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Java's AES/GCM/NoPadding equivalent in JS

We are using the services of a third party in our organization in which we have to send some data to them in an encrypted manner. Recently, they updated the encryption algorithm to AES/GCM/NoPadding.
They have their code in java whereas we use javascript. they have shared with us their implementation of the algorithm in Java which we have to replicate and implement in JS because that is what we use.
I am facing challenges in converting this code. Attaching both Java implementation which works like a charm and the JS code which is not working as expected. Although I have tried multiple things but none of them worked for me. So, I am sharing only the latest code that I tried.
I have no knowledge of Java or cryptography so any help in that direction will be highly appreciated.
JAVA Code -
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.SecureRandom;
import java.security.spec.InvalidKeySpecException;
import java.security.spec.KeySpec;
import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory;
import javax.crypto.spec.GCMParameterSpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.PBEKeySpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
/**
* Encryption class for managing all types of AES encryptions
*/
public class EncryptionUtil {
private final Builder mBuilder;
private final static String HEX = "0123456789ABCDEF";
private EncryptionUtil(Builder builder) {
mBuilder = builder;
}
public static EncryptionUtil getDefault(String key, String salt, byte[] iv) {
try {
return Builder.getDefaultBuilder(key, salt, iv).build();
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
return null;
}
}
public String encryptOrNull(String data) {
try {
return encrypt(data);
} catch (Exception e) {
return "";
}
}
private String encrypt(String data) throws Exception {
if (data == null) return null;
SecretKey secretKey = getSecretKey(hashTheKey(mBuilder.getKey()));
return doEncryptAES(data, secretKey, mBuilder.getAlgorithm(), mBuilder.getCharsetName());
}
private String decrypt(String data) throws Exception {
if (data == null) return null;
SecretKey secretKey = getSecretKey(hashTheKey(mBuilder.getKey()));
return doDecryptAES(data, secretKey, mBuilder.getAlgorithm());
}
private String doEncryptAES(String inputString,
SecretKey key, String xForm, String charset) throws Exception {
byte inpBytes[] = inputString.getBytes(charset);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(xForm);
switch (xForm) {
case "AES/ECB/PKCS5Padding":
case "AES/ECB/NoPadding":
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);
break;
case "AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding":
case "AES/CBC/NoPadding":
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key, mBuilder.getIvParameterSpec(), mBuilder.getSecureRandom());
break;
case "AES/GCM/NoPadding":
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key, new GCMParameterSpec(128, mBuilder.getIv()));
byte[] encryptedData = cipher.doFinal(inpBytes);
ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(4 + mBuilder.getIv().length + encryptedData.length);
byteBuffer.putInt(mBuilder.getIv().length);
byteBuffer.put(mBuilder.getIv());
byteBuffer.put(encryptedData);
return toHex(byteBuffer.array());
}
return toHex(cipher.doFinal(inpBytes));
}
/**
* for AES in GCM mode kitkat version is required
*
* #param inputString is String we want to decrypt
* #param key is symmetric key use for decryption and it similar to key used for encryption (128,192,256)
* #param xForm is the transformation form in which form we want to transform
* (AES/ECB/PKCS5Padding,AES/ECB/NoPadding,AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding,AES/CBC/NoPadding,AES/GCM/NoPadding)
* #return it reurn decrypted string
* #throws Exception NOSuchAlgorithmEXception,NoSuchPaddingEXception
*/
private String doDecryptAES(String inputString,
SecretKey key, String xForm) throws Exception {
byte[] inpBytes = toByte(inputString);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(xForm);
switch (xForm) {
case "AES/ECB/PKCS5Padding":
case "AES/ECB/NoPadding":
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key);
break;
case "AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding":
case "AES/CBC/NoPadding":
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key, mBuilder.getIvParameterSpec(), mBuilder.getSecureRandom());
break;
case "AES/GCM/NoPadding":
ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(inpBytes);
int noonceSize = byteBuffer.getInt();
if (noonceSize < 12 || noonceSize >= 16)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Nonce size is incorrect. Make sure that the incoming data is an AES encrypted file.");
byte[] iv = new byte[noonceSize];
byteBuffer.get(iv);
byte[] cipherBytes = new byte[byteBuffer.remaining()];
byteBuffer.get(cipherBytes);
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key, new GCMParameterSpec(128, iv));
return new String(cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes), mBuilder.getCharsetName());
}
return new String(cipher.doFinal(inpBytes), mBuilder.getCharsetName());
}
public String decryptOrNull(String data) {
try {
return decrypt(data);
} catch (Exception e) {
return "";
}
}
private SecretKey getSecretKey(char[] key) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, UnsupportedEncodingException, InvalidKeySpecException {
SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance(mBuilder.getSecretKeyType());
KeySpec spec = new PBEKeySpec(key, mBuilder.getSalt().getBytes(mBuilder.getCharsetName()), mBuilder.getIterationCount(), mBuilder.getKeyLength());
