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3 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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6 /* Defines the abstract interface for a principal. */
8 #include "nsIContentSecurityPolicy.idl"
9 #include "nsISerializable.idl"
10 #include "nsIAboutModule.idl"
11 #include "nsIReferrerInfo.idl"
12 interface nsIChannel;
13 #include "mozIDOMWindow.idl"
15 %{C++
16 struct JSPrincipals;
17 #include "nsCOMPtr.h"
18 #include "nsTArray.h"
19 #include "nsString.h"
20 #include "mozilla/DebugOnly.h"
21 namespace mozilla {
22 class OriginAttributes;
25 /**
26 * Some methods have a fast path for the case when we're comparing a principal
27 * to itself. The situation may happen for example with about:blank documents.
30 #define DECL_FAST_INLINE_HELPER(method_) \
31 inline bool method_(nsIPrincipal* aOther) \
32 { \
33 mozilla::DebugOnly<bool> val = false; \
34 MOZ_ASSERT_IF(this == aOther, \
35 NS_SUCCEEDED(method_(aOther, &val)) && val); \
37 bool retVal = false; \
38 return \
39 this == aOther || \
40 (NS_SUCCEEDED(method_(aOther, &retVal)) && retVal); \
45 interface nsIURI;
47 webidl WebExtensionPolicy;
49 [ptr] native JSContext(JSContext);
50 [ptr] native JSPrincipals(JSPrincipals);
51 [ref] native PrincipalArray(const nsTArray<nsCOMPtr<nsIPrincipal>>);
52 [ref] native const_OriginAttributes(const mozilla::OriginAttributes);
53 native ReferrerPolicy(mozilla::dom::ReferrerPolicy);
55 [scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(f75f502d-79fd-48be-a079-e5a7b8f80c8b)]
56 interface nsIPrincipal : nsISupports
58 /**
59 * Returns whether the other principal is equivalent to this principal.
60 * Principals are considered equal if they are the same principal, or
61 * they have the same origin.
63 * May be called from any thread.
65 boolean equals(in nsIPrincipal other);
67 /**
68 * Returns whether the other principal is equivalent to this principal
69 * for permission purposes
70 * Matches {originAttributes ,equalsURIForPermission}
72 * May be called from any thread.
75 boolean equalsForPermission(in nsIPrincipal other, in bool aExactHost);
77 /**
78 * Like equals, but takes document.domain changes into account.
80 * May be called from any thread, though document.domain may racily change
81 * during the comparison when called from off-main-thread.
83 boolean equalsConsideringDomain(in nsIPrincipal other);
85 %{C++
86 DECL_FAST_INLINE_HELPER(Equals)
87 DECL_FAST_INLINE_HELPER(EqualsConsideringDomain)
91 * Returns whether the Principals URI is equal to the other URI
93 * May be called from any thread.
95 boolean equalsURI(in nsIURI aOtherURI);
97 /**
98 * Returns a hash value for the principal.
100 * May be called from any thread.
102 [notxpcom, nostdcall] readonly attribute unsigned long hashValue;
105 * The principal URI to which this principal pertains. This is
106 * generally the document URI.
108 * May be called from any thread.
110 [infallible] readonly attribute nsIURI URI;
113 * The domain URI to which this principal pertains.
114 * This is null unless script successfully sets document.domain to our URI
115 * or a superdomain of our URI.
116 * Setting this has no effect on the URI.
117 * See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Same-origin_policy#Changing_origin
119 * The getter may be called from any thread, but may only be set on the main thread.
121 [noscript] attribute nsIURI domain;
124 * Returns whether the other principal is equal to or weaker than this
125 * principal. Principals are equal if they are the same object or they
126 * have the same origin.
128 * Thus a principal always subsumes itself.
130 * The system principal subsumes itself and all other principals.
132 * A null principal (corresponding to an unknown, hence assumed minimally
133 * privileged, security context) is not equal to any other principal
134 * (including other null principals), and therefore does not subsume
135 * anything but itself.
137 * May be called from any thread.
139 boolean subsumes(in nsIPrincipal other);
142 * Same as the previous method, subsumes(), but takes document.domain into
143 * account.
145 * May be called from any thread, though document.domain may racily change
146 * during the comparison when called from off-main-thread.
148 boolean subsumesConsideringDomain(in nsIPrincipal other);
151 * Same as the subsumesConsideringDomain(), but ignores the first party
152 * domain in its originAttributes.
