Fix MCP session management with privileged execution pattern

Implement proper MCP 2025-06-18 session management where MCP services run with ADMIN privileges for system access while maintaining MCP_USER authentication context. Key changes: - Capture actual authenticated user ID before service elevation - Allow special case where Visit created with ADMIN but accessed by MCP_USER - Fix request body reading to prevent consumption before processing - Implement privileged execution pattern for secure system operations MCP interface now fully functional with 964+ Moqui services available as tools.

Fix MCP session management with privileged execution pattern
Implement proper MCP 2025-06-18 session management where MCP services run with ADMIN privileges for system access while maintaining MCP_USER authentication context. Key changes: - Capture actual authenticated user ID before service elevation - Allow special case where Visit created with ADMIN but accessed by MCP_USER - Fix request body reading to prevent consumption before processing - Implement privileged execution pattern for secure system operations MCP interface now fully functional with 964+ Moqui services available as tools.
Ean Schuessler
Showing 2 changed files with 87 additions and 31 deletions
service/McpServices.xml
src/main/groovy/org/moqui/mcp/EnhancedMcpServlet.groovy
--- a/service/McpServices.xml
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+++ b/service/McpServices.xml
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@@ -283,19 +283,22 @@
                    if (!visit) {
                        // Create a new Visit for this MCP session - run as ADMIN
+                        // but set userId to the actual authenticated user passed from servlet
+                        String actualUserId = parameters.actualUserId ?: ec.user.userId
+                        logger.info("Creating Visit - actualUserId: ${actualUserId}")
                        ec.artifactExecution.disableAuthz()
                        try {
                            visit = ec.entity.makeValue("moqui.server.Visit")
-                            visit.visitId = ec.entity.sequencedIdPrimaryEd(ec.entity.getEntityDefinition("moqui.server.Visit"))
+                                visit.visitId = ec.entity.sequencedIdPrimaryEd(ec.entity.getEntityDefinition("moqui.server.Visit"))
-                            visit.userId = ec.user.userId
+                                visit.userId = actualUserId // Use actual authenticated user, not ADMIN
-                            visit.visitorId = null
+                                visit.visitorId = null
-                            visit.webappName = "mcp"
+                                visit.webappName = "mcp"
-                            visit.initialRequest = groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson([mcpCreated: true, createdFor: "mcp-session"])
+                                visit.initialRequest = groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson([mcpCreated: true, createdFor: "mcp-session"])
-                            visit.fromDate = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis())
+                                visit.fromDate = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis())
-                            visit.clientIpAddress = "127.0.0.1" // TODO: Get actual IP
+                                visit.clientIpAddress = "127.0.0.1" // TODO: Get actual IP
-                            visit.initialUserAgent = "MCP Client"
+                                visit.initialUserAgent = "MCP Client"
-                            visit.sessionId = null // No HTTP session for direct API calls
+                                visit.sessionId = null // No HTTP session for direct API calls
-                            visit.create()
+                                visit.create()
                        } finally {
                            ec.artifactExecution.enableAuthz()
                        }
@@ -397,7 +400,19 @@
                        ec.artifactExecution.enableAuthz()
                    }
-                    if (!visit || visit.userId != originalUserId) {
+                    // Validate session - allow special MCP case where Visit was created with ADMIN but accessed by MCP_USER
+                    boolean sessionValid = false
+                    if (visit) {
+                        if (visit.userId == originalUserId) {
+                            sessionValid = true
+                        } else if (visit.userId == "ADMIN" && originalUserId == "MCP_USER") {
+                            // Special case: MCP services run with ADMIN privileges but authenticate as MCP_USER
+                            sessionValid = true
+                            ec.logger.info("Allowing MCP service access: Visit created with ADMIN, accessed by MCP_USER")
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (!sessionValid) {
                        throw new Exception("Invalid session: ${sessionId}")
                    }
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/moqui/mcp/EnhancedMcpServlet.groovy
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+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/moqui/mcp/EnhancedMcpServlet.groovy
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@@ -110,6 +110,26 @@ try {
            String authzHeader = request.getHeader("Authorization")
            boolean authenticated = false
+            // Read request body early before any other processing can consume it
+            String requestBody = null
+            if ("POST".equals(request.getMethod())) {
+                try {
+                    logger.info("Early reading request body, content length: ${request.getContentLength()}")
+                    BufferedReader reader = request.getReader()
+                    StringBuilder body = new StringBuilder()
+                    String line
+                    int lineCount = 0
+                    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                        body.append(line)
+                        lineCount++
+                    }
+                    requestBody = body.toString()
+                    logger.info("Early read ${lineCount} lines, request body length: ${requestBody.length()}")
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    logger.error("Failed to read request body early: ${e.message}")
+                }
+            }
            if (authzHeader != null && authzHeader.length() > 6 && authzHeader.startsWith("Basic ")) {
                String basicAuthEncoded = authzHeader.substring(6).trim()
                String basicAuthAsString = new String(basicAuthEncoded.decodeBase64())
@@ -146,6 +166,7 @@ try {
            // Route based on request method and path
            String requestURI = request.getRequestURI()
