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//! OpenSSH certificate support.
mod builder;
mod cert_type;
mod field;
mod options_map;
mod signing_key;
mod unix_time;
pub use self::{
builder::Builder, cert_type::CertType, field::Field, options_map::OptionsMap,
signing_key::SigningKey,
};
use self::unix_time::UnixTime;
use crate::{
checked::CheckedSum,
decode::Decode,
encode::Encode,
public::{Encapsulation, KeyData},
reader::{Base64Reader, Reader},
writer::{base64_len, Writer},
Algorithm, Error, Result, Signature,
};
use alloc::{
borrow::ToOwned,
string::{String, ToString},
vec::Vec,
};
use core::str::FromStr;
#[cfg(feature = "fingerprint")]
use {
crate::{Fingerprint, HashAlg},
signature::Verifier,
};
#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
use serde::{de, ser, Deserialize, Serialize};
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
use std::{fs, path::Path, time::SystemTime};
/// OpenSSH certificate as specified in [PROTOCOL.certkeys].
///
/// OpenSSH supports X.509-like certificate authorities, but using a custom
/// encoding format.
///
/// # ⚠️ Security Warning
///
/// Certificates must be validated before they can be trusted!
///
/// The [`Certificate`] type does not automatically perform validation checks
/// and supports parsing certificates which may potentially be invalid.
/// Just because a [`Certificate`] parses successfully does not mean that it
/// can be trusted.
///
/// See "Certificate Validation" documentation below for more information on
/// how to properly validate certificates.
///
/// # Certificate Validation
///
/// For a certificate to be trusted, the following properties MUST be
/// validated:
///
/// - Certificate is signed by a trusted certificate authority (CA)
/// - Signature over the certificate verifies successfully
/// - Current time is within the certificate's validity window
/// - Certificate authorizes the expected principal
/// - All critical extensions to the certificate are recognized and validate
/// successfully.
///
/// The [`Certificate::validate`] and [`Certificate::validate_at`] methods can
/// be used to validate a certificate.
///
/// ## Example
///
/// The following example walks through how to implement the steps outlined
/// above for validating a certificate:
///
#[cfg_attr(all(feature = "p256", feature = "std"), doc = " ```")]
#[cfg_attr(not(all(feature = "p256", feature = "std")), doc = " ```ignore")]
/// # fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
/// use ssh_key::{Certificate, Fingerprint};
/// use std::str::FromStr;
///
/// // List of trusted certificate authority (CA) fingerprints
/// let ca_fingerprints = [
/// Fingerprint::from_str("SHA256:JQ6FV0rf7qqJHZqIj4zNH8eV0oB8KLKh9Pph3FTD98g")?
/// ];
///
/// // Certificate to be validated
/// let certificate = Certificate::from_str(
/// "ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com AAAAIHNzaC1lZDI1NTE5LWNlcnQtdjAxQG9wZW5zc2guY29tAAAAIE7x9ln6uZLLkfXM8iatrnAAuytVHeCznU8VlEgx7TvLAAAAILM+rvN+ot98qgEN796jTiQfZfG1KaT0PtFDJ/XFSqtiAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAFGVkMjU1MTktd2l0aC1wMjU2LWNhAAAAAAAAAABiUZm7AAAAAPTaMrsAAAAAAAAAggAAABVwZXJtaXQtWDExLWZvcndhcmRpbmcAAAAAAAAAF3Blcm1pdC1hZ2VudC1mb3J3YXJkaW5nAAAAAAAAABZwZXJtaXQtcG9ydC1mb3J3YXJkaW5nAAAAAAAAAApwZXJtaXQtcHR5AAAAAAAAAA5wZXJtaXQtdXNlci1yYwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAABNlY2RzYS1zaGEyLW5pc3RwMjU2AAAACG5pc3RwMjU2AAAAQQR8H9hzDOU0V76NkkCY7DZIgw+SqoojY6xlb91FIfpjE+UR8YkbTp5ar44ULQatFaZqQlfz8FHYTooOL5G6gHBHAAAAZAAAABNlY2RzYS1zaGEyLW5pc3RwMjU2AAAASQAAACEA/0Cwxhkac5AeNYE958j8GgvmkIESDH1TE7QYIqxsFsIAAAAgTEw8WVjlz8AnvyaKGOUELMpyFFJagtD2JFAIAJvilrc= user@example.com"
/// )?;
///
/// // Perform basic certificate validation, ensuring that the certificate is
/// // signed by a trusted certificate authority (CA) and checking that the
/// // current system clock time is within the certificate's validity window
/// certificate.validate(&ca_fingerprints)?;
///
/// // Check that the certificate includes the expected principal name
/// // (i.e. username or hostname)
/// // if !certificate.principals().contains(expected_principal) { return Err(...) }
///
/// // Check that all of the critical extensions are recognized
/// // if !certificate.critical_options.iter().all(|critical| ...) { return Err(...) }
///
/// // If we've made it this far, the certificate can be trusted
/// Ok(())
/// # }
/// ```
///
/// # Certificate Builder (SSH CA support)
///
/// This crate implements all of the functionality needed for a pure Rust
/// SSH certificate authority which can build and sign OpenSSH certificates.
