Title: Consent-JWT / Consent-Id / PSD2-CERT header lookups are case-sensitive, so they silently fail over HTTP/2
Several request-header lookups in APIUtil.scala compare the header's
name field with == against a fixed-case literal, instead of doing a
case-insensitive comparison:
// obp-api/src/main/scala/code/api/util/APIUtil.scala
def getConsentJWT(requestHeaders: List[HTTPParam]): Option[String] = {
requestHeaders.toSet.filter(_.name == RequestHeader.`Consent-JWT`).toList match {
case x :: Nil => Some(x.values.mkString(", "))
case _ => requestHeaders.toSet.filter(_.name == RequestHeader.`Consent-Id`).toList match {
case x :: Nil => Some(x.values.mkString(", "))
case _ => None
}
}
}
The same pattern appears for Consent-ID (a second, differently-cased
variant of the same header exists a few lines below Consent-Id),
PSD2-CERT, and TPP-Signature-Certificate.
Why this breaks under HTTP/2: RFC 7540 §8.1.2 requires HTTP/2 header
field names to be sent in lowercase on the wire. Any HTTP/2 client — which
is most modern HTTP clients by default when talking to a server that
advertises h2 via ALPN — sends consent-jwt, not Consent-JWT. The
== comparison against the mixed-case literal never matches, so
hasConsentJWT/getConsentJWT return false/None even though the
header is present with the correct name and value. The request then falls
through to whatever the next auth branch is, and — in our case — ends up
with a generic OBP-20001: User not logged in instead of ever reaching
Consent.checkConsent/applyConsentRulesCommon, which made this
confusing to diagnose: none of the consent-specific debug logging in
ConsentUtil.scala ever fired, because that code path was never entered.
Reproduction, against a real instance with consents.allowed=true, a
consent already created via POST /obp/v5.1.0/my/consents/IMPLICIT and
successfully answered via POST /obp/v3.1.0/banks/BANK_ID/consents/CONSENT_ID/challenge
(consent status ACCEPTED, verified independently):
# Over HTTP/2 (curl's and most clients' default for an ALPN-h2 server)
curl "https://<host>/obp/v5.1.0/users/current/user_id" \
-H "Consent-JWT: <the accepted consent's jwt>" \
-H "Consumer-Key: <consumer key>"
# -> HTTP 401 {"code":401,"message":"OBP-20001: User not logged in. Authentication is required!"}
# Identical request, forced to HTTP/1.1
curl --http1.1 "https://<host>/obp/v5.1.0/users/current/user_id" \
-H "Consent-JWT: <the same jwt>" \
-H "Consumer-Key: <consumer key>"
# -> HTTP 200 {"user_id":"..."}
Same consent, same JWT, same headers — the only difference is the wire
casing HTTP/1.1 vs HTTP/2 puts on the header name, and that alone flips
the result between "not logged in" and a correctly resolved user.
Suggested fix: compare header names case-insensitively, the way
getRequestHeader() a few lines below already does it correctly
(_.name.toLowerCase == name.toLowerCase). Applies to at least
getConsentJWT, getConsentIdRequestHeaderValue, `getPSD2-CERT`,
and the Consent-ID variant — worth a broader grep across APIUtil.scala
for the same filter(_.name == RequestHeader...) pattern to catch any
others.
Environment: reproduced against openbankproject/obp-api:latest,
commit b5a5765a185d173392c9d9c8fe36a4381097d954 (current develop HEAD
as of 2026-09-16), Kubernetes (k3s), behind an ingress-nginx TLS
termination that negotiates HTTP/2 with clients — but the bug is in the
header comparison itself and is not specific to this deployment; any
HTTP/2 client hitting these endpoints on any OBP-API instance should
reproduce it the same way.
Title: Consent-JWT / Consent-Id / PSD2-CERT header lookups are case-sensitive, so they silently fail over HTTP/2
Several request-header lookups in
APIUtil.scalacompare the header'snamefield with==against a fixed-case literal, instead of doing acase-insensitive comparison:
The same pattern appears for
Consent-ID(a second, differently-casedvariant of the same header exists a few lines below
Consent-Id),PSD2-CERT, andTPP-Signature-Certificate.Why this breaks under HTTP/2: RFC 7540 §8.1.2 requires HTTP/2 header
field names to be sent in lowercase on the wire. Any HTTP/2 client — which
is most modern HTTP clients by default when talking to a server that
advertises
h2via ALPN — sendsconsent-jwt, notConsent-JWT. The==comparison against the mixed-case literal never matches, sohasConsentJWT/getConsentJWTreturnfalse/Noneeven though theheader is present with the correct name and value. The request then falls
through to whatever the next auth branch is, and — in our case — ends up
with a generic
OBP-20001: User not logged ininstead of ever reachingConsent.checkConsent/applyConsentRulesCommon, which made thisconfusing to diagnose: none of the consent-specific debug logging in
ConsentUtil.scalaever fired, because that code path was never entered.Reproduction, against a real instance with
consents.allowed=true, aconsent already created via
POST /obp/v5.1.0/my/consents/IMPLICITandsuccessfully answered via
POST /obp/v3.1.0/banks/BANK_ID/consents/CONSENT_ID/challenge(consent status
ACCEPTED, verified independently):Same consent, same JWT, same headers — the only difference is the wire
casing HTTP/1.1 vs HTTP/2 puts on the header name, and that alone flips
the result between "not logged in" and a correctly resolved user.
Suggested fix: compare header names case-insensitively, the way
getRequestHeader()a few lines below already does it correctly(
_.name.toLowerCase == name.toLowerCase). Applies to at leastgetConsentJWT,getConsentIdRequestHeaderValue,`getPSD2-CERT`,and the
Consent-IDvariant — worth a broader grep acrossAPIUtil.scalafor the same
filter(_.name == RequestHeader...)pattern to catch anyothers.
Environment: reproduced against
openbankproject/obp-api:latest,commit
b5a5765a185d173392c9d9c8fe36a4381097d954(currentdevelopHEADas of 2026-09-16), Kubernetes (k3s), behind an ingress-nginx TLS
termination that negotiates HTTP/2 with clients — but the bug is in the
header comparison itself and is not specific to this deployment; any
HTTP/2 client hitting these endpoints on any OBP-API instance should
reproduce it the same way.