Null @AuthenticationPrincipal with Spring-Boot / Security

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Solution 1

Pls try this :-

a) Change

 @Autowired
    private UserDetailsService userDetailsService;

To

@Autowired
    private UserServiceBean userDetailsService;

b) Use @Service here

@Service
public class UserServiceBean implements UserService {

c) Change @AuthenticationPrincipal User user to @AuthenticationPrincipal UserDetails userDetails

Solution 2

The type in the controller needs to match with the type that you return from the UserDetailsService.

The Javadoc explicitly states:

If the types do not match, null will be returned unless AuthenticationPrincipal.errorOnInvalidType() is true in which case a ClassCastException will be thrown.

Pretty strange that the error is not the default.

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Updated on July 19, 2022

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  • szxnyc
    szxnyc almost 2 years

    I setup my Spring Security application according to the reference document and after hours of troubleshooting I continue to get a null @AuthenticationPrincipal passed into my controller.

    The authentication mechanism is working fine against the users in my database but still a null @AuthenticationPrincipal. I consulted several internet posts including this, and this but still I am getting null.

    I am using Spring-Boot 1.2.2 and Spring Security 3.2.6.

    Relevant POM:

    <parent>
      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
      <version>1.2.2.RELEASE</version>
      <relativePath/>
    </parent>
    
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    

    Application:

    @SpringBootApplication
    public class AuditWebApplication {
      // code
    }
    

    WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter:

    @Configuration
    @Order(SecurityProperties.ACCESS_OVERRIDE_ORDER)
    @EnableGlobalMethodSecurity(prePostEnabled=true)
    @EnableWebMvcSecurity
    public class SecurityConfiguration WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
    
        @Autowired
        private UserDetailsService userDetailsService;
    
        @Override
        protected void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
            auth.userDetailsService(userDetailsService);
        }
    
        @Override
        protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
            http
                .httpBasic()
                .and()
                .logout()
                .logoutSuccessUrl("/#/login")
                .and()
                .authorizeRequests()
                .antMatchers("/index.html", "/views/**", // public side.
                            "/images/**", "/scripts/**", "/styles/**", "/vendor/**", "/")
                .permitAll()
                .anyRequest().authenticated().and().csrf()
                .csrfTokenRepository(csrfTokenRepository()).and()
                .addFilterAfter(csrfHeaderFilter(), SessionManagementFilter.class);
        }
    

    UserDetailsService:

    @Transactional
    @Service
    public class UserServiceBean implements UserService {
      @Override
      public UserDetails loadUserByUsername(String username) throws UsernameNotFoundException {
        // Custom domain User object, not spring security
        User user = userRepository.findByusername(username);
        if(user == null) {
          throw new UsernameNotFoundException("Unable to load user by username = '" + username + "'");
        }
        List<UserRole> userRoles = userRoleRepository.findAllByUserId(user.getId());
        user.setUserRoles(userRoles);
        return new UserRepositoryUserDetails(user);
      }
    
      // User here refers to my application's domain User object, not Spring Security
      private final static class UserRepositoryUserDetails extends User implements UserDetails {
    
        public UserRepositoryUserDetails(User user) {
          super(user);
        }
    
        @Override
        public Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> getAuthorities() {
          List<String> authoritiesList = new ArrayList<String>();
          List<UserRole> userRoles = getUserRoles();
          userRoles.forEach((ur) -> {
            if(ur.isActive()) {
              authoritiesList.add(ur.getRoleDesc());
            }
          });
    
          String authoritiesString = StringUtils.join(authoritiesList, ',');
          return AuthorityUtils.commaSeparatedStringToAuthorityList(authoritiesString);
        }
    
        @Override
        public String getUsername() {
          return getLdapUID();
        }
    
        @Override
        public boolean isAccountNonExpired() {
          return true;
        }
    
        @Override
        public boolean isAccountNonLocked() {
          return true;
        }
    
        @Override
        public boolean isCredentialsNonExpired() {
          return true;
        }
    
        @Override
        public boolean isEnabled() {
          return isActive() ;
        }
    
        @Override
        public String getPassword() {
            // fake for now
          return "password";
        }
    
      }
    
    }
    
    public interface UserService extends UserDetailsService {
      // signatures
    }
    

    Controller:

    import org.springframework.security.web.bind.annotation.AuthenticationPrincipal;
    import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
    
    @RequestMapping(value="/products", method=RequestMethod.GET)
    public ResponseEntity<Map<String,Object>> products(@AuthenticationPrincipal User user){
      // user is null
    }
    

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  • szxnyc
    szxnyc over 8 years
    UserServiceBean is already a Service and if I attempt to Autowire UserServiceBean instead of UserDetailsService I get NoSuchBeanDefinitionException.
  • Avis
    Avis over 8 years
    Can you try point (c) above as well. Its just some wiring/bean issue thats resulting in NULL.
  • szxnyc
    szxnyc over 8 years
    point (C) worked! Do you have any idea why I need to inject UserDetails instead of User? This is different from what the documentation states and what has worked for other users.
  • Avis
    Avis over 8 years
    Bcoz you returning it => public UserDetails loadUserByUsername(String username), and as User is resolving to NULL so i felt User object is not of spring security so we left with UserDetails interface only which is of spring security.
  • Wim Deblauwe
    Wim Deblauwe about 8 years
    To add this answer: The Javadoc (which I read after this answer :) ) explicitly states: "If the types do not match, null will be returned unless AuthenticationPrincipal.errorOnInvalidType() is true in which case a ClassCastException will be thrown." Pretty strange that the error is not the default.
  • lilalinux
    lilalinux almost 6 years
    @WimDeblauwe If you turn this comment into an answer, I'll vote up
  • Wim Deblauwe
    Wim Deblauwe almost 6 years
    @lilalinux answer added.
  • lilalinux
    lilalinux almost 6 years
    There's also a bug in Spring Boot DevTools which triggers this: stackoverflow.com/questions/35156390/… github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/5071
  • Thiago
    Thiago almost 5 years
    Thanks! If anyone is having the same problem, a simple breakpoint the method below will help: org.springframework.security.web.method.annotation.Authentic‌​ationPrincipalArgume‌​ntResolver.resolveAr‌​gument
  • Michael
    Michael over 3 years
    @Thiago That helped me solve it thank you! I'd changed to use JWT authentication so a UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken was being passed through instead of a UserDetails object.