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Every public signature that touched key material named `node:crypto` directly, which hard-coded Node into the type surface: a caller could not pass a `CryptoKey`, the only key representation Web Crypto produces, so the types blocked a Web Crypto backend before any implementation existed. Introduce `BinaryLike` and `KeyLike` in `src/types.ts` and use them for `SignedXmlOptions.privateKey`/`publicCert`, `GetKeyInfoContentArgs.publicCert` and the `SignatureAlgorithm` interface. `SignatureAlgorithm` takes the accepted key type as a parameter rather than declaring the whole union, so each implementation states what it can really use and nothing casts back out. The bundled algorithms declare `crypto.KeyLike | Uint8Array` (`string | Buffer` for MGF1, which needs a key it can put in a `SignPrivateKeyInput`), and a `Uint8Array` is now viewed as a `Buffer` instead of reaching OpenSSL as `ERR_OSSL_UNSUPPORTED`. An `ArrayBuffer` of data is likewise viewed rather than cast, so the widened data type is true for them. The algorithm is looked up by a URI read from the document, so a JavaScript caller can still pair a `CryptoKey` with a Node algorithm without the compiler seeing it. Node answers that by accepting the key through its DEP0203 shim: it signs, the tests pass, and the signature is attributed to a key the algorithm never supported. Reject it explicitly instead. BREAKING CHANGE: implementers of `SignatureAlgorithm` should declare the key type they accept, e.g. `implements SignatureAlgorithm<crypto.KeyLike>`. The bundled algorithms now throw on key material `node:crypto` cannot use rather than silently accepting a `CryptoKey`. Closes node-saml#545 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe public API adds runtime-neutral ChangesKey material types and algorithm handling
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Signatures generated with a Uint8Array certificate can omit the embedded certificate. Normalize that accepted input and add coverage before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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I agree with this direction.
I used codex to assist in reviewing this. I found two issues:
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Runtime checks reject valid cross-realm inputs. toNodeData() (src/signature-
algorithms.ts:13) uses instanceof ArrayBuffer, and toNodeKey() (src/signature-algorithms.ts:31) uses instanceof Uint8Array. Both checks fail for values created in another realm, such as node:vm, even though they satisfy the new public types. I reproduced:- Cross-realm ArrayBuffer reaches node:crypto unchanged and throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE.
- Cross-realm Uint8Array key is rejected by toNodeKey().
Use realm-independent brand detection.
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[P2] The new migration example does not implement the documented interface. The class in README.md:378 claims implements SignatureAlgorithm<crypto.KeyLike>, but getSignature returns nothing, does not provide the callback overload, and the class entirely omits verifySignature. Consumers following the v7 migration documentation get compiler errors.
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🟡 Minor · Handle Uint8Array certificates in the default KeyInfo provider. · signed-xml.ts:211-217
src/signed-xml.ts:211-217
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Uint8Arraycertificates in the default KeyInfo provider.
publicCertis documented as acceptingUint8Array, butSignedXml.getKeyInfoContentconverts onlyBuffervalues and extracts PEM data only from strings. A PEM certificate in a plainUint8Arraytherefore produces an empty<X509Data>element. NormalizeUint8Arrayvalues before PEM extraction, and add a regression test withnew Uint8Array(pemBuffer)aspublicCert.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/signed-xml.ts`:
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Closes #545
Every public signature that touched key material named
node:cryptodirectly, which hard-coded Node into the type surface: a caller could not pass aCryptoKey— the only key representation Web Crypto produces — so the types blocked a Web Crypto backend before any implementation existed.BinaryLikeandKeyLikeare now defined insrc/types.tsand used forSignedXmlOptions.privateKey/publicCert,GetKeyInfoContentArgs.publicCertand theSignatureAlgorithminterface.How the bundled algorithms narrow, without blanket casts
The issue offers three options; this takes the first.
SignatureAlgorithmtakes the accepted key type as a parameter, so each implementation states what it can really use:RsaSha1,RsaSha256,RsaSha512,HmacSha1SignatureAlgorithm<crypto.KeyLike | Uint8Array>RsaSha256Mgf1SignatureAlgorithm<string | Buffer>— it needs a key it can put in aSignPrivateKeyInputNothing casts back out. Verified that the compiler now rejects what it should:
The two arms the issue flagged as broken are now genuinely supported rather than narrowed away:
Uint8Arrayis viewed as aBuffer(Buffer.from(key.buffer, key.byteOffset, key.byteLength), no copy) instead of reaching OpenSSL asERR_OSSL_UNSUPPORTED.ArrayBufferdata is viewed the same way, soBinaryLikeis true for these algorithms. Test asserts anArrayBuffersigns to the same bytes as the equivalent string.The residual hole, and why it fails closed
The signature algorithm is looked up by a URI read from the document under inspection, so a JavaScript caller can still pair a
CryptoKeywith a Node algorithm without the compiler seeing it. Confirmed onmasterthat Node does not fail in that case — it signs:The signature verifies and the tests pass, so the algorithm appears to support a key it never really did, and it breaks whenever Node removes the shim. On this branch:
That check is the one piece of defensive code here; there is a comment saying why it exists despite the parameter type.
Notes
CryptoKeyis spelledcrypto.webcrypto.CryptoKeyso it resolves underlib: ["es2020"]on the@types/node@16floor. A DOM or globalCryptoKeyis structurally identical and assignable.getKeyInfoContentstill silently emits an empty<X509Data/>for key material it cannot read as PEM. That predates this change (aKeyObjectdoes it today) and is left alone.Breaking
Source-compatible for callers. A break for anyone who implements
SignatureAlgorithm: declare the key type, e.g.implements SignatureAlgorithm<crypto.KeyLike>. READMEUpgradingand a new "Declaring the key material your algorithm accepts" section cover it.Verification
npm run build && npm test && npm run lintclean; 244 passing (241 + 3). New tests intest/key-material-tests.spec.tswere confirmed to fail onmasterfor the right reasons — two as compile errors, theCryptoKeyone becausemastersigns successfully.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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