).thenReturn("file");
-        when(firstRealm.name()).thenReturn("file_realm");
+        when(firstRealm.type()).thenReturn(FIRST_REALM_TYPE);
+        when(firstRealm.name()).thenReturn(FIRST_REALM_NAME);
         secondRealm = mock(Realm.class);
-        when(secondRealm.type()).thenReturn("second");
-        when(secondRealm.name()).thenReturn("second_realm");
+        when(secondRealm.type()).thenReturn(SECOND_REALM_TYPE);
+        when(secondRealm.name()).thenReturn(SECOND_REALM_NAME);
         settings = Settings.builder()
             .put("path.home", createTempDir())
             .put("node.name", "authc_test")
@@ -311,26 +315,35 @@ public void testAuthenticateSmartRealmOrdering() {
         when(secondRealm.token(threadContext)).thenReturn(token);
         final String reqId = AuditUtil.getOrGenerateRequestId(threadContext);
 
+        // Authenticate against the normal chain. 1st Realm will be checked (and not pass) then 2nd realm will successfully authc
         final AtomicBoolean completed = new AtomicBoolean(false);
         service.authenticate("_action", message, (User)null, ActionListener.wrap(result -> {
             assertThat(result, notNullValue());
             assertThat(result.getUser(), is(user));
             assertThat(result.getLookedUpBy(), is(nullValue()));
             assertThat(result.getAuthenticatedBy(), is(notNullValue())); // TODO implement equals
+            assertThat(result.getAuthenticatedBy().getName(), is(SECOND_REALM_NAME));
+            assertThat(result.getAuthenticatedBy().getType(), is(SECOND_REALM_TYPE));
             assertThreadContextContainsAuthentication(result);
             setCompletedToTrue(completed);
         }, this::logAndFail));
         assertTrue(completed.get());
 
         completed.set(false);
+        // Authenticate against the smart chain.
+        // "SecondRealm" will be at the top of the list and will successfully authc.
+        // "FirstRealm" will not be used
         service.authenticate("_action", message, (User)null, ActionListener.wrap(result -> {
             assertThat(result, notNullValue());
             assertThat(result.getUser(), is(user));
             assertThat(result.getLookedUpBy(), is(nullValue()));
             assertThat(result.getAuthenticatedBy(), is(notNullValue())); // TODO implement equals
+            assertThat(result.getAuthenticatedBy().getName(), is(SECOND_REALM_NAME));
+            assertThat(result.getAuthenticatedBy().getType(), is(SECOND_REALM_TYPE));
             assertThreadContextContainsAuthentication(result);
             setCompletedToTrue(completed);
         }, this::logAndFail));
+
         verify(auditTrail).authenticationFailed(reqId, firstRealm.name(), token, "_action", message);
         verify(auditTrail, times(2)).authenticationSuccess(reqId, secondRealm.name(), user, "_action", message);
         verify(firstRealm, times(2)).name(); // used above one time
@@ -343,6 +356,30 @@ public void testAuthenticateSmartRealmOrdering() {
         verify(firstRealm).authenticate(eq(token), any(ActionListener.class));
         verify(secondRealm, times(2)).authenticate(eq(token), any(ActionListener.class));
         verifyNoMoreInteractions(auditTrail, firstRealm, secondRealm);
+
+        // Now assume some change in the backend system so that 2nd realm no longer has the user, but the 1st realm does.
+        mockAuthenticate(secondRealm, token, null);
+        mockAuthenticate(firstRealm, token, user);
+
+        completed.set(false);
+        // This will authenticate against the smart chain.
+        // "SecondRealm" will be at the top of the list but will no longer authenticate the user.
+        // Then "FirstRealm" will be checked.
+        service.authenticate("_action", message, (User)null, ActionListener.wrap(result -> {
+            assertThat(result, notNullValue());
+            assertThat(result.getUser(), is(user));
+            assertThat(result.getLookedUpBy(), is(nullValue()));
+            assertThat(result.getAuthenticatedBy(), is(notNullValue()));
+            assertThat(result.getAuthenticatedBy().getName(), is(FIRST_REALM_NAME));
+            assertThat(result.getAuthenticatedBy().getType(), is(FIRST_REALM_TYPE));
+            assertThreadContextContainsAuthentication(result);
+            setCompletedToTrue(completed);
+        }, this::logAndFail));
+
+        verify(auditTrail, times(1)).authenticationFailed(reqId, SECOND_REALM_NAME, token, "_action", message);
+        verify(auditTrail, times(1)).authenticationSuccess(reqId, FIRST_REALM_NAME, user, "_action", message);
+        verify(secondRealm, times(3)).authenticate(eq(token), any(ActionListener.class)); // 2 from above + 1 more
+        verify(firstRealm, times(2)).authenticate(eq(token), any(ActionListener.class)); // 1 from above + 1 more
     }
 
     public void testCacheClearOnSecurityIndexChange() {