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Cryptography Without Auth

unauthenticated-crypto-missing-integrity

Encryption and key-handling mechanisms fail because confidentiality is implemented without authentication (e.g., unauthenticated CBC/PKCS#7 or missing IV management), letting tampering go undetected and enabling secret exposure when memory or transport assumptions are wrong.

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Updated8/3/2026

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disable the authentication in project settings — For more details check this article: https://vercel.com/docs/security/deployment-protection/methods-to-protect-deployments/vercel-authentication#managing-vercel-authentication.

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SQS uses envelope encryption. Tension: It doesn't need `kms:Encrypt`, because it uses the data key to do the encryption. Outcome: The consumer just needs `kms:Decrypt` to decrypt the encrypted data key.

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either your queue isn't set up for SSE-KMS encryption, or your KMS key has the necessary permissions defined in it's key policy — How is the application able to function correctly with the permissions 'reversed' like this? Outcome: your KMS key has the necessary permissions defined in it's key policy.

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This type of encryption is free and transparent — Amazon S3 now applies server-side encryption with Amazon S3 managed keys (SSE-S3) as the base level of encryption for every bucket in Amazon S3. Tension: No. It is not allowed to disable encryption. Outcome: This type of encryption is free and transparent, so there's no compelling reason to turn it off anyway.

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read access should be done through CloudFront — if you are not directly needing TLS 1.0 or 1.1 for your own application needs. Tension: you are not at further risk of attack from outside entities. Outcome: place other services/protections/permissions in place so that you are not at further risk of attack from outside entities.

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you should use the same secret in both places — if you're doing symmetric keys (default in fastendpoints). Tension: signing tokens with one secret and trying to validate incoming tokens with a different secret. Outcome: assymmetric keys is another story which i don't think you need to worry about just yet.

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the API keys are stored in an encrypted form — more-annoying techniques (e.g., native code via the NDK). Tension: This too makes it more difficult for an attacker to get the keys. Outcome: but it does not prevent it completely.

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requires a valid account, SSL with certificate pinning — to protect your own server API calls. Outcome: This increases the difficulty for an attacker to get the keys.

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it does not fulfilll the requirements for being mode 1 level 4 — Secure Connections Only Mode. Tension: JustWorks Unauthenticated will be used. Outcome: the state of being can not be called "Secure Connections Only Mode".

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Encrypting the plain text locally and storing the ciphertext remotely is the way to go. — You want to have protection from the remote attackers? Tension: Encryption has never solved any problems for us. It has just shifted the problems somewhere else. Outcome: protection from remote attackers is doable.

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Use Hash-Based Message Authentication Code or any cryptographic library or built-in .NET classes

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Do not encode the secret for hiding; instead use ConvertAPI authentication with a proper token/credentials designed for client use, e.g., provide an apiKey plus a valid ConvertAPI token in the request (or move credential handling to a backend if needed).

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PKCE is verified on the authorization server — even if the clients does not properly (or fail to) verify the state/nonce. Tension: PKCE will still protect them. Outcome: PKCE will still protect them.

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I would simply hold the secrets in memory — Based on the logic here. Tension: reading secrets every time disrupts availability. Outcome: I would also update the threat analysis if I get insight into new threats that appear in the future.

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Using the platform provided protection usually makes sense — Using the platform provided protection usually makes sense; it is pretty hard to securely store the encryption key within an application after all. Tension: it is pretty hard to securely store the encryption key within an application after all. Outcome: destroy the (copies of) the unencrypted key / passphrase after provisioning / use.

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pass `False` if you're not using the algorithm for security purposes. — False indicates that the hashing algorithm is not used in a security context. Tension: Insecure algorithms are enabled by default. Outcome: Python will tell OpenSSL to allow insecure algorithms anyway.

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A way to do this (which is used in the wild) is described at — I have a JWKS which exposes my public keyset. Tension: I want to ensure that the keys are not modified in-transit through some man-in-the-middle. Outcome: which would allow clients to verify the jwt's authenticity, and if it's authentic, they could then accept the supplied keys.

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PKCE protects against a specific vulnerability. — if something can intercept the redirect. Tension: the `code` alone is useless because they need the `code_verifier`. Outcome: they need the `code_verifier` which lives in the app that originally initiated the `authorization_code` flow.

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Your hardware token idea is the only thing you've listed that is plausible — assuming the token's hardware has its own clock and is hardened against tampering. Tension: There is no way to trust hardware that someone else controls. Outcome: This is just a computer that you trust because the user does not control it.

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A solution I've found is to use the `hash_secret_raw` function: — use the `hash_secret_raw` function. Outcome: b64_key = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(key) cipher = Fernet(b64_key).

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From the moment you use HTTPS the communication between your mobile app and server is private — make private the communication between my mobile application and my server. Tension: someone can intercepts http calls and copy the static token. Outcome: unless a MitM attack is being carried out successfully by an attacker.

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using the `crypto` module is fine — In Node.js. Tension: instead of trying to do it yourself. Outcome: you can simply do what you're doing without concern.

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use HTTPS, in which TLS (Transport Layer Security) is used to encrypt the traffic between the client and the server — sensitive information should never ever be sent in the open. Tension: there is no good reason to not use HTTPS for everything except local development. Outcome: all traffic is automatically encrypted.

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Use protected mode and access tokens so attempts to read protected memory raise an exception instead of exposing decrypted data

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If you want to have e.g. functionality such as signed (and/or encrypted) email then you'd use a higher level protocol such as PKCS#7 — If you want to have e.g. functionality such as signed (and/or encrypted) email. Tension: CMS supports both encryption (enveloped data) and signatures. Outcome: you can simply base64 encode it.

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The only way I can think of is "frontend security" — pdf viewer apps won't let you do that. Tension: from a technical standpoint if the decrypted data is in my RAM it seems impossible to stop me. Outcome: no actual security.

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Encrypting the refresh token is a good idea — without the need for a database. Tension: If you know that this will not happen to your users. Outcome: that approach might be ok.

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Browsers themselves provide an encryption interface. That interface supports AES-GCM — You mention using the private key. Tension: WebAuthn does not currently provide any symmetric key that can be used for encryption. Outcome: You would need to download Chr.

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Replicate the Java key-derivation step in C# (same KDF type, salt/password handling, iteration count, and derived key length) before initializing AES/GCM with the derived key. After matching the derivation and parameters, decrypt successfully.

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Use HTTPS/TLS for the site (and verify with a packet capture tool like Wireshark/tcpdump that traffic is encrypted). Treat DevTools payload viewing as client-side request contents rather than evidence that encryption is missing.

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