///
/// See the [`Builder`] type's documentation for more information.
///
/// # `serde` support
///
/// When the `serde` feature of this crate is enabled, this type receives impls
/// of [`Deserialize`][`serde::Deserialize`] and [`Serialize`][`serde::Serialize`].
///
/// The serialization uses a binary encoding with binary formats like bincode
/// and CBOR, and the OpenSSH string serialization when used with
/// human-readable formats like JSON and TOML.
///
/// [PROTOCOL.certkeys]: https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.bin/ssh/PROTOCOL.certkeys?annotate=HEAD
#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
pub struct Certificate {
/// CA-provided random bitstring of arbitrary length
/// (but typically 16 or 32 bytes).
nonce: Vec<u8>,
/// Public key data.
public_key: KeyData,
/// Serial number.
serial: u64,
/// Certificate type.
cert_type: CertType,
/// Key ID.
key_id: String,
/// Valid principals.
valid_principals: Vec<String>,
/// Valid after.
valid_after: UnixTime,
/// Valid before.
valid_before: UnixTime,
/// Critical options.
critical_options: OptionsMap,
/// Extensions.
extensions: OptionsMap,
/// Reserved field.
reserved: Vec<u8>,
/// Signature key of signing CA.
signature_key: KeyData,
/// Signature over the certificate.
signature: Signature,
/// Comment on the certificate.
comment: String,
}
impl Certificate {
/// Parse an OpenSSH-formatted certificate.
///
/// OpenSSH-formatted certificates look like the following
/// (i.e. similar to OpenSSH public keys with `-cert-v01@openssh.com`):
///
/// ```text
/// ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com AAAAIHNzaC1lZDI1NTE5LWNlc...8REbCaAw== user@example.com
/// ```
pub fn from_openssh(certificate_str: &str) -> Result<Self> {
let encapsulation = Encapsulation::decode(certificate_str.trim_end().as_bytes())?;
let mut reader = Base64Reader::new(encapsulation.base64_data)?;
let mut cert = Certificate::decode(&mut reader)?;
// Verify that the algorithm in the Base64-encoded data matches the text
if encapsulation.algorithm_id != cert.algorithm().as_certificate_str() {
return Err(Error::Algorithm);
}
cert.comment = encapsulation.comment.to_owned();
reader.finish(cert)
}
/// Parse a raw binary OpenSSH certificate.
pub fn from_bytes(mut bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Self> {
let reader = &mut bytes;
let cert = Certificate::decode(reader)?;
reader.finish(cert)
}
/// Encode OpenSSH certificate to a [`String`].
pub fn to_openssh(&self) -> Result<String> {
let encoded_len = [
2, // interstitial spaces
self.algorithm().as_certificate_str().len(),
base64_len(self.encoded_len()?),
self.comment.len(),
]
.checked_sum()?;
let mut out = vec![0u8; encoded_len];
let actual_len = Encapsulation::encode(
&mut out,
self.algorithm().as_certificate_str(),
self.comment(),
|writer| self.encode(writer),
)?
.len();
out.truncate(actual_len);
Ok(String::from_utf8(out)?)
}
/// Serialize OpenSSH certificate as raw bytes.
pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
let mut cert_bytes = Vec::new();
self.encode(&mut cert_bytes)?;
Ok(cert_bytes)
}
/// Read OpenSSH certificate from a file.
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "std")))]
pub fn read_file(path: &Path) -> Result<Self> {
let input = fs::read_to_string(path)?;
Self::from_openssh(&*input)
}
/// Write OpenSSH certificate to a file.
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "std")))]
pub fn write_file(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
let encoded = self.to_openssh()?;
fs::write(path, encoded.as_bytes())?;
Ok(())
}
/// Get the public key algorithm for this certificate.
pub fn algorithm(&self) -> Algorithm {
self.public_key.algorithm()
}
/// Get the comment on this certificate.
pub fn comment(&self) -> &str {
self.comment.as_str()
}
/// Nonces are a CA-provided random bitstring of arbitrary length
/// (but typically 16 or 32 bytes).
