SERVER-42061 Validate decrypted payload in AEAD decrypt

(cherry picked from commit 7eab0b598578261829a7adce6330ae7eff2894a1)

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/crypto/aead_encryption.cpp b/src/mongo/crypto/aead_encryption.cpp
index f5d1f679dd1..3f898c48ff1 100644
--- a/src/mongo/crypto/aead_encryption.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/crypto/aead_encryption.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,25 @@ Status _aesDecrypt(const SymmetricKey& key,
                               << *resultLen};
     }
 
+    /* Check that padding was removed.
+     *
+     * PKCS7 padding guarantees that the encrypted payload has
+     * between 1 and blocksize bytes of padding which should be
+     * removed during the decrypt process.
+     *
+     * If resultLen is the same as the payload len,
+     * that means no padding was removed.
+     *
+     * macOS CommonCrypto will return such payloads when either the
+     * key or ciphertext are corrupted and its unable to find any
+     * expected padding.  It fails open by returning whatever it can.
+     */
+    if (*resultLen >= dataSize) {
+        return {ErrorCodes::BadValue,
+                "Decrypt error, plaintext is as large or larger than "
+                "the ciphertext. This usually indicates an invalid key."};
+    }
+
     return Status::OK();
 } catch (const AssertionException& ex) {
     return ex.toStatus();
diff --git a/src/mongo/crypto/aead_encryption_test.cpp b/src/mongo/crypto/aead_encryption_test.cpp
index 28177f05b82..febc8d137c0 100644
--- a/src/mongo/crypto/aead_encryption_test.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/crypto/aead_encryption_test.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,17 @@ TEST(AEAD, EncryptAndDecrypt) {
                                   &plainTextDecryptLen));
 
     ASSERT_EQ(0, std::memcmp(plainText.data(), plainTextTest.data(), 128));
+
+    // Decrypt should fail if we alter the key.
+    (*aesVector)[0] ^= 1;
+    key = SymmetricKey(aesVector, aesAlgorithm, "aeadEncryptDecryptTest");
+    ASSERT_NOT_OK(crypto::aeadDecrypt(key,
+                                      cryptoBuffer.data(),
+                                      cryptoBuffer.size(),
+                                      associatedData.data(),
+                                      dataLen,
+                                      plainText.data(),
+                                      &plainTextDecryptLen));
 }
 }  // namespace
 }  // namespace mongo