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This PR adds upper bounds to the Scrypt implementation.

Closes #133

Additionally, loading the masterkey checks for those bounds.

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The change adds upper bounds for Scrypt cost parameters and block sizes. It also adds a working-memory check that uses widened arithmetic to avoid integer overflow. Masterkey loading, unlocking, and persistence reject invalid parameters before cryptographic work or output. Loading also accepts an optional validator that runs before unlocking. Tests cover parameter limits, validator behavior, overflow cases, and side effects.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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This change caps scrypt parameters when loading and saving masterkeys, so oversized values are rejected before key derivation. No merge-blocking risk remains.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to eec6c

The new checks reduce excessive key-derivation work. One compatibility risk remains: path-based loading no longer invokes the original stream-loading overload, which could bypass checks implemented by downstream subclasses. No affected subclass or exploitable deployment was identified.

Retained concerns

  • Low · security · inferred: Path-based loading previously dispatched through load(InputStream, CharSequence), but now calls the new validator-aware stream overload. A downstream subclass enforcing resource or acceptance controls only in the original stream overload would no longer intercept inherited path loads. No such subclass was identified in this repository; external consumer exposure is unresolved.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — An attacker able to influence a masterkey file subsequently loaded by an application can influence derivation parameters and in-process resource demand. The new bounds reduce this exposure; the evidence does not establish remote reachability, tenant-wide propagation, or downstream deployment scope.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The validator is application-supplied code, not selected by the parsed file. It receives a mutable MasterkeyFile, and unlock rechecks global validity but does not repeat the caller-specific policy. A mutation-based policy bypass therefore requires callback mutation or reference sharing; attacker-controlled file contents alone do not establish it.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — The new predicate bounds 128 × r × N, corresponding to V, rather than the documented V + B + XY total. Direct Scrypt calls with N=2 and r=2^22 still pass the guards while allocating approximately 2.5 GiB across those arrays. This case was accepted at the base and is excluded from masterkey loading by the new block-size maximum; it is residual exposure, not demonstrated PR-introduced worsening.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Use complete working-array accounting for the memory predicate and document that application-specific budgets must also consider heap capacity and simultaneous derivations.
  • proposed — Define validator ownership and retention rules, or validate an immutable snapshot that is also used for derivation, so caller-specific policy remains tied to the consumed values.
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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning [#133] does not require caller-defined masterkey validation. The current MasterkeyFileAccess still exposes validator-based load overloads for caller-specific checks, in addition to the fixed check… Remove MasterkeyFileValidator, the validator-based load overloads, and their feature-specific tests. Keep the fixed Scrypt and masterkey-file bounds and their tests.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 28.57% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 35 functions across 7 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: adding upper bounds to scrypt.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains that the PR adds scrypt upper bounds and checks them when loading masterkeys.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed [#133] Scrypt rejects parameter combinations above its working-memory limit before allocating the large arrays. MasterkeyFile.isValid() also rejects excessive cost parameters, block sizes, and com…
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[#133] does not require caller-defined masterkey validation. The current MasterkeyFileAccess still exposes validator-based load overloads for caller-specific checks, in addition to the fixed checks required by the issue. This general public API is unrelated to the required Scrypt bounds.

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* @return <code>true</code> if {@link #scrypt(byte[], byte[], int, int, int)} would reject this parameter combination due to its memory requirements
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static boolean exceedsWorkingMemoryLimit(int costParam, int blockSize) {
return (long) blockSize * costParam > MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES / 128;

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CWE: CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Include all scrypt workspace arrays in the memory check.

The predicate accounts only for V, although MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES limits V + B + XY. With costParam = 1 << 20 and blockSize = 8, the arrays require 1 GiB plus 3,072 bytes. MasterkeyFile.isValid() accepts this combination before key derivation. Update the predicate and exact-limit tests.

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In `@src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptolib/common/Scrypt.java` at line 111,
Update the memory predicate in Scrypt to account for the combined workspace of
V, B, and XY rather than V alone, ensuring the full allocation is compared
against MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES. Adjust the exact-limit validation tests so
boundary combinations requiring even slightly more than the limit are rejected.

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@coderabbitai check again the value of MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES

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@infeo You're right. MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES is 1 GiB + 3,072 bytes, not exactly 1 GiB. My example with costParam = 1 << 20 and blockSize = 8 requires exactly that amount and should remain valid. Sorry for the incorrect example.

The predicate still counts only V. For example, costParam = 1 << 17 and blockSize = 64 passes the check, but V + B + XY exceeds the limit by 21,504 bytes.

To match the documented workspace limit, the predicate would be:

return 128L * blockSize * (costParam + P + 2L) > MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES;

The finding remains valid, but its example and boundary-test guidance need correction.

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Denial of Service

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Check the complete working-set size.

Scrypt allocates V with 128 * r * N bytes, B with 128 * r * P bytes, and XY with 256 * r bytes. This predicate checks only r * N.

For costParam = 524288 and blockSize = 16, the predicate returns false, but the total allocation is 1 GiB + 6144 bytes. This exceeds MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES (1 GiB + 3072). A crafted masterkey can bypass the intended memory limit.

Include the B and XY terms. Update the boundary test in src/test/java/org/cryptomator/cryptolib/common/ScryptTest.java to reject this combination.

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-		return (long) blockSize * costParam > MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES / 128;
+		return (long) blockSize * (costParam + P + 2L) > MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES / 128;
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In `@src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptolib/common/Scrypt.java` at line 111,
Update the working-memory predicate in Scrypt to include the allocations for V,
B, and XY: account for the 128*r*N, 128*r*P, and 256*r terms when comparing
against MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES, while preserving the existing boundary
behavior. Update the relevant ScryptTest boundary case to reject costParam
524288 with blockSize 16.
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In `@src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptolib/common/Scrypt.java`:
- Line 111: Update the working-memory predicate in Scrypt to include the
allocations for V, B, and XY: account for the 128*r*N, 128*r*P, and 256*r terms
when comparing against MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES, while preserving the existing
boundary behavior. Update the relevant ScryptTest boundary case to reject
costParam 524288 with blockSize 16.

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