Add a spamchecker method to allow or deny 3pid invites

changelog.d/10894.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add a `user_may_send_3pid_invite` spam checker callback for modules to allow or deny 3PID invites.

docs/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.md

@@ -29,6 +29,41 @@ Called when processing an invitation. The module must return a `bool` indicating
 the inviter can invite the invitee to the given room. Both inviter and invitee are
 represented by their Matrix user ID (e.g. `@alice:example.com`).
 
+### `user_may_send_3pid_invite`
+
+```python
+async def user_may_send_3pid_invite(
+    inviter: str,
+    medium: str,
+    address: str,
+    room_id: str,
+) -> bool
+```
+
+Called when processing an invitation using a third-party identifier (also called a 3PID,
+e.g. an email address or a phone number). The module must return a `bool` indicating
+whether the inviter can invite the invitee to the given room.
+
+The inviter is represented by their Matrix user ID (e.g. `@alice:example.com`), and the
+invitee is represented by its medium (e.g. "email") and its address
+(e.g. `alice@example.com`). See [the Matrix specification](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/appendices#pid-types)
+for more information regarding third-party identifiers.
+
+For example, a call to this callback to send an invitation to the email address
+`alice@example.com` would look like this:
+
+```python
+await user_may_send_3pid_invite(
+    "@bob:example.com",  # The inviter's user ID
+    "email",  # The medium of the 3PID to invite
+    "alice@example.com",  # The address of the 3PID to invite
+    "!some_room:example.com",  # The ID of the room to send the invite into
+)
+```
+
+**Note**: If the third-party identifier is already associated with a matrix user ID,
+[`user_may_invite`](#user_may_invite) will be used instead.
+
 ### `user_may_create_room`
 
 ```python

synapse/events/spamcheck.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     Awaitable[Union[bool, str]],
 ]
 USER_MAY_INVITE_CALLBACK = Callable[[str, str, str], Awaitable[bool]]
+USER_MAY_SEND_3PID_INVITE_CALLBACK = Callable[[str, str, str, str], Awaitable[bool]]
 USER_MAY_CREATE_ROOM_CALLBACK = Callable[[str], Awaitable[bool]]
 USER_MAY_CREATE_ROOM_WITH_INVITES_CALLBACK = Callable[
     [str, List[str], List[Dict[str, str]]], Awaitable[bool]
@@ -166,6 +167,9 @@ class SpamChecker:
     def __init__(self):
         self._check_event_for_spam_callbacks: List[CHECK_EVENT_FOR_SPAM_CALLBACK] = []
         self._user_may_invite_callbacks: List[USER_MAY_INVITE_CALLBACK] = []
+        self._user_may_send_3pid_invite_callbacks: List[
+            USER_MAY_SEND_3PID_INVITE_CALLBACK
+        ] = []
         self._user_may_create_room_callbacks: List[USER_MAY_CREATE_ROOM_CALLBACK] = []
         self._user_may_create_room_with_invites_callbacks: List[
             USER_MAY_CREATE_ROOM_WITH_INVITES_CALLBACK
@@ -188,6 +192,7 @@ def register_callbacks(
         self,
         check_event_for_spam: Optional[CHECK_EVENT_FOR_SPAM_CALLBACK] = None,
         user_may_invite: Optional[USER_MAY_INVITE_CALLBACK] = None,
+        user_may_send_3pid_invite: Optional[USER_MAY_SEND_3PID_INVITE_CALLBACK] = None,
         user_may_create_room: Optional[USER_MAY_CREATE_ROOM_CALLBACK] = None,
         user_may_create_room_with_invites: Optional[
             USER_MAY_CREATE_ROOM_WITH_INVITES_CALLBACK
@@ -209,6 +214,11 @@ def register_callbacks(
         if user_may_invite is not None:
             self._user_may_invite_callbacks.append(user_may_invite)
 
+        if user_may_send_3pid_invite is not None:
+            self._user_may_send_3pid_invite_callbacks.append(
+                user_may_send_3pid_invite,
+            )
+
         if user_may_create_room is not None:
             self._user_may_create_room_callbacks.append(user_may_create_room)
 
@@ -280,6 +290,31 @@ async def user_may_invite(
 
         return True
 
+    async def user_may_send_3pid_invite(
+        self, inviter_userid: str, medium: str, address: str, room_id: str
+    ) -> bool:
+        """Checks if a given user may invite a given threepid into the room
+
+        If this method returns false, the threepid invite will be rejected.
+
+        Note that if the threepid is already associated with a Matrix user ID, Synapse
+        will call user_may_invite with said user ID instead.
+
+        Args:
+            inviter_userid: The user ID of the sender of the invitation
+            medium: The 3PID's medium (e.g. "email")
+            address: The 3PID's address (e.g. "alice@example.com")
+            room_id: The room ID
+
+        Returns:
+            True if the user may send the invite, otherwise False
+        """
