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Decrypt a SAML Response

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Demonstrates how to decrypt a SAML response.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    //  This example decrypts this SAML response:

    //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
    //  <saml2p:Response Destination="https://deskflow-asp2.com/ubc/ubcdfe.dll/cwlacs" ID="_e4585eaeedbcaf7c24dff7f1ee2499f5" IssueInstant="2018-10-11T17:46:20.727Z" Version="2.0" xmlns:saml2p="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol">
    //      <saml2:Issuer xmlns:saml2="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">https://authentication.stg.id.ubc.ca</saml2:Issuer>
    //      <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
    //          <ds:SignedInfo>
    //              <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
    //              <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha256"/>
    //              <ds:Reference URI="#_e4585eaeedbcaf7c24dff7f1ee2499f5">
    //                  <ds:Transforms>
    //                      <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/>
    //                      <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
    //                  </ds:Transforms>
    //                  <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
    //                  <ds:DigestValue>1ui22tqFyYEOoWI19CMwz4n+ynxNjLDGdTeRMdi60EU=</ds:DigestValue>
    //              </ds:Reference>
    //          </ds:SignedInfo>
    //          <ds:SignatureValue>ROg7FXV6vsp8socVhdo76/i7cRHGGKIveAiScKdujZT0QrHVqIvvbZ/RnwvEMJ9H9i/kJFAQA171
    //  		Eo2kDjSdvNFQ/YcKaJUwMtAwT05yVatGV42RZKEf7ME+vpcCTR1LWZdrhat1FWCg1MNQwNWB0EL5
    //  		fEP2a4jAcSTB8tFbjTAHsv7IWC39E5RVv99mACYXLa7iGZLtORANZxgYu5qQgmH6pUkI6Z1cpmf+
    //  		m9mIjKM6LF0EvLfWOBWL6udZ+GsHPOLjVTJg+1S0xb9FQCYDVW1QhbjSS0icKHKTNNbrsaxllVDY
    //  		m4q27YQjRh+XxugPgvsZ61Pxlto8Jbg+6jUlMQ==</ds:SignatureValue>
    //          <ds:KeyInfo>
    //              <ds:X509Data>
    //                  <ds:X509Certificate>MIIDTTCCAjWgAwIBAgIVAJccYyIV6wly8XyddumpgnHMJ2JLMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMCcxJTAj
    //  			BgNVBAMMHGF1dGhlbnRpY2F0aW9uLnN0Zy5pZC51YmMuY2EwHhcNMTcwMzAxMTk1NDM0WhcNMzcw
    //  			...
    //  			xUuh6HuHKIwQqHBz7udxbH3Zbb6jXGDJjiDHt1LRJ8xbVisFIcDlIwsGQQi0HeEJfx4P</ds:X509Certificate>
    //              </ds:X509Data>
    //          </ds:KeyInfo>
    //      </ds:Signature>
    //      <saml2p:Status>
    //          <saml2p:StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:Success"/>
    //      </saml2p:Status>
    //      <saml2:EncryptedAssertion xmlns:saml2="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">
    //          <xenc:EncryptedData Id="_314d80b9cf02d8eda8d686a6ffd626cf" Type="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#Element" xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#">
    //              <xenc:EncryptionMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes128-cbc" xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#"/>
    //              <ds:KeyInfo xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
    //                  <xenc:EncryptedKey Id="_d7b6da6fb59a627ebb4a96928441ab79" Recipient="https://ubcdfe.deskflow-asp2.com" xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#">
    //                      <xenc:EncryptionMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#rsa-oaep-mgf1p" xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#">
    //                          <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"/>
    //                      </xenc:EncryptionMethod>
    //                      <ds:KeyInfo>
    //                          <ds:X509Data>
    //                              <ds:X509Certificate>MIICuzCCAiQCCQD3bpigRnKMSzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADCBoTELMAkGA1UEBhMCQ0ExEDAOBgNV
    //  				BAgMB09udGFyaW8xEDAOBgNVBAcMB1Rvcm9udG8xJjAkBgNVBAoMHVRhY3RpY2FsIEJ1c2luZXNz
    //  				...
    //  				kVRcHd1UK3q7G8FoykWjdQz/0EoMTfEZ+Md56mLOe48eMUZV2ONZuL1kDCEKw1UwkaDQI4Pf8pzx
    //  				82b9rgw9wBDtvu5eFPlUGEGIBw==</ds:X509Certificate>
    //                          </ds:X509Data>
    //                      </ds:KeyInfo>
    //                      <xenc:CipherData xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#">
    //                          <xenc:CipherValue>BNHfUOpgdPE5BgpN2VIZIDthMAv1rxk91qVnWyCZOG9bmUKChJtTUqMpndot7VJwYuyKFshkAdnT
    //  				D79KGdlSA1xHKcVeZXXzDWglqSyYjzhDCsyOhPaI4HelMFgCLwyFz89uEpUpqlvfl8ol3Am/XnzQ
    //  				Vp7V7oS76hocjUI51Qs=</xenc:CipherValue>
    //                      </xenc:CipherData>
    //                  </xenc:EncryptedKey>
    //              </ds:KeyInfo>
    //              <xenc:CipherData xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#">
    //                  <xenc:CipherValue>R6l7tmbnXrOfBgB8lA3KnwLYsLH5ZO5omQ7Hp5K05atzw2o55xmCXVMYhNneFxMtxUh6raEyHeZX
    //  			PTZNgWrvdqc4GYND/R7MhRrJzk9OAq1WyoOXwbtRpwNDwWA4N2IuprPQJbvjVxaw/PesZMZwZqlp
    //  			...
    //  			zm9zAxahyu8Ooe8M4r3HN2cY0JxxxkZtDiulbnyA+rRtXfBRJtangvFQ4iFAnzM/Yg9hMyW9jcu0
    //  			S7FzuRB9ONMxi+nh0IFWgqp+</xenc:CipherValue>
    //              </xenc:CipherData>
    //          </xenc:EncryptedData>
    //      </saml2:EncryptedAssertion>
    //  </saml2p:Response>

