I am trying to perform a file encryption which is equal to the below command of openssl:
openssl aes-256-cbc -e -salt -pbkdf2 -iter 10000 -in geometry.json -out geometry.json.enc -pass pass:"password"
I am using the implementation 'not-yet-commons-ssl:not-yet-commons-ssl:0.3.13'
With the default values after the file encryption the decryption from openssl command line always throws up the below error;
40B7B9B5F37F0000:error:1C800064:Provider routines:ossl_cipher_unpadblock:bad decrypt:../providers/implementations/ciphers/ciphercommon_block.c:124:
What do I need to pass to the openssl encrypt function?
Salt is used by default, so you don't need to use it explicitly. I would use higher iteration number with pbkdf2, or in this case, it would make more sense to use sha256 instead of pbkdf2. Also, there is no reason to use quotation marks around your password. pass:"password" should be pass:password unless quotations are part of the password.
You could use this:
openssl aes-256-cbc -pass pass:password -in geometry.json -out geometry.json.enc -pbkdf2 -iter 100000
or this:
openssl aes-256-cbc -k password -in geometry.json -out geometry.json.enc -pbkdf2 -iter 100000
And if you want to use SHA-256 for password hashing then you could use this:
openssl aes-256-cbc -k password -in geometry.json -out geometry.json.enc -md sha256
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Me and my colleagues are trying to exchange encrypted config files. Person A is able to decrypt a file encrypted-dev.enc encrypted by person B. But I can't decrypt it, and person B can't decrypt a file I send her. The error is
bad decrypt
4672347584:error:06065064:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:bad decrypt:crypto/evp/evp_enc.c:610:
From reading around (for example this answer), this error refers to the algorithm openssl uses for the message digest. To fix it, people always tell you to specify the algorithm with an argument like -md md5. But our command already includes that argument.
Person A is on openssl 1.1.1f.
Person B is on openssl 1.1.1i.
I am on openssl 1.1.1j.
To encrypt, we're using this command:
export CONFIG_KEY='[ key ]'
openssl enc -md sha1 -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -pass env:CONFIG_KEY -out ./tests/e2e/config/encrypted-dev.enc -in ./tests/e2e/config/config-dev.json
To decrypt, we're doing this:
export CONFIG_KEY='[ key ]'
openssl enc -md sha1 -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -d -pass env:CONFIG_KEY -in ./tests/e2e/config/encrypted-dev.enc -out ./tests/e2e/config/config-dev.json
Has anybody else run into this situation?
To investigate your issue, add -p flag to dump the key and IV, they must be identical when ciphering and deciphering. Add -nosalt to disable salting password (with a random value) to make password to key computation constant.
$ openssl enc -p -nosalt -md sha1 -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -pass env:CONFIG_KEY -out ./tests/e2e/config/encrypted-dev.enc -in ./tests/e2e/config/config-dev.json
key=27D3CEEB44142947B9ADFA4E6D7F6EB731EB6828A6CD4C49257079470599A443
iv =35E21E3684C06DB2F182D69D99BD6E9C
in your case, you will get two differents values, that's your problem.
The parameter name CONFIG_KEY is not accurate, because you are setting a password nota key, CONFIG_PASSW would be more suitable.
If your goal was to use a key (not a password), you can use this syntax
$ openssl enc -e -aes-256-cbc -nosalt -K AC7CBA91D9523EA2A9166341EC66D9DDCB14D3F6BCE33ADB59B16BE8F40AE607 -iv 208DE031141C4ACA18EA7B71B2EAA935 -in test.txt -out test.enc
$ openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -nosalt -K AC7CBA91D9523EA2A9166341EC66D9DDCB14D3F6BCE33ADB59B16BE8F40AE607 -iv 208DE031141C4ACA18EA7B71B2EAA935 -in test.enc
Hello world !!!
Given this command:
openssl enc -aes-128-ecb -nosalt -base64 -pass pass:aaaca -in flag.txt -out flag.txt.enc -md sha256
What's the format to decrypt openssl file? My openssl ubuntu version is 1.0.2g.
I'm asking because I tried using openssl enc -d -aes-128-ecb -pass pass:aaaca -in flag.txt.enc -out pass.txt but it says bad magic number with aaaca as password, and when I tried openssl enc -d -aes-128-ecb -nosalt -base64 -md sha256 -in flag.txt.enc -out pass.txt -pass pass:aaaaa (with different password), it says bad decrypt. At this point, I'm not sure anymore. Thanks!
