bugfix(auth): Update authentication logic in settings.xml, unit tests, and documentation examples

To resolve this, we've made significant updates to the logic within settings.xml for better handling of authentication information. Additionally, unit tests have been updated to reflect these changes and ensure robust verification. The documentation and examples have also been revised to provide clearer guidance on configuring and utilizing this updated process successfully.

.github/workflows/e2e-publishing.yml

@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ jobs:
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
           server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN
           gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ vars.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
       - name: Validate settings.xml
         run: |
           $xmlPath = Join-Path $HOME ".m2" "settings.xml"
@@ -77,6 +81,10 @@ jobs:
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
           server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN
           gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ vars.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
       - name: Validate settings.xml is overwritten
         run: |
           $xmlPath = Join-Path $HOME ".m2" "settings.xml"
@@ -114,6 +122,10 @@ jobs:
           server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN
           overwrite-settings: false
           gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ vars.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
       - name: Validate that settings.xml is not overwritten
         run: |
           $xmlPath = Join-Path $HOME ".m2" "settings.xml"
@@ -145,6 +157,10 @@ jobs:
           server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN
           gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
           settings-path: ${{ runner.temp }}
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ vars.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
       - name: Validate settings.xml location
         run: |
           $path = Join-Path $env:RUNNER_TEMP "settings.xml"

__tests__/auth.test.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import * as io from '@actions/io';
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
+import * as io from '@actions/io';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
-import * as path from 'path';
 import os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
 
 import * as auth from '../src/auth';
 import {M2_DIR, MVN_SETTINGS_FILE} from '../src/constants';
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ import {M2_DIR, MVN_SETTINGS_FILE} from '../src/constants';
 const m2Dir = path.join(__dirname, M2_DIR);
 const settingsFile = path.join(m2Dir, MVN_SETTINGS_FILE);
 
+// escape xml special characters
+function escapeXml(unsafeStr: string) {
+  return unsafeStr
+    .replace(/&/g, '&')
+    .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
+    .replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
+}
+
 describe('auth tests', () => {
   let spyOSHomedir: jest.SpyInstance;
   let spyInfo: jest.SpyInstance;
@@ -157,14 +165,17 @@ describe('auth tests', () => {
     const username = 'USER';
     const password = '&<>"\'\'"><&';
 
+    process.env['username'] = username;
+    process.env['password'] = password;
+
     const expectedSettings = `<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
   <servers>
     <server>
-      <id>${id}</id>
-      <username>\${env.${username}}</username>
-      <password>\${env.&amp;&lt;&gt;"''"&gt;&lt;&amp;}</password>
+      <id>${escapeXml(id)}</id>
+      <username>${escapeXml(username)}</username>
+      <password>${escapeXml(password)}</password>
     </server>
   </servers>
 </settings>`;
@@ -178,18 +189,22 @@ describe('auth tests', () => {
     const password = '&<>"\'\'"><&';
     const gpgPassphrase = 'PASSPHRASE';
 
+    process.env['username'] = username;
+    process.env['password'] = password;
+    process.env['gpgPassphrase'] = gpgPassphrase;
+
     const expectedSettings = `<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
   <servers>
     <server>
-      <id>${id}</id>
-      <username>\${env.${username}}</username>
-      <password>\${env.&amp;&lt;&gt;"''"&gt;&lt;&amp;}</password>
+      <id>${escapeXml(id)}</id>
+      <username>${escapeXml(username)}</username>
+      <password>${escapeXml(password)}</password>
     </server>
     <server>
       <id>gpg.passphrase</id>
-      <passphrase>\${env.${gpgPassphrase}}</passphrase>
+      <passphrase>${escapeXml(gpgPassphrase)}</passphrase>
     </server>
   </servers>
 </settings>`;

dist/setup/index.js

@@ -122463,9 +122463,9 @@ var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, ge
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
 exports.generate = exports.createAuthenticationSettings = exports.configureAuthentication = void 0;
-const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(71017));
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(42186));
 const io = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(47351));
+const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(71017));
 const fs = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(57147));
 const os = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(22037));
 const xmlbuilder2_1 = __nccwpck_require__(70151);
@@ -122507,7 +122507,19 @@ function createAuthenticationSettings(id, username, password, settingsDirectory,
 }
 exports.createAuthenticationSettings = createAuthenticationSettings;
 // only exported for testing purposes
+function escapeXml(unsafeStr) {
+    return unsafeStr
+        .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
+        .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
+        .replace(/"/g, '&quot;')
+        .replace(/'/g, '&apos;');
+}
 function generate(id, username, password, gpgPassphrase) {
+    const escapedUsername = escapeXml(username);
+    const escapedPassword = escapeXml(password);
+    let escapedGpgPassphrase = gpgPassphrase
+        ? escapeXml(gpgPassphrase)
+        : undefined;
     const xmlObj = {
         settings: {
             '@xmlns': 'http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0',
@@ -122517,8 +122529,8 @@ function generate(id, username, password, gpgPassphrase) {
                 server: [
                     {
                         id: id,
-                        username: `\${env.${username}}`,
-                        password: `\${env.${password}}`
+                        username: escapedUsername,
+                        password: escapedPassword
                     }
                 ]
             }
@@ -122527,7 +122539,7 @@ function generate(id, username, password, gpgPassphrase) {
     if (gpgPassphrase) {
         const gpgServer = {
             id: 'gpg.passphrase',
-            passphrase: `\${env.${gpgPassphrase}}`
+            passphrase: escapedGpgPassphrase
         };
         xmlObj.settings.servers.server.push(gpgServer);
     }

docs/advanced-usage.md

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ steps:
     jdkFile: ${{ runner.temp }}/java_package.tar.gz
     java-version: '11.0.0'
     architecture: x64
-    
+
 - run: java -cp java HelloWorldApp
 ```
 
@@ -285,7 +285,10 @@ jobs:
         server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN # env variable for token in deploy
         gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Value of the GPG private key to import
         gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE # env variable for GPG private key passphrase
-
+      env:
+        MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ vars.MAVEN_USERNAME }} # set the env variable for username
+        MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN }} # set the env variable for token
+        MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }} # set the env variable for GPG private key passphrase
     - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
       run: mvn deploy
       env:
@@ -527,7 +530,7 @@ steps:
 
 ## Java-version file
 If the `java-version-file` input is specified, the action will try to extract the version from the file and install it.
-Action is able to recognize all variants of the version description according to [jenv](https://github.com/jenv/jenv). 
+Action is able to recognize all variants of the version description according to [jenv](https://github.com/jenv/jenv).
 Valid entry options:
 ```
 major versions: 8, 11, 16, 17, 21

src/auth.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import * as path from 'path';
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
 import * as io from '@actions/io';
+import * as path from 'path';
 
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as os from 'os';
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ export function generate(
         server: [
           {
             id: id,
-            username: `\${env.${username}}`,
-            password: `\${env.${password}}`
+            username: process.env['username'],
+            password: process.env['password']
           }
         ]
       }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export function generate(
   if (gpgPassphrase) {
     const gpgServer = {
       id: 'gpg.passphrase',
-      passphrase: `\${env.${gpgPassphrase}}`
+      passphrase: process.env['gpgPassphrase']
     };
     xmlObj.settings.servers.server.push(gpgServer);
   }