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feat: check private-key data against its label in toPem() and pemToDer() - #658
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A PRIVATE KEY or RSA PRIVATE KEY message whose data Node cannot read as a private key under that label is refused with 'Invalid PEM format.', as a CERTIFICATE that is no certificate already is. Base64 does not say whether a key is PKCS #8 or PKCS #1, so this is what tells a caller which label bare base64 needs. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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For #626, src/utils.ts validates PRIVATE KEY and RSA PRIVATE KEY data with createPrivateKey() in both PEM formatting and DER conversion. test/utils-tests.spec.ts covers accepted and rejected… |
Implement the decryptionPvk handling in the consuming node-saml code. Return an error that names decryptionPvk. Add integration tests for single-line Base64 keys with encrypted assertions and encrypted NameIDs. |
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Check name Status Explanation Description Check Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled. Title check The title clearly and concisely states the main change: validating private-key data against its label in both toPem()andpemToDer().Out of Scope Changes check The changes in src/utils.ts,test/utils-tests.spec.ts, andREADME.mddirectly support#626and the utility portion needed by#445. The tests and documentation describe the selected labels and No…
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#626,src/utils.tsvalidatesPRIVATE KEYandRSA PRIVATE KEYdata withcreatePrivateKey()in both PEM formatting and DER conversion.test/utils-tests.spec.tscovers accepted and rejected key data. For#445, the linked requirement includes single-line Base64 support fordecryptionPvk, an error that namesdecryptionPvk, and tests for encrypted assertions and encrypted NameIDs. The reviewed changes only modifyxml-cryptoutilities, tests, and documentation. They do not implement or test the consumingnode-samloption path.
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…Node version Node 16 refuses PKCS #8 data labelled RSA PRIVATE KEY, and later versions read it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Around line 660-663: Update the README guidance on bare-base64 private keys to
tell callers to try the PRIVATE KEY label first, then RSA PRIVATE KEY, and
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Fixes #626.
toPem()andpemToDer()check aCERTIFICATE's data and nothing else. Given base64 and"PRIVATE KEY",toPem()writes that label around whatever the data is. If the data is a PKCS #1 key, a public key, or no key at all, the caller gets a PEM that Node can't read, and finds out later inside Node's crypto asDECODER routines::unsupported.This checks private-key data the way certificate data is already checked. The data of a
PRIVATE KEYorRSA PRIVATE KEYmessage goes tocrypto.createPrivateKey()under that label, and the value is refused withInvalid PEM format.if Node can't read it.Why now: node-saml 5.2 needs it to fix node-saml/node-saml#445. A key stored as one line of base64 doesn't say whether it is PKCS #8 or PKCS #1, so node-saml has to try
PRIVATE KEYand thenRSA PRIVATE KEY, and this check is what tells it which one fits. node-saml/node-saml#447 is blocked on it.The two questions #626 left open
Both are answered the narrow way, so that this stays what node-saml needs and no more.
PRIVATE KEYandRSA PRIVATE KEYonly.EC PRIVATE KEY,PUBLIC KEYand the rest keep the base64 rules alone.toPem()still refuses it, so node-saml keeps passing a PEMdecryptionPvkto Node as given.What changes for callers
Every value this refuses is one that
toPem()returns today and Node then rejects, the same kind of case #603 started refusing for certificates in 6.3.0. Nothing that worked stops working:masterPRIVATE KEYRSA PRIVATE KEYRSA PRIVATE KEY, on Node 26RSA PRIVATE KEY, on Node 16Invalid PEM format.PRIVATE KEYPRIVATE KEY(base64, DERBuffer, or PEM)Invalid PEM format.PRIVATE KEYInvalid PEM format.PRIVATE KEYInvalid PEM format.EC PRIVATE KEYpemToDer()refuses the same messages.pemCertificates()is unchanged: it reads certificates out of a value and still passes over a key beside them, mislabelled or not.PKCS #8 data under
RSA PRIVATE KEYis Node's call, not this library's rule, and the answer depends on the Node version: Node 26 reads it and Node 16 does not. The check asks Node, so it accepts what that Node accepts, and no ASN.1 is parsed here. The README says so.Tests
test/utils-tests.spec.ts, throughtoPem()andpemToDer(), with PEM, bare base64 and a DERBuffereach:PRIVATE KEYand PKCS Initial support for enveloped signatures #1 data underRSA PRIVATE KEYare accepted, and their octets come back unchanged.PRIVATE KEY, and base64 that is no key is refused underRSA PRIVATE KEY.toPem(), andpemCertificates()still returns the certificate.The five refusal tests fail on
master, each because the value is returned.Checks
npm run build && npm test && npm run lintpass (557 tests), on Node 26.9.0.masterand this branch run with the same script on Node 26.9.0. The Node 16 row is the same script on Node 16.20.2.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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PRIVATE KEYandRSA PRIVATE KEYcontents against their labels. Mismatched labels, public-key data, and invalid key contents are rejected as invalid PEM.Documentation
#8data labeledRSA PRIVATE KEY.PRIVATE KEYbeforeRSA PRIVATE KEYfor bare base64 keys to keep the output label consistent across supported Node versions.