///
/// It's included to make attacks that depend on inducing collisions in the
/// signature hash infeasible.
pub fn nonce(&self) -> &[u8] {
&self.nonce
}
/// Get this certificate's public key data.
pub fn public_key(&self) -> &KeyData {
&self.public_key
}
/// Optional certificate serial number set by the CA to provide an
/// abbreviated way to refer to certificates from that CA.
///
/// If a CA does not wish to number its certificates, it must set this
/// field to zero.
pub fn serial(&self) -> u64 {
self.serial
}
/// Specifies whether this certificate is for identification of a user or
/// a host.
pub fn cert_type(&self) -> CertType {
self.cert_type
}
/// Key IDs are a free-form text field that is filled in by the CA at the
/// time of signing.
///
/// The intention is that the contents of this field are used to identify
/// the identity principal in log messages.
pub fn key_id(&self) -> &str {
&self.key_id
}
/// List of zero or more principals which this certificate is valid for.
///
/// Principals are hostnames for host certificates and usernames for user
/// certificates.
///
/// As a special case, a zero-length "valid principals" field means the
/// certificate is valid for any principal of the specified type.
pub fn valid_principals(&self) -> &[String] {
&self.valid_principals
}
/// Valid after (Unix time).
pub fn valid_after(&self) -> u64 {
self.valid_after.into()
}
/// Valid before (Unix time).
pub fn valid_before(&self) -> u64 {
self.valid_before.into()
}
/// Valid after (system time).
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "std")))]
pub fn valid_after_time(&self) -> SystemTime {
self.valid_after.into()
}
/// Valid before (system time).
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "std")))]
pub fn valid_before_time(&self) -> SystemTime {
self.valid_before.into()
}
/// The critical options section of the certificate specifies zero or more
/// options on the certificate's validity.
///
/// Each named option may only appear once in a certificate.
///
/// All options are "critical"; if an implementation does not recognize an
/// option, then the validating party should refuse to accept the
/// certificate.
pub fn critical_options(&self) -> &OptionsMap {
&self.critical_options
}
/// The extensions section of the certificate specifies zero or more
/// non-critical certificate extensions.
///
/// If an implementation does not recognise an extension, then it should
/// ignore it.
pub fn extensions(&self) -> &OptionsMap {
&self.extensions
}
/// Signature key of signing CA.
pub fn signature_key(&self) -> &KeyData {
&self.signature_key
}
/// Signature computed over all preceding fields from the initial string up
/// to, and including the signature key.
pub fn signature(&self) -> &Signature {
&self.signature
}
/// Perform certificate validation using the system clock to check that
/// the current time is within the certificate's validity window.
///
/// # ⚠️ Security Warning: Some Assembly Required
///
/// See [`Certificate::validate_at`] documentation for important notes on
/// how to properly validate certificates!
#[cfg(all(feature = "fingerprint", feature = "std"))]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(all(feature = "fingerprint", feature = "std"))))]
pub fn validate<'a, I>(&self, ca_fingerprints: I) -> Result<()>
where
I: IntoIterator<Item = &'a Fingerprint>,
{
self.validate_at(UnixTime::now()?.into(), ca_fingerprints)
}
/// Perform certificate validation.
///
/// Checks for the following:
///
/// - Specified Unix timestamp is within the certificate's valid range
/// - Certificate's signature validates against the public key included in
/// the certificate
/// - Fingerprint of the public key included in the certificate matches one
/// of the trusted certificate authority (CA) fingerprints provided in
/// the `ca_fingerprints` parameter.
///
/// NOTE: only SHA-256 fingerprints are supported at this time.
///
/// # ⚠️ Security Warning: Some Assembly Required
///
/// This method does not perform the full set of validation checks needed
/// to determine if a certificate is to be trusted.
///
/// If this method succeeds, the following properties still need to be
/// checked to ensure the certificate is valid:
///
/// - `valid_principals` is empty or contains the expected principal
/// - `critical_options` is empty or contains *only* options which are
/// recognized, and that the recognized options are all valid
///
/// ## Returns
/// - `Ok` if the certificate validated successfully
/// - `Error::CertificateValidation` if the certificate failed to validate
#[cfg(feature = "fingerprint")]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "fingerprint")))]
pub fn validate_at<'a, I>(&self, unix_timestamp: u64, ca_fingerprints: I) -> Result<()>
where
I: IntoIterator<Item = &'a Fingerprint>,
{
self.verify_signature()?;
// TODO(tarcieri): support non SHA-256 public key fingerprints?
let cert_fingerprint = self.signature_key.fingerprint(HashAlg::Sha256);
if !ca_fingerprints.into_iter().any(|f| f == &cert_fingerprint) {
return Err(Error::CertificateValidation);
}
let unix_timestamp = UnixTime::new(unix_timestamp)?;
// From PROTOCOL.certkeys:
//
// "valid after" and "valid before" specify a validity period for the
// certificate. Each represents a time in seconds since 1970-01-01
// A certificate is considered valid if:
//
// valid after <= current time < valid before
if self.valid_after <= unix_timestamp && unix_timestamp < self.valid_before {
Ok(())
} else {
Err(Error::CertificateValidation)
}
}
/// Verify the signature on the certificate against the public key in the
/// certificate.
