Introduced Policies to override Timestamp checking

src/JWT.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ export interface JWTVerifyOptions {
   skewTime?: number
   /** See https://www.w3.org/TR/did-spec-registries/#verification-relationships */
   proofPurpose?: ProofPurposeTypes
+  policies?: JWTVerifyPolicies
+}
+
+export interface JWTVerifyPolicies {
+  now?: number
+  nbf?: boolean
+  iat?: boolean
+  exp?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface JWSCreationOptions {
@@ -141,6 +149,14 @@ export const SUPPORTED_PUBLIC_KEY_TYPES: PublicKeyTypes = {
 export const SELF_ISSUED_V2 = 'https://self-issued.me/v2'
 export const SELF_ISSUED_V0_1 = 'https://self-issued.me'
 
+// Exporting errorCodes in a machine readable format rather than human readable format to be used in higher level module
+export const INVALID_JWT = 'invalid_jwt'
+export const INAVLID_CONFIG = 'invalid_config'
+export const INVALID_SIGNATURE = 'invalid_signature'
+export const NOT_SUPPORTED = 'not_supported'
+export const NO_SUITABLE_KEYS = 'no_suitable_keys'
+export const RESOLVE_ERROR = 'resolve_error'
+
 type LegacyVerificationMethod = { publicKey?: string }
 
 const defaultAlg = 'ES256K'
@@ -319,6 +335,12 @@ export async function verifyJWT(
     callbackUrl: undefined,
     skewTime: undefined,
     proofPurpose: undefined,
+    policies: {
+      nbf: undefined,
+      iat: undefined,
+      exp: undefined,
+      now: undefined,
+    },
   }
 ): Promise<JWTVerified> {
   if (!options.resolver) throw new Error('missing_resolver: No DID resolver has been configured')
@@ -328,10 +350,13 @@ export async function verifyJWT(
       ? 'authentication'
       : undefined
     : options.proofPurpose
+
+  let did = ''
+
   if (!payload.iss) {
     throw new Error('invalid_jwt: JWT iss is required')
   }
-  let did = ''
+
   if (payload.iss === SELF_ISSUED_V2) {
     if (!payload.sub) {
       throw new Error('invalid_jwt: JWT sub is required')
@@ -349,28 +374,30 @@ export async function verifyJWT(
   } else {
     did = payload.iss
   }
+
   if (!did) {
     throw new Error(`invalid_jwt: No DID has been found in the JWT`)
   }
+
   const { didResolutionResult, authenticators, issuer }: DIDAuthenticator = await resolveAuthenticator(
     options.resolver,
     header.alg,
     did,
     proofPurpose
   )
   const signer: VerificationMethod = await verifyJWSDecoded({ header, data, signature } as JWSDecoded, authenticators)
-  const now: number = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
+  const now: number = options.policies?.now ? options.policies.now : Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
   const skewTime = typeof options.skewTime !== 'undefined' && options.skewTime >= 0 ? options.skewTime : NBF_SKEW
   if (signer) {
     const nowSkewed = now + skewTime
-    if (payload.nbf) {
+    if (options.policies?.nbf !== false && payload.nbf) {
       if (payload.nbf > nowSkewed) {
         throw new Error(`invalid_jwt: JWT not valid before nbf: ${payload.nbf}`)
       }
-    } else if (payload.iat && payload.iat > nowSkewed) {
+    } else if (options.policies?.iat !== false && payload.iat && payload.iat > nowSkewed) {
       throw new Error(`invalid_jwt: JWT not valid yet (issued in the future) iat: ${payload.iat}`)
     }
-    if (payload.exp && payload.exp <= now - skewTime) {
+    if (options.policies?.exp !== false && payload.exp && payload.exp <= now - skewTime) {
       throw new Error(`invalid_jwt: JWT has expired: exp: ${payload.exp} < now: ${now}`)
     }
     if (payload.aud) {

