fix: access control to fail-closed when owner attributes are missing (#4273)

src/llama_stack/core/access_control/access_control.py

@@ -66,7 +66,17 @@ def default_policy() -> list[AccessRule]:
     return [
         AccessRule(
             permit=Scope(actions=list(Action)),
-            when=["user in owners " + name for name in ["roles", "teams", "projects", "namespaces"]],
+            when=["user in owners " + name],
+        )
+        for name in ["roles", "teams", "projects", "namespaces"]
+    ] + [
+        AccessRule(
+            permit=Scope(actions=list(Action)),
+            when=["user is owner"],
+        ),
+        AccessRule(
+            permit=Scope(actions=list(Action)),
+            when=["resource is unowned"],
         ),
     ]
 

src/llama_stack/core/access_control/conditions.py

@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ class UserInOwnersList:
             return None
 
     def matches(self, resource: ProtectedResource, user: User) -> bool:
-        required = self.owners_values(resource)
+        defined = self.owners_values(resource)
-        if not required:
+        if not defined:
-            return True
+            return False
         if not user.attributes or self.name not in user.attributes or not user.attributes[self.name]:
             return False
         user_values = user.attributes[self.name]
-        for value in required:
+        for value in defined:
             if value in user_values:
                 return True
         return False
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ class UserIsNotOwner:
         return "user is not owner"
 
 
+class ResourceIsUnowned:
+    def matches(self, resource: ProtectedResource, user: User) -> bool:
+        return not resource.owner
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "resource is unowned"
+
+
 def parse_condition(condition: str) -> Condition:
     words = condition.split()
     match words:
@@ -121,6 +129,8 @@ def parse_condition(condition: str) -> Condition:
             return UserInOwnersList(name)
         case ["user", "not", "in", "owners", name]:
             return UserNotInOwnersList(name)
+        case ["resource", "is", "unowned"]:
+            return ResourceIsUnowned()
         case _:
             raise ValueError(f"Invalid condition: {condition}")
 

src/llama_stack/core/storage/sqlstore/authorized_sqlstore.py

@@ -23,17 +23,26 @@ logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="providers::utils")
 # WARNING: If default_policy() changes, this constant must be updated accordingly
 # or SQL filtering will fall back to conservative mode (safe but less performant)
 #
-# This policy represents: "Permit all actions when user is in owners list for ALL attribute categories"
+# This policy represents: "Permit all actions when user is in owners list for ANY attribute category"
 # The corresponding SQL logic is implemented in _build_default_policy_where_clause():
 # - Public records (no access_attributes) are always accessible
-# - Records with access_attributes require user to match ALL categories that exist in the resource
+# - Records with access_attributes require user to match ANY category that exists in the resource
-# - Missing categories in the resource are treated as "no restriction" (allow)
 # - Within each category, user needs ANY matching value (OR logic)
-# - Between categories, user needs ALL categories to match (AND logic)
+# - Between categories, user needs ANY category to match (OR logic)
 SQL_OPTIMIZED_POLICY = [
     AccessRule(
         permit=Scope(actions=list(Action)),
-        when=["user in owners roles", "user in owners teams", "user in owners projects", "user in owners namespaces"],
+        when=["user in owners " + name],
+    )
+    for name in ["roles", "teams", "projects", "namespaces"]
+] + [
+    AccessRule(
+        permit=Scope(actions=list(Action)),
+        when=["user is owner"],
+    ),
+    AccessRule(
+        permit=Scope(actions=list(Action)),
+        when=["resource is unowned"],
     ),
 ]
 
@@ -279,53 +288,40 @@ class AuthorizedSqlStore:
 
         Public records are those with:
         - owner_principal = '' (empty string)
-        - access_attributes is either SQL NULL or JSON null
 
-        Note: Different databases serialize None differently:
+        The policy "resource is unowned" only checks if owner_principal is empty,
-        - SQLite: None → JSON null (text = 'null')
+        regardless of access_attributes.
-        - Postgres: None → SQL NULL (IS NULL)
         """
-        conditions = ["owner_principal = ''"]
+        return ["owner_principal = ''"]
-        if self.database_type == StorageBackendType.SQL_POSTGRES.value:
-            # Accept both SQL NULL and JSON null for Postgres compatibility
-            # This handles both old rows (SQL NULL) and new rows (JSON null)
-            conditions.append("(access_attributes IS NULL OR access_attributes::text = 'null')")
-        elif self.database_type == StorageBackendType.SQL_SQLITE.value:
-            # SQLite serializes None as JSON null
-            conditions.append("(access_attributes IS NULL OR access_attributes = 'null')")
-        else:
-            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported database type: {self.database_type}")
-        return conditions
 
     def _build_default_policy_where_clause(self, current_user: User | None) -> str:
         """Build SQL WHERE clause for the default policy.
 