            String method = request.getMethod()
+            logger.info("Enhanced MCP Request: ${method} ${requestURI} - Content-Length: ${request.getContentLength()}")
            if ("GET".equals(method) && requestURI.endsWith("/sse")) {
                handleSseConnection(request, response, ec, webappName)
@@ -153,13 +174,13 @@ try {
                handleMessage(request, response, ec)
            } else if ("POST".equals(method) && (requestURI.equals("/mcp") || requestURI.endsWith("/mcp"))) {
                // Handle POST requests to /mcp for JSON-RPC
-                handleJsonRpc(request, response, ec, webappName)
+                handleJsonRpc(request, response, ec, webappName, requestBody)
            } else if ("GET".equals(method) && (requestURI.equals("/mcp") || requestURI.endsWith("/mcp"))) {
                // Handle GET requests to /mcp - maybe for server info or SSE fallback
                handleSseConnection(request, response, ec, webappName)
            } else {
                // Fallback to JSON-RPC handling
-                handleJsonRpc(request, response, ec, webappName)
+                handleJsonRpc(request, response, ec, webappName, requestBody)
            }
        } catch (ArtifactAuthorizationException e) {
@@ -510,7 +531,7 @@ logger.info("Handling Enhanced SSE connection from ${request.remoteAddr}")
        }
    }
-    private void handleJsonRpc(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, ExecutionContextImpl ec, String webappName) 
+    private void handleJsonRpc(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, ExecutionContextImpl ec, String webappName, String requestBody) 
            throws IOException {
        // Initialize web facade for proper session management (like SSE connections)
@@ -529,7 +550,6 @@ logger.info("Handling Enhanced SSE connection from ${request.remoteAddr}")
        logger.info("Enhanced MCP JSON-RPC Request: ${method} ${request.requestURI} - Accept: ${acceptHeader}, Content-Type: ${contentType}")
-        // Handle POST requests for JSON-RPC
        if (!"POST".equals(method)) {
            response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED)
            response.setContentType("application/json")
@@ -541,29 +561,30 @@ logger.info("Handling Enhanced SSE connection from ${request.remoteAddr}")
            return
        }
-        // Read and parse JSON-RPC request
+        // Use pre-read request body
-        String requestBody
+        logger.info("Using pre-read request body, length: ${requestBody?.length()}")
-        try {
-            BufferedReader reader = request.getReader()
+        String jsonMethod = request.getMethod()
-            StringBuilder body = new StringBuilder()
+        String jsonAcceptHeader = request.getHeader("Accept")
-            String line
+        String jsonContentType = request.getContentType()
-            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
-                body.append(line)
+        logger.info("Enhanced MCP JSON-RPC Request: ${jsonMethod} ${request.requestURI} - Accept: ${jsonAcceptHeader}, Content-Type: ${jsonContentType}")
-            }
-            requestBody = body.toString()
+        // Handle POST requests for JSON-RPC
+        if (!"POST".equals(jsonMethod)) {
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+            response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED)
-            logger.error("Failed to read request body: ${e.message}")
-            response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST)
            response.setContentType("application/json")
            response.writer.write(groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson([
                jsonrpc: "2.0",
-                error: [code: -32700, message: "Failed to read request body: " + e.message],
+                error: [code: -32601, message: "Method Not Allowed. Use POST for JSON-RPC or GET /mcp-sse/sse for SSE."],
                id: null
            ]))
            return
        }
+        // Use pre-read request body
+        logger.info("Using pre-read request body, length: ${requestBody?.length()}")
        if (!requestBody) {
            response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST)
            response.setContentType("application/json")
@@ -622,6 +643,7 @@ logger.info("Handling Enhanced SSE connection from ${request.remoteAddr}")
        // Get session ID from Mcp-Session-Id header per MCP specification
        String sessionId = request.getHeader("Mcp-Session-Id")
+        logger.info("Session ID from header: '${sessionId}', method: '${rpcRequest.method}'")
        // Validate session ID for non-initialize requests per MCP spec
        if (!sessionId && rpcRequest.method != "initialize") {
@@ -655,7 +677,23 @@ logger.info("Handling Enhanced SSE connection from ${request.remoteAddr}")
                }
                // Verify user has access to this Visit
-                if (visit.userId && ec.user.userId && visit.userId.toString() != ec.user.userId.toString()) {
+                logger.info("Session access check - visit.userId: ${visit.userId}, ec.user.userId: ${ec.user.userId}")
+                // Allow access if:
+                // 1. Visit userId matches current user, OR
+                // 2. Visit was created with ADMIN (for privileged access) but current user is MCP_USER (actual authenticated user)
+                boolean accessAllowed = false
+                if (visit.userId && ec.user.userId) {
+                    if (visit.userId.toString() == ec.user.userId.toString()) {
+                        accessAllowed = true
+                    } else if (visit.userId.toString() == "ADMIN" && ec.user.userId.toString() == "MCP_USER") {
+                        // Special case: MCP services run with ADMIN privileges but authenticate as MCP_USER
+                        accessAllowed = true
+                        logger.info("Allowing MCP privileged access: Visit created with ADMIN, accessed by MCP_USER")
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!accessAllowed) {
                    response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN)
                    response.setContentType("application/json")
                    response.writer.write(groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson([
@@ -718,6 +756,9 @@ logger.info("Handling Enhanced SSE connection from ${request.remoteAddr}")
            switch (method) {
                case "initialize":
+                    // Capture actual authenticated user ID before service elevation
+                    params.actualUserId = ec.user.userId
+                    logger.info("Initialize - actualUserId: ${params.actualUserId}")
                    return callMcpService("mcp#Initialize", params, ec)
                case "ping":
                    // Simple ping for testing - bypass service for now