Edit: If you're wondering why am I purposely inputting the wrong password, it's because I'm trying to test out on brute forcing password for one of my assignment. Help appreciated ><
and when I tried openssl enc -d -aes-128-ecb -nosalt -base64 -md sha256 -in flag.txt.enc -out pass.txt -pass pass:aaaaa (with different password), it says bad decrypt.
Yes, of course, because the openssl command line will perform PKCS#7 compatible padding and unpadding by default. So if you decrypt with a wrong key then there is about a 255/256 chance of getting "bad decrypt" because the unpadding fails. If you're "lucky" the incorrect plaintext will contain a valid padding and you'll just get a wrong / randomized plaintext in the output.
So if you get into that situation then you'll have to check if the plaintext message does fit what you expect. If you have nothing to compare the possibly bad plaintext against, well, then you're in trouble as you may find multiple solutions to your problem.
The ciphertext is encrypted by Javascript using the AES algorithm in hexadecimal format. I first coded it in Base64 and then decrypted it using OpenSSL.
But it failed, I don't know where it is wrong.
And I am using a Windows compiled version of OpenSSL.
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/openssl.htm
The command is as follows:
openssl enc -aes-128-cbc -a -A -in Cipherbase64.txt -out PlainText.txt -K 31323334353637383930303030303030 -iv 31323334353637383930303030303030 -d
result:
bad decrypt
6396:error:06065064:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:bad decrypt:./crypto/evp/evp_enc.c:461:
Ciphertext (HEX)
4cb4eb49df960e82c14e158ac418ca918736e4fbb730f532fc37d226e0e8b0e3ce0571ce4c146a6a9e037b9b79d8077568326d7fe2a3f9a91d266cfeb8bfac5668f526bc4d5ee1a21cbe85c8efab8cd1fe29b4a2b412468c6d97b7a3bfd2f69c50691e181fde43710bc61ffff2c6e7cbab59de70b97d993707c16e4a909273cc873d9156dda0ad03214e29048ac39532b8ec11c071174219fefa85e0d489468036154d19d2b683b20b07589abb9f4d863fcd17598d43a8b82d37236ceee7588d08a22f4c9662bba7f4cf6595f28b0e7b7e62f9be2d42f1b11f5c06aca7ed7568d8922d9155c229a8d57b251695c2bd645cb44539e4278b4431ac60a318fbd22afe18b204f9730f86a07c43355ce89f9646be5810e0c6bd2043066d359efe73c8e0ac7f581e048ed1809ad2720ea96f528d0acc7fd622b86d3073e8b1ac0b5d70f4e92b045e8cdf1fb6c999332ba2c279ebab2262589082a8214187a8904671a2c4eec8828335dc7f49fe438fb4e34c762e9f7febe30672a9ced8b0a2b66373d3a3b9efbe46e63f4d8b2723ebe85736f5
Thanks to Topaco for your help. Because of my negligence, mistake CTR for CBC, causing confusion.
You can try the following:
openssl enc -aes-128-cbc -a -A -in Cipherbase64.txt -out PlainText.txt -K 31323334353637383930303030303030 -iv 31323334353637383930303030303030 -d
After the -K and -iv options, the input must be a hexadecimal string, i.e. instead of 1234567890000000 you have to use 31323334353637383930303030303030. The -A option says that the Base64-encoded ciphertext is contained in one single line, here. So there is no need to use line breaks.
Update:
It turned out that the JavaScript-code actually applied to generate the posted ciphertext uses CTR-mode for encryption (instead of CBC-mode). Therefore, the OpenSSL-statement which can be used to decrypt the posted ciphertext is:
openssl enc -aes-128-ctr -a -A -in Cipherbase64.txt -out PlainText.txt -K 31323334353637383930303030303030 -iv 31323334353637383930303030303030 -d
The decrypted text is:
{"sign":"13adab9285fe86206b73e029ff0d290fc0e31237","timestamp":1570608017,"logid":"MTU3MDYwODA2MjAzMjAuMTMzMjE0Nzc2OTIxNTgxNDY=","uk":3012946979,"shareid":547370362,"fid_list":"[\"482622974717034\"]","input":"aaxb","vcode":"33324238656332346361663334656637323237633636373637643239666664336662393132313032313738303030303030303030303030303031353730363038303530B0D6C0036A1909217D2CDCD5B76B46FB"}
which can be easily verified here.
I wanted to know how I can go about encrypting particular values in a properties file using openssl or gpg.