         Default policy: permit all actions when user in owners [roles, teams, projects, namespaces]
-        This means user must match ALL attribute categories that exist in the resource.
+        This means user must match ANY attribute category that exists in the resource (OR logic).
         """
         base_conditions = self._get_public_access_conditions()
-        user_attr_conditions = []
 
-        if current_user and current_user.attributes:
+        if current_user:
-            for attr_key, user_values in current_user.attributes.items():
+            # Add "user is owner" condition - user's principal matches owner_principal
-                if user_values:
+            escaped_principal = current_user.principal.replace("'", "''")
-                    value_conditions = []
+            base_conditions.append(f"owner_principal = '{escaped_principal}'")
-                    for value in user_values:
-                        # Check if JSON array contains the value
-                        escaped_value = value.replace("'", "''")
-                        json_text = self._json_extract_text("access_attributes", attr_key)
-                        value_conditions.append(f"({json_text} LIKE '%\"{escaped_value}\"%')")
 
-                    if value_conditions:
+            # Add "user in owners" conditions for attribute matching
-                        # Check if the category is missing (NULL)
+            if current_user.attributes:
-                        category_missing = f"{self._json_extract('access_attributes', attr_key)} IS NULL"
+                for attr_key, user_values in current_user.attributes.items():
-                        user_matches_category = f"({' OR '.join(value_conditions)})"
+                    if user_values:
-                        user_attr_conditions.append(f"({category_missing} OR {user_matches_category})")
+                        value_conditions = []
-
+                        for value in user_values:
-            if user_attr_conditions:
+                            # Check if JSON array contains the value
-                all_requirements_met = f"({' AND '.join(user_attr_conditions)})"
+                            escaped_value = value.replace("'", "''")
-                base_conditions.append(all_requirements_met)
+                            json_text = self._json_extract_text("access_attributes", attr_key)
+                            value_conditions.append(f"({json_text} LIKE '%\"{escaped_value}\"%')")
 
+                        if value_conditions:
+                            # User matches this category if any of their values match
+                            user_matches_category = f"({' OR '.join(value_conditions)})"
+                            base_conditions.append(user_matches_category)
         return f"({' OR '.join(base_conditions)})"
 
     def _build_conservative_where_clause(self) -> str:

tests/integration/providers/utils/sqlstore/test_authorized_sqlstore.py

@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@ async def test_authorized_store_attributes(mock_get_authenticated_user, authoriz
             f"Category missing logic failed: expected 4,5 but got {category_test_ids}"
         )
 
+        # Test a user that has all roles and teams (should generate SQL)
+        # owner_principal = ''
+        # owner_principal = 'super-user'
+        # ((JSON_EXTRACT(access_attributes, '$.roles') LIKE '%"admin"%') OR (JSON_EXTRACT(access_attributes, '$.roles') LIKE '%"user"%'))
+        # ((JSON_EXTRACT(access_attributes, '$.teams') LIKE '%"dev"%') OR (JSON_EXTRACT(access_attributes, '$.teams') LIKE '%"qa"%'))
+        super_user = User("super-user", {"roles": ["admin", "user"], "teams": ["dev", "qa"]})
+        mock_get_authenticated_user.return_value = super_user
+        result = await authorized_store.fetch_all(table_name)
+        assert len(result.data) == 6
+
     finally:
         # Clean up records
         await cleanup_records(authorized_store.sql_store, table_name, ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6"])

tests/unit/server/test_access_control.py

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ async def test_access_control_with_cache(mock_get_authenticated_user, test_setup
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         await routing_table.get_model("model-data-scientist")
 
-    mock_get_authenticated_user.return_value = User("test-user", {"roles": ["data-scientist"], "teams": ["other-team"]})
+    mock_get_authenticated_user.return_value = User("test-user", {"roles": ["user"], "teams": ["other-team"]})
     all_models = await routing_table.list_models()
     assert len(all_models.data) == 1
     assert all_models.data[0].identifier == "model-public"
@@ -154,16 +154,16 @@ async def test_access_control_empty_attributes(mock_get_authenticated_user, test
     )
     await registry.register(model)
     mock_get_authenticated_user.return_value = User(
-        "test-user",
+        "differentuser",
         {
             "roles": [],
         },
     )
-    result = await routing_table.get_model("model-empty-attrs")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-    assert result.identifier == "model-empty-attrs"
+        await routing_table.get_model("model-empty-attrs")
     all_models = await routing_table.list_models()
     model_ids = [m.identifier for m in all_models.data]
-    assert "model-empty-attrs" in model_ids
+    assert "model-empty-attrs" not in model_ids
 
 
 @patch("llama_stack.core.routing_tables.common.get_authenticated_user")
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ async def test_automatic_access_attributes(mock_get_authenticated_user, test_set
     assert registered_model.owner.attributes["projects"] == ["llama-3"]
 
     # Verify another user without matching attributes can't access it
-    mock_get_authenticated_user.return_value = User("test-user", {"roles": ["engineer"], "teams": ["infra-team"]})
+    mock_get_authenticated_user.return_value = User("test-user2", {"roles": ["engineer"], "teams": ["infra-team"]})
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         await routing_table.get_model("auto-access-model")
 
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ def test_permit_when():
 
 
 def test_permit_unless():
+    # permit unless both conditions are met
     config = """
     - permit:
         principal: user-1
@@ -377,10 +378,10 @@ def test_permit_unless():
         identifier="mymodel",
         provider_id="myprovider",
         model_type=ModelType.llm,
-        owner=User("testuser", {"namespaces": ["foo"]}),
+        owner=User("testuser", {"namespaces": ["foo"], "teams": ["ml-team"]}),
     )
     assert is_action_allowed(policy, "read", model, User("user-1", {"namespaces": ["foo"]}))
-    assert not is_action_allowed(policy, "read", model, User("user-1", {"namespaces": ["bar"]}))
+    assert not is_action_allowed(policy, "read", model, User("user-1", {"namespaces": ["bar"], "teams": ["ml-team"]}))
     assert not is_action_allowed(policy, "read", model, User("user-2", {"namespaces": ["foo"]}))