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Status Under review
Workspace IBM MAS - Manage (Base)
Categories Integration
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 6, 2026

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Add the option to use basic authentication in the OAuth 2.0 authentication token request

According to RFC 6749, clients with a client password may use the HTTP Basic authentication to authenticate with the authorization server. (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749#section-2.3.1).

However, in the current version of Maximo Manage, OAUTHCLIENT can only send the client ID and client secret in the HTTP body during the token request. If the authentication service only handles this information inside the basic authentication header, a costly customization is required.

The request is to add this option to avoid any customization.

Idea priority Low
Needed By Yesterday (Let's go already!)
  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Sep 24, 2026

    Hi,

    Thank you for taking the time to provide your ideas to IBM. This Idea is now Under Review. We truly value our relationship with you and appreciate your willingness to share details about your experience, your recommendations, and ideas. Thank you again for your feedback.

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  • Guest
    Sep 16, 2026

    We have an integration via REST API with an external system. We follow the configuration steps detailed in Configuring OAuth access but when we call the service we receive an authentication error because the service expect to receive the credential in "Authorization: Basic" header of the request. With current Maximo implementation, clientId and clientSecret are passed in message body during oauth/token request.

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  • Guest
    Sep 15, 2026

    I'm not sure I fully understand this requirement, so I think we need a bit more information about the flow.

    When you mention the token request, do you mean you have a MAS integration registered as an OIDC client?

    Is this request related to the MAS OIDC support introduced in 9.1, with MAS acting as the OIDC client?

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