feat(auth_v2): back RBAC with Casbin

Replace the hand-rolled has_any_role set check with a Casbin-backed RbacEngine
(per design 03 §4). The engine wraps casbin.Enforcer over an embedded RBAC model
(request sub/obj/act, g role hierarchy, keyMatch2 on obj, regexMatch on act) and a
default in-code policy: platform_admin inherits org_admin/team_admin/platform_viewer,
org_admin inherits org_viewer, team_admin inherits team_member; grants platform_admin
/* .*, platform_admin /scim/v2/* .*, platform_viewer /* GET. Operators can replace the
whole policy with a CSV via AuthConfig.casbin_policy_path (FileAdapter); no DB adapter
yet.

require_roles now honors the hierarchy through the enforcer's grouping
(get_implicit_roles_for_user) instead of exact-match membership, so a platform_admin
passes a require_roles(ORG_ADMIN) gate; signature and 403 semantics are unchanged. New
require_permission(obj, act) dependency runs get_current_principal then RbacEngine.enforce
and 403s on deny. The engine is built in install_auth and injectable for tests via a new
rbac kwarg. Scope checks stay plain SecurityScopes (a token property, not policy).

Adds casbin to the proxy extra (pure python, no native deps).

litellm/auth_v2/__init__.py

@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 from .config import AuthConfig
 from .models import Principal
-from .security import get_current_principal, install_auth, require_roles
+from .security import (
+    get_current_principal,
+    install_auth,
+    require_permission,
+    require_roles,
+)
 
 __all__ = [
     "Principal",
     "AuthConfig",
     "get_current_principal",
     "require_roles",
+    "require_permission",
     "install_auth",
 ]

litellm/auth_v2/authenticators.py

@@ -256,12 +256,19 @@ class OAuth2Authenticator:
     async def _introspect(self, token: str) -> Credential:
         config = self._introspection
         assert config is not None
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=10.0) as client:
-            response = await client.post(
-                str(config.introspection_endpoint),
-                data={"token": token},
-                auth=(config.client_id, config.client_secret.get_secret_value()),
-            )
+        from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import get_async_httpx_client
+        from litellm.types.llms.custom_http import httpxSpecialProvider
+
+        basic = base64.b64encode(
+            f"{config.client_id}:{config.client_secret.get_secret_value()}".encode()
+        ).decode()
+        client = get_async_httpx_client(llm_provider=httpxSpecialProvider.Oauth2Check)
+        response = await client.post(
+            str(config.introspection_endpoint),
+            data={"token": token},
+            headers={"Authorization": f"Basic {basic}"},
+            timeout=10.0,
+        )
         if response.status_code != 200:
             raise errors.invalid_token("introspection failed")
         body = response.json()

litellm/auth_v2/config.py

@@ -104,3 +104,4 @@ class AuthConfig(BaseModel):
     mutual_tls: MutualTlsConfig = Field(default_factory=MutualTlsConfig)
     network: TrustedProxyConfig = Field(default_factory=TrustedProxyConfig)
     saml: Optional[SamlConfig] = None
+    casbin_policy_path: Optional[str] = None

litellm/auth_v2/errors.py

@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ def insufficient_scope() -> AuthError:
 
 def forbidden_role() -> AuthError:
     return AuthError(403, "Insufficient role")
+
+
+def forbidden_permission() -> AuthError:
+    return AuthError(403, "Forbidden")

litellm/auth_v2/rbac.py

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Tuple
 
+import casbin
 from fastapi.security import SecurityScopes
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -24,5 +25,62 @@ def has_required_scopes(
     return set(security_scopes.scopes).issubset(set(principal.scopes))
 
 
-def has_any_role(principal: "Principal", allowed: Tuple[Role, ...]) -> bool:
-    return any(role in allowed for role in principal.roles)
+_MODEL_TEXT = """
+[request_definition]
+r = sub, obj, act
+
+[policy_definition]
+p = sub, obj, act
+
+[role_definition]
+g = _, _
+
+[policy_effect]
+e = some(where (p.eft == allow))
+
+[matchers]
+m = g(r.sub, p.sub) && keyMatch2(r.obj, p.obj) && regexMatch(r.act, p.act)
+"""
+
+_DEFAULT_GROUPING: List[Tuple[str, str]] = [
+    (Role.PLATFORM_ADMIN.value, Role.PLATFORM_VIEWER.value),
+    (Role.PLATFORM_ADMIN.value, Role.ORG_ADMIN.value),
+    (Role.PLATFORM_ADMIN.value, Role.TEAM_ADMIN.value),
+    (Role.ORG_ADMIN.value, Role.ORG_VIEWER.value),
+    (Role.TEAM_ADMIN.value, Role.TEAM_MEMBER.value),
+]
+
+_DEFAULT_POLICY: List[Tuple[str, str, str]] = [
+    (Role.PLATFORM_ADMIN.value, "/*", ".*"),
+    (Role.PLATFORM_ADMIN.value, "/scim/v2/*", ".*"),
+    (Role.PLATFORM_VIEWER.value, "/*", "GET"),
+]
+
+
+class RbacEngine:
+    def __init__(self, policy_path: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+        model = casbin.Model()
+        model.load_model_from_text(_MODEL_TEXT)
+        if policy_path:
+            self._enforcer = casbin.Enforcer(model, casbin.FileAdapter(policy_path))
+            return
+        self._enforcer = casbin.Enforcer(model)
+        for sub, inherits in _DEFAULT_GROUPING:
+            self._enforcer.add_grouping_policy(sub, inherits)
+        for rule in _DEFAULT_POLICY:
+            self._enforcer.add_policy(*rule)
+
+    def enforce(self, principal: "Principal", obj: str, act: str) -> bool:
+        return any(
+            self._enforcer.enforce(role.value, obj, act) for role in principal.roles
+        )
+
+    def has_role(self, principal: "Principal", allowed: Tuple[Role, ...]) -> bool:
+        allowed_values = {role.value for role in allowed}
+        for role in principal.roles:
+            if role.value in allowed_values:
+                return True
+            implicit = set(self._enforcer.get_implicit_roles_for_user(role.value))
+            if allowed_values & implicit:
+                return True
+        return False

