fix(handler): return targetId as hostId for cli edge case support (#2920)

internal/daemon/controller/handlers/targets/target_service.go

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/types/subtypes"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/sdk/pbs/controller/api/resources/scopes"
 	pb "github.com/hashicorp/boundary/sdk/pbs/controller/api/resources/targets"
+	fm "github.com/hashicorp/boundary/version"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-bexpr"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/strutil"
 	"github.com/mr-tron/base58"
@@ -984,6 +985,13 @@ func (s Service) AuthorizeSession(ctx context.Context, req *pbs.AuthorizeSession
 		}
 	}
 
+	// this is an edge case issue where the hostId cannot be empty when trying to execute an ssh connection
+	// on a tcp target type. By setting the hostId to the targetId value, this will enable support of previous
+	// boundary cli versions.
+	if fm.SupportsFeature(fm.Binary, fm.UseTargetIdForHostId) && t.GetAddress() != "" {
+		hostId = t.GetPublicId()
+	}
+
 	sad := &pb.SessionAuthorizationData{
 		SessionId:       sess.PublicId,
 		TargetId:        t.GetPublicId(),