feat(secrets): AES-256-GCM envelope cipher with AAD binding

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Joseph Doherty
2026-07-15 16:34:46 -04:00
parent 16b32257f5
commit b784c7117f
4 changed files with 321 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -4,7 +4,17 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Abstractions;
public sealed class MasterKeyUnavailableException(string message) : InvalidOperationException(message); public sealed class MasterKeyUnavailableException(string message) : InvalidOperationException(message);
/// <summary>Thrown when a secret's ciphertext cannot be decrypted or its authentication tag fails to verify.</summary> /// <summary>Thrown when a secret's ciphertext cannot be decrypted or its authentication tag fails to verify.</summary>
public sealed class SecretDecryptionException(string message) : InvalidOperationException(message); public sealed class SecretDecryptionException : InvalidOperationException
{
/// <summary>Creates the exception with a message describing the decryption failure.</summary>
/// <param name="message">The failure description.</param>
public SecretDecryptionException(string message) : base(message) { }
/// <summary>Creates the exception, preserving the underlying cryptographic fault.</summary>
/// <param name="message">The failure description.</param>
/// <param name="innerException">The original cryptographic exception that caused the failure.</param>
public SecretDecryptionException(string message, Exception innerException) : base(message, innerException) { }
}
/// <summary>Thrown when a requested secret does not exist (or is tombstoned) in the store.</summary> /// <summary>Thrown when a requested secret does not exist (or is tombstoned) in the store.</summary>
public sealed class SecretNotFoundException(string message) : InvalidOperationException(message); public sealed class SecretNotFoundException(string message) : InvalidOperationException(message);
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Abstractions;
namespace ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Crypto;
/// <summary>
/// The default <see cref="ISecretCipher"/>: AES-256-GCM envelope encryption.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>
/// Each secret is sealed under a fresh, per-secret 32-byte data-encryption key (DEK). The
/// DEK encrypts the UTF-8 plaintext with AES-256-GCM (12-byte nonce, 16-byte tag), binding the
/// secret <see cref="SecretName.Value"/> as additional authenticated data (AAD) so ciphertext
/// cannot be silently relocated to a different name. The DEK is then <i>wrapped</i> with a second
/// AES-256-GCM operation under the master key (KEK) from an <see cref="IMasterKeyProvider"/>,
/// binding the provider's <see cref="IMasterKeyProvider.KekId"/> as AAD so a row can only be
/// unwrapped by the KEK that is claimed to have sealed it.
/// </para>
/// <para>
/// GCM's authentication tag provides constant-time integrity verification, so no additional
/// constant-time comparison is required. Every cryptographic failure path — a mismatched tag,
/// a wrong or unknown KEK, or any other <see cref="CryptographicException"/> — is surfaced as a
/// <see cref="SecretDecryptionException"/>; the cipher never returns a wrong plaintext and never
/// leaks a raw cryptographic exception. The transient DEK buffer is always zeroed with
/// <see cref="CryptographicOperations.ZeroMemory"/>.
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
public sealed class AesGcmEnvelopeCipher : ISecretCipher
{
private const int KeySizeBytes = 32; // AES-256
private const int NonceSizeBytes = 12; // AES-GCM standard nonce
private const int TagSizeBytes = 16; // AES-GCM full tag
private readonly IMasterKeyProvider _masterKeyProvider;
/// <summary>
/// Creates a cipher that wraps and unwraps DEKs with the master key supplied by
/// <paramref name="masterKeyProvider"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="masterKeyProvider">The source of the AES-256 master key (KEK) and its id.</param>
public AesGcmEnvelopeCipher(IMasterKeyProvider masterKeyProvider)
{
_masterKeyProvider = masterKeyProvider ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(masterKeyProvider));
}
/// <inheritdoc />
public StoredSecret Encrypt(SecretName name, string plaintext, SecretContentType contentType)
{
ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(plaintext);
string kekId = _masterKeyProvider.KekId;
ReadOnlySpan<byte> masterKey = _masterKeyProvider.GetMasterKey().Span;
byte[] dek = new byte[KeySizeBytes];
try
{
RandomNumberGenerator.Fill(dek);
// Layer 1: seal the plaintext under the DEK, binding the secret name as AAD.