SecretKey tmp = factory.generateSecret(spec);
return new SecretKeySpec(tmp.getEncoded(), mBuilder.getKeyAlgorithm());
}
private char[] hashTheKey(String key) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, NoSuchAlgorithmException {
MessageDigest messageDigest = MessageDigest.getInstance(mBuilder.getDigestAlgorithm());
messageDigest.update(key.getBytes(mBuilder.getCharsetName()));
return toHex(messageDigest.digest()).toCharArray();
}
private byte[] toByte(String hexString) {
int len = hexString.length() / 2;
byte[] result = new byte[len];
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
result[i] = Integer.valueOf(hexString.substring(2 * i, 2 * i + 2), 16).byteValue();
return result;
}
public String toHex(byte[] stringBytes) {
StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(2 * stringBytes.length);
for (int i = 0; i < stringBytes.length; i++) {
result.append(HEX.charAt((stringBytes[i] >> 4) & 0x0f)).append(HEX.charAt(stringBytes[i] & 0x0f));
}
return result.toString();
}
private static class Builder {
private byte[] mIv;
private int mKeyLength;
private int mIterationCount;
private String mSalt;
private String mKey;
private String mAlgorithm;
private String mKeyAlgorithm;
private String mCharsetName;
private String mSecretKeyType;
private String mDigestAlgorithm;
private String mSecureRandomAlgorithm;
private SecureRandom mSecureRandom;
private IvParameterSpec mIvParameterSpec;
static Builder getDefaultBuilder(String key, String salt, byte[] iv) {
return new Builder()
.setIv(iv)
.setKey(key)
.setSalt(salt)
.setKeyLength(128)
.setKeyAlgorithm("AES")
.setCharsetName("UTF8")
.setIterationCount(1)
.setDigestAlgorithm("SHA-256")
.setAlgorithm("AES/GCM/NoPadding")
.setSecureRandomAlgorithm("SHA1PRNG")
.setSecretKeyType("PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1");
}
private EncryptionUtil build() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
setSecureRandom(SecureRandom.getInstance(getSecureRandomAlgorithm()));
SecureRandom secureRandom = new SecureRandom();
byte[] iv = getIv();
secureRandom.nextBytes(iv);
setIvParameterSpec(new IvParameterSpec(iv));
return new EncryptionUtil(this);
}
private String getCharsetName() {
return mCharsetName;
}
private Builder setCharsetName(String charsetName) {
mCharsetName = charsetName;
return this;
}
private String getAlgorithm() {
return mAlgorithm;
}
private Builder setAlgorithm(String algorithm) {
mAlgorithm = algorithm;
return this;
}
private String getKeyAlgorithm() {
return mKeyAlgorithm;
}
private Builder setKeyAlgorithm(String keyAlgorithm) {
mKeyAlgorithm = keyAlgorithm;
return this;
}
private String getSecretKeyType() {
return mSecretKeyType;
}
private Builder setSecretKeyType(String secretKeyType) {
mSecretKeyType = secretKeyType;
return this;
}
private String getSalt() {
return mSalt;
}
private Builder setSalt(String salt) {
mSalt = salt;
return this;
}
private String getKey() {
return mKey;
}
private Builder setKey(String key) {
mKey = key;
return this;
}
private int getKeyLength() {
return mKeyLength;
}
Builder setKeyLength(int keyLength) {
mKeyLength = keyLength;
return this;
}
private int getIterationCount() {
return mIterationCount;
}
Builder setIterationCount(int iterationCount) {
mIterationCount = iterationCount;
return this;
}
private String getSecureRandomAlgorithm() {
return mSecureRandomAlgorithm;
}
Builder setSecureRandomAlgorithm(String secureRandomAlgorithm) {
mSecureRandomAlgorithm = secureRandomAlgorithm;
return this;
}
private byte[] getIv() {
return mIv;
}
Builder setIv(byte[] iv) {
mIv = iv;
return this;
}
private SecureRandom getSecureRandom() {
return mSecureRandom;
}
Builder setSecureRandom(SecureRandom secureRandom) {
mSecureRandom = secureRandom;
return this;
}
private IvParameterSpec getIvParameterSpec() {
return mIvParameterSpec;
}
Builder setIvParameterSpec(IvParameterSpec ivParameterSpec) {
mIvParameterSpec = ivParameterSpec;
return this;
}
private String getDigestAlgorithm() {
return mDigestAlgorithm;
}
Builder setDigestAlgorithm(String digestAlgorithm) {
mDigestAlgorithm = digestAlgorithm;
return this;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
String secretKey = "some_secret_key";
String salt = "some_secret_salt";
EncryptionUtil encryptionUtil = EncryptionUtil.getDefault(secretKey, salt, new byte[12]);
String data = "Data to encrypt";
System.out.println("Encrypted:");
String encrypted = encryptionUtil.encryptOrNull(data);
System.out.println(encrypted);
System.out.println("Decrypted:");
System.out.println(encryptionUtil.decryptOrNull(encrypted));
}
}
Please note I need help only to encrypt the data
JS Code -
import * as crypto from 'crypto';
export const encData = () => {
const data = 'Data to encrypt';
const secretKey = 'some_secret_key';
const salt = 'some_secret_salt';
let key = '';
const keyHash = key => {
const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256');
const hashedKey = hash.update(key, 'utf-8');
return hashedKey.digest('hex').toUpperCase();
};
const getSecretKey = key => {
return crypto.pbkdf2Sync(key, salt, 1, 16, 'sha1');
};
key = getSecretKey(keyHash(secretKey));
const iv = crypto.randomBytes(12);
const cipher = crypto.createCipheriv('aes-128-gcm', key, iv);
const buffer = Buffer.from(_.isPlainObject(data) ? JSON.stringify(data) : data);
// Updating text
let encrypted = cipher.update(buffer);
// Using concatenation
encrypted = Buffer.concat([encrypted, cipher.final()]);
return encrypted.toString('base64');
};
console.log(encData());
To make sure my code is working fine I am decrypting my encoded string generated with JS function by passing it to Java decrypt function.