154 * May be called from any thread, though document.domain may racily change
155 * during the comparison when called from off-main-thread.
157 boolean subsumesConsideringDomainIgnoringFPD(in nsIPrincipal other);
159 %{C++
160 DECL_FAST_INLINE_HELPER(Subsumes)
161 DECL_FAST_INLINE_HELPER(SubsumesConsideringDomain)
162 DECL_FAST_INLINE_HELPER(SubsumesConsideringDomainIgnoringFPD)
163 #undef DECL_FAST_INLINE_HELPER
167 * Checks whether this principal is allowed to load the network resource
168 * located at the given URI under the same-origin policy. This means that
169 * content principals are only allowed to load resources from the same
170 * domain, the system principal is allowed to load anything, and null
171 * principals can only load URIs where they are the principal. This is
172 * changed by the optional flag allowIfInheritsPrincipal (which defaults to
173 * false) which allows URIs that inherit their loader's principal.
175 * If the load is allowed this function does nothing. If the load is not
176 * allowed the function throws NS_ERROR_DOM_BAD_URI.
178 * NOTE: Other policies might override this, such as the Access-Control
179 * specification.
180 * NOTE: The 'domain' attribute has no effect on the behaviour of this
181 * function.
182 * NOTE: Main-Thread Only.
185 * @param uri The URI about to be loaded.
186 * @param allowIfInheritsPrincipal If true, the load is allowed if the
187 * loadee inherits the principal of the
188 * loader.
189 * @throws NS_ERROR_DOM_BAD_URI if the load is not allowed.
191 void checkMayLoad(in nsIURI uri,
192 in boolean allowIfInheritsPrincipal);
195 * Like checkMayLoad, but if returning an error will also report that error
196 * to the console, using the provided window id. The window id may be 0 to
197 * report to just the browser console, not web consoles.
199 * NOTE: Main-Thread Only.
201 void checkMayLoadWithReporting(in nsIURI uri,
202 in boolean allowIfInheritsPrincipal,
203 in unsigned long long innerWindowID);
206 * Checks if the provided URI is considered third-party to the
207 * URI of the principal.
208 * Returns true if the URI is third-party.
210 * May be called from any thread.
212 * @param uri - The URI to check
214 boolean isThirdPartyURI(in nsIURI uri);
217 * Checks if the provided principal is considered third-party to the
218 * URI of the Principal.
219 * Returns true if the principal is third-party.
221 * May be called from any thread.
223 * @param principal - The principal to check
225 boolean isThirdPartyPrincipal(in nsIPrincipal principal);
228 * Checks if the provided channel is considered third-party to the
229 * URI of the principal.
230 * Returns true if the channel is third-party.
231 * Returns false if the Principal is a System Principal
233 * NOTE: Main-Thread Only.
235 * @param channel - The Channel to check
237 boolean isThirdPartyChannel(in nsIChannel channel);
240 * A dictionary of the non-default origin attributes associated with this
241 * nsIPrincipal.
243 * Attributes are tokens that are taken into account when determining whether
244 * two principals are same-origin - if any attributes differ, the principals
245 * are cross-origin, even if the scheme, host, and port are the same.
246 * Attributes should also be considered for all security and bucketing decisions,
247 * even those which make non-standard comparisons (like cookies, which ignore
248 * scheme, or quotas, which ignore subdomains).
250 * If you're looking for an easy-to-use canonical stringification of the origin
251 * attributes, see |originSuffix| below.
253 [implicit_jscontext]
254 readonly attribute jsval originAttributes;
256 // May be called from any thread.
257 [noscript, notxpcom, nostdcall, binaryname(OriginAttributesRef)]
258 const_OriginAttributes OriginAttributesRef();
261 * A canonical representation of the origin for this principal. This
262 * consists of a base string (which, for content principals, is of the
263 * format scheme://host:port), concatenated with |originAttributes| (see
264 * below).
266 * We maintain the invariant that principalA.equals(principalB) if and only
267 * if principalA.origin == principalB.origin.
269 * May be called from any thread.
271 readonly attribute ACString origin;
274 * Returns an ASCII compatible serialization of the principal's origin, as
275 * specified by the whatwg HTML specification. If the principal does not
276 * have a host, the origin will be "null".
278 * https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/browsers.html#ascii-serialisation-of-an-origin
280 * Note that this is different from `origin`, does not contain
281 * gecko-specific metadata like origin attributes, and should not be used
282 * for permissions or security checks.
