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-rw-r--r--activesupport/CHANGELOG.md7
-rw-r--r--activesupport/lib/active_support/message_encryptor.rb20
-rw-r--r--activesupport/lib/active_support/railtie.rb7
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md b/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
index d1d61ac8d7..ab5237488a 100644
--- a/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+* Default `ActiveSupport::MessageEncryptor` to use AES 256 GCM encryption.
+
+ On for new Rails 5.2 apps. Upgrading apps can find the config as a new
+ framework default.
+
+ *Assain Jaleel*
+
* Cache: `write_multi`
Rails.cache.write_multi foo: 'bar', baz: 'qux'
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/message_encryptor.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/message_encryptor.rb
index 726e1464ad..e576766c64 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/message_encryptor.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/message_encryptor.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,17 @@ module ActiveSupport
# encrypted_data = crypt.encrypt_and_sign('my secret data') # => "NlFBTTMwOUV5UlA1QlNEN2xkY2d6eThYWWh..."
# crypt.decrypt_and_verify(encrypted_data) # => "my secret data"
class MessageEncryptor
- DEFAULT_CIPHER = "aes-256-cbc"
+ class << self
+ attr_accessor :use_authenticated_message_encryption #:nodoc:
+
+ def default_cipher #:nodoc:
+ if use_authenticated_message_encryption
+ "aes-256-gcm"
+ else
+ "aes-256-cbc"
+ end
+ end
+ end
module NullSerializer #:nodoc:
def self.load(value)
@@ -45,7 +55,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
OpenSSLCipherError = OpenSSL::Cipher::CipherError
# Initialize a new MessageEncryptor. +secret+ must be at least as long as
- # the cipher key size. For the default 'aes-256-cbc' cipher, this is 256
+ # the cipher key size. For the default 'aes-256-gcm' cipher, this is 256
# bits. If you are using a user-entered secret, you can generate a suitable
# key by using <tt>ActiveSupport::KeyGenerator</tt> or a similar key
# derivation function.
@@ -57,7 +67,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
#
# Options:
# * <tt>:cipher</tt> - Cipher to use. Can be any cipher returned by
- # <tt>OpenSSL::Cipher.ciphers</tt>. Default is 'aes-256-cbc'.
+ # <tt>OpenSSL::Cipher.ciphers</tt>. Default is 'aes-256-gcm'.
# * <tt>:digest</tt> - String of digest to use for signing. Default is
# +SHA1+. Ignored when using an AEAD cipher like 'aes-256-gcm'.
# * <tt>:serializer</tt> - Object serializer to use. Default is +Marshal+.
@@ -66,7 +76,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
sign_secret = signature_key_or_options.first
@secret = secret
@sign_secret = sign_secret
- @cipher = options[:cipher] || DEFAULT_CIPHER
+ @cipher = options[:cipher] || self.class.default_cipher
@digest = options[:digest] || "SHA1" unless aead_mode?
@verifier = resolve_verifier
@serializer = options[:serializer] || Marshal
@@ -85,7 +95,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
end
# Given a cipher, returns the key length of the cipher to help generate the key of desired size
- def self.key_len(cipher = DEFAULT_CIPHER)
+ def self.key_len(cipher = default_cipher)
OpenSSL::Cipher.new(cipher).key_len
end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/railtie.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/railtie.rb
index af1d5bd615..45bc51311b 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/railtie.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/railtie.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ module ActiveSupport
config.eager_load_namespaces << ActiveSupport
+ initializer "active_support.set_authenticated_message_encryption" do |app|
+ if app.config.active_support.respond_to?(:use_authenticated_message_encryption)
+ ActiveSupport::MessageEncryptor.use_authenticated_message_encryption =
+ app.config.active_support.use_authenticated_message_encryption
+ end
+ end
+
initializer "active_support.reset_all_current_attributes_instances" do |app|
app.reloader.before_class_unload { ActiveSupport::CurrentAttributes.clear_all }
app.executor.to_run { ActiveSupport::CurrentAttributes.reset_all }