In the Java code, the result of the encryption is composed as follows:
iv-length (4 bytes, BE) | IV | ciphertext | authentication tag
In contrast, in the NodeJS code the result consists only of the ciphertext, i.e. IV length, IV and tag are missing and must be added.
Here it must be taken into account that Java's SunJCE provider automatically concatenates ciphertext and tag, while this must happen explicitly in the NodeJS code.
Also, the ciphertext is returned hex encoded in the Java code, while it is Base64 encoded in the NodeJS code. This also needs to be changed in the NodeJS code.
The fix is to replace in the NodeJS code the lines:
// Using concatenation
encrypted = Buffer.concat([encrypted, cipher.final()]);
return encrypted.toString('base64');
with:
const length = Buffer.allocUnsafe(4);
length.writeUInt32BE(iv.length);
// Using concatenation
encrypted = Buffer.concat([length, iv, encrypted, cipher.final(), cipher.getAuthTag()]);
return encrypted.toString('hex');
With this, the NodeJS code returns a result that can be decrypted by the Java code.
Note that a static salt is insecure. Instead, the salt should be randomly generated like the IV for each encryption and passed along with the ciphertext.
Also, an iteration count of 1 is not secure, the value should be as high as possible with acceptable performance.
Hashing the key with SHA256 before the PBKDF2 derivation is actually not necessary (at least if PBKDF2 is applied correctly).

Use Crypto JS CBC mode for decrypting and equivalent encrypting in Java

I have written the following Java code to encrypt a message/data. Currently it is using default encryption algorithm (AES/ECB/PKCS5PADDING). In JavaScript while decrypting I have used mode ECB. I read articles that ECB is not secure. So I need to move to CBC mode. But changing the mode is causing issue for me. Can you help me to change the mode in proper way so that it is compatible?
import javax.crypto.BadPaddingException;
import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException;
import javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.security.Key;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.util.Base64;
public class EncryptDecryptImpl {
private static final String secretKey = "abcdefghijklmnop";
private static final String mySecretKey = "my-secret-key";
private static final String encryptionAlgorithm = "AES"; // need to use AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding
public static String encrypt(String data, String secret) {
try {
Key key = generateKey(secret);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(encryptionAlgorithm);
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);
byte[] encryptedValue = cipher.doFinal(data.getBytes());
return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(encryptedValue);
} catch (InvalidKeyException | NoSuchPaddingException | NoSuchAlgorithmException |
BadPaddingException | IllegalBlockSizeException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
public static String decrypt(String strToDecrypt, String secret) {
try {
Key key = generateKey(secret);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(encryptionAlgorithm);
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key);
return new String(cipher.doFinal(Base64.getDecoder().decode(strToDecrypt)));
} catch (NoSuchPaddingException | NoSuchAlgorithmException | InvalidKeyException |
BadPaddingException | IllegalBlockSizeException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
private static Key generateKey(String secret) {
byte[] decoded = Base64.getDecoder().decode(secret.getBytes());
return new SecretKeySpec(decoded, encryptionAlgorithm);
}
public static String encodeKey(String key) {
byte[] encoded = Base64.getEncoder().encode(key.getBytes());
return new String(encoded);
}
public static String decodeKey(String key) {
byte[] decoded = Base64.getDecoder().decode(key.getBytes());
return new String(decoded);
}
public static String encodedBase64Key() {
return encodeKey(secretKey);
}
public static String decodedBase64Key(String encryptedSecretKey) {
return decodeKey(encryptedSecretKey);
}
public static String aesEncryptedSecretKey() {
return EncryptDecryptImpl.encrypt(mySecretKey, encodedBase64Key());
}
public static String aesDecryptedSecretKey() {
return EncryptDecryptImpl.decrypt(aesEncryptedSecretKey(), encodedBase64Key());
}
}
Test:
String encryptedSecretKey = EncryptDecryptImpl.aesEncryptedSecretKey(); // cipher text
JavaScript:
export const getSecretKey = () => {
const encryptedBase64Key = 'bXVzdEJlMTZCeXRlc0tleQ==';
const parsedBase64Key = enc.Base64.parse(encryptedBase64Key);
const encryptedCipherText = getSessionStorageItem('uselessKey');
let decryptedData = '';
if (encryptedCipherText !== null) {
decryptedData = AES.decrypt(encryptedCipherText, parsedBase64Key, {
mode: mode.ECB, // need to use CBC
padding: pad.Pkcs7
})
}
return decryptedData.toString(enc.Utf8).toString();
}

