fix: enforce non-root path for X.509 SVID leaf SPIFFE IDs#417
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fix: enforce non-root path for X.509 SVID leaf SPIFFE IDs#417maxlambrecht merged 2 commits intospiffe:mainfrom
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Signed-off-by: Max Lambrecht <maxlambrecht@gmail.com>
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What
Enforce that X.509 SVID leaf certificates have a SPIFFE ID with a non-root path.
Why
X509-SVID.md §3.1 requires that leaf certificate SPIFFE IDs MUST have a non-root path component.
Previously, leaf SVIDs with
spiffe://<trust-domain>were accepted, which is out of spec.How tested
Unit tests in X509SvidTest: