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Use attribute assertion instead of subject in SAML SSO

RobinAtIS4U
New Contributor II
New Contributor II

Dear experts,

The Shibboleth SAML Identity Provider of our customer only provides transient identifiers, as specified in its metadata as: 

 
<NameIDFormat>urn:mace:shibboleth:1.0:nameIdentifier</NameIDFormat>
<NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient</NameIDFormat>
 
So in the SAML token we get from the Identity Provider we get a subject assertion like e.g. <saml2:Subject> <saml2:NameID Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient" NameQualifier="https://example.idp.com/idp/shibboleth" SPNameQualifier="saviyntsso" xmlns:saml2="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion" >AAdzZWNyZXQ...HWwDA==</saml2:NameID>
 
which by definition cannot be mapped to a username in Saviynt.
 
However, in the other attribute assertions of that same SAML token, there are a number of attributes that we could map to a username or e-mail address of an existing Saviynt user, like
 
<saml2:Attribute FriendlyName="eduPersonTargetedID" Name="urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.10" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri" > <saml2:AttributeValue> <saml2:NameID Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:persistent" NameQualifier="https://example.idp.com/idp/shibboleth" SPNameQualifier="saviyntsso" >johndoe</saml2:NameID> </saml2:AttributeValue> </saml2:Attribute>
 
or 
 
<saml2:Attribute FriendlyName="mail" Name="urn:oid:0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.3" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri" > <saml2:AttributeValue xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="xsd:string" >johndoe@example.idp.com</saml2:AttributeValue> </saml2:Attribute>
 
How can we adjust our AuthenticationConfig.groovy (or metadata files) to use one of the other attribute assertions to lookup the correct Saviynt user instead of the subject assertion?
 
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saikanumuri
Saviynt Employee
Saviynt Employee

Hi Robin,

I am working internally on your request and will get back to you asap.