The roadmap has already been roughly outlined by M. Fehr in his comment. The CBC mode uses an IV. In general it has to be considered that a key/IV pair must not be applied more than once for security reasons. Therefore, the IV is usually randomly generated for each encryption.
The IV must be known during decryption. Hence, it is passed together with the ciphertext. However, since the IV is not secret, it is passed unencrypted, usually concatenated with the ciphertext in the order IV | ciphertext.
For this additional functionality the encrypt() method in the Java code has to be adapted as follows (for simplicity without exception handling):
import java.security.SecureRandom;
import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
...
private static final String encryptionAlgorithm = "AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding";
private static final String keyAlgorithm = "AES";
...
public static String encrypt(String data, String secret) {
Key key = generateKey(secret);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(encryptionAlgorithm);
// Generate random IV, encrypt and concatenate IV and ciphertext
SecureRandom secureRandom = new SecureRandom();
byte[] iv = new byte[16];
secureRandom.nextBytes(iv);
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key, new IvParameterSpec(iv));
byte[] ciphertext = cipher.doFinal(data.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
byte[] encryptedValue = ByteBuffer.allocate(iv.length + ciphertext.length).put(iv).put(ciphertext).array();
return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(encryptedValue);
}
Note that in generateKey() with this change, keyAlgorithm must be used instead of encryptionAlgorithm.
On the JavaScript side, IV and ciphertext must be separated. CBC and PKCS7 are the default and do not need to be specified explicitly.
The ciphertext in the following CryptoJS code was generated with the above C# code and returns the original plaintext:
const enc = CryptoJS.enc, lib = CryptoJS.lib, AES = CryptoJS.AES;
const encryptedBase64Key = 'bXVzdEJlMTZCeXRlc0tleQ==';
const parsedBase64Key = enc.Base64.parse(encryptedBase64Key);
const encryptedCipherText = 'FZ+lnxu9iZGkxmmBxae32ToSkoi+a2/BpzAd6HYnyBjFjCmpssVUVx9N+KQbhpU2ALpJVG8my25KTG6xg7AOXQ==';
const parsedCipherText = enc.Base64.parse(encryptedCipherText);
const iv = lib.WordArray.create(parsedCipherText.words.slice(0, 16 / 4));
const ciphertext = lib.WordArray.create(parsedCipherText.words.slice(16 / 4));
if (encryptedCipherText !== null) {
decryptedData = AES.decrypt({ciphertext: ciphertext}, parsedBase64Key,{iv: iv});
}
console.log(decryptedData.toString(CryptoJS.enc.Utf8));
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/crypto-js/4.0.0/crypto-js.min.js"></script>
Decryption in the Java code and encryption in the JavaScript code are to be changed analogously.
Note that old data must be migrated, because data encrypted with ECB mode cannot be decrypted with CBC mode.

cryptojs.decrypt returns empty result

I need to decrypt a hex message in JavaScript that has the exact same outcome as the code written in Java. However the Javascript version using CryptoJs returns an empty result
Code in Java:
private static void create()
{
byte[] sessionKey = fromHexString("dae25b4defd646cd99b7b95d450d6646");
byte[] data = fromHexString("2700012e27999bdaa6b0530375be269985a0238e5e4baf1528ebaf34a8e5e8c13a58b25bcb82514ee6c86c02ff77ac52bdbd88");
byte[] payload_data = new byte[48];
byte[] decrypted_data = new byte[48];
for(int i=0;i<48;i++) {
payload_data[i]= data[3+i];
}
try{
SecretKeySpec skeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(sessionKey, "AES");
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/ECB/NoPadding");
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, skeySpec);
decrypted_data = cipher.doFinal(payload_data);
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e);
}
String my_data = byteArrayToHex(decrypted_data);
System.out.println(my_data);
}
private static String byteArrayToHex(byte[] a) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(a.length * 2);
for(byte b: a)
sb.append(String.format("%02X", b));
return sb.toString();
}
private static byte[] fromHexString(String src) {
byte[] biBytes = new BigInteger("10" + src.replaceAll("\\s", ""), 16).toByteArray();
return Arrays.copyOfRange(biBytes, 1, biBytes.length);
}
which returns a result of: "248A8143837F51E03C3522934DD47C38612C90EC57D79D7DE6174EAC85B75F9ADCD7D6686EBF4B9F2E9FE441D373E69E"
Code in JavaScript:
import * as cryptojs from 'crypto-js';
export function create() {
const sessionKey = Buffer.from('dae25b4defd646cd99b7b95d450d6646', 'hex');
const data = Buffer.from('2700012e27999bdaa6b0530375be269985a0238e5e4baf1528ebaf34a8e5e8c13a58b25bcb82514ee6c86c02ff77ac52bdbd88', 'hex');
const payloadData = Buffer.alloc(48);
for (let i = 0; i < 48; i += 1) {
payloadData[i] = data[3 + i];
}
const decrypted = cryptojs.AES.decrypt(
cryptojs.enc.Hex.parse(toHexString(payloadData)),
cryptojs.enc.Hex.parse(toHexString(sessionKey)),
{
mode: cryptojs.mode.ECB,
padding: cryptojs.pad.NoPadding,
}
).toString(cryptojs.enc.Hex);
console.log({
decrypted,
});
}
function toHexString(byteArray) {
// eslint-disable-next-line no-bitwise
return Array.prototype.map.call(byteArray, byte => `0${(byte & 0xff).toString(16)}`.slice(-2)).join('');
}
result:
{ decrypted: '' }
Any idea on what might be wrong ?

