Should refresh token be stored in a cookie?

Should refresh token be stored in a cookie?

Access token and refresh token shouldn’t be stored in the local/session storage, because they are not a place for any sensitive data. Hence I would store the access token in a httpOnly cookie (even though there is CSRF) and I need it for most of my requests to the Resource Server anyway.

How do I save refresh token in cookies?

Store your access token in memory, and store the refresh token in the cookie: Link to this section

1. Use the httpOnly flag to prevent JavaScript from reading it.
2. Use the secure=true flag so it can only be sent over HTTPS.
3. Use the SameSite=strict flag whenever possible to prevent CSRF.

Where is access token react stored?

React Token Auth

1. Tokens should be stored in local storage.
2. Tokens should be restored on page reload.
3. Access token should be passed in the network requests.
4. After expiration access token should be updated by refresh token if the last one is presented.

Do I have to store tokens in cookies or localStorage or session?

I’m confused about some of the different client-side storage options to store tokens: Cookies, Session, and JWT / Passport. Do tokens have to be stored in cookies, even if I can store them in req.sessionID? Many websites use cookies to store shopping cart tokens.

Where to store the refresh token on the server?

If your Auth provider implements refresh token rotation, you can store them in local storage. But this means that your Auth provider should return a new refresh token every time that the client refreshes a JWT. And it should also have a way of invalidating descendant refresh tokens if one refresh token is attempted to be used a second time.

Do you have to store JWT tokens in cookies?

A SHA256 hash of the string will also be passed in a claim of JWT. Thus even if an XSS attack sends the JWT access token to an attacker controlled remote server, it cannot send the original string in cookie and as a result the server can reject the request based on the absence of the cookie. The cookie being HttpOnly cannot be read by XSS scripts.

Do you have to store session ID in cookies?

However, note that here the cookie is not linked to any session on the server side. In other words, the cookie doesn’t store any session id.