Repository: denoland/deno
Pull request: fix(ext/node): support DER-encoded keys in publicEncrypt/privateDecrypt

## Summary

- `publicEncrypt`, `privateDecrypt`, and `privateEncrypt` only accepted PEM-encoded (text) keys. When passed DER (binary) encoded keys, they failed with `invalid utf-8 sequence of 1 bytes from index 1` because the code tried to convert the binary key data to a UTF-8 string before parsing as PEM.
- This broke npm packages like `openpgp` which pass PKCS#1 DER-encoded public keys to `crypto.publicEncrypt`.
- Now all three functions detect key format automatically: try PEM if UTF-8, otherwise try DER. For both paths, SPKI/PKCS#8 is tried first with PKCS#1 as fallback.

Closes #26099

## Test plan

- [x] Added tests for `publicEncrypt`/`privateDecrypt` with SPKI/PKCS#8 DER keys
- [x] Added tests for `publicEncrypt`/`privateDecrypt` with PKCS#1 DER keys
- [x] Existing PEM-based tests continue to pass
- [ ] `cargo test unit_node::crypto::crypto_cipher_test`

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Changed files:
filename: ext/node_crypto/lib.rs
patch: @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ use rsa::Oaep;
 use rsa::Pkcs1v15Encrypt;
 use rsa::RsaPrivateKey;
 use rsa::RsaPublicKey;
+use rsa::pkcs1::DecodeRsaPrivateKey;
+use rsa::pkcs1::DecodeRsaPublicKey;
 use rsa::pkcs8::DecodePrivateKey;
 use rsa::pkcs8::DecodePublicKey;
 
@@ -278,9 +280,6 @@ pub enum PrivateEncryptDecryptError {
   Spki(#[from] spki::Error),
   #[class(generic)]
   #[error(transparent)]
-  Utf8(#[from] std::str::Utf8Error),
-  #[class(generic)]
-  #[error(transparent)]
   Rsa(#[from] rsa::Error),
   #[class(type)]
   #[error("Unknown padding")]
@@ -293,7 +292,14 @@ pub fn op_node_private_encrypt(
   #[serde] msg: StringOrBuffer,
   #[smi] padding: u32,
 ) -> Result<Uint8Array, PrivateEncryptDecryptError> {
-  let key = RsaPrivateKey::from_pkcs8_pem((&key).try_into()?)?;
+  let key = match std::str::from_utf8(&key) {
+    Ok(pem) => RsaPrivateKey::from_pkcs8_pem(pem)
+      .or_else(|_| rsa::pkcs1::DecodeRsaPrivateKey::from_pkcs1_pem(pem))
+      .map_err(|e| PrivateEncryptDecryptError::Pkcs8(e.into()))?,
+    Err(_) => RsaPrivateKey::from_pkcs8_der(&key).or_else(|_| {
+      RsaPrivateKey::from_pkcs1_der(&key).map_err(pkcs8::Error::from)
+    })?,
+  };
 
   let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
   match padding {
@@ -319,7 +325,14 @@ pub fn op_node_private_decrypt(
   #[serde] msg: StringOrBuffer,
   #[smi] padding: u32,
 ) -> Result<Uint8Array, PrivateEncryptDecryptError> {
-  let key = RsaPrivateKey::from_pkcs8_pem((&key).try_into()?)?;
+  let key = match std::str::from_utf8(&key) {
+    Ok(pem) => RsaPrivateKey::from_pkcs8_pem(pem)
+      .or_else(|_| rsa::pkcs1::DecodeRsaPrivateKey::from_pkcs1_pem(pem))
+      .map_err(|e| PrivateEncryptDecryptError::Pkcs8(e.into()))?,
+    Err(_) => RsaPrivateKey::from_pkcs8_der(&key).or_else(|_| {
+      RsaPrivateKey::from_pkcs1_der(&key).map_err(pkcs8::Error::from)
+    })?,
+  };
 
   match padding {
     1 => Ok(key.decrypt(Pkcs1v15Encrypt, &msg)?.into()),
@@ -334,7 +347,14 @@ pub fn op_node_public_encrypt(
   #[serde] msg: StringOrBuffer,
   #[smi] padding: u32,
 ) -> Result<Uint8Array, PrivateEncryptDecryptError> {
-  let key = RsaPublicKey::from_public_key_pem((&key).try_into()?)?;
+  let key = match std::str::from_utf8(&key) {
+    Ok(pem) => RsaPublicKey::from_public_key_pem(pem)
+      .or_else(|_| rsa::pkcs1::DecodeRsaPublicKey::from_pkcs1_pem(pem))
+      .map_err(|e| PrivateEncryptDecryptError::Spki(e.into()))?,
+    Err(_) => RsaPublicKey::from_public_key_der(&key).or_else(|_| {
+      RsaPublicKey::from_pkcs1_der(&key).map_err(spki::Error::from)
+    })?,
+  };
 
   let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
   match padding {

filename: tests/unit_node/crypto/crypto_cipher_test.ts
patch: @@ -654,3 +654,57 @@ Deno.test({
     );
   },
 });
+
+Deno.test({
+  name: "publicEncrypt/privateDecrypt with DER keys",
+  fn() {
+    const pair = crypto.generateKeyPairSync("rsa", { modulusLength: 2048 });
+
+    // Export as DER (binary) format
+    const publicDer = pair.publicKey.export({ type: "spki", format: "der" });
+    const privateDer = pair.privateKey.export({
+      type: "pkcs8",
+      format: "der",
+    });
+
+    const secret = Buffer.from("hello DER keys");
+    const encrypted = crypto.publicEncrypt(
+      { key: publicDer, padding: crypto.constants.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING },
+      secret,
+    );
+    assert(Buffer.isBuffer(encrypted));
+
+    const decrypted = crypto.privateDecrypt(
+      { key: privateDer, padding: crypto.constants.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING },
+      encrypted,
+    );
+    assertEquals(decrypted, secret);
+  },
+});
+
+Deno.test({
+  name: "publicEncrypt/privateDecrypt with PKCS#1 DER keys",
+  fn() {
+    const pair = crypto.generateKeyPairSync("rsa", { modulusLength: 2048 });
+
+    // Export as PKCS#1 DER (binary) format
+    const publicDer = pair.publicKey.export({ type: "pkcs1", format: "der" });
+    const privateDer = pair.privateKey.export({
+      type: "pkcs1",
+      format: "der",
+    });
+
+    const secret = Buffer.from("hello PKCS1 DER keys");
+    const encrypted = crypto.publicEncrypt(
+      { key: publicDer, padding: crypto.constants.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING },
+      secret,
+    );
+    assert(Buffer.isBuffer(encrypted));
+
+    const decrypted = crypto.privateDecrypt(
+      { key: privateDer, padding: crypto.constants.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING },
+      encrypted,
+    );
+    assertEquals(decrypted, secret);
+  },
+});