///
/// # ⚠️ Security Warning
///
/// DON'T USE THIS!
///
/// This function alone does not provide any security guarantees whatsoever.
///
/// It verifies the signature in the certificate matches the CA public key
/// in the certificate, but does not ensure the CA is trusted.
///
/// It is public only for testing purposes, and deliberately hidden from
/// the documentation for that reason.
#[cfg(feature = "fingerprint")]
#[doc(hidden)]
pub fn verify_signature(&self) -> Result<()> {
let mut tbs_certificate = Vec::new();
self.encode_tbs(&mut tbs_certificate)?;
self.signature_key
.verify(&tbs_certificate, &self.signature)
.map_err(|_| Error::CertificateValidation)
}
/// Encode the portion of the certificate "to be signed" by the CA
/// (or to be verified against an existing CA signature)
fn encode_tbs(&self, writer: &mut impl Writer) -> Result<()> {
self.algorithm().as_certificate_str().encode(writer)?;
self.nonce.encode(writer)?;
self.public_key.encode_key_data(writer)?;
self.serial.encode(writer)?;
self.cert_type.encode(writer)?;
self.key_id.encode(writer)?;
self.valid_principals.encode(writer)?;
self.valid_after.encode(writer)?;
self.valid_before.encode(writer)?;
self.critical_options.encode(writer)?;
self.extensions.encode(writer)?;
self.reserved.encode(writer)?;
self.signature_key.encode_nested(writer)
}
}
impl Decode for Certificate {
fn decode(reader: &mut impl Reader) -> Result<Self> {
let algorithm = Algorithm::new_certificate(&String::decode(reader)?)?;
Ok(Self {
nonce: Vec::decode(reader)?,
public_key: KeyData::decode_as(reader, algorithm)?,
serial: u64::decode(reader)?,
cert_type: CertType::decode(reader)?,
key_id: String::decode(reader)?,
valid_principals: Vec::decode(reader)?,
valid_after: UnixTime::decode(reader)?,
valid_before: UnixTime::decode(reader)?,
critical_options: OptionsMap::decode(reader)?,
extensions: OptionsMap::decode(reader)?,
reserved: Vec::decode(reader)?,
signature_key: reader.read_nested(KeyData::decode)?,
signature: reader.read_nested(Signature::decode)?,
comment: String::new(),
})
}
}
impl Encode for Certificate {
fn encoded_len(&self) -> Result<usize> {
[
self.algorithm().as_certificate_str().encoded_len()?,
self.nonce.encoded_len()?,
self.public_key.encoded_key_data_len()?,
self.serial.encoded_len()?,
self.cert_type.encoded_len()?,
self.key_id.encoded_len()?,
self.valid_principals.encoded_len()?,
self.valid_after.encoded_len()?,
self.valid_before.encoded_len()?,
self.critical_options.encoded_len()?,
self.extensions.encoded_len()?,
self.reserved.encoded_len()?,
4, // signature key length prefix (uint32)
self.signature_key.encoded_len()?,
4, // signature length prefix (uint32)
self.signature.encoded_len()?,
]
.checked_sum()
}
fn encode(&self, writer: &mut impl Writer) -> Result<()> {
self.encode_tbs(writer)?;
self.signature.encode_nested(writer)
}
}
impl FromStr for Certificate {
type Err = Error;
fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self> {
Self::from_openssh(s)
}
}
impl ToString for Certificate {
fn to_string(&self) -> String {
self.to_openssh().expect("SSH certificate encoding error")
}
}
#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "serde")))]
impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Certificate {
fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> core::result::Result<Self, D::Error>
where
D: de::Deserializer<'de>,
{
if deserializer.is_human_readable() {
let string = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
Self::from_openssh(&string).map_err(de::Error::custom)
} else {
let bytes = Vec::<u8>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
Self::from_bytes(&bytes).map_err(de::Error::custom)
}
}
}
#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "serde")))]
impl Serialize for Certificate {
fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> core::result::Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
where
S: ser::Serializer,
{
if serializer.is_human_readable() {
self.to_openssh()
.map_err(ser::Error::custom)?
.serialize(serializer)
} else {
self.to_bytes()
.map_err(ser::Error::custom)?
.serialize(serializer)
}
}
}