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The xtest side of the GMAC-root finding: the feature gates the SDKs advertise
against, a keyless forgery helper, and 17 cross-SDK cases covering both the
legitimate integrity-algorithm choices and the attack they make possible.

Why

A ZTDF records two integrity algorithms and only one of them can be GMAC.

A segment's GMAC hash is the AES-GCM tag the cipher just produced under the
DEK over exactly those bytes — a genuine MAC. The root signature covers the
aggregate hash, every segment hash concatenated, which AES-GCM never
processed. Applying the same trailing-16-bytes extraction there returns a copy
of the last segment hash: manifest data the attacker already holds.

rootSignature.alg is read from the manifest, which is unauthenticated until
the root signature validates. So any HS256-rooted TDF can be downgraded onto
the GMAC branch with no key at all, and the ordered segment list — the one
thing only the root signature protects — stops being protected. AEAD tags bind
no index, order, or count: each says "this ciphertext is intact," never "this
is segment 3 of 7."

Feature gates

Two, deliberately separate so the security repro can be forced on by itself
with XT_FORCE_SUPPORTS:

gate ticket meaning
integrity_algs DSPX-4736 encrypt CLI takes --segment-integrity-algorithm
gmac_root_rejected DSPX-4703 it also takes --root-integrity-algorithm, so gmac can be attempted and refused — and the reader rejects a GMAC root in any casing

Each SDK shim (sdk/{go,java,js}/cli.sh) grows XT_WITH_ROOT_INTEGRITY_ALG
and XT_WITH_SEGMENT_INTEGRITY_ALG, passed only when a test asks for one so
SDK builds without the flags keep working. test_sdk_commands.py pins both
the pass-through and the omission.

The fixture cache key now includes both algorithms. Without that, two callers
differing only in integrity algorithm would silently share the first
ciphertext, and half the matrix would be testing the wrong file.

Helpers (tdfs.py)

  • aggregate_hash — the bytes a reader signs at the root. Base64-decoded but
    not hex-decoded even for a legacy container, because that is exactly how
    every SDK builds the buffer.
  • forge_gmac_root_signature — the keyless rewrite, mirroring
    forgeGMACRootSignature in platform's tdf_root_signature_test.go,
    including the 4.2.2 hex wrapper.
  • decode_integrity_value, is_legacy_manifest
  • encrypted_segment_sizes — web-sdk omits encryptedSegmentSize when it
    equals the manifest default, so a caller slicing 0.payload into segments
    can't read the field directly.

Tests

test_integrity_algs.py (new, 17 cases):

  • Legitimate choices — round-trips with GMAC and with HS256 segments, the
    chunky/multi-segment variant, the defaults, payload tampering still caught
    under both, an HS256 root accepted on encrypt and a GMAC root refused.
  • The exploit — a forged GMAC root with segments intact, truncated,
    reordered, and repeated, plus all four casings of GMAC.
  • Controls beside each — an untouched file round-trips, and the same
    tampering without the forgery is caught. A green run can't come from
    decrypt failing for unrelated reasons.

test_tdfs.py — the manifest validators stop accepting a 16-byte root
signature; a GMAC root is a malformed container, not a variant to accommodate.
segmentHashAlg: GMAC stays accepted. The empty-string case moves off the
GMAC arm onto HS256, matching what the readers actually default to.

test_tdfs_units.py — 7 offline cases pinning the helpers: the forgery is the
trailing 16 bytes of the aggregate, segment hashes are base64-decoded exactly
once, legacy containers hex-encode first, casing survives, too short an
aggregate raises.

How to test

cd xtest && uv run pytest test_tdfs_units.py -q     # 15 passed, no platform needed
cd xtest && uv run ruff check . && uv run ruff format . && uv run pyright

All clean; 289 tests collect.

The full matrix needs the SDK PRs, which are stacked two-deep per SDK:

repo controls (DSPX-4736) fix (DSPX-4703)
platform opentdf/platform#4029 opentdf/platform#4030
java-sdk opentdf/java-sdk#400 opentdf/java-sdk#401
web-sdk opentdf/web-sdk#1030 opentdf/web-sdk#1031

The split is what makes this suite useful as a measurement: with only the
first PR of each stack merged, the SDKs advertise integrity_algs but not
gmac_root_rejected, so the exploit cases can be run against known-vulnerable
readers to confirm they genuinely fail. Each SDK's unit-level baseline is
recorded in its own fix PR (platform 7 failures, java 8/29, web-sdk 9/23,
controls green in all three).