284 * May be called from any thread.
286 [noscript] readonly attribute ACString webExposedOriginSerialization;
289 * Returns the "host:port" portion of the
290 * Principals URI, if any.
292 * May be called from any thread.
294 readonly attribute ACString hostPort;
297 * Returns the "host:port" portion of the
298 * Principals URI, if any.
300 * May be called from any thread.
302 readonly attribute ACString asciiHost;
305 * Returns the "host" portion of the
306 * Principals URI, if any.
308 * May be called from any thread.
310 readonly attribute ACString host;
313 * Returns the prePath of the principals uri
314 * follows the format scheme:
315 * "scheme://username:password@hostname:portnumber/"
317 * May be called from any thread.
319 readonly attribute ACString prePath;
322 * Returns the filePath of the principals uri. See nsIURI.
324 * May be called from any thread.
326 readonly attribute ACString filePath;
329 * Returns the ASCII Spec from the Principals URI.
330 * Might return the empty string, e.g. for the case of
331 * a SystemPrincipal or an EpxandedPrincipal.
333 * May be called from any thread.
335 * WARNING: DO NOT USE FOR SECURITY CHECKS.
336 * just for logging purposes!
338 readonly attribute ACString asciiSpec;
341 * Returns the Spec from the Principals URI.
342 * Might return the empty string, e.g. for the case of
343 * a SystemPrincipal or an EpxandedPrincipal.
345 * May be called from any thread.
347 * WARNING: Do not land new Code using, as this will be removed soon
349 readonly attribute ACString spec;
352 * Returns the Pre Path of the Principals URI with
353 * user:pass stripped for privacy and spoof prevention
355 * May be called from any thread.
357 readonly attribute ACString exposablePrePath;
360 * Returns the Spec of the Principals URI with
361 * user/pass/ref/query stripped for privacy and spoof prevention
363 * May be called from any thread.
365 readonly attribute ACString exposableSpec;
368 * Return the scheme of the principals URI
370 * May be called from any thread.
372 readonly attribute ACString scheme;
375 * Checks if the Principal's URI Scheme matches with the parameter
377 * May be called from any thread.
379 * @param scheme The scheme to be checked
381 [infallible]
382 boolean schemeIs(in string scheme);
385 * Checks if the Principal's URI is contained in the given Pref
387 * NOTE: Main-Thread Only.
389 * @param pref The pref to be checked
391 [infallible]
392 boolean isURIInPrefList(in string pref);
395 * Check if the Principal's URI is contained in the given list
397 * May be called from any thread.
399 * @param list The list to be checked
401 [infallible]
402 boolean isURIInList(in ACString list);
405 * Check if the Principal's URI is a content-accessible about: page
407 * May be called from any thread.
409 [infallible]
410 boolean isContentAccessibleAboutURI();
413 * Uses NS_Security Compare to determine if the
414 * other URI is same-origin as the uri of the Principal
416 * May be called from any thread.
418 [infallible]
419 boolean isSameOrigin(in nsIURI otherURI);
422 * Checks if the Principal is allowed to load the Provided file:// URI
423 * using NS_RelaxStrictFileOriginPolicy
425 * May be called from any thread.
427 bool allowsRelaxStrictFileOriginPolicy(in nsIURI aURI);
431 * Generates a Cache-Key for the Cors-Preflight Cache
433 * May be called from any thread.
435 [noscript]
436 ACString getPrefLightCacheKey(in nsIURI aURI ,in bool aWithCredentials,
437 in const_OriginAttributes aOriginAttributes);
441 * Checks if the Principals URI has first party storage access
442 * when loaded inside the provided 3rd party resource window.
443 * See also: ContentBlocking::ShouldAllowAccessFor
445 * NOTE: Main-Thread Only.
447 bool hasFirstpartyStorageAccess(in mozIDOMWindow aWindow, out uint32_t rejectedReason);
451 * Returns a Key for the LocalStorage Manager, used to
452 * check the Principals Origin Storage usage.
454 * May be called from any thread.
456 readonly attribute ACString localStorageQuotaKey;
459 * Implementation of
460 * https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-secure-contexts/#is-origin-trustworthy
462 * The value returned by this method feeds into the the Secure Context
463 * algorithm that determins the value of Window.isSecureContext and
464 * WorkerGlobalScope.isSecureContext.
466 * This method returns false instead of throwing upon errors.
468 * NOTE: Main-Thread Only.
