secrecy 0.8.0

Wrapper types and traits for secret management which help ensure they aren't accidentally copied, logged, or otherwise exposed (as much as possible), and also ensure secrets are securely wiped from memory when dropped.
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//! [`Secret`] wrapper type for more carefully handling secret values
//! (e.g. passwords, cryptographic keys, access tokens or other credentials)
//!
//! # Goals
//!
//! - Make secret access explicit and easy-to-audit via the
//!   [`ExposeSecret`] trait. This also makes secret values immutable which
//!   helps avoid making accidental copies (e.g. reallocating the backing
//!   buffer for a `Vec`)
//! - Prevent accidental leakage of secrets via channels like debug logging
//! - Ensure secrets are wiped from memory on drop securely
//!   (using the [`zeroize`] crate)
//!
//! Presently this crate favors a simple, `no_std`-friendly, safe i.e.
//! `forbid(unsafe_code)`-based implementation and does not provide more advanced
//! memory protection mechanisms e.g. ones based on `mlock(2)`/`mprotect(2)`.
//! We may explore more advanced protection mechanisms in the future.
//!
//! # `Box`, `String`, and `Vec` wrappers
//!
//! Most users of this crate will simply want [`Secret`] wrappers around Rust's
//! core collection types: i.e. `Box`, `String`, and `Vec`.
//!
//! When the `alloc` feature of this crate is enabled (which it is by default),
//! [`SecretBox`], [`SecretString`], and [`SecretVec`] type aliases are
//! available.
//!
//! There's nothing particularly fancy about these: they're just the simple
//! composition of `Secret<Box<_>>`, `Secret<String>`, and `Secret<Vec<_>>`!
//! However, in many cases they're all you will need.
//!
//! # Advanced usage
//!
//! If you are hitting limitations on what's possible with the collection type
//! wrappers, you'll want to define your own newtype which lets you customize
//! the implementation:
//!
//! ```rust
//! use secrecy::{CloneableSecret, DebugSecret, Secret, Zeroize};
//!
//! #[derive(Clone)]
//! pub struct AccountNumber(String);
//!
//! impl Zeroize for AccountNumber {
//!     fn zeroize(&mut self) {
//!         self.0.zeroize();
//!     }
//! }
//!
//! /// Permits cloning
//! impl CloneableSecret for AccountNumber {}
//!
//! /// Provides a `Debug` impl (by default `[[REDACTED]]`)
//! impl DebugSecret for AccountNumber {}
//!
//! /// Use this alias when storing secret values
//! pub type SecretAccountNumber = Secret<AccountNumber>;
//! ```
//!
//! # `serde` support
//!
//! When the `serde` feature of this crate is enabled, the [`Secret`] type will
//! receive a [`Deserialize`] impl for all `Secret<T>` types where
//! `T: DeserializeOwned`. This allows *loading* secret values from data
//! deserialized from `serde` (be careful to clean up any intermediate secrets
//! when doing this, e.g. the unparsed input!)
//!
//! To prevent exfiltration of secret values via `serde`, by default `Secret<T>`
//! does *not* receive a corresponding [`Serialize`] impl. If you would like
//! types of `Secret<T>` to be serializable with `serde`, you will need to impl
//! the [`SerializableSecret`] marker trait on `T`.

#![no_std]
#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))]
#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/secrecy/0.8.0")]
#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
#![warn(missing_docs, rust_2018_idioms, unused_qualifications)]

#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
extern crate alloc;

#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
mod boxed;
#[cfg(feature = "bytes")]
mod bytes;
#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
mod string;
#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
mod vec;

pub use zeroize::{self, Zeroize};

#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
pub use self::{boxed::SecretBox, string::SecretString, vec::SecretVec};

#[cfg(feature = "bytes")]
pub use self::bytes::SecretBytesMut;

use core::{
    any,
    fmt::{self, Debug},
};

#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
use serde::{de, ser, Deserialize, Serialize};