The decryption with CryptoJS could look as follows:
function decrypt() {
var sessionKey = 'dae25b4defd646cd99b7b95d450d6646';
var data = '2700012e27999bdaa6b0530375be269985a0238e5e4baf1528ebaf34a8e5e8c13a58b25bcb82514ee6c86c02ff77ac52bdbd88';
var payload_data = data.substr(6);
var decrypted = CryptoJS.AES.decrypt(
payload_data,
CryptoJS.enc.Hex.parse(sessionKey),
{
format: CryptoJS.format.Hex,
mode: CryptoJS.mode.ECB,
padding: CryptoJS.pad.NoPadding,
}
).toString(CryptoJS.enc.Hex);
console.log(decrypted.replace(/(.{48})/g,'$1\n'));
}
decrypt();
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/crypto-js/4.0.0/crypto-js.min.js"></script>
Update: Regarding your comment: The issue in your code is that the ciphertext is passed as WordArray. The following two changes are one way to make it work:
...
const decrypted = cryptojs.AES.decrypt(
toHexString(payloadData), // pass the ciphertext as hex encoded string
cryptojs.enc.Hex.parse(toHexString(sessionKey)),
{
format: cryptojs.format.Hex, // specify the encoding of the ciphertext
mode: cryptojs.mode.ECB,
...
cryptojs.AES.decrypt() expects the ciphertext in a CipherParams object (and not simply in a WordArray). Alternatively the ciphertext can be passed Base64 encoded or in another encoding that must be specified explicitly with the format parameter (e.g. hexadecimal here, Base64 is the default). The ciphertext is then implicitly converted into a CipherParams object, see here.
But please consider: Since all conversions can be done with CryptoJS onboard means, helpers like toHexString() are not really necessary. For this there are especially the encoder classes, see here. The same applies to the NodeJS Buffer. It makes more sense to work with WordArrays, because they are processed directly by CryptoJS.

Mixing tweetnacl.js with TweetNaclFast (java) for asymmetric encryption

Our project is using asymmetric encryption with nacl.box and ephemeral keys:
encrypt(pubKey, msg) {
if (typeof msg !== 'string') {
msg = JSON.stringify(msg)
}
let ephemKeys = nacl.box.keyPair()
let msgArr = nacl.util.decodeUTF8(msg)
let nonce = nacl.randomBytes(nacl.box.nonceLength)
p(`naclRsa.pubKey=${this.pubKey}`)
let encrypted = nacl.box(
msgArr,
nonce,
nacl.util.decodeBase64(pubKey),
ephemKeys.secretKey
)
let nonce64 = nacl.util.encodeBase64(nonce)
let pubKey64 = nacl.util.encodeBase64(ephemKeys.publicKey)
let encrypted64 = nacl.util.encodeBase64(encrypted)
return {nonce: nonce64, ephemPubKey: pubKey64, encrypted: encrypted64}
}
We presently have node.js apps that then decrypt these messages. We would like the option to use jvm languages for some features. There does not seem to be the richness of established players for tweet-nacl on the jvm but it seems
tweetnacl-java https://github.com/InstantWebP2P/tweetnacl-java
and its recommended implementation
° tweetnacl-fast https://github.com/InstantWebP2P/tweetnacl-java/blob/master/src/main/java/com/iwebpp/crypto/TweetNaclFast.java
were a popular one.
It is unclear what the analog to the asymmetric encryption with ephemeral keys were in that library. Is it supported? Note that I would be open to either java or kotlin if this were not supported in tweetnacl-java.