Most of the examples seem to consist of the below I have seen seem to encrypt the entire file. But I just wanted to use it to encrypt stored passwords.
To Encrypt
openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -in un_encrypted.data -out encrypted.data
To Decrypt
openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -in encrypted.data -out un_encrypted.data
You can easily use openssl to encrypt any string you want:
$ echo 12345678901 | openssl enc -e -base64 -aes-256-cbc -k MySecretPassword
U2FsdGVkX18z9p14y9XRhDdRBRoeJfIkdLQXQmGfKag=
In your case you could use a bash script like this:
encrypted=`grep "the.name.of.my.property" myFile.properties|cut -d'=' -f2|openssl enc -e -base64 -aes-256-cbc -k MySecretPassword`
sed "/the.name.of.my.property=/ s/=.*/=$encrypted/" myFile.properties > newFile.properties
This will produce a new file named newFile.properties with the encrypted field.
I want to encrypt and decrypt one file using one password.
How can I use OpenSSL to do that?
Security Warning: AES-256-CBC does not provide authenticated encryption and is vulnerable to padding oracle attacks. You should use something like age instead.
Encrypt:
openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt -pbkdf2 -in secrets.txt -out secrets.txt.enc
Decrypt:
openssl aes-256-cbc -d -a -pbkdf2 -in secrets.txt.enc -out secrets.txt.new
More details on the various flags
Better Alternative: GPG
Though you have specifically asked about OpenSSL you might want to consider using GPG instead for the purpose of encryption based on this article OpenSSL vs GPG for encrypting off-site backups?
To use GPG to do the same you would use the following commands:
To Encrypt:
gpg --output encrypted.data --symmetric --cipher-algo AES256 un_encrypted.data
To Decrypt:
gpg --output un_encrypted.data --decrypt encrypted.data
Note: You will be prompted for a password when encrypting or decrypt. And use --no-symkey-cache flag for no cache.
RE: OpenSSL - Short Answer
You likely want to use gpg instead of openssl so see "Additional Notes" at the end of this answer. But to answer the question using openssl:
To Encrypt:
openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -in un_encrypted.data -out encrypted.data
To Decrypt:
openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -in encrypted.data -out un_encrypted.data
Note: You will be prompted for a password when encrypting or decrypt.
RE: OpenSSL - Long Answer
Your best source of information for openssl enc would probably be: https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.1/man1/enc.html
Command line:
openssl enc takes the following form:
openssl enc -ciphername [-in filename] [-out filename] [-pass arg]
[-e] [-d] [-a/-base64] [-A] [-k password] [-kfile filename]
[-K key] [-iv IV] [-S salt] [-salt] [-nosalt] [-z] [-md] [-p] [-P]
[-bufsize number] [-nopad] [-debug] [-none] [-engine id]
Explanation of most useful parameters with regards to your question:
-e
Encrypt the input data: this is the default.
-d
Decrypt the input data.
-k <password>
Only use this if you want to pass the password as an argument.
Usually you can leave this out and you will be prompted for a
password. The password is used to derive the actual key which
is used to encrypt your data. Using this parameter is typically
not considered secure because your password appears in
plain-text on the command line and will likely be recorded in
bash history.
-kfile <filename>
Read the password from the first line of <filename> instead of
from the command line as above.
-a
base64 process the data. This means that if encryption is taking
place the data is base64 encoded after encryption. If decryption
is set then the input data is base64 decoded before being
decrypted.
You likely DON'T need to use this. This will likely increase the
file size for non-text data. Only use this if you need to send
data in the form of text format via email etc.
-salt
To use a salt (randomly generated) when encrypting. You always
want to use a salt while encrypting. This parameter is actually
redundant because a salt is used whether you use this or not
which is why it was not used in the "Short Answer" above!
-K key
The actual key to use: this must be represented as a string
comprised only of hex digits. If only the key is specified, the
IV must additionally be specified using the -iv option. When
both a key and a password are specified, the key given with the
-K option will be used and the IV generated from the password
will be taken. It probably does not make much sense to specify
both key and password.
-iv IV
The actual IV to use: this must be represented as a string
comprised only of hex digits. When only the key is specified
using the -K option, the IV must explicitly be defined. When a
password is being specified using one of the other options, the
IV is generated from this password.
-md digest
Use the specified digest to create the key from the passphrase.
The default algorithm as of this writing is sha-256. But this
has changed over time. It was md5 in the past. So you might want
to specify this parameter every time to alleviate problems when
moving your encrypted data from one system to another or when
updating openssl to a newer version.