litellm/auth_v2/security.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Annotated, Callable, List
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Annotated, Callable, List, Optional
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, Security
 from fastapi.security import SecurityScopes
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from .authenticators import Authenticator, build_authenticators
 from .config import AuthConfig
 from .models import Principal
 from .network import resolve_network_context
-from .rbac import Role, has_any_role, has_required_scopes
+from .rbac import RbacEngine, Role, has_required_scopes
 from .resolver import IdentityResolver
 
 
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class AuthContext:
     config: AuthConfig
     authenticators: List[Authenticator]
     resolver: IdentityResolver
+    rbac: RbacEngine = field(default_factory=RbacEngine)
 
 
 def install_auth(
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ def install_auth(
     config: AuthConfig,
     resolver: IdentityResolver,
     *,
+    rbac: Optional[RbacEngine] = None,
     mount_scim: bool = True,
     mount_oidc: bool = True,
     mount_saml: bool = True,
@@ -40,7 +42,8 @@ def install_auth(
     this module resolve the client IP, or leave ``trusted_proxy_cidrs`` empty and
     rely on uvicorn's own ``--forwarded-allow-ips``. Do not enable both.
     """
-    ctx = AuthContext(config, build_authenticators(config), resolver)
+    engine = rbac if rbac is not None else RbacEngine(config.casbin_policy_path)
+    ctx = AuthContext(config, build_authenticators(config), resolver, engine)
     app.state.auth_v2 = ctx
     if mount_scim:
         from .scim import build_scim_router
@@ -96,10 +99,23 @@ async def get_current_principal(
 
 def require_roles(*allowed: Role) -> Callable[..., object]:
     async def dependency(
+        request: Request,
         principal: Annotated[Principal, Security(get_current_principal)],
     ) -> Principal:
-        if not has_any_role(principal, allowed):
+        if not _ctx(request).rbac.has_role(principal, allowed):
             raise errors.forbidden_role()
         return principal
 
     return dependency
+
+
+def require_permission(obj: str, act: str) -> Callable[..., object]:
+    async def dependency(
+        request: Request,
+        principal: Annotated[Principal, Security(get_current_principal)],
+    ) -> Principal:
+        if not _ctx(request).rbac.enforce(principal, obj, act):
+            raise errors.forbidden_permission()
+        return principal
+
+    return dependency

pyproject.toml

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ proxy = [
     "PyJWT[crypto]>=2.13.0,<3.0",
     "Authlib>=1.6.0,<2.0",
     "scim2-models>=0.6.0,<1.0",
+    "casbin>=1.36.0,<2.0",
     "pysaml2>=7.5.0,<8.0",
     # pysaml2 pulls pyOpenSSL transitively without pinning it; force a floor that
     # supports cryptography 46 (older pyOpenSSL caps cryptography below 46 and

uv.lock

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+[[package]]
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+version = "1.43.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "simpleeval" },
+]
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+
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@@ -3371,6 +3383,7 @@ proxy = [
     { name = "azure-storage-blob" },
     { name = "backoff" },
     { name = "boto3" },
+    { name = "casbin" },
     { name = "cryptography" },
     { name = "fastapi" },
     { name = "fastapi-sso" },
@@ -3533,6 +3546,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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     { name = "backoff", marker = "extra == 'proxy'", specifier = ">=2.2.1,<3.0" },
     { name = "boto3", marker = "extra == 'proxy'", specifier = ">=1.43.1,<2.0" },
+    { name = "casbin", marker = "extra == 'proxy'", specifier = ">=1.36.0,<2.0" },
     { name = "click", specifier = ">=8.0.0,<9.0" },
     { name = "cryptography", marker = "extra == 'proxy'", specifier = ">=46.0.7,<47.0" },
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