Os desenvolvedores usam criptografia para proteger a confidencialidade e a integridade dos dados com algoritmos robustos. No entanto, o armazenamento de chaves costuma ser pouco usado, e é comum que elas sejam fixadas como uma string ou matriz de bytes no código ou em um arquivo de recursos do app, como strings.xml. Se os secrets forem expostos em qualquer arquivo do app, o princípio de Kerchoff (link em inglês) será violado, e o modelo de segurança poderá ser considerado corrompido.
Impacto
Um invasor com acesso a ferramentas de engenharia reversa pode recuperar com facilidade um secret codificado. Dependendo das condições, o impacto pode variar, mas em muitos casos isso gera grandes problemas de segurança, como acesso a dados sensíveis.
Mitigações
Para atenuar esse problema, use a API KeyChain quando quiser credenciais em todo o sistema, ou o provedor do Android Keystore para permitir que uma app store armazene as próprias credenciais que apenas ela pode acessar.
O snippet de código a seguir mostra como armazenar e usar uma chave simétrica com
KeyStore:
Kotlin
privatevalANDROID_KEY_STORE_PROVIDER="AndroidKeyStore"privatevalANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS="AES_KEY_DEMO"@Throws(KeyStoreException::class,NoSuchAlgorithmException::class,NoSuchProviderException::class,InvalidAlgorithmParameterException::class)privatefuncreateAndStoreSecretKey(){valbuilder:KeyGenParameterSpec.Builder=KeyGenParameterSpec.Builder(ANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS,KeyProperties.PURPOSE_ENCRYPTorKeyProperties.PURPOSE_DECRYPT)valkeySpec:KeyGenParameterSpec=builder.setKeySize(256).setBlockModes(KeyProperties.BLOCK_MODE_GCM).setEncryptionPaddings(KeyProperties.ENCRYPTION_PADDING_NONE).setRandomizedEncryptionRequired(true).build()valaesKeyGenerator:KeyGenerator=KeyGenerator.getInstance(KeyProperties.KEY_ALGORITHM_AES,ANDROID_KEY_STORE_PROVIDER)aesKeyGenerator.init(keySpec)valkey:SecretKey=aesKeyGenerator.generateKey()}@Throws(KeyStoreException::class,UnrecoverableEntryException::class,NoSuchAlgorithmException::class,CertificateException::class,IOException::class,NoSuchPaddingException::class,InvalidKeyException::class,IllegalBlockSizeException::class,BadPaddingException::class)privatefunencryptWithKeyStore(plainText:String):ByteArray? {// Initialize KeyStorevalkeyStore:KeyStore=KeyStore.getInstance(ANDROID_KEY_STORE_PROVIDER)keyStore.load(null)// Retrieve the key with alias androidKeyStoreAlias created beforevalkeyEntry:KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry=keyStore.getEntry(ANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS,null)asKeyStore.SecretKeyEntryvalkey:SecretKey=keyEntry.secretKey// Use the secret key at your conveniencevalcipher:Cipher=Cipher.getInstance("AES/GCM/NoPadding")cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE,key)returncipher.doFinal(plainText.toByteArray())}
Java
staticprivatefinalStringANDROID_KEY_STORE_PROVIDER="AndroidKeyStore";staticprivatefinalStringANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS="AES_KEY_DEMO";privatevoidcreateAndStoreSecretKey()throwsKeyStoreException,NoSuchAlgorithmException,NoSuchProviderException,InvalidAlgorithmParameterException{KeyGenParameterSpec.Builderbuilder=newKeyGenParameterSpec.Builder(ANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS,KeyProperties.PURPOSE_ENCRYPT|KeyProperties.PURPOSE_DECRYPT);KeyGenParameterSpeckeySpec=builder.setKeySize(256).setBlockModes(KeyProperties.BLOCK_MODE_GCM).setEncryptionPaddings(KeyProperties.ENCRYPTION_PADDING_NONE).setRandomizedEncryptionRequired(true).build();KeyGeneratoraesKeyGenerator=KeyGenerator.getInstance(KeyProperties.KEY_ALGORITHM_AES,ANDROID_KEY_STORE_PROVIDER);aesKeyGenerator.init(keySpec);SecretKeykey=aesKeyGenerator.generateKey();}privatebyte[]encryptWithKeyStore(finalStringplainText)throwsKeyStoreException,UnrecoverableEntryException,NoSuchAlgorithmException,CertificateException,IOException,NoSuchPaddingException,InvalidKeyException,IllegalBlockSizeException,BadPaddingException{// Initialize KeyStoreKeyStorekeyStore=KeyStore.getInstance(ANDROID_KEY_STORE_PROVIDER);keyStore.load(null);// Retrieve the key with alias ANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS created beforeKeyStore.SecretKeyEntrykeyEntry=(KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry)keyStore.getEntry(ANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS,null);SecretKeykey=keyEntry.getSecretKey();// Use the secret key at your conveniencefinalCiphercipher=Cipher.getInstance("AES/GCM/NoPadding");cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE,key);returncipher.doFinal(plainText.getBytes());}
