Without OAEP in RSA encryption, it takes less work for an attacker to decrypt the data or infer patterns from the ciphertext. This rule logs an issue when openssl_public_encrypt is used with one the following padding constants: OPENSSL_NO_PADDING or OPENSSL_PKCS1_PADDING or OPENSSL_SSLV23_PADDING.

Noncompliant Code Example

function encrypt($data, $key) {
  $crypted='';
  openssl_public_encrypt($data, $crypted, $key, OPENSSL_NO_PADDING); // Noncompliant
  return $crypted;
}

Compliant Solution

function encrypt($data, $key) {
  $crypted='';
  openssl_public_encrypt($data, $crypted, $key, OPENSSL_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING);
  return $crypted;
}

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