    //  The sample encrypted SAML response and RSA private key are available online:
    var http = new chilkat.Http();
    var sbSamlResponse = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    var sbPrivateKeyPem = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    success = http.QuickGetSb("https://chilkatdownload.com/data/samlresponse.xml",sbSamlResponse);
    if (success == true) {
        success = http.QuickGetSb("https://chilkatdownload.com/data/samlresponse_privkey.pem",sbPrivateKeyPem);
    }

    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var xml = new chilkat.Xml();
    xml.LoadSb(sbSamlResponse,true);

    //  Load the RSA private key..
    var privkey = new chilkat.PrivateKey();
    success = privkey.LoadPem(sbPrivateKeyPem.GetAsString());
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(privkey.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Prepare an RSA object w/ the private key...
    var rsa = new chilkat.Rsa();
    success = rsa.UsePrivateKey(privkey);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(rsa.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  RSA will be used to decrypt the xenc:EncryptedKey
    //  The bytes to be decrypted are in xenc:CipherValue (in base64 format)
    var encryptedAesKey = xml.GetChildContent("saml2:EncryptedAssertion|xenc:EncryptedData|ds:KeyInfo|xenc:EncryptedKey|xenc:CipherData|xenc:CipherValue");
    if (xml.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log("Encrypted AES key not found.");
        return;
    }

    console.log("Encrypted AES key (base64) = " + encryptedAesKey);

    var bdAesKey = new chilkat.BinData();
    bdAesKey.AppendEncoded(encryptedAesKey,"base64");

    var sbRsaAlg = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sbRsaAlg.Append(xml.ChilkatPath("saml2:EncryptedAssertion|xenc:EncryptedData|ds:KeyInfo|xenc:EncryptedKey|xenc:EncryptionMethod|(Algorithm)"));
    console.log("sbRsaAlg contains: " + sbRsaAlg.GetAsString());
    if (sbRsaAlg.Contains("rsa-oaep",true) == true) {
        rsa.PkcsPadding = false;
    }

    success = rsa.DecryptBd(bdAesKey,true);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(rsa.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Decrypted AES key (hex) = " + bdAesKey.GetEncoded("hex"));

    //  Get the encrypted XML (in base64) to be decrypted w/ the AES key.
    var encrypted64 = xml.GetChildContent("saml2:EncryptedAssertion|xenc:EncryptedData|xenc:CipherData|xenc:CipherValue");
    if (xml.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log("Encrypted data not found.");
        return;
    }

    var bdEncrypted = new chilkat.BinData();
    bdEncrypted.AppendEncoded(encrypted64,"base64");

    //  Get the symmetric algorithm:  "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes128-cbc"
    //  and set the symmetric decrypt properties.
    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();
    var sbAlg = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sbAlg.Append(xml.ChilkatPath("saml2:EncryptedAssertion|xenc:EncryptedData|xenc:EncryptionMethod|(Algorithm)"));
    if (sbAlg.Contains("aes128-cbc",true) == true) {
        crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "aes";
        crypt.KeyLength = 128;
        crypt.CipherMode = "cbc";
        //  The 1st 16 bytes of the encrypted data are the AES IV.
        crypt.SetEncodedIV(bdEncrypted.GetEncodedChunk(0,16,"hex"),"hex");
        bdEncrypted.RemoveChunk(0,16);
    }

    //  Other algorithms, key lengths, etc, can be supported by checking for different Algorithm attribute values..

    crypt.SetEncodedKey(bdAesKey.GetEncoded("hex"),"hex");

    //  AES decrypt...
    success = crypt.DecryptBd(bdEncrypted);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(crypt.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Get the decrypted XML
    var decryptedXml = bdEncrypted.GetString("utf-8");
    console.log("Decrypted XML:");
    console.log(decryptedXml);

    //  The decrypted XML looks like this:

    //  <saml2:Assertion xmlns:saml2="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion" ID="_226e565c548db7986d165d7d969b48b4" IssueInstant="2018-10-11T17:46:20.727Z" Version="2.0">
    //  ...
    //  ...
    //  ...
    //  </saml2:Assertion>

    var xmlAssertion = new chilkat.Xml();
    xmlAssertion.LoadXml(decryptedXml);

    //  Replace the saml2:EncryptedAssertion XML subtree with the saml2:Assertion XML.
    // xmlEncryptedAssertion: Xml
    var xmlEncryptedAssertion = xml.FindChild("saml2:EncryptedAssertion");
    xmlEncryptedAssertion.SwapTree(xmlAssertion);

    //  The decrypted XML assertion has now replaced the encrypted XML assertion.
    //  Examine the fully decrypted XML document:
    console.log("Full XML SAML document with decrypted assertion:");
    console.log(xml.GetXml());

}

chilkatExample();