tweetnacl-java is a port of tweetnacl-js. It is therefore to be expected that both provide the same functionality. At least for the posted method this is the case, which can be implemented on the Java side with TweetNaclFast as follows:
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.Base64;
import com.iwebpp.crypto.TweetNaclFast;
import com.iwebpp.crypto.TweetNaclFast.Box;
import com.iwebpp.crypto.TweetNaclFast.Box.KeyPair;
...
private static EncryptedData encrypt(byte[] pubKey, String msg) {
KeyPair ephemKeys = Box.keyPair();
byte[] msgArr = msg.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
byte[] nonce = TweetNaclFast.randombytes(Box.nonceLength);
Box box = new Box(pubKey, ephemKeys.getSecretKey());
byte[] encrypted = box.box(msgArr, nonce);
String nonce64 = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(nonce);
String ephemPubKey64 = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(ephemKeys.getPublicKey());
String encrypted64 = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(encrypted);
return new EncryptedData(nonce64, ephemPubKey64, encrypted64);
}
...
class EncryptedData {
public EncryptedData(String nonce, String ephemPubKey, String encrypted) {
this.nonce = nonce;
this.ephemPubKey = ephemPubKey;
this.encrypted = encrypted;
}
public String nonce;
public String ephemPubKey;
public String encrypted;
}
In order to demonstrate that both sides are compatible, in the following a plaintext is encrypted on the Java side and decrypted on the JavaScript side:
First, a key pair is needed on the JavaScript side, whose public key (publicKeyJS) is passed to the Java side. The key pair on the JavaScript side can be generated as follows:
let keysJS = nacl.box.keyPair();
let secretKeyJS = keysJS.secretKey;
let publicKeyJS = keysJS.publicKey;
console.log("Secret key: " + nacl.util.encodeBase64(secretKeyJS));
console.log("Public key: " + nacl.util.encodeBase64(publicKeyJS));
with the following sample output:
Secret key: YTxAFmYGm4yV2OP94E4pcD6LSsN4gcSBBAlU105l7hw=
Public key: BDXNKDHeq0vILm8oawAGAQtdIsgwethzBTBqmsWI+R8=
The encryption on the Java side is then using the encrypt method posted above (and publicKeyJS):
byte[] publicKeyJS = Base64.getDecoder().decode("BDXNKDHeq0vILm8oawAGAQtdIsgwethzBTBqmsWI+R8=");
EncryptedData encryptedFromJava = encrypt(publicKeyJS, "I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore...");
System.out.println("Nonce: " + encryptedFromJava.nonce);
System.out.println("Ephemeral public key: " + encryptedFromJava.ephemPubKey);
System.out.println("Ciphertext: " + encryptedFromJava.encrypted);
with the following sample output:
Nonce: FcdzXfYwSbI0nq2WXsLe9aAh94vXSoWd
Ephemeral public key: Mde+9metwF1jIEij5rlZDHjAStR/pd4BN9p5JbZleSg=
Ciphertext: hHo7caCxTU+hghcFZFv+djAkSlWKnC12xj82V2R/Iz9GdOMoTzjoCDcz9m/KbRN6i5dkYi3+Gf0YTtKlZQWFooo=
The decryption on the JS side gives the original plaintext (using secretKeyJS):
let nonce = "FcdzXfYwSbI0nq2WXsLe9aAh94vXSoWd";
let ephemPubKey = "Mde+9metwF1jIEij5rlZDHjAStR/pd4BN9p5JbZleSg=";
let encrypted = "hHo7caCxTU+hghcFZFv+djAkSlWKnC12xj82V2R/Iz9GdOMoTzjoCDcz9m/KbRN6i5dkYi3+Gf0YTtKlZQWFooo=";
let secretKeyJS = nacl.util.decodeBase64("YTxAFmYGm4yV2OP94E4pcD6LSsN4gcSBBAlU105l7hw=");
let decryptedFromJS = decrypt(secretKeyJS, {nonce: nonce, ephemPubKey: ephemPubKey, encrypted: encrypted});
console.log(nacl.util.encodeUTF8(decryptedFromJS)); // I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore...
function decrypt(secretKey, ciphertext){
let decrypted = nacl.box.open(
nacl.util.decodeBase64(ciphertext.encrypted),
nacl.util.decodeBase64(ciphertext.nonce),
nacl.util.decodeBase64(ciphertext.ephemPubKey),
secretKey
);
return decrypted;
}
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tweetnacl-util#0.15.1/nacl-util.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tweetnacl#1.0.3/nacl.min.js"></script>

My complete code for tweetnacl-java (Kudos to #topaco)
I generated two random key-pairs and saved their secret keys in the application.properties file, so that, i will always have the same pub&sec along with the nonce.
KeyPair baseKeyPair= Box.keyPair();
String baseKeyPairSecretKey = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(baseKeyPair.getSecretKey());
KeyPair ephemeralKeyPair= Box.keyPair();
String ephemeralKeyPairSecretKey = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(ephemeralKeyPair.getSecretKey());
byte[] nonce = TweetNaclFast.randombytes(Box.nonceLength);
String nonce64 = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(nonce);
private final AppConfig config; //you can autowire the config class
private TweetNaclFast.Box.KeyPair getBaseKeyPair() {
byte[] secretKey = Base64.getDecoder().decode(config.getTweetNACLConfig().getBaseSecretKey());
return TweetNaclFast.Box.keyPair_fromSecretKey(mySecretKey);
}
private TweetNaclFast.Box.KeyPair getEphemeralKeyPair() {
byte[] secretKey = Base64.getDecoder().decode(config.getTweetNACLConfig().getEphemeralSecretKey());
return TweetNaclFast.Box.keyPair_fromSecretKey(mySecretKey);
}
private byte[] getNonce() {
return Base64.getDecoder().decode(config.getTweetNACLConfig().getNonce().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
}
public String encrypt(String msg) {
TweetNaclFast.Box.KeyPair baseKeyPair = getBaseKeyPair();
TweetNaclFast.Box.KeyPair ephemeralKeyPair = getEphemeralKeyPair();
byte[] msgArr = msg.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
byte[] nonce = getNonce();
TweetNaclFast.Box box = new TweetNaclFast.Box(baseKeyPair.getPublicKey(), ephemeralKeyPair.getSecretKey());
byte[] encryptedData = box.box(msgArr, nonce);
return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(encryptData);
}
public String decrypt(String encryptedData) {
TweetNaclFast.Box.KeyPair baseKeyPair = getBaseKeyPair();
TweetNaclFast.Box.KeyPair ephemeralKeyPair = getEphemeralKeyPair();
byte[] nonce = getNonce();
TweetNaclFast.Box box = new TweetNaclFast.Box(ephemeralKeyPair.getPublicKey(), baseKeyPair.getSecretKey());
byte[] boxToOpen = Base64.getDecoder().decode(encryptedData);
byte[] decryptedData = box.open(boxToOpen, nonce);
return new String(decryptedData, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
}
> Please, note these two lines
> TweetNaclFast.Box box = new TweetNaclFast.Box(baseKeyPair.getPublicKey(), ephemeralKeyPair.getSecretKey());
> TweetNaclFast.Box box = new TweetNaclFast.Box(ephemeralKeyPair.getPublicKey(), baseKeyPair.getSecretKey());
return encryptAndDecryptData.encrypt("Friday"); // JHo/tk/Jpp2rpxpzIIgBhVhK/CBZLg==
return encryptAndDecryptData.decrypt("JHo/tk/Jpp2rpxpzIIgBhVhK/CBZLg==") //Friday