byte[] plaintextBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plaintext);
byte[] nonce = new byte[NonceSizeBytes];
byte[] tag = new byte[TagSizeBytes];
byte[] ciphertext = new byte[plaintextBytes.Length];
byte[] nameAad = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(name.Value);
RandomNumberGenerator.Fill(nonce);
using (var bodyGcm = new AesGcm(dek, TagSizeBytes))
{
bodyGcm.Encrypt(nonce, plaintextBytes, ciphertext, tag, nameAad);
}
// Layer 2: wrap the DEK under the master key, binding the KEK id as AAD.
byte[] wrapNonce = new byte[NonceSizeBytes];
byte[] wrapTag = new byte[TagSizeBytes];
byte[] wrappedDek = new byte[KeySizeBytes];
byte[] kekAad = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(kekId);
RandomNumberGenerator.Fill(wrapNonce);
using (var wrapGcm = new AesGcm(masterKey, TagSizeBytes))
{
wrapGcm.Encrypt(wrapNonce, dek, wrappedDek, wrapTag, kekAad);
}
return new StoredSecret
{
Name = name,
ContentType = contentType,
Ciphertext = ciphertext,
Nonce = nonce,
Tag = tag,
WrappedDek = wrappedDek,
WrapNonce = wrapNonce,
WrapTag = wrapTag,
KekId = kekId,
Revision = 0,
IsDeleted = false,
CreatedUtc = default,
UpdatedUtc = default,
};
}
finally
{
CryptographicOperations.ZeroMemory(dek);
}
}
/// <inheritdoc />
public string Decrypt(StoredSecret secret)
{
ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(secret);
string kekId = _masterKeyProvider.KekId;
if (!string.Equals(kekId, secret.KekId, StringComparison.Ordinal))
{
throw new SecretDecryptionException($"Row wrapped by unknown KEK '{secret.KekId}'.");
}
ReadOnlySpan<byte> masterKey = _masterKeyProvider.GetMasterKey().Span;
byte[] dek = new byte[KeySizeBytes];
try
{
// Unwrap the DEK under the master key, verifying the KEK-id AAD binding.
byte[] kekAad = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(secret.KekId);
using (var wrapGcm = new AesGcm(masterKey, TagSizeBytes))
{
wrapGcm.Decrypt(secret.WrapNonce, secret.WrappedDek, secret.WrapTag, dek, kekAad);
}
// Decrypt the body under the DEK, verifying the name AAD binding.
byte[] nameAad = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(secret.Name.Value);
byte[] plaintextBytes = new byte[secret.Ciphertext.Length];
using (var bodyGcm = new AesGcm(dek, TagSizeBytes))
{
bodyGcm.Decrypt(secret.Nonce, secret.Ciphertext, secret.Tag, plaintextBytes, nameAad);
}
return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plaintextBytes);
}
catch (AuthenticationTagMismatchException ex)
{
throw new SecretDecryptionException(
$"Failed to decrypt secret '{secret.Name.Value}': authentication tag mismatch.", ex);
}
catch (CryptographicException ex)
{
throw new SecretDecryptionException(
$"Failed to decrypt secret '{secret.Name.Value}'.", ex);
}
finally
{
CryptographicOperations.ZeroMemory(dek);
}
}
}
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
using System.Text;
using ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Abstractions;
using ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Crypto;
using ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Tests.Fakes;
namespace ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Tests.Crypto;
public class AesGcmEnvelopeCipherTests
{
[Fact]
public void RoundTrips()
{
var provider = new FakeMasterKeyProvider("k1");
var cipher = new AesGcmEnvelopeCipher(provider);
var name = new SecretName("sql/foo");
StoredSecret row = cipher.Encrypt(name, "hunter2", SecretContentType.Text);
Assert.Equal("k1", row.KekId);
// Ciphertext must not leak the plaintext in the clear.
