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Decrypt a SAML Response

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Demonstrates how to decrypt a SAML response.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# 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:
$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();
$sbSamlResponse = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbPrivateKeyPem = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://chilkatdownload.com/data/samlresponse.xml",$sbSamlResponse);
if ($success == 1) {
    $success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://chilkatdownload.com/data/samlresponse_privkey.pem",$sbPrivateKeyPem);
}

if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xml->LoadSb($sbSamlResponse,1);

# Load the RSA private key..
$privkey = chilkat::CkPrivateKey->new();
$success = $privkey->LoadPem($sbPrivateKeyPem->getAsString());
if ($success == 0) {
    print $privkey->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Prepare an RSA object w/ the private key...
$rsa = chilkat::CkRsa->new();
$success = $rsa->UsePrivateKey($privkey);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# RSA will be used to decrypt the xenc:EncryptedKey
# The bytes to be decrypted are in xenc:CipherValue (in base64 format)
$encryptedAesKey = $xml->getChildContent("saml2:EncryptedAssertion|xenc:EncryptedData|ds:KeyInfo|xenc:EncryptedKey|xenc:CipherData|xenc:CipherValue");
if ($xml->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print "Encrypted AES key not found." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Encrypted AES key (base64) = " . $encryptedAesKey . "\r\n";

$bdAesKey = chilkat::CkBinData->new();
$bdAesKey->AppendEncoded($encryptedAesKey,"base64");

$sbRsaAlg = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbRsaAlg->Append($xml->chilkatPath("saml2:EncryptedAssertion|xenc:EncryptedData|ds:KeyInfo|xenc:EncryptedKey|xenc:EncryptionMethod|(Algorithm)"));
print "sbRsaAlg contains: " . $sbRsaAlg->getAsString() . "\r\n";
if ($sbRsaAlg->Contains("rsa-oaep",1) == 1) {
    $rsa->put_PkcsPadding(0);
}

$success = $rsa->DecryptBd($bdAesKey,1);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Decrypted AES key (hex) = " . $bdAesKey->getEncoded("hex") . "\r\n";

# Get the encrypted XML (in base64) to be decrypted w/ the AES key.
$encrypted64 = $xml->getChildContent("saml2:EncryptedAssertion|xenc:EncryptedData|xenc:CipherData|xenc:CipherValue");
if ($xml->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print "Encrypted data not found." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$bdEncrypted = chilkat::CkBinData->new();
$bdEncrypted->AppendEncoded($encrypted64,"base64");

# Get the symmetric algorithm:  "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes128-cbc"
# and set the symmetric decrypt properties.
$crypt = chilkat::CkCrypt2->new();
$sbAlg = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbAlg->Append($xml->chilkatPath("saml2:EncryptedAssertion|xenc:EncryptedData|xenc:EncryptionMethod|(Algorithm)"));
if ($sbAlg->Contains("aes128-cbc",1) == 1) {
    $crypt->put_CryptAlgorithm("aes");
    $crypt->put_KeyLength(128);
    $crypt->put_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 == 0) {
    print $crypt->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the decrypted XML
$decryptedXml = $bdEncrypted->getString("utf-8");
print "Decrypted XML:" . "\r\n";
print $decryptedXml . "\r\n";

# 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>

$xmlAssertion = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xmlAssertion->LoadXml($decryptedXml);

# Replace the saml2:EncryptedAssertion XML subtree with the saml2:Assertion XML.
# xmlEncryptedAssertion is a Xml
$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:
print "Full XML SAML document with decrypted assertion:" . "\r\n";
print $xml->getXml() . "\r\n";