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Vol. 1 · Ed. 2026
CyberGlossary
Entry № 395

DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession)

Qu'est-ce que DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession) ?

DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession)An OAuth 2.0 extension (RFC 9449) that binds access tokens to a per-client key pair, so a stolen bearer token cannot be replayed by an attacker without also stealing the private signing key.


DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession at the Application Layer), specified in RFC 9449, is an OAuth 2.0 mechanism that converts bearer tokens into sender-constrained tokens without requiring mutual TLS. The client generates an ephemeral asymmetric key pair, includes the public key's JWK thumbprint as `jkt` in the access token (issued by the IdP), and on every API call sends a short-lived JWT proof signed with its private key in the `DPoP` HTTP header. The proof commits to the HTTP method, the request URI, and a fresh nonce or jti, so an attacker who steals the access token but lacks the private key cannot forge a valid proof. Resource servers verify the proof matches both the token's bound key and the current request. DPoP is one of two practical answers to OAuth bearer-token theft (the other being mTLS-bound tokens) and is now widely supported by Okta, Auth0, Entra ID, Keycloak, and several open-source libraries. Combined with PKCE and short refresh-token lifetimes, DPoP dramatically reduces the value of a stolen token to an attacker.

Exemples

  1. 01

    A mobile banking app signs a DPoP proof JWT with its TEE-stored key on every API call; a stolen access token alone gets the attacker nothing.

  2. 02

    An IdP issues access tokens with `cnf.jkt` bound to the client's DPoP key, and the resource server rejects any request whose proof JWT doesn't match the bound thumbprint.

Questions fréquentes

Qu'est-ce que DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession) ?

An OAuth 2.0 extension (RFC 9449) that binds access tokens to a per-client key pair, so a stolen bearer token cannot be replayed by an attacker without also stealing the private signing key. Cette notion relève de la catégorie Identité et accès en cybersécurité.

Que signifie DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession) ?

An OAuth 2.0 extension (RFC 9449) that binds access tokens to a per-client key pair, so a stolen bearer token cannot be replayed by an attacker without also stealing the private signing key.

Comment fonctionne DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession) ?

DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession at the Application Layer), specified in RFC 9449, is an OAuth 2.0 mechanism that converts bearer tokens into sender-constrained tokens without requiring mutual TLS. The client generates an ephemeral asymmetric key pair, includes the public key's JWK thumbprint as `jkt` in the access token (issued by the IdP), and on every API call sends a short-lived JWT proof signed with its private key in the `DPoP` HTTP header. The proof commits to the HTTP method, the request URI, and a fresh nonce or jti, so an attacker who steals the access token but lacks the private key cannot forge a valid proof. Resource servers verify the proof matches both the token's bound key and the current request. DPoP is one of two practical answers to OAuth bearer-token theft (the other being mTLS-bound tokens) and is now widely supported by Okta, Auth0, Entra ID, Keycloak, and several open-source libraries. Combined with PKCE and short refresh-token lifetimes, DPoP dramatically reduces the value of a stolen token to an attacker.

Comment se défendre contre DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession) ?

Les défenses contre DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession) combinent habituellement des contrôles techniques et des pratiques opérationnelles, comme détaillé dans la définition ci-dessus.

Quels sont les autres noms de DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession) ?

Noms alternatifs courants : RFC 9449, Demonstrating Proof of Possession.

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