Can read, but can't create - but the perms say I should be able to?

bortels
bortels
Community Member
in Secrets Automation

Hey, trying to ship secrets from AWS Secrets Manager to 1password for human consumption, and - I can't seem to create. Can read from 1password fine, but on create I get:

onepasswordconnectsdk.client.FailedToRetrieveItemException: Unable to post item. Received 403 for /v1/vaults/tobpp5worysamh765snazsueba/items with message: Authorization: token does not have permission to perform create on vault tobpp5worysamh765snazsueba

I double checked that the vaultid is correct, and that the permissions in the integration are set to "Enable All" (which shows as "read, write" not "Full Access" like a human does, which seems odd).

I even tried making a new token after setting the permissions to all. No joy.

I guess I'm trying to work out where to go next with debugging. Any advice appreciated. I am going to try to get a minimal curl version working to exclude the SDK from being the cause.

client is python 3.7.9 using the onepasswordconnect sdk. current API containers running under docker.

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Comments

  • bortels
    bortels
    Community Member

    Well, that was silly - posting here in case someone else has the same issue.

    When you create a token = it does not inherit the permissions you have in the integration. You need to choose your vaults and go hand-modify each to have the access you want, it defaults to read-only. So - if you modify permissions for your vaults, you need to issue a new token, and you need to hand-modify the perms in that token as you create it.

  • James_1P
    James_1P

    Hi bortels,

    We intentionally set the token permission to default to read only given the potential destructive nature of depositing a R/W token into unattended infrastructure.

    The inability to modify token permissions after issuance was also a least privilege choice to prevent a different admin from escalating the permissions of a token (also a technical limitation of JWTs).

    We are actively looking to improve the authentication and permission management of parts of Secrets Automation so your feedback on this experience is very valuable

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