Grant necessary Kibana application privileges to reporting_user role

docs/changelog/118058.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 118058
+summary: Grant necessary Kibana application privileges to `reporting_user` role
+area: Authorization
+type: enhancement
+issues: []

docs/reference/security/authorization/built-in-roles.asciidoc

@@ -161,12 +161,11 @@ Grants the minimum privileges required to write data into the monitoring indices
 Grants the minimum privileges required to collect monitoring data for the {stack}.
 
 [[built-in-roles-reporting-user]] `reporting_user`::
-Grants the specific privileges required for users of {reporting} other than those
-required to use {kib}. This role grants access to the reporting indices; each
-user has access to only their own reports.
-Reporting users should also be assigned additional roles that grant
-{kibana-ref}/xpack-security-authorization.html[access to {kib}] as well as read
-access to the <<roles-indices-priv,indices>> that will be used to generate reports.
+Grants the necessary privileges required to use {reporting} features in {kib},
+including generating and downloading reports. This role implicitly grants access
+to all Kibana reporting features, with each user having access only to their own reports.
+Note that reporting users should also be assigned additional roles that grant read access
+to the <<roles-indices-priv,indices>> that will be used to generate reports.
 
 [[built-in-roles-rollup-admin]] `rollup_admin`::
 Grants `manage_rollup` cluster privileges, which enable you to manage and execute all rollup actions.

x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java

@@ -301,25 +301,40 @@ private static Map<String, RoleDescriptor> initializeReservedRoles() {
                     "Grants access to manage all index templates and all ingest pipeline configurations."
                 )
             ),
-            // reporting_user doesn't have any privileges in Elasticsearch, and Kibana authorizes privileges based on this role
             entry(
                 "reporting_user",
                 new RoleDescriptor(
                     "reporting_user",
                     null,
                     null,
+                    new RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges[] {
+                        RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges.builder()
+                            .application("kibana-.kibana")
+                            .resources("*")
+                            .privileges(
+                                "feature_discover.minimal_read",
+                                "feature_discover.generate_report",
+                                "feature_dashboard.minimal_read",
+                                "feature_dashboard.generate_report",
+                                "feature_dashboard.download_csv_report",
+                                "feature_canvas.minimal_read",
+                                "feature_canvas.generate_report",
+                                "feature_visualize.minimal_read",
+                                "feature_visualize.generate_report"
+                            )
+                            .build() },
                     null,
                     null,
-                    null,
-                    MetadataUtils.getDeprecatedReservedMetadata("Please use Kibana feature privileges instead"),
+                    MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA,
                     null,
                     null,
                     null,
                     null,
-                    "Grants the specific privileges required for users of X-Pack reporting other than those required to use Kibana. "
-                        + "This role grants access to the reporting indices; each user has access to only their own reports. "
-                        + "Reporting users should also be assigned additional roles that grant access to Kibana as well as read access "
-                        + "to the indices that will be used to generate reports."
+                    "Grants the necessary privileges required to use reporting features in Kibana, "
+                        + "including generating and downloading reports. "
+                        + "This role implicitly grants access to all Kibana reporting features, "
+                        + "with each user having access only to their own reports. Note that reporting users should also be assigned "
+                        + "additional roles that grant read access to the indices that will be used to generate reports."
                 )
             ),
             entry(KibanaSystemUser.ROLE_NAME, kibanaSystemRoleDescriptor(KibanaSystemUser.ROLE_NAME)),

x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java

@@ -2646,12 +2646,57 @@ public void testReportingUserRole() {
         RoleDescriptor roleDescriptor = ReservedRolesStore.roleDescriptor("reporting_user");
         assertNotNull(roleDescriptor);
         assertThat(roleDescriptor.getMetadata(), hasEntry("_reserved", true));
-        assertThat(roleDescriptor.getMetadata(), hasEntry("_deprecated", true));
+
+        final String applicationName = "kibana-.kibana";
+
+        final Set<String> applicationPrivilegeNames = Set.of(
+            "feature_discover.minimal_read",
+            "feature_discover.generate_report",
+            "feature_dashboard.minimal_read",
+            "feature_dashboard.generate_report",
+            "feature_dashboard.download_csv_report",
+            "feature_canvas.minimal_read",
+            "feature_canvas.generate_report",
+            "feature_visualize.minimal_read",
+            "feature_visualize.generate_report"
+        );
+
+        final Set<String> allowedApplicationActionPatterns = Set.of(
+            "login:",
+            "app:discover",
+            "app:canvas",
+            "app:kibana",
+            "ui:catalogue/canvas",
+            "ui:navLinks/canvas",
+            "ui:catalogue/discover",
+            "ui:navLinks/discover",
+            "ui:navLinks/kibana",
+            "saved_object:index-pattern/*",
+            "saved_object:search/*",
+            "saved_object:query/*",
+            "saved_object:config/*",
+            "saved_object:config/get",
+            "saved_object:config/find",
+            "saved_object:config-global/*",
+            "saved_object:telemetry/*",
+            "saved_object:canvas-workpad/*",
+            "saved_object:canvas-element/*",
+            "saved_object:url/*",
+            "ui:discover/show"
+        );
+
+        final List<ApplicationPrivilegeDescriptor> applicationPrivilegeDescriptors = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (String appPrivilegeName : applicationPrivilegeNames) {
+            applicationPrivilegeDescriptors.add(
+                new ApplicationPrivilegeDescriptor(applicationName, appPrivilegeName, allowedApplicationActionPatterns, Map.of())
+            );
+        }
 
         Role reportingUserRole = Role.buildFromRoleDescriptor(
             roleDescriptor,
             new FieldPermissionsCache(Settings.EMPTY),
-            RESTRICTED_INDICES
+            RESTRICTED_INDICES,
+            applicationPrivilegeDescriptors
         );
         assertThat(reportingUserRole.cluster().check(TransportClusterHealthAction.NAME, request, authentication), is(false));
         assertThat(reportingUserRole.cluster().check(ClusterStateAction.NAME, request, authentication), is(false));
@@ -2723,6 +2768,33 @@ public void testReportingUserRole() {
 
         assertNoAccessAllowed(reportingUserRole, TestRestrictedIndices.SAMPLE_RESTRICTED_NAMES);
         assertNoAccessAllowed(reportingUserRole, XPackPlugin.ASYNC_RESULTS_INDEX + randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(0, 2));
+
+        applicationPrivilegeNames.forEach(appPrivilege -> {
+            assertThat(
+                reportingUserRole.application()
+                    .grants(
+                        ApplicationPrivilegeTests.createPrivilege(
+                            applicationName,
+                            appPrivilege,
+                            allowedApplicationActionPatterns.toArray(new String[0])
+                        ),
+                        "*"
+                    ),
+                is(true)
+            );
+        });
+        assertThat(
+            reportingUserRole.application()
+                .grants(
+                    ApplicationPrivilegeTests.createPrivilege(
+                        "kibana-.*",
+                        "feature_random.minimal_read",
+                        allowedApplicationActionPatterns.toArray(new String[0])
+                    ),
+                    "*"
+                ),
+            is(false)
+        );
     }
 
     public void testSuperuserRole() {