byte[] plaintextBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("hunter2");
Assert.False(Contains(row.Ciphertext, plaintextBytes));
string decrypted = cipher.Decrypt(row);
Assert.Equal("hunter2", decrypted);
}
[Fact]
public void TamperedCiphertextThrows()
{
var provider = new FakeMasterKeyProvider("k1");
var cipher = new AesGcmEnvelopeCipher(provider);
var name = new SecretName("sql/foo");
StoredSecret row = cipher.Encrypt(name, "hunter2", SecretContentType.Text);
row.Ciphertext[0] ^= 0xFF;
Assert.Throws<SecretDecryptionException>(() => cipher.Decrypt(row));
}
[Fact]
public void AadBindingRejectsRenamedRow()
{
var provider = new FakeMasterKeyProvider("k1");
var cipher = new AesGcmEnvelopeCipher(provider);
StoredSecret row = cipher.Encrypt(new SecretName("sql/foo"), "hunter2", SecretContentType.Text);
var renamed = row with { Name = new SecretName("sql/bar") };
Assert.Throws<SecretDecryptionException>(() => cipher.Decrypt(renamed));
}
[Fact]
public void WrongKekThrows()
{
// Both providers report KekId "k1" but hold different random key bytes.
var providerA = new FakeMasterKeyProvider("k1");
var providerB = new FakeMasterKeyProvider("k1");
var cipherA = new AesGcmEnvelopeCipher(providerA);
var cipherB = new AesGcmEnvelopeCipher(providerB);
StoredSecret row = cipherA.Encrypt(new SecretName("sql/foo"), "hunter2", SecretContentType.Text);
// Matching KekId string but wrong key material must still fail closed (unwrap tag mismatch).
Assert.Throws<SecretDecryptionException>(() => cipherB.Decrypt(row));
}
[Fact]
public void UnknownKekIdThrows()
{
var providerK1 = new FakeMasterKeyProvider("k1");
var providerK2 = new FakeMasterKeyProvider("k2");
var cipherK1 = new AesGcmEnvelopeCipher(providerK1);
var cipherK2 = new AesGcmEnvelopeCipher(providerK2);
StoredSecret row = cipherK1.Encrypt(new SecretName("sql/foo"), "hunter2", SecretContentType.Text);
var ex = Assert.Throws<SecretDecryptionException>(() => cipherK2.Decrypt(row));
Assert.Contains("unknown KEK", ex.Message, StringComparison.Ordinal);
}
private static bool Contains(byte[] haystack, byte[] needle)
{
if (needle.Length == 0 || haystack.Length < needle.Length)
{
return false;
}
for (int i = 0; i <= haystack.Length - needle.Length; i++)
{
bool match = true;
for (int j = 0; j < needle.Length; j++)
{
if (haystack[i + j] != needle[j])
{
match = false;
break;
}
}
if (match)
{
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
}
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Abstractions;
namespace ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Tests.Fakes;
/// <summary>
/// A hand-written <see cref="IMasterKeyProvider"/> test double (the family does not use Moq).
/// Generates a random 32-byte master key once at construction and returns it stably, alongside
/// a caller-supplied <see cref="KekId"/>. Two instances with the same <see cref="KekId"/> string
/// still hold different key bytes, which lets a test prove that a matching KEK id but wrong key
/// material fails closed.
/// </summary>
public sealed class FakeMasterKeyProvider : IMasterKeyProvider
{
private readonly byte[] _key;
/// <summary>
/// Creates a provider with a freshly generated random 32-byte master key and the given
/// <paramref name="kekId"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="kekId">The stable, non-secret key identifier this provider reports.</param>
public FakeMasterKeyProvider(string kekId = "k1")
{
KekId = kekId;
_key = RandomNumberGenerator.GetBytes(32);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a provider that reuses an explicit 32-byte key. Use this to build a second
/// provider with the same key bytes as another (or, by omitting it, a different random key).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="kekId">The stable, non-secret key identifier this provider reports.</param>
/// <param name="key">The exact 32-byte master key material to use.</param>
public FakeMasterKeyProvider(string kekId, byte[] key)
{
KekId = kekId;
_key = (byte[])key.Clone();
}
/// <inheritdoc />
public string KekId { get; }
/// <inheritdoc />
public ReadOnlyMemory<byte> GetMasterKey() => _key;
}