DSPX-4703, DSPX-4736

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for selecting root and segment integrity algorithms during encryption.
    • Added integrity-algorithm configuration options for CLI-based SDKs.
    • Added compatibility detection for Java ZIP64 readers.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved validation and rejection of unsupported GMAC root signatures.
    • Strengthened detection of tampered, reordered, duplicated, or truncated encrypted segments.
  • Tests

    • Added comprehensive coverage for integrity algorithms, encryption configuration, manifest handling, and tamper detection.

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The change adds root and segment integrity algorithm configuration across SDK test drivers. It adds manifest integrity helpers, GMAC root rejection checks, segment algorithm round-trip tests, tamper tests, and Java ZIP64 compatibility detection.

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Integrity algorithm validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Integrity algorithm harness protocol
xtest/tdfs.py, xtest/fixtures/encryption.py, xtest/sdk/*/cli.sh, xtest/test_sdk_commands.py
SDK encryption APIs and fixtures accept root and segment algorithms. CLI wrappers pass them through environment variables and command flags. Capability probes and ZIP64 support checks are added.
Manifest integrity helpers and validation
xtest/tdfs.py, xtest/test_tdfs.py, xtest/test_tdfs_units.py
Manifest rewrites preserve omitted fields. Helpers support legacy hash decoding, aggregate hashing, GMAC root forgery, and encrypted segment sizes. Validation rejects GMAC roots and empty segment algorithms where required.
Segment integrity and encryption coverage
xtest/test_integrity_algs.py
Tests cover HS256 and GMAC segment round trips, default algorithms, multi-segment containers, payload tampering, and root algorithm configuration.
GMAC root forgery rejection coverage
xtest/test_integrity_algs.py
Tests reject forged roots across truncation, reordering, duplication, algorithm casing, and manifest rewrite scenarios. Untouched and faithful rewrite controls remain readable.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~75 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: High

Suggested reviewers: c-r33, elizabethhealy

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b2ac9

The GMAC-root security tests may be skipped for SDKs that support rejection on read but do not expose the encryption flag, leaving reader-side forgery protection insufficiently covered. This should be addressed before merge.

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…thms (DSPX-4703, DSPX-4736)

Adds the xtest side of the GMAC-root finding: the feature gates the SDKs
advertise against, a keyless forgery helper, and 17 cases that exercise both
the legitimate integrity-algorithm choices and the attack they make possible.

A segment's GMAC hash is the AES-GCM tag the cipher just produced under the
DEK over exactly those bytes, so it is a genuine MAC. The root signature
covers the aggregate hash — every segment hash concatenated — which AES-GCM
never processed, so the same trailing-16-bytes extraction yields a copy of the
last segment hash: manifest data the attacker already holds. Since
`rootSignature.alg` is read from the unauthenticated manifest, any
HS256-rooted TDF can be downgraded onto that branch with no key at all, and
the ordered segment list — the one thing only the root signature protects —
stops being protected. AEAD tags bind no index, order, or count.

Two feature gates, deliberately separate so the security repro can be forced
on by itself with XT_FORCE_SUPPORTS:

- `integrity_algs` (DSPX-4736) — the encrypt CLI takes
  `--segment-integrity-algorithm`.
- `gmac_root_rejected` (DSPX-4703) — it also takes
  `--root-integrity-algorithm`, so `gmac` can be attempted and refused, and
  the reader rejects a manifest declaring a GMAC root in any casing.

Each SDK shim grows `XT_WITH_ROOT_INTEGRITY_ALG` / `XT_WITH_SEGMENT_INTEGRITY_ALG`,
passed only when a test asks for one so builds without the flags keep working.
The fixture cache key includes both algorithms — without that, two callers
differing only in integrity algorithm would silently share one ciphertext.

`tdfs.py` gains the forgery primitives: `aggregate_hash`,
`forge_gmac_root_signature` (mirroring `forgeGMACRootSignature` in
platform's `tdf_root_signature_test.go`, including the 4.2.2 hex wrapper),
`decode_integrity_value`, `is_legacy_manifest`, and `encrypted_segment_sizes`
— the last because web-sdk omits `encryptedSegmentSize` when it matches the
manifest default, so a caller slicing the payload cannot read the field
directly.

