3.13.2 decryption broken for (older) encrypted files
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Description
E.g.: with 3.13.2
sops -d snip.yaml
MAC mismatch. File has <snip>BDB03FD5913C, computed <snip>B590B2
with 3.13.1 it works.
Hint: type:comment might causing that
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure by decrypting snip.yaml with sops 3.13.2 and compare it with 3.13.1. Trace the handling of type:comment and verify that older encrypted files decrypt successfully with a matching MAC under the fixed version.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100