/// Wrapper type for values that contains secrets, which attempts to limit
/// accidental exposure and ensure secrets are wiped from memory when dropped.
/// (e.g. passwords, cryptographic keys, access tokens or other credentials)
///
/// Access to the secret inner value occurs through the [`ExposeSecret`] trait,
/// which provides an `expose_secret()` method for accessing the inner secret
/// value.
pub struct Secret<S>
where
    S: Zeroize,
{
    /// Inner secret value
    inner_secret: S,
}

impl<S> Secret<S>
where
    S: Zeroize,
{
    /// Take ownership of a secret value
    pub fn new(secret: S) -> Self {
        Secret {
            inner_secret: secret,
        }
    }
}

impl<S> ExposeSecret<S> for Secret<S>
where
    S: Zeroize,
{
    fn expose_secret(&self) -> &S {
        &self.inner_secret
    }
}

impl<S> From<S> for Secret<S>
where
    S: Zeroize,
{
    fn from(secret: S) -> Self {
        Self::new(secret)
    }
}

impl<S> Clone for Secret<S>
where
    S: CloneableSecret,
{
    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
        Secret {
            inner_secret: self.inner_secret.clone(),
        }
    }
}

impl<S> Debug for Secret<S>
where
    S: Zeroize + DebugSecret,
{
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        f.write_str("Secret(")?;
        S::debug_secret(f)?;
        f.write_str(")")
    }
}

impl<S> Drop for Secret<S>
where
    S: Zeroize,
{
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        // Zero the secret out from memory
        self.inner_secret.zeroize();
    }
}

/// Marker trait for secrets which are allowed to be cloned
pub trait CloneableSecret: Clone + Zeroize {}

/// Implement `CloneableSecret` on arrays of types that impl `Clone` and
/// `Zeroize`.
macro_rules! impl_cloneable_secret_for_array {
    ($($size:expr),+) => {
        $(
            impl<T: Clone + Zeroize> CloneableSecret for [T; $size] {}
        )+
     };
}

// TODO(tarcieri): const generics
impl_cloneable_secret_for_array!(
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
    27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,
    51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64
);

/// Expose a reference to an inner secret
pub trait ExposeSecret<S> {
    /// Expose secret: this is the only method providing access to a secret.
    fn expose_secret(&self) -> &S;
}

/// Debugging trait which is specialized for handling secret values
pub trait DebugSecret {
    /// Format information about the secret's type.
    ///
    /// This can be thought of as an equivalent to [`Debug::fmt`], but one
    /// which by design does not permit access to the secret value.
    fn debug_secret(f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
        f.write_str("[REDACTED ")?;
        f.write_str(any::type_name::<Self>())?;
        f.write_str("]")
    }
}

/// Implement `DebugSecret` on arrays of types that impl `Debug`.
macro_rules! impl_debug_secret_for_array {
    ($($size:expr),+) => {
        $(
            impl<T: Debug> DebugSecret for [T; $size] {}
        )+
     };
}

// TODO(tarcieri): const generics
impl_debug_secret_for_array!(
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
    27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,
    51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64
);

/// Marker trait for secret types which can be [`Serialize`]-d by [`serde`].
///
/// When the `serde` feature of this crate is enabled and types are marked with
/// this trait, they receive a [`Serialize` impl][1] for `Secret<T>`.
/// (NOTE: all types which impl `DeserializeOwned` receive a [`Deserialize`]
/// impl)
///
/// This is done deliberately to prevent accidental exfiltration of secrets
/// via `serde` serialization.
///
/// If you are working with [`SecretString`] or [`SecretVec`], not that
/// by design these types do *NOT* impl this trait.
///
/// If you really want to have `serde` serialize those types, use the
/// [`serialize_with`][2] attribute to specify a serializer that exposes the secret.
///
/// [1]: https://docs.rs/secrecy/latest/secrecy/struct.Secret.html#implementations
/// [2]: https://serde.rs/field-attrs.html#serialize_with
#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "serde")))]
pub trait SerializableSecret: Serialize {}

#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
impl<'de, T> Deserialize<'de> for Secret<T>
where
    T: Zeroize + Clone + de::DeserializeOwned + Sized,
{
    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
    where
        D: de::Deserializer<'de>,
    {
        T::deserialize(deserializer).map(Secret::new)
    }
}

#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
impl<T> Serialize for Secret<T>
where
    T: Zeroize + SerializableSecret + Serialize + Sized,
{
    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
    where
        S: ser::Serializer,
    {
        self.expose_secret().serialize(serializer)
    }
}