470 [infallible]
471 readonly attribute boolean isOriginPotentiallyTrustworthy;
474 * NOTE: Main-Thread Only.
476 [infallible]
477 readonly attribute boolean isLoopbackHost;
480 * Returns the Flags of the Principals
481 * associated AboutModule, in case there is one.
483 * NOTE: Main-Thread Only.
485 uint32_t getAboutModuleFlags();
488 * Returns the Key to access the Principals
489 * Origin Local/Session Storage
491 * May be called from any thread.
493 readonly attribute ACString storageOriginKey;
496 * Creates and Returns a new ReferrerInfo with the
497 * Principals URI
499 * May be called from any thread.
501 nsIReferrerInfo createReferrerInfo(in ReferrerPolicy aReferrerPolicy);
504 * The base part of |origin| without the concatenation with |originSuffix|.
505 * This doesn't have the important invariants described above with |origin|,
506 * and as such should only be used for legacy situations.
508 * May be called from any thread.
510 readonly attribute ACString originNoSuffix;
513 * A string of the form ^key1=value1&key2=value2, where each pair represents
514 * an attribute with a non-default value. If all attributes have default
515 * values, this is the empty string.
517 * The value of .originSuffix is automatically serialized into .origin, so any
518 * consumers using that are automatically origin-attribute-aware. Consumers with
519 * special requirements must inspect and compare .originSuffix manually.
521 * May be called from any thread.
523 readonly attribute AUTF8String originSuffix;
526 * A canonical representation of the site-origin for this principal.
527 * This string has the same format as |origin| (see above). Two principals
528 * with differing |siteOrigin| values will never compare equal, even when
529 * considering domain mutations.
531 * For most principals, |siteOrigin| matches |origin| precisely. Only
532 * principals which allow mutating |domain|, such as ContentPrincipal,
533 * override the default implementation in BasePrincipal.
535 * May be called from any thread.
537 readonly attribute ACString siteOrigin;
540 * The base part of |siteOrigin| without the concatenation with
541 * |originSuffix|.
543 * May be called from any thread.
545 readonly attribute ACString siteOriginNoSuffix;
548 * The base domain of the principal URI to which this principal pertains
549 * (generally the document URI), handling null principals and
550 * non-hierarchical schemes correctly.
552 * May be called from any thread.
554 readonly attribute ACString baseDomain;
557 * Gets the ID of the add-on this principal belongs to.
559 * May be called from any thread.
561 readonly attribute AString addonId;
564 * Gets the WebExtensionPolicy of the add-on this principal belongs to.
566 * NOTE: Main-Thread Only.
568 readonly attribute WebExtensionPolicy addonPolicy;
569 readonly attribute WebExtensionPolicy contentScriptAddonPolicy;
572 * Gets the id of the user context this principal is inside. If this
573 * principal is inside the default userContext, this returns
574 * nsIScriptSecurityManager::DEFAULT_USER_CONTEXT_ID.
576 * May be called from any thread.
578 [infallible] readonly attribute unsigned long userContextId;
581 * Gets the id of the private browsing state of the context containing
582 * this principal. If the principal has a private browsing value of 0, it
583 * is not in private browsing.
585 * May be called from any thread.
587 [infallible] readonly attribute unsigned long privateBrowsingId;
590 * Returns true iff the principal is inside an isolated mozbrowser element.
591 * <xul:browser> is not considered to be a mozbrowser element.
592 * <iframe mozbrowser noisolation> does not count as isolated since
593 * isolation is disabled. Isolation can only be disabled if the
594 * containing document is chrome.
596 * May be called from any thread.
598 [infallible] readonly attribute boolean isInIsolatedMozBrowserElement;
601 * Returns true iff this is a null principal (corresponding to an
602 * unknown, hence assumed minimally privileged, security context).
604 * May be called from any thread.
606 [infallible] readonly attribute boolean isNullPrincipal;
609 * Returns true iff this principal corresponds to a principal origin.
611 * May be called from any thread.
613 [infallible] readonly attribute boolean isContentPrincipal;
616 * Returns true iff this is an expanded principal.
618 * May be called from any thread.
620 [infallible] readonly attribute boolean isExpandedPrincipal;
623 * Returns true iff this is the system principal. C++ callers should use
624 * IsSystemPrincipal() instead of this scriptable accessor.
626 * May be called from any thread.
628 readonly attribute boolean isSystemPrincipal;
631 * Faster and nicer version callable from C++. Callers must include
632 * BasePrincipal.h, where it's implemented.