ASUS zenfone5 t00j AES 256 decryption issue

I am working on mobile application and client side we are using JavaScript (kony) at server side its java. This is working fine for all other device except intel chipset devices (ASUS Zenfone). PFB the JS code for encryption
function encryptDataModeCBC()
{
var encData = "Test";
try
{
var encText = CryptoJS.AES.encrypt(encData, "3f4c57006f7d2d9528de3c46b626df06cdc405cb0243b10ca7612d967c688744", {
iv: "31fd1ae51454cd55db81f1fa60a343ed",
mode: CryptoJS.mode.CBC,
padding: CryptoJS.pad.Pkcs7
}).ciphertext.toString(CryptoJS.enc.Base64);
alert ("encText => "+encText);
kony.print("$$$$ encText => "+encText);
}
catch (e)
{
alert(kony.i18n.getLocalizedString("technicalError"));
}
}
Here creating IV & secret key using sha256 & sha512 hashing algorithm.
PFB the code snippet which we are using at server side for decrypting the encrypted string
secret key generation code
private SecretKeySpec getKey(String mode, String msgDigest, String encryptionKey, boolean is256) throws Exception {
byte[] key = encryptionKey.getBytes("UTF-8");
MessageDigest sha = MessageDigest.getInstance(msgDigest); // This is SHA-256
key = sha.digest(key);
if (is256) { // This is true in our case.
key = Arrays.copyOf(key, 32);
this.logger.debug("Secret Key " + DigestUtils.sha256Hex(encryptionKey).substring(0, 32));
} else {
key = Arrays.copyOf(key, 16);
this.logger.debug("Secret Key " + DigestUtils.sha256Hex(encryptionKey).substring(0, 16));
}
SecretKeySpec secretKeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(key, "AES");
String modeStr = mode.equals("ECB") ? "AES/ECB/PKCS5Padding" : "AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding";
cipher = Cipher.getInstance(modeStr);
return secretKeySpec;
}
IV generation at server side
private IvParameterSpec getIV(String uid, String pin) throws Exception {
String ivValue = new StringBuilder(uid).reverse().toString() + new StringBuilder(pin).reverse();
byte[] key = ivValue.getBytes("UTF-8");
MessageDigest sha = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
key = sha.digest(key);
key = Arrays.copyOf(key, 16);
IvParameterSpec iv = new IvParameterSpec(key);
return iv;
}
As I mentioned above this is failing in intel chipset devices. This is the exception which I am getting while decrypting the string
javax.crypto.BadPaddingException: Given final block not properly padded
at com.sun.crypto.provider.SunJCE_f.b(DashoA13*..)
at com.sun.crypto.provider.SunJCE_f.b(DashoA13*..)
at com.sun.crypto.provider.AESCipher.engineDoFinal(DashoA13*..)
at javax.crypto.Cipher.doFinal(DashoA13*..)
When I tried encrypting the string "Test" I am getting "Tn2SzI8dmgCmEvQrzdqLxw==" as encrypted string which I have used in below java code and tried to decrypt where I am getting the below error
enc text => 7b9UNDI4IWNITNAQlYNP8w==
javax.crypto.BadPaddingException: Given final block not properly padded
at com.sun.crypto.provider.CipherCore.doFinal(CipherCore.java:966)
at com.sun.crypto.provider.CipherCore.doFinal(CipherCore.java:824)
at com.sun.crypto.provider.AESCipher.engineDoFinal(AESCipher.java:436)
at javax.crypto.Cipher.doFinal(Cipher.java:2165)
at com.ust.Encryptor.decrypt(Encryptor.java:92)
at com.ust.Encryptor.main(Encryptor.java:113)
Here is the JAVA code which I have used for decrypting
package com.ust;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.spec.InvalidKeySpecException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import javax.crypto.BadPaddingException;
import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException;
import javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException;
import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
public class Encryptor {
private static final String AES_PASS = "0ca763dc6b05b5230e44beb6b90e346440204b6d334b09623eafd3fcfbad6a302faca28b0994872e3fd782e7353026684b7ac9385662144e0ed1e2a8e3e14fab79059929681e3794eb97271328ecccda6dbfb3a7991ea1324615cf5908fabdf6"; // Hashed into an AES key later
private SecretKeySpec keyObj;
private Cipher cipher;
private IvParameterSpec ivObj;
final protected static char[] hexArray = "0123456789ABCDEF".toCharArray();
public Encryptor() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException, NoSuchPaddingException {
// A constant IV, since CBC requires an IV but we don't really need one
String ivValue = new StringBuilder("astring").reverse().toString() + new StringBuilder("0ca763dc6b05b5230e44beb6b90e346440204b6d334b09623eafd3fcfbad6a302faca28b0994872e3fd782e7353026684b7ac9385662144e0ed1e2a8e3e14fab").reverse();
System.out.println("ivValue => "+ivValue);
try {
byte[] ivkey = ivValue.getBytes("UTF-8");
MessageDigest shaIv = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
ivkey = shaIv.digest(ivkey);
ivkey = Arrays.copyOf(ivkey, 16);
System.out.println("IV => "+bytesToHex(ivkey));
this.ivObj = new IvParameterSpec(ivkey);
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
// Create an SHA-256 256-bit hash of the key
byte[] key = AES_PASS.getBytes();
MessageDigest sha = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
key = sha.digest(key);
key = Arrays.copyOf(key, 32); // Use only first 256 bit
System.out.println("SEC KEY => "+bytesToHex(key));
this.keyObj = new SecretKeySpec(key, "AES");
// Create a Cipher by specifying the following parameters
// a. Algorithm name - here it is AES
// b. Mode - here it is CBC mode
// c. Padding - e.g. PKCS7 or PKCS5
this.cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5PADDING");
}
public String encrypt(String strDataToEncrypt) throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException, InvalidKeyException, BadPaddingException, IllegalBlockSizeException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchPaddingException {
String strCipherText = new String();
this.cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, this.keyObj, this.ivObj);
// Encrypt the Data
// a. Declare / Initialize the Data. Here the data is of type String
// b. Convert the Input Text to Bytes
// c. Encrypt the bytes using doFinal method
byte[] byteDataToEncrypt = strDataToEncrypt.getBytes();
byte[] byteCipherText = this.cipher.doFinal(byteDataToEncrypt);
// b64 is done differently on Android
strCipherText = Base64.encodeBase64String(byteCipherText);
return strCipherText;
}
public String decrypt(String strCipherText) throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException, InvalidKeyException, BadPaddingException, IllegalBlockSizeException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchPaddingException {
String strDecryptedText = new String();
// Initialize the Cipher for Encryption
this.cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, this.keyObj, this.ivObj);
// Decode the Base64 text
byte[] cipherBytes = Base64.decodeBase64(strCipherText);
// Decrypt the Data
// a. Initialize a new instance of Cipher for Decryption (normally don't reuse the same object)
// Be sure to obtain the same IV bytes for CBC mode.
// b. Decrypt the cipher bytes using doFinal method
byte[] byteDecryptedText = this.cipher.doFinal(cipherBytes);
strDecryptedText = new String(byteDecryptedText);
return strDecryptedText;
}
public static String bytesToHex(byte[] bytes) {
char[] hexChars = new char[bytes.length * 2];
int v;
for ( int j = 0; j < bytes.length; j++ ) {
v = bytes[j] & 0xFF;
hexChars[j * 2] = hexArray[v >>> 4];
hexChars[j * 2 + 1] = hexArray[v & 0x0F];
}
return new String(hexChars);
}
public static void main (String args[]) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException, NoSuchPaddingException{
Encryptor aesCipher = new Encryptor();
try {
String encText = aesCipher.encrypt("Test");
System.out.println("enc text => "+encText);
String plaintext = aesCipher.decrypt("Tn2SzI8dmgCmEvQrzdqLxw==");//("eat6f1uCCXVqJgTNUA8BCqXSA4kG4GhKajXdkyV0TewK+jgDkbQ/lPVaevv4rW3XdSmtVyOKLVJjPw9Akeblrh+ejIv9u48n7PkRKniwfxq/URuPU7lhS/sO5JMiJ7+ufgKFvJapxhSfftCtigtDc8F6Y2lJIPEUeQeQKOVc1noeLqPFggz55hWjWvDtpYh/sG76MwLlWDM7cj+uu6ru3ImmDA7qoM4tJOWBBkfng8u20R1ZcF3gM45TgDLUdL912AE1WO+grGBGjqzTXlK2/jgu3OOsLVI0jndB49K5q3/oKJc7JEoIZb0eZJcuZ80A");
System.out.println("plain text => "+plaintext);
} catch (InvalidKeyException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (InvalidAlgorithmParameterException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (BadPaddingException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalBlockSizeException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

