Fix inconsistent handling of upper and lower cases of email addresses.

changelog.d/7021.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix inconsistent handling of upper and lower case in email addresses when used as identifiers for login, etc. Contributed by @dklimpel.

synapse/handlers/auth.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 from synapse.module_api import ModuleApi
 from synapse.push.mailer import load_jinja2_templates
 from synapse.types import Requester, UserID
+from synapse.util.threepids import canonicalise_email
 
 from ._base import BaseHandler
 
@@ -928,7 +929,7 @@ async def add_threepid(
         # for the presence of an email address during password reset was
         # case sensitive).
         if medium == "email":
-            address = address.lower()
+            address = canonicalise_email(address)
 
         await self.store.user_add_threepid(
             user_id, medium, address, validated_at, self.hs.get_clock().time_msec()
@@ -956,7 +957,7 @@ async def delete_threepid(
 
         # 'Canonicalise' email addresses as per above
         if medium == "email":
-            address = address.lower()
+            address = canonicalise_email(address)
 
         identity_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
         result = await identity_handler.try_unbind_threepid(

synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from synapse.rest.well_known import WellKnownBuilder
 from synapse.types import UserID
 from synapse.util.msisdn import phone_number_to_msisdn
+from synapse.util.threepids import canonicalise_email
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -203,11 +204,14 @@ async def _do_other_login(self, login_submission):
             if medium is None or address is None:
                 raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid thirdparty identifier")
 
+            # For emails, canonicalise the address.
+            # We store all email addresses canonicalised in the DB.
+            # (See add_threepid in synapse/handlers/auth.py)
             if medium == "email":
-                # For emails, transform the address to lowercase.
-                # We store all email addreses as lowercase in the DB.
-                # (See add_threepid in synapse/handlers/auth.py)
-                address = address.lower()
+                try:
+                    address = canonicalise_email(address)
+                except ValueError as e:
+                    raise SynapseError(400, str(e))
 
             # We also apply account rate limiting using the 3PID as a key, as
             # otherwise using 3PID bypasses the ratelimiting based on user ID.

synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 from synapse.push.mailer import Mailer, load_jinja2_templates
 from synapse.util.msisdn import phone_number_to_msisdn
 from synapse.util.stringutils import assert_valid_client_secret, random_string
-from synapse.util.threepids import check_3pid_allowed
+from synapse.util.threepids import canonicalise_email, check_3pid_allowed
 
 from ._base import client_patterns, interactive_auth_handler
 
@@ -83,7 +83,15 @@ async def on_POST(self, request):
         client_secret = body["client_secret"]
         assert_valid_client_secret(client_secret)
 
-        email = body["email"]
+        # Canonicalise the email address. The addresses are all stored canonicalised
+        # in the database. This allows the user to reset his password without having to
+        # know the exact spelling (eg. upper and lower case) of address in the database.
+        # Stored in the database "foo@bar.com"
+        # User requests with "FOO@bar.com" would raise a Not Found error
+        try:
+            email = canonicalise_email(body["email"])
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise SynapseError(400, str(e))
         send_attempt = body["send_attempt"]
         next_link = body.get("next_link")  # Optional param
 
@@ -94,6 +102,10 @@ async def on_POST(self, request):
                 Codes.THREEPID_DENIED,
             )
 
+        # The email will be sent to the stored address.
+        # This avoids a potential account hijack by requesting a password reset to
+        # an email address which is controlled by the attacker but which, after
+        # canonicalisation, matches the one in our database.
         existing_user_id = await self.hs.get_datastore().get_user_id_by_threepid(
             "email", email
         )
@@ -275,10 +287,13 @@ async def on_POST(self, request):
                 if "medium" not in threepid or "address" not in threepid:
                     raise SynapseError(500, "Malformed threepid")
                 if threepid["medium"] == "email":
-                    # For emails, transform the address to lowercase.
-                    # We store all email addreses as lowercase in the DB.
+                    # For emails, canonicalise the address.
+                    # We store all email addresses canonicalised in the DB.
                     # (See add_threepid in synapse/handlers/auth.py)
-                    threepid["address"] = threepid["address"].lower()
+                    try:
+                        threepid["address"] = canonicalise_email(threepid["address"])
+                    except ValueError as e:
+                        raise SynapseError(400, str(e))
                 # if using email, we must know about the email they're authing with!
                 threepid_user_id = await self.datastore.get_user_id_by_threepid(
                     threepid["medium"], threepid["address"]
@@ -393,7 +408,16 @@ async def on_POST(self, request):
         client_secret = body["client_secret"]
         assert_valid_client_secret(client_secret)
 