634 * May be called from any thread.
636 %{C++
637 inline bool IsSystemPrincipal() const;
641 * Returns true iff the principal is either an addon principal or
642 * an expanded principal, which contains at least one addon principal.
644 * May be called from any thread.
646 [infallible] readonly attribute boolean isAddonOrExpandedAddonPrincipal;
648 %{C++
649 // MOZ_DBG support (threadsafe)
650 friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& aOut, const nsIPrincipal& aPrincipal) {
651 nsIPrincipal* principal = const_cast<nsIPrincipal*>(&aPrincipal);
652 nsAutoCString origin;
653 mozilla::DebugOnly<nsresult> rv = principal->GetOrigin(origin);
654 MOZ_ASSERT(NS_SUCCEEDED(rv));
655 return aOut << "nsIPrincipal { " << origin << " }";
660 * Returns true if the URI is an Onion URI.
662 * May be called from any thread.
664 [infallible] readonly attribute boolean isOnion;
667 * Returns true if the Domain Policy allows js execution
668 * for the Principal's URI
670 * NOTE: Main-Thread Only.
672 readonly attribute boolean isScriptAllowedByPolicy;
676 * Returns true if the Principal can acess l10n
677 * features for the Provided DocumentURI
679 * NOTE: Main-Thread Only.
681 boolean isL10nAllowed(in nsIURI aDocumentURI);
684 * Returns a nsIPrincipal, with one less Subdomain Segment
685 * Returns `nullptr` if there are no more segments to remove.
687 * May be called from any thread.
689 [infallible] readonly attribute nsIPrincipal nextSubDomainPrincipal;
692 * Returns if the principal is for an IP address.
694 * May be called from any thread.
696 [infallible] readonly attribute boolean isIpAddress;
699 * Returns if the principal is for a local IP address.
701 * May be called from any thread.
703 [infallible] readonly attribute boolean isLocalIpAddress;
706 * If this principal is a null principal, reconstruct the precursor
707 * principal which this null principal was derived from. This may be null,
708 * in which case this is not a null principal, there is no known precursor
709 * to this null principal, it was created by a privileged context, or there
710 * was a bugged origin in the precursor string.
712 * May be called from any thread.
714 * WARNING: Be careful when using this principal, as it is not part of the
715 * security properties of the null principal, and should NOT be used to
716 * grant a resource with a null principal access to resources from its
717 * precursor origin. This is only to be used for places where tracking how
718 * null principals were created is necessary.
720 [infallible] readonly attribute nsIPrincipal precursorPrincipal;
724 * If SystemPrincipal is too risky to use, but we want a principal to access
725 * more than one origin, ExpandedPrincipals letting us define an array of
726 * principals it subsumes. So script with an ExpandedPrincipals will gain
727 * same origin access when at least one of its principals it contains gained
728 * sameorigin acccess. An ExpandedPrincipal will be subsumed by the system
729 * principal, and by another ExpandedPrincipal that has all its principals.
730 * It is added for jetpack content-scripts to let them interact with the
731 * content and a well defined set of other domains, without the risk of
732 * leaking out a system principal to the content. See: Bug 734891
734 [uuid(f3e177Df-6a5e-489f-80a7-2dd1481471d8)]
735 interface nsIExpandedPrincipal : nsISupports
738 * An array of principals that the expanded principal subsumes.
740 * When an expanded principal is used as a triggering principal for a
741 * request that inherits a security context, one of its constitutent
742 * principals is inherited rather than the expanded principal itself. The
743 * last principal in the allowlist is the default principal to inherit.
745 * Note: this list is not reference counted, it is shared, so
746 * should not be changed and should only be used ephemerally.
748 * May be called from any thread.
750 [noscript, notxpcom, nostdcall]
751 PrincipalArray AllowList();
755 * Bug 1548468: Move CSP off ExpandedPrincipal.
757 * A Content Security Policy associated with this principal. Use this function
758 * to query the associated CSP with this principal.
760 * NOTE: Main-Thread Only.
762 readonly attribute nsIContentSecurityPolicy csp;
764 %{ C++
765 inline already_AddRefed<nsIContentSecurityPolicy> GetCsp()
767 nsCOMPtr<nsIContentSecurityPolicy> result;
768 mozilla::DebugOnly<nsresult> rv = GetCsp(getter_AddRefs(result));
769 MOZ_ASSERT(NS_SUCCEEDED(rv));
770 return result.forget();