src/__tests__/JWT.test.ts

@@ -462,13 +462,45 @@ describe('verifyJWT()', () => {
       // const jwt = await createJWT({nbf:FUTURE},{issuer:did,signer})
       await expect(verifyJWT(jwt, { resolver })).rejects.toThrowError()
     })
+    it('passes when nbf is in the future and policy for nbf is false', async () => {
+      expect.assertions(2)
+      // const jwt = await createJWT({nbf:FUTURE},{issuer:did,signer})
+
+      const jwt = await createJWT({ requested: ['name', 'phone'], nbf: new Date().getTime() + 1000000 }, { issuer: did, signer })
+      expect(verifier.verify(jwt)).toBe(true)
+
+      const { payload } = await verifyJWT(jwt, { resolver, policies: { nbf: false } })
+      return expect(payload).toBeDefined()
+    })
+
+    it('passes when nbf is in the future and now is provided to be higher than nbf', async () => {
+      expect.assertions(2)
+      // const jwt = await createJWT({nbf:FUTURE},{issuer:did,signer})
+
+      const jwt = await createJWT({ requested: ['name', 'phone'], nbf: new Date().getTime() + 10000 }, { issuer: did, signer })
+      expect(verifier.verify(jwt)).toBe(true)
+
+      const { payload } = await verifyJWT(jwt, { resolver, policies: { now: new Date().getTime() + 100000 } })
+      return expect(payload).toBeDefined()
+    })
+
+
     it('fails when nbf is in the future and iat is in the past', async () => {
       expect.assertions(1)
       const jwt =
         'eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJFUzI1NksifQ.eyJpYXQiOjE0ODUyNjExMzMsIm5iZiI6MTQ4NTM4MTEzMywiaXNzIjoiZGlkOmV0aHI6MHhmM2JlYWMzMGM0OThkOWUyNjg2NWYzNGZjYWE1N2RiYjkzNWIwZDc0In0.JjEn_huxI9SsBY_3PlD0ShpXvrRgUGFDKAgxJBc1Q5GToVpUTw007-o9BTt7JNi_G2XWmcu2aXXnDn0QFsRIrg'
       // const jwt = await createJWT({nbf:FUTURE,iat:PAST},{issuer:did,signer})
       await expect(verifyJWT(jwt, { resolver })).rejects.toThrowError()
     })
+    it('passes when nbf is in the future and iat is in the past with nbf policy false', async () => {
+      expect.assertions(1)
+      const jwt =
+        'eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJFUzI1NksifQ.eyJpYXQiOjE0ODUyNjExMzMsIm5iZiI6MTQ4NTM4MTEzMywiaXNzIjoiZGlkOmV0aHI6MHhmM2JlYWMzMGM0OThkOWUyNjg2NWYzNGZjYWE1N2RiYjkzNWIwZDc0In0.JjEn_huxI9SsBY_3PlD0ShpXvrRgUGFDKAgxJBc1Q5GToVpUTw007-o9BTt7JNi_G2XWmcu2aXXnDn0QFsRIrg'
+      // const jwt = await createJWT({nbf:FUTURE,iat:PAST},{issuer:did,signer})
+
+      const { payload } = await verifyJWT(jwt, { resolver, policies: { nbf: false } })
+      expect(payload).toBeDefined();
+    })
     it('passes when nbf is missing and iat is in the past', async () => {
       expect.assertions(1)
       const jwt =
@@ -483,6 +515,14 @@ describe('verifyJWT()', () => {
       // const jwt = await createJWT({iat:FUTURE},{issuer:did,signer})
       await expect(verifyJWT(jwt, { resolver })).rejects.toThrowError()
     })
+    it('passes when nbf is missing and iat is in the future with iat policy to be false', async () => {
+      expect.assertions(1)
+      const jwt =
+        'eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJFUzI1NksifQ.eyJpYXQiOjE0ODUzODExMzMsImlzcyI6ImRpZDpldGhyOjB4ZjNiZWFjMzBjNDk4ZDllMjY4NjVmMzRmY2FhNTdkYmI5MzViMGQ3NCJ9.FJuHvf9Tby7b4I54Cm1nh8CvLg4QH2wt2K0WfyQaLqlr3NKKI5hAdLalgZksI25gLhNrZwQFnC-nzEOs9PI1SQ'
+      // const jwt = await createJWT({iat:FUTURE},{issuer:did,signer})
+      const { payload } = await verifyJWT(jwt, { resolver, policies: { iat: false }})
+      return expect(payload).toBeDefined()
+    })
     it('passes when nbf and iat are both missing', async () => {
       expect.assertions(1)
       const jwt =
@@ -586,12 +626,26 @@ describe('verifyJWT()', () => {
     await expect(verifyJWT(jwt, { resolver })).rejects.toThrowError(/JWT has expired/)
   })
 
+  it('accepts an expired JWT with exp policy false', async () => {
+    expect.assertions(1)
+    const jwt = await createJWT({ exp: NOW - NBF_SKEW - 1 }, { issuer: did, signer })
+    const { payload } = await verifyJWT(jwt, { resolver, policies: { exp: false } })
+    return expect(payload).toBeDefined()
+  })
+
   it('rejects an expired JWT without skew time', async () => {
     expect.assertions(1)
     const jwt = await createJWT({ exp: NOW - 1 }, { issuer: did, signer })
     await expect(verifyJWT(jwt, { resolver, skewTime: 0 })).rejects.toThrowError(/JWT has expired/)
   })
 
+  it('accepts an expired JWT without skew time but exp policy false', async () => {
+    expect.assertions(1)
+    const jwt = await createJWT({ exp: NOW - 1 }, { issuer: did, signer })
+    const { payload } = await verifyJWT(jwt, { resolver, skewTime: 0, policies: { exp: false } })
+    return expect(payload).toBeDefined();
+  })
+
   it('accepts a valid audience', async () => {
     expect.assertions(1)
     const jwt = await createJWT({ aud }, { issuer: did, signer })
@@ -685,7 +739,6 @@ describe('verifyJWT()', () => {
     const { payload } = await verifyJWT(jwt, { resolver })
     return expect(payload).toBeDefined()
   })
-
   it('rejects a self-issued v2 JWT (sub type: jkt) without a header.kid DID', async () => {
     expect.assertions(1)
     const jwt = await createJWT({ sub: 'sub', sub_jwk: {} }, { issuer: SELF_ISSUED_V2, signer })