Encrypt:
openssl enc -in infile.txt -out encrypted.dat -e -aes256 -k symmetrickey
Decrypt:
openssl enc -in encrypted.dat -out outfile.txt -d -aes256 -k symmetrickey
For details, see the openssl(1) docs.
DO NOT USE OPENSSL DEFAULT KEY DERIVATION.
Currently the accepted answer makes use of it and it's no longer recommended and secure.
It is very feasible for an attacker to simply brute force the key.
https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2898.txt
PBKDF1 applies a hash function, which shall be MD2 [6], MD5 [19] or
SHA-1 [18], to derive keys. The length of the derived key is bounded
by the length of the hash function output, which is 16 octets for MD2
and MD5 and 20 octets for SHA-1. PBKDF1 is compatible with the key
derivation process in PKCS #5 v1.5. PBKDF1 is recommended only for compatibility with existing
applications since the keys it produces may not be large enough for
some applications.
PBKDF2 applies a pseudorandom function (see Appendix B.1 for an
example) to derive keys. The length of the derived key is essentially
unbounded. (However, the maximum effective search space for the derived key may be limited by the structure of the underlying
pseudorandom function. See Appendix B.1 for further discussion.)
PBKDF2 is recommended for new applications.
Do this:
openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -iter 20000 -in hello -out hello.enc -k meow
openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -iter 20000 -in hello.enc -out hello.out
Note: Iterations in decryption have to be the same as iterations in encryption.
Iterations have to be a minimum of 10000.
Here is a good answer on the number of iterations: https://security.stackexchange.com/a/3993
Also... we've got enough people here recommending GPG. Read the damn question.
As mentioned in the other answers, previous versions of openssl used a weak key derivation function to derive an AES encryption key from the password. However, openssl v1.1.1 supports a stronger key derivation function, where the key is derived from the password using pbkdf2 with a randomly generated salt, and multiple iterations of sha256 hashing (10,000 by default).
To encrypt a file:
openssl aes-256-cbc -e -salt -pbkdf2 -iter 10000 -in plaintextfilename -out encryptedfilename
To decrypt a file:
openssl aes-256-cbc -d -salt -pbkdf2 -iter 10000 -in encryptedfilename -out plaintextfilename
Note: An equivalent/compatible implementation in javascript (using the web crypto api) can be found at https://github.com/meixler/web-browser-based-file-encryption-decryption.
Update using a random generated public key.
Encypt:
openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -a -salt -in {raw data} -out {encrypted data} -pass file:{random key}
Decrypt:
openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -in {ciphered data} -out {raw data}
To Encrypt:
$ openssl bf < arquivo.txt > arquivo.txt.bf
To Decrypt:
$ openssl bf -d < arquivo.txt.bf > arquivo.txt
bf === Blowfish in CBC mode
There is an open source program that I find online it uses openssl to encrypt and decrypt files. It does this with a single password. The great thing about this open source script is that it deletes the original unencrypted file by shredding the file. But the dangerous thing about is once the original unencrypted file is gone you have to make sure you remember your password otherwise they be no other way to decrypt your file.
Here the link it is on github
https://github.com/EgbieAnderson1/linux_file_encryptor/blob/master/file_encrypt.py
Note that the OpenSSL CLI uses a weak non-standard algorithm to convert the passphrase to a key, and installing GPG results in various files added to your home directory and a gpg-agent background process running. If you want maximum portability and control with existing tools, you can use PHP or Python to access the lower-level APIs and directly pass in a full AES Key and IV.
Example PHP invocation via Bash:
IV='c2FtcGxlLWFlcy1pdjEyMw=='
KEY='Twsn8eh2w2HbVCF5zKArlY+Mv5ZwVyaGlk5QkeoSlmc='
INPUT=123456789023456
ENCRYPTED=$(php -r "print(openssl_encrypt('$INPUT','aes-256-ctr',base64_decode('$KEY'),OPENSSL_ZERO_PADDING,base64_decode('$IV')));")
echo '$ENCRYPTED='$ENCRYPTED
DECRYPTED=$(php -r "print(openssl_decrypt('$ENCRYPTED','aes-256-ctr',base64_decode('$KEY'),OPENSSL_ZERO_PADDING,base64_decode('$IV')));")
echo '$DECRYPTED='$DECRYPTED
This outputs:
$ENCRYPTED=nzRi252dayEsGXZOTPXW
$DECRYPTED=123456789023456
You could also use PHP's openssl_pbkdf2 function to convert a passphrase to a key securely.