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However, the key storage is often underused, and it's common to find them hardcoded into the application as a string or byte array in the code or in an asset file such as `strings.xml`. If secrets are exposed in any files of the app, this goes against [Kerchoff's principle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs%27s_principle) and the security model can be considered as broken.\n\nImpact\n------\n\nAn attacker with access to reverse engineering tools can retrieve a hard-coded secret very easily. Depending on conditions the impact might vary, but in many cases it leads to major security issues, such as access to sensitive data.\n\nMitigations\n-----------\n\nTo mitigate this issue, consider using the [KeyChain](/reference/android/security/KeyChain) API when you want system-wide credentials, or the [Android Keystore](/training/articles/keystore) provider to let an individual app store its own credentials that only the app itself can access.\n\nThe following code snippet shows how to store and use a symmetric key using\n`KeyStore`: \n\n### Kotlin\n\n private val ANDROID_KEY_STORE_PROVIDER = \"AndroidKeyStore\"\n private val ANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS = \"AES_KEY_DEMO\"\n\n @Throws(\n KeyStoreException::class,\n NoSuchAlgorithmException::class,\n NoSuchProviderException::class,\n InvalidAlgorithmParameterException::class\n )\n private fun createAndStoreSecretKey() {\n val builder: KeyGenParameterSpec.Builder = KeyGenParameterSpec.Builder(\n ANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS,\n KeyProperties.PURPOSE_ENCRYPT or KeyProperties.PURPOSE_DECRYPT\n )\n val keySpec: KeyGenParameterSpec = builder\n .setKeySize(256)\n .setBlockModes(KeyProperties.BLOCK_MODE_GCM)\n .setEncryptionPaddings(KeyProperties.ENCRYPTION_PADDING_NONE)\n .setRandomizedEncryptionRequired(true)\n .build()\n val aesKeyGenerator: KeyGenerator =\n KeyGenerator.getInstance(KeyProperties.KEY_ALGORITHM_AES, ANDROID_KEY_STORE_PROVIDER)\n aesKeyGenerator.init(keySpec)\n val key: SecretKey = aesKeyGenerator.generateKey()\n }\n\n @Throws(\n KeyStoreException::class,\n UnrecoverableEntryException::class,\n NoSuchAlgorithmException::class,\n CertificateException::class,\n IOException::class,\n NoSuchPaddingException::class,\n InvalidKeyException::class,\n IllegalBlockSizeException::class,\n BadPaddingException::class\n )\n private fun encryptWithKeyStore(plainText: String): ByteArray? {\n // Initialize KeyStore\n val keyStore: KeyStore = KeyStore.getInstance(ANDROID_KEY_STORE_PROVIDER)\n keyStore.load(null)\n // Retrieve the key with alias androidKeyStoreAlias created before\n val keyEntry: KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry =\n keyStore.getEntry(ANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS, null) as KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry\n val key: SecretKey = keyEntry.secretKey\n // Use the secret key at your convenience\n val cipher: Cipher = Cipher.getInstance(\"AES/GCM/NoPadding\")\n cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key)\n return cipher.doFinal(plainText.toByteArray())\n }\n\n### Java\n\n static private final String ANDROID_KEY_STORE_PROVIDER = \"AndroidKeyStore\";\n static private final String ANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS = \"AES_KEY_DEMO\";\n\n private void createAndStoreSecretKey() throws KeyStoreException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchProviderException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException {\n KeyGenParameterSpec.Builder builder = new KeyGenParameterSpec.Builder(\n ANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS,\n KeyProperties.PURPOSE_ENCRYPT | KeyProperties.PURPOSE_DECRYPT);\n KeyGenParameterSpec keySpec = builder\n .setKeySize(256)\n .setBlockModes(KeyProperties.BLOCK_MODE_GCM)\n .setEncryptionPaddings(KeyProperties.ENCRYPTION_PADDING_NONE)\n .setRandomizedEncryptionRequired(true)\n .build();\n KeyGenerator aesKeyGenerator = KeyGenerator.getInstance(KeyProperties.KEY_ALGORITHM_AES, ANDROID_KEY_STORE_PROVIDER);\n aesKeyGenerator.init(keySpec);\n SecretKey key = aesKeyGenerator.generateKey();\n }\n\n private byte[] encryptWithKeyStore(final String plainText) throws KeyStoreException, UnrecoverableEntryException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, CertificateException, IOException, NoSuchPaddingException, InvalidKeyException, IllegalBlockSizeException, BadPaddingException {\n // Initialize KeyStore\n KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance(ANDROID_KEY_STORE_PROVIDER);\n keyStore.load(null);\n // Retrieve the key with alias ANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS created before\n KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry keyEntry = (KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry) keyStore.getEntry(ANDROID_KEY_STORE_ALIAS, null);\n SecretKey key = keyEntry.getSecretKey();\n // Use the secret key at your convenience\n final Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(\"AES/GCM/NoPadding\");\n cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);\n return cipher.doFinal(plainText.getBytes());\n }\n\nResources\n---------\n\n- [Android KeyStore system](/training/articles/keystore)\n\n- [KeyStore documentation](/reference/java/security/KeyStore)\n\n- [KeyChain documentation](/reference/android/security/KeyChain)\n\n- [CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/321.html)"]]