+        for callback in self._user_may_send_3pid_invite_callbacks:
+            if await callback(inviter_userid, medium, address, room_id) is False:
+                return False
+
+        return True
+
     async def user_may_create_room(self, userid: str) -> bool:
         """Checks if a given user may create a room
 

synapse/handlers/room_member.py

@@ -1260,10 +1260,22 @@ async def do_3pid_invite(
         if invitee:
             # Note that update_membership with an action of "invite" can raise
             # a ShadowBanError, but this was done above already.
+            # We don't check the invite against the spamchecker(s) here (through
+            # user_may_invite) because we'll do it further down the line anyway (in
+            # update_membership_locked).
             _, stream_id = await self.update_membership(
                 requester, UserID.from_string(invitee), room_id, "invite", txn_id=txn_id
             )
         else:
+            # Check if the spamchecker(s) allow this invite to go through.
+            if not await self.spam_checker.user_may_send_3pid_invite(
+                inviter_userid=requester.user.to_string(),
+                medium=medium,
+                address=address,
+                room_id=room_id,
+            ):
+                raise SynapseError(403, "Cannot send threepid invite")
+
             stream_id = await self._make_and_store_3pid_invite(
                 requester,
                 id_server,

tests/rest/client/test_rooms.py

@@ -2430,3 +2430,73 @@ def test_bad_alias(self):
         """An alias which does not point to the room raises a SynapseError."""
         self._set_canonical_alias({"alias": "@unknown:test"}, expected_code=400)
         self._set_canonical_alias({"alt_aliases": ["@unknown:test"]}, expected_code=400)
+
+
+class ThreepidInviteTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
+
+    servlets = [
+        admin.register_servlets,
+        login.register_servlets,
+        room.register_servlets,
+    ]
+
+    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, homeserver):
+        self.user_id = self.register_user("thomas", "hackme")
+        self.tok = self.login("thomas", "hackme")
+
+        self.room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(self.user_id, tok=self.tok)
+
+    def test_threepid_invite_spamcheck(self):
+        # Mock a few functions to prevent the test from failing due to failing to talk to
+        # a remote IS. We keep the mock for _mock_make_and_store_3pid_invite around so we
+        # can check its call_count later on during the test.
+        make_invite_mock = Mock(return_value=make_awaitable(0))
+        self.hs.get_room_member_handler()._make_and_store_3pid_invite = make_invite_mock
+        self.hs.get_identity_handler().lookup_3pid = Mock(
+            return_value=make_awaitable(None),
+        )
+
+        # Add a mock to the spamchecker callbacks for user_may_send_3pid_invite. Make it
+        # allow everything for now.
+        mock = Mock(return_value=make_awaitable(True))
+        self.hs.get_spam_checker()._user_may_send_3pid_invite_callbacks.append(mock)
+
+        # Send a 3PID invite into the room and check that it succeeded.
+        email_to_invite = "teresa@example.com"
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            method="POST",
+            path="/rooms/" + self.room_id + "/invite",
+            content={
+                "id_server": "example.com",
+                "id_access_token": "sometoken",
+                "medium": "email",
+                "address": email_to_invite,
+            },
+            access_token=self.tok,
+        )
+        self.assertEquals(channel.code, 200)
+
+        # Check that the callback was called with the right params.
+        mock.assert_called_with(self.user_id, "email", email_to_invite, self.room_id)
+
+        # Check that the call to send the invite was made.
+        make_invite_mock.assert_called_once()
+
+        # Now change the return value of the callback to deny any invite and test that
+        # we can't send the invite.
+        mock.return_value = make_awaitable(False)
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            method="POST",
+            path="/rooms/" + self.room_id + "/invite",
+            content={
+                "id_server": "example.com",
+                "id_access_token": "sometoken",
+                "medium": "email",
+                "address": email_to_invite,
+            },
+            access_token=self.tok,
+        )
+        self.assertEquals(channel.code, 403)
+
+        # Also check that it stopped before calling _make_and_store_3pid_invite.
+        make_invite_mock.assert_called_once()