-        email = body["email"]
+        # Canonicalise the email address. The addresses are all stored canonicalised
+        # in the database.
+        # This ensures that the validation email is sent to the canonicalised address
+        # as it will later be entered into the database.
+        # Otherwise the email will be sent to "FOO@bar.com" and stored as
+        # "foo@bar.com" in database.
+        try:
+            email = canonicalise_email(body["email"])
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise SynapseError(400, str(e))
         send_attempt = body["send_attempt"]
         next_link = body.get("next_link")  # Optional param
 
@@ -404,9 +428,7 @@ async def on_POST(self, request):
                 Codes.THREEPID_DENIED,
             )
 
-        existing_user_id = await self.store.get_user_id_by_threepid(
-            "email", body["email"]
-        )
+        existing_user_id = await self.store.get_user_id_by_threepid("email", email)
 
         if existing_user_id is not None:
             if self.config.request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors:

synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 from synapse.util.msisdn import phone_number_to_msisdn
 from synapse.util.ratelimitutils import FederationRateLimiter
 from synapse.util.stringutils import assert_valid_client_secret, random_string
-from synapse.util.threepids import check_3pid_allowed
+from synapse.util.threepids import canonicalise_email, check_3pid_allowed
 
 from ._base import client_patterns, interactive_auth_handler
 
@@ -116,7 +116,14 @@ async def on_POST(self, request):
         client_secret = body["client_secret"]
         assert_valid_client_secret(client_secret)
 
-        email = body["email"]
+        # For emails, canonicalise the address.
+        # We store all email addresses canonicalised in the DB.
+        # (See on_POST in EmailThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet
+        # in synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py)
+        try:
+            email = canonicalise_email(body["email"])
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise SynapseError(400, str(e))
         send_attempt = body["send_attempt"]
         next_link = body.get("next_link")  # Optional param
 
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ async def on_POST(self, request):
             )
 
         existing_user_id = await self.hs.get_datastore().get_user_id_by_threepid(
-            "email", body["email"]
+            "email", email
         )
 
         if existing_user_id is not None:
@@ -554,6 +561,15 @@ async def on_POST(self, request):
                     if login_type in auth_result:
                         medium = auth_result[login_type]["medium"]
                         address = auth_result[login_type]["address"]
+                        # For emails, canonicalise the address.
+                        # We store all email addresses canonicalised in the DB.
+                        # (See on_POST in EmailThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet
+                        # in synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py)
+                        if medium == "email":
+                            try:
+                                address = canonicalise_email(address)
+                            except ValueError as e:
+                                raise SynapseError(400, str(e))
 
                         existing_user_id = await self.store.get_user_id_by_threepid(
                             medium, address

synapse/util/threepids.py

@@ -48,3 +48,27 @@ def check_3pid_allowed(hs, medium, address):
         return True
 
     return False
+
+
+def canonicalise_email(address: str) -> str:
+    """'Canonicalise' email address
+    Case folding of local part of email address and lowercase domain part
+    See MSC2265, https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2265
+
+    Args:
+        address: email address to be canonicalised
+    Returns:
+        The canonical form of the email address
+    Raises:
+        ValueError if the address could not be parsed.
+    """
+
+    address = address.strip()
+
+    if len(address.split("@")) != 2:
+        logger.debug("Couldn't parse email address %s", address)
+        raise ValueError("Unable to parse email address")
+
+    # double check, split starting from the right and only at first `@`
+    address = address.rsplit("@", 1)
+    return address[0].casefold() + "@" + address[1].lower()