[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (WFLY-2854) '**' role incorrectly returns false from isUserInRole when user is authenticated

[arjan tijms (JIRA)]

arjan tijms created WFLY-2854:
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             Summary: '**' role incorrectly returns false from isUserInRole when user is authenticated
                 Key: WFLY-2854
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-2854
             Project: WildFly
          Issue Type: Feature Request
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
          Components: Security
    Affects Versions: 8.0.0.CR1
            Reporter: arjan tijms
            Assignee: Darran Lofthouse


When authentication has taken place in a web application such that {{HttpServletRequest#getUserprincipap}} does not return null, testing for role '**' using {{HttpServletRequest#isUserInRole}} returns false.

This is not correct. According to Servlet 13.3:

{quote}
{noformat}
If the role-name of the security-role to be tested is “**”, 
and the application has NOT declared an application security-role with 
role-name “**”, isUserInRole must only return true if the user has been
authenticated;
{noformat}
{quote}

This is demonstrated by the following test:

https://github.com/arjantijms/javaee7-samples/blob/master/jacc/contexts/src/test/java/org/javaee7/jacc/contexts/SubjectFromPolicyContextTest.java#L76


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