Fine-grained PATs are refused pipeline bridges, trigger jobs and test reports that anonymous users can read on public projects
### Summary
On a public project with **Public pipelines** on, four pipeline routes answer `200` to an anonymous request and to a classic `read_api` token of a user who is not a member, and `403 insufficient_granular_scope` to a fine-grained personal access token whose scopes do not grant **Pipeline: Read** for that project:
- `GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/bridges`
- `GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/trigger_jobs`
- `GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/test_report`
- `GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/test_report_summary`
A fine-grained token with no scopes at all gets the same `403`. That is the token the shared granular token examples compare with a non-member request.
The public access bypass from !231701 grants a fine-grained personal access token a permission on a public project when an anonymous user holds that permission there. These routes declare `read_pipeline_bridge`, `read_pipeline_test_report` and `read_pipeline_test_report_summary`, and no role and no policy rule enables any of the three for an anonymous user, so the bypass never applies to them. `GET /projects/:id/pipelines` and `GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id`, which declare `read_pipeline`, work with the same tokens on the same project.
This is the gap #627693 reports for `GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/jobs` (`read_pipeline_job`), on the other REST routes of **Pipeline: Read** that an anonymous user can read. One difference: these four routes authorize `read_build` (the bridges and trigger jobs routes on the project, the test report routes on the pipeline), not `read_pipeline`.
### Steps to reproduce
1. Make a project public and keep **Public pipelines** on (the default). Run a pipeline in it.
1. As a user who is not a member of the project, create a fine-grained personal access token for a group that does not contain the project, with **Pipeline: Read**.
1. Request the pipeline's bridges with the token:
```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/<id>/pipelines/<pipeline_id>/bridges"
```
It answers `403` with `insufficient_granular_scope` as the `error` and this `error_description`: `Access denied: This operation requires a fine-grained personal access token with the following project permissions: [Pipeline: Read].`
1. Repeat the request without the header, or with a classic `read_api` token of the same user. Both answer `200`.
`trigger_jobs`, `test_report` and `test_report_summary` behave the same way.
### Example Project
I reproduced this with a request spec against `master`, not on GitLab.com.
### What is the current *bug* behavior?
A fine-grained token is refused data on a public project that an anonymous caller and a classic non-member token can read. The refusal asks for **Pipeline: Read**, the permission the token already holds for its own group, so the user cannot tell why the same token reads the project's pipelines but not their bridges or test reports.
### What is the expected *correct* behavior?
The same `200` an anonymous request gets. The REST implementation guide says the bypass "mirrors the access an anonymous caller has on the same resource" ([`rest_api_implementation_guide.md:256`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/doc/development/permissions/granular_access/rest_api_implementation_guide.md#L256)), and that "a granular PAT without scope grants access to a GET endpoint exactly when a legacy non-member token does" ([`:301`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/doc/development/permissions/granular_access/rest_api_implementation_guide.md#L301)).
When an anonymous user cannot read the project's builds (**Public pipelines** off, or CI/CD visible to project members only), all four routes already answer `403` to anonymous and classic non-member requests, and the fine-grained token should keep getting `403` there.
### Relevant logs and/or screenshots
<details><summary>Status matrix from a request spec</summary>
A throwaway request spec, kept outside the repository and run on `master` at `55bfaf7fe32` with a license, created a public group and a public project in it (default feature settings, `public_builds` on), a pipeline with a job and a bridge, and a user who is a developer of another group only. Each cell is the status of the request with that credential. "Another group" is a fine-grained token with **Pipeline: Read** scoped to that other group. "No scopes" is a fine-grained token with no scopes. "All memberships" is a fine-grained token with **Pipeline: Read** on all memberships, as a control. I ran the spec twice: the second run added the no-scopes column and matched the first in every other cell.
| Route | Anonymous | Classic `read_api` | Fine-grained, another group | Fine-grained, no scopes | Fine-grained, all memberships |
| ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
| `GET /projects/:id/pipelines` | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| `GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id` | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| `GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/jobs` (#627693) | 200 | 200 | 403 | 403 | 200 |
| `GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/bridges` | 200 | 200 | 403 | 403 | 200 |
| `GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/trigger_jobs` | 200 | 200 | 403 | 403 | 200 |
| `GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/test_report` | 200 | 200 | 403 | 403 | 200 |
| `GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/test_report_summary` | 200 | 200 | 403 | 403 | 200 |
Every `403` in the table carried `insufficient_granular_scope` and asked for **Pipeline: Read**. The pipeline had no JUnit report artifacts. The status codes do not depend on report content: both test report routes authorize `read_build` before they read any report.