CryptoJS assumes that
a key which is passed as a string is actually a password and will hash it again along with a randomly generated salt or it will use the key as-is if it is a WordArray and
the IV should be a WordArray
WordArray is CryptoJS' internal binary data representation.
The code should be:
try {
var key = CryptoJS.enc.Hex.parse("3f4c57006f7d2d9528de3c46b626df06cdc405cb0243b10ca7612d967c688744");
var iv = CryptoJS.enc.Hex.parse("31fd1ae51454cd55db81f1fa60a343ed44");
var encText = CryptoJS.AES.encrypt(encData, key, {
iv: iv,
mode: CryptoJS.mode.CBC,
padding: CryptoJS.pad.Pkcs7
}).ciphertext.toString(CryptoJS.enc.Base64);
alert ("encText => "+encText);
kony.print("$$$$ encText => "+encText);
}
catch (e)
{
alert(kony.i18n.getLocalizedString("technicalError"));
}
Something to think about:
If you send the symmetric key from the server to the client, then anyone who might be listening will get the key and can decrypt the ciphertexts you send. This solution doesn't provide security, but rather obfuscation. You should use TLS which would make the connection actually secure.
The IV must be unpredictable (read: random). Don't use a static IV, because that makes the cipher deterministic and therefore not semantically secure. An attacker who observes ciphertexts can determine when the same message prefix was sent before. The IV is not secret, so you can send it along with the ciphertext. Usually, it is simply prepended to the ciphertext and sliced off before decryption.
It is better to authenticate your ciphertexts so that attacks like a padding oracle attack are not possible. This can be done with authenticated modes like GCM or EAX, or with an encrypt-then-MAC scheme.