test(xtest): cross-SDK repro for the GMAC root-signature downgrade (DSPX-4703) - #595
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…SPX-4703) A GMAC "root signature" is the trailing 16 bytes of the aggregate hash -- data AES-GCM never processed, so there is no tag to extract and the DEK is never used. It is a copy of the last segment hash, which the manifest already carries in plain sight. Since rootSignature.alg is read from the unauthenticated manifest, any ordinary HS256-rooted TDF can be downgraded onto that branch with no key at all, defeating the only control that covers segment order, count, and membership. test_root_signature.py reproduces that against every reader: forge the root from manifest data, then truncate, reverse, or replay segments while every per-segment GCM tag still verifies. Two positive controls (untouched, and an identity unzip/rezip) and four negative controls (each tamper without the forgery) keep a passing exploit case from meaning "decryption is broken somehow". The fix is entirely reader-side and adds no CLI surface, so the exploit cases gate on an observed rejection rather than a supports probe: skip_unless_gmac_root_rejected forges one root per reader per session and watches. XT_FORCE_SUPPORTS=gmac_root_rejected is the escape hatch that turns a vulnerable build's skip into a red repro. No writer-side flags: no SDK exposes an integrity-algorithm option and none is proposed here. test_default_integrity_algorithms pins the hardcoded pair -- HS256 root, GMAC segments with 16-byte digests -- so an SDK that drifts fails loudly instead of quietly shifting what every other test measures. Also: - looks_like_422 / looks_like_430 no longer accept a GMAC root. - update_manifest serializes with exclude_unset, so the rewrite does not turn omitted optional fields into explicit nulls. web-sdk reads "encryptedSegmentSize": null as a hard error, which made tamper tests pass for the wrong reason.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds GMAC root-signature forgery helpers, rejects GMAC roots during container validation, exposes SDK capability probes, and adds cross-SDK tests for forged, reordered, truncated, duplicated, and case-variant roots. ChangesGMAC root rejection
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Other Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant test_root_signature
participant tdfs
participant SDKReader
test_root_signature->>tdfs: forge GMAC root signature
tdfs-->>test_root_signature: return rewritten manifest
test_root_signature->>SDKReader: decrypt mutated container
SDKReader-->>test_root_signature: reject forged root
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In `@xtest/test_root_signature.py`:
- Line 288: Update the test around assert_root_is_hs256 to decode
rootSignature.sig and assert its length equals tdfs.HS256_DIGEST_BYTES, matching
the existing GMAC segment-hash validation while retaining the algorithm-label
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| manifest = tdfs.manifest(ct_file) | ||
| ii = manifest.encryptionInformation.integrityInformation | ||
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| assert_root_is_hs256(manifest, encrypt_sdk) |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Check the HS256 root digest length.
The test checks only the root algorithm label. An SDK that emits a truncated HS256 root signature still passes.
Decode rootSignature.sig and require tdfs.HS256_DIGEST_BYTES, as the test already does for GMAC segment hashes.
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assert_root_is_hs256(manifest, encrypt_sdk)
+ root = ii.rootSignature
+ root_size = len(tdfs.decode_integrity_value(root.sig, legacy))
+ assert root_size == tdfs.HS256_DIGEST_BYTES, (
+ f"{encrypt_sdk} root signature decodes to {root_size} bytes; "
+ f"HS256 implies {tdfs.HS256_DIGEST_BYTES}"
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| assert_root_is_hs256(manifest, encrypt_sdk) | |
| assert_root_is_hs256(manifest, encrypt_sdk) | |
| root = ii.rootSignature | |
| root_size = len(tdfs.decode_integrity_value(root.sig, legacy)) | |
| assert root_size == tdfs.HS256_DIGEST_BYTES, ( | |
| f"{encrypt_sdk} root signature decodes to {root_size} bytes; " | |
| f"HS256 implies {tdfs.HS256_DIGEST_BYTES}" | |
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In `@xtest/test_root_signature.py` at line 288, Update the test around
assert_root_is_hs256 to decode rootSignature.sig and assert its length equals
tdfs.HS256_DIGEST_BYTES, matching the existing GMAC segment-hash validation
while retaining the algorithm-label check.
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@dmihalcik-virtru, acknowledged. The HS256 root digest-length check can be added in a later pull request.
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A GMAC "root signature" is the trailing 16 bytes of the aggregate hash --
data AES-GCM never processed, so there is no tag to extract and the DEK is
never used. It is a copy of the last segment hash, which the manifest already
carries in plain sight. Since rootSignature.alg is read from the
unauthenticated manifest, any ordinary HS256-rooted TDF can be downgraded onto
that branch with no key at all, defeating the only control that covers segment
order, count, and membership.
test_root_signature.py reproduces that against every reader: forge the root
from manifest data, then truncate, reverse, or replay segments while every
per-segment GCM tag still verifies. Two positive controls (untouched, and an
identity unzip/rezip) and four negative controls (each tamper without the
forgery) keep a passing exploit case from meaning "decryption is broken
somehow".
The fix is entirely reader-side and adds no CLI surface, so the exploit cases
gate on an observed rejection rather than a supports probe:
skip_unless_gmac_root_rejected forges one root per reader per session and
watches. XT_FORCE_SUPPORTS=gmac_root_rejected is the escape hatch that turns a
vulnerable build's skip into a red repro.
No writer-side flags: no SDK exposes an integrity-algorithm option and none is
proposed here. test_default_integrity_algorithms pins the hardcoded pair --
HS256 root, GMAC segments with 16-byte digests -- so an SDK that drifts fails
loudly instead of quietly shifting what every other test measures.
Also:
omitted optional fields into explicit nulls. web-sdk reads
"encryptedSegmentSize": null as a hard error, which made tamper tests pass
for the wrong reason.
Verification
ruff check/ruff format/pyrightclean;test_tdfs_units.py20 passed.test_root_signature.py --sdks go --sizes chunky-> 38 passed, 12 skipped (the exploit cells, sincego@mainis still vulnerable).XT_FORCE_SUPPORTS=gmac_root_rejected-> those 12 go red againstgo@mainand pass against agobuild carrying the reader fix, which is the intended repro/regression pair.go js-> 45 passed, 12 skipped on the pre-existingchunkyreader-skew gate. The js reader accepting the identity rewrite confirms theexclude_unsetfix.Note
looks_like_422previously matchedcase "GMAC" | "":forsegmentHashAlg, so an empty value meant 16 bytes; it now falls through to the HS256 arm (32 bytes), matching whatlooks_like_430already did. No SDK emits an emptysegmentHashAlgin the runs above, but it is a behavior change rather than pure dead-code removal.Summary by CodeRabbit