The same spec then turned **Public pipelines** off, and after that set CI/CD to project members only. In both cases the bridges, trigger jobs and both test report routes answered `403` to the anonymous and the classic non-member request.
The files involved are unchanged on `master` at `5228514da87`, apart from an unrelated hunk in `project_policy.rb` (the `packages_disabled` condition).
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<details><summary>Other routes with the same result</summary>
The same spec also swept every `GET` route under `/projects/:id/` or `/groups/:id/` whose only path parameter is `:id` and that declares permissions (210 routes), and a hand-picked list of routes with deeper paths. Besides the jobs route of #627693 and the four routes above, 22 routes answered `200` to anonymous and classic non-member requests and `403 insufficient_granular_scope` to a fine-grained token holding the route's permission for another group, and to one with no scopes. I left them out of this issue to keep it to the pipeline routes.
| Route | Declared permission | The refusal asks for |
| ------ | ------ | ------ |
| `GET /groups/:id/groups/shared` | `read_shared_group` | Group: Read |
| `GET /groups/:id/invited_groups` | `read_group_invited_group` | Group: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/ci/lint` | `read_ci_config` | CI Config: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/groups` | `read_ancestor_group` | Project: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/invited_groups` | `read_project_invited_group` | Project: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/award_emoji` | `read_issue_award_emoji` | Work Item: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/award_emoji/:award_id` | `read_issue_award_emoji` | Work Item: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts` | `download_job_artifact` | Job Artifact: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts/*artifact_path` | `download_job_artifact` | Job Artifact: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts/tree` | `download_job_artifact` | Job Artifact: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/jobs/artifacts/:ref_name/download` | `download_job_artifact` | Job Artifact: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/jobs/artifacts/:ref_name/raw/*artifact_path` | `download_job_artifact` | Job Artifact: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/languages` | `read_language` | Project: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/award_emoji` | `read_merge_request_award_emoji` | Work Item: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/pages_access` | `read_pages_access` | Project: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/protected_branches` | `read_protected_branch` | Protected Branch: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/registry/repositories` | `read_container_repository` | Container Repository: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name/assets/links` | `read_release_link` | Release Link: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name/assets/links/:link_id` | `read_release_link` | Release Link: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/share_locations` | `read_share_location` | Project: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/award_emoji` | `read_snippet_award_emoji` | Work Item: Read |
| `GET /projects/:id/users` | `read_contributing_user` | Project: Read |
Routes with deeper paths were measured only where they are in this table or in the one above, so the list is not complete.
A different case, on 10 of the measured routes: an anonymous request gets `401`, a classic non-member token gets `200`, and both fine-grained tokens get `403`. The bypass is defined through an anonymous user, so it cannot grant these, while the comparison with a legacy non-member request in the guide expects it to. The routes are `GET /projects/:id/jobs`, `GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id`, `GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/trace`, `GET /projects/:id/milestones/:milestone_id/issues`, `GET /projects/:id/milestones/:milestone_id/merge_requests`, `GET /projects/:id/milestones/:milestone_id/burndown_events`, `GET /groups/:id/milestones/:milestone_id/burndown_events`, `GET /projects/:id/import`, `GET /projects/:id/ml/mlflow/api/2.0/mlflow/experiments/list` and `GET /projects/:id/ml/mlflow/api/2.0/mlflow/registered-models/search`.