`test_integrity_algs.py` covers round-trips under GMAC and HS256 segments,
the defaults, payload tampering, an accepted HS256 root and a refused GMAC
root on encrypt, then the exploit: a forged GMAC root with segments intact,
truncated, reordered, and repeated, plus the four casings of `GMAC`. Controls
sit alongside each — an untouched file round-trips, and the same tampering
without the forgery is caught — so a green run cannot come from decrypt
failing for unrelated reasons.

`test_tdfs.py`'s manifest validators stop accepting a 16-byte root signature:
a GMAC root is a malformed container, not a variant to accommodate.
`segmentHashAlg: GMAC` stays accepted. The empty-string case moves off the
GMAC arm and onto HS256, matching what the readers actually default to.

`test_tdfs_units.py` adds 7 cases pinning the helpers themselves — that the
forgery is the trailing 16 bytes of the aggregate, that segment hashes are
base64-decoded exactly once, that legacy containers hex-encode first, that
casing survives, and that too short an aggregate raises.

ruff check, ruff format, and pyright are clean; 289 tests collect and the 15
offline unit tests pass.

Signed-off-by: Dave Mihalcik <dmihalcik@virtru.com>
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Add a second positive control that pushes an untouched file through both
update_payload and update_manifest and requires it to still decrypt. Every
tamper case reaches the reader through that rewrite, so a rewrite that mangles
the container would satisfy each "must fail" assertion for the wrong reason.
Today the exploit cases disprove that incidentally -- an unfixed reader accepts
the rewritten files -- but that evidence disappears once every SDK rejects them.

The control failed immediately for web-sdk, which is the point: pydantic
re-emitted "encryptedSegmentSize": null and "segmentSize": null on segments
where web-sdk had omitted them, and its reader falls back to
encryptedSegmentSizeDefault only when the field is absent, not when it is null.
It died with "Failed to fetch entire segment" before reaching any integrity
check. Dump with exclude_unset so the rewrite carries only what the original
manifest said plus whatever the change touched.

Screen decrypt failures in assert_decrypt_fails against a list of
infrastructure-failure markers. A non-zero exit alone does not separate "the
forgery was caught" from "KAS was unreachable", and both arrive as the same
exception. The markers are observed from the CLIs rather than guessed.

Also use [[ ]] in the two new cli.sh conditionals for go and java, matching js
and clearing four sonarcloud shelldre:S7688 findings, and pass shallow=False to
the two filecmp.cmp calls that were missing it.

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…writer flag

The exploit cases gated on `gmac_root_rejected`, which every shim answered
by grepping `encrypt --help` for `--root-integrity-algorithm`. That flag is
the *writer* half, and it ships in DSPX-4736 -- one commit below the reader
fix in platform, java-sdk and web-sdk. So the gate was wrong in both
directions: a build with 4736 but not 4703 advertises a reader fix it does
not have and turns all six cases red, and a reader fixed without the writer
flag skips silently, which is the vacuous green this module exists to
prevent.

There is nothing better to ask. Root-signature validation needs the
unwrapped payload key, so it runs after the KAS rewrap and adds no flag,
subcommand or version field a `cli.sh supports` probe can reach. Instead
forge one root per reader per session and see whether it is refused. No
version numbers to maintain, correct under every release ordering.

- `gmac_root_rejected` -> `gmac_root_option` for what the shims actually
  probe; the two writer tests keep using it.
- `gmac_root_rejected` stays as a force-only feature that every shim answers
  no to, so `XT_FORCE_SUPPORTS=gmac_root_rejected` still produces a red
  repro against a vulnerable build instead of a skip.
- `decrypt_failure` split out of `assert_decrypt_fails` so the probe reuses
  the infra-failure screening and a flaky KAS cannot cache a reader as
  vulnerable for the rest of the session.

go@main: 7 passed, 14 skipped (6 exploit cases now skip on the observed
reason). go@pr-4030: 21 passed -- previously 2 of those skipped because
otdfctl carries no --root-integrity-algorithm. XT_FORCE_SUPPORTS against
go@main: 6 failed, 7 passed.
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