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<details><summary>Evidence, file and line on <code>master</code> at <code>5228514da87</code></summary>
- The routes declare their permissions at [`lib/api/ci/pipelines.rb:240`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/lib/api/ci/pipelines.rb#L237-244) (bridges), [`:266`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/lib/api/ci/pipelines.rb#L263-270) (trigger jobs), [`:308`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/lib/api/ci/pipelines.rb#L308-310) and [`:331`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/lib/api/ci/pipelines.rb#L331-333) (test report and summary). The bridges and trigger jobs routes authorize `read_build` on the project in [`present_pipeline_trigger_jobs`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/lib/api/ci/pipelines.rb#L471-472), and the test report routes authorize `read_build` on the pipeline (`:310`, `:333`). [`Ci::PipelinePolicy`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/app/policies/ci/pipeline_policy.rb#L21-33) grants that when the user can `read_build` on the project. Its other path, `_read_external_build`, is held only by the reporter role.
- All three permissions belong to **Pipeline: Read** ([`pipeline/read.yml:9-16`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/config/authz/permission_groups/assignable_permissions/ci_cd/pipeline/read.yml#L9-16)).
- [`Authz::BoundaryPolicy`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/app/policies/authz/boundary_policy.rb#L22-30) grants a fine-grained personal access token a permission when `Users::Anonymous.can?` it on the boundary's project or group.
- [`config/authz/roles/public_anonymous.yml`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/config/authz/roles/public_anonymous.yml#L5-130) lists `_read_public_build` and `read_pipeline` under `project.raw_permissions`, and none of the three permissions. `git grep` finds `read_pipeline_bridge`, `read_pipeline_test_report` and `read_pipeline_test_report_summary` only in their permission definitions, the assignable permission, the route decorators, the request spec and, for the bridge one, an example in `doc/development/permissions/role_definitions.md`.
- `ProjectPolicy` enables the `public_anonymous` permissions on a public project ([`:322-324`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/app/policies/project_policy.rb#L322-324)), prevents `_read_public_build` when **Public pipelines** is off ([`:754-759`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/app/policies/project_policy.rb#L754-759)), enables `read_build` from it ([`:761`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/app/policies/project_policy.rb#L761)) and prevents `read_build` when builds or the repository are disabled for the user ([`:622-625`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/app/policies/project_policy.rb#L622-625)).
- The request specs run the shared granular token examples for these routes on a private project ([`pipelines_spec.rb:14-16`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/spec/requests/api/ci/pipelines_spec.rb#L14-16); the invocations are at `:810`, `:1796` and `:1885`), and the shared example skips its comparison with a non-member request unless the boundary is public ([`granular_token_permissions_shared_examples.rb:153`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/spec/support/shared_examples/authz/granular_token_permissions_shared_examples.rb#L153)), so no spec covers this case.
- The generated list of publicly accessible endpoints in `doc/auth/tokens/fine_grained_access_tokens_rest.md` is built from `public_anonymous.yml` ([`docs_task.rb:161-169`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/5228514da87151d3815bb28cf875ca25f1d6b88e/lib/tasks/gitlab/permissions/routes/docs_task.rb#L161-169)), and lists the `read_pipeline` routes but none of these four.
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### Output of checks
#### Results of GitLab environment info
Not applicable: reproduced in a request spec on `master`.
#### Results of GitLab application Check
Not applicable.
### Possible fixes
Opt the three permissions into the public access bypass the way other read permissions do, and make them follow the condition the routes check, `read_build`:
1. Add `read_pipeline_bridge`, `read_pipeline_test_report` and `read_pipeline_test_report_summary` to `project.raw_permissions` in `config/authz/roles/public_anonymous.yml`.
1. Prevent them in `ProjectPolicy` where an anonymous user loses `read_build`: in the `~public_builds` rule next to `_read_public_build`, and in the `builds_disabled | repository_disabled` rule next to `read_build`. The bypass then grants them exactly when an anonymous user can read the project's builds, and the routes keep authorizing `read_build` for the token's user.
1. Run the shared granular token examples for these routes on a public project as well, so the comparison with a non-member request runs.
1. Regenerate `doc/auth/tokens/fine_grained_access_tokens_rest.md`.
The fix for #627693 changes the same files for `read_pipeline_job`.
Related: !261569, the merge request for #627693, makes the same change for the jobs route.
I'd like to work on this.
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