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From 5b4601c9965ffc92d6aa952b8c05127d5ac37307 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 08:51:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] #12660 Replace OpenSSL.crypto.X509Req with
pyca/cryptography CSR
Replace usage of pyOpenSSL's X509Req with pyca/cryptography's
CertificateSigningRequest in twisted.internet._sslverify and the
test_ssl certificate generation helpers.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
src/twisted/newsfragments/12660.misc | 0
src/twisted/test/test_ssl.py | 42 +++++++----
3 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 src/twisted/newsfragments/12660.misc
diff --git a/src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py b/src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py
index c6dabf6c4c4..f1cec9c2d87 100644
--- a/src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py
+++ b/src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
import attr
from constantly import FlagConstant, Flags, NamedConstant, Names
+from cryptography import x509
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, serialization
+from cryptography.x509.oid import NameOID
from incremental import Version
from twisted.internet.abstract import isIPAddress, isIPv6Address
@@ -169,6 +172,29 @@ def protocolNegotiationMechanisms() -> FlagConstant:
"emailAddress": "emailAddress",
}
+_x509NameOIDs = {
+ "commonName": NameOID.COMMON_NAME,
+ "organizationName": NameOID.ORGANIZATION_NAME,
+ "organizationalUnitName": NameOID.ORGANIZATIONAL_UNIT_NAME,
+ "localityName": NameOID.LOCALITY_NAME,
+ "stateOrProvinceName": NameOID.STATE_OR_PROVINCE_NAME,
+ "countryName": NameOID.COUNTRY_NAME,
+ "emailAddress": NameOID.EMAIL_ADDRESS,
+}
+
+# Reverse of _x509NameOIDs, for translating a parsed subject back into a
+# DistinguishedName.
+_x509OIDNames = {oid: name for name, oid in _x509NameOIDs.items()}
+
+_digestAlgorithms = {
+ "md5": hashes.MD5,
+ "sha1": hashes.SHA1,
+ "sha224": hashes.SHA224,
+ "sha256": hashes.SHA256,
+ "sha384": hashes.SHA384,
+ "sha512": hashes.SHA512,
+}
+
class DistinguishedName(dict[str, bytes]):
"""
@@ -490,19 +516,51 @@ class CertificateRequest(CertBase):
Certificate requests are given to certificate authorities to be signed and
returned resulting in an actual certificate.
+
+ @ivar original: The underlying CSR object.
+ @type original: L{cryptography.x509.CertificateSigningRequest}
"""
@classmethod
- def load(Class, requestData, requestFormat=crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1):
- req = crypto.load_certificate_request(requestFormat, requestData)
+ def load(
+ cls, requestData: bytes, requestFormat=crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1
+ ) -> CertificateRequest:
+ if requestFormat == crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1:
+ req = x509.load_der_x509_csr(requestData)
+ elif requestFormat == crypto.FILETYPE_PEM:
+ req = x509.load_pem_x509_csr(requestData)
+ else:
+ raise ValueError(f"Unsupported format: {requestFormat!r}")
+ if not req.is_signature_valid:
+ subject = req.subject
+ raise VerifyError(
+ f"Can't verify that request for {subject!r} is self-signed."
+ )
+ return cls(req)
+
+ def _subjectToDistinguishedName(self) -> DistinguishedName:
+ """
+ Retrieve the subject of this certificate request.
+
+ @return: A copy of the subject of this certificate request.
+ @rtype: L{DistinguishedName}
+ """
dn = DistinguishedName()
- dn._copyFrom(req.get_subject())
- if not req.verify(req.get_pubkey()):
- raise VerifyError(f"Can't verify that request for {dn!r} is self-signed.")
- return Class(req)
+ for attribute in self.original.subject:
+ try:
+ name = _x509OIDNames[attribute.oid]
+ except KeyError:
+ raise ValueError(f"Unknown X509 name attribute: {attribute.oid!r}")
+ setattr(dn, name, attribute.value)
+ return dn
- def dump(self, format=crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1):
- return crypto.dump_certificate_request(format, self.original)
+ def dump(self, format=crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1) -> bytes:
+ if format == crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1:
+ return self.original.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.DER)
+ elif format == crypto.FILETYPE_PEM:
+ return self.original.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM)
+ else:
+ raise ValueError(f"Unsupported format: {format!r}")
class PrivateCertificate(Certificate):
@@ -714,10 +772,21 @@ def newCertificate(self, newCertData, format=crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1):
return PrivateCertificate.load(newCertData, self, format)
def requestObject(self, distinguishedName, digestAlgorithm="sha256"):
- req = crypto.X509Req()
- req.set_pubkey(self.original)
- distinguishedName._copyInto(req.get_subject())
- req.sign(self.original, digestAlgorithm)
+ req = (
+ x509.CertificateSigningRequestBuilder()
+ .subject_name(
+ x509.Name(
+ [
+ x509.NameAttribute(_x509NameOIDs[k], nativeString(v))
+ for k, v in distinguishedName.items()
+ ]
+ )
+ )
+ .sign(
+ self.original.to_cryptography_key(),
+ _digestAlgorithms[digestAlgorithm](),
+ )
+ )
return CertificateRequest(req)
def certificateRequest(
@@ -750,7 +819,7 @@ def signCertificateRequest(
"""
hlreq = CertificateRequest.load(requestData, requestFormat)
- dn = hlreq.getSubject()
+ dn = hlreq._subjectToDistinguishedName()
vval = verifyDNCallback(dn)
def verified(value):
@@ -787,8 +856,8 @@ def signRequestObject(
req = requestObject.original
cert = crypto.X509()
issuerDistinguishedName._copyInto(cert.get_issuer())
- cert.set_subject(req.get_subject())
- cert.set_pubkey(req.get_pubkey())
+ requestObject._subjectToDistinguishedName()._copyInto(cert.get_subject())
+ cert.set_pubkey(crypto.PKey.from_cryptography_key(req.public_key()))
cert.gmtime_adj_notBefore(0)
cert.gmtime_adj_notAfter(secondsToExpiry)
cert.set_serial_number(serialNumber)
@@ -1656,10 +1725,10 @@ def contextSelectionCallback(connection: SSL.Connection) -> None:
return ctx
-OpenSSLCertificateOptions.__getstate__ = deprecated( # type:ignore[method-assign]
+OpenSSLCertificateOptions.__getstate__ = deprecated( # type: ignore[method-assign]
Version("Twisted", 15, 0, 0), "a real persistence system"
)(OpenSSLCertificateOptions.__getstate__)
-OpenSSLCertificateOptions.__setstate__ = deprecated( # type:ignore[method-assign]
+OpenSSLCertificateOptions.__setstate__ = deprecated( # type: ignore[method-assign]
Version("Twisted", 15, 0, 0), "a real persistence system"
)(OpenSSLCertificateOptions.__setstate__)
diff --git a/src/twisted/newsfragments/12660.misc b/src/twisted/newsfragments/12660.misc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/src/twisted/test/test_ssl.py b/src/twisted/test/test_ssl.py
index cb5d6925af7..8e2eb423949 100644
--- a/src/twisted/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/src/twisted/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
try:
from OpenSSL import SSL, crypto
+ from cryptography import x509
+ from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, serialization
+ from cryptography.x509.oid import NameOID
+
from twisted.internet import ssl
from twisted.test.ssl_helpers import ClientTLSContext, certPath
except ImportError:
@@ -164,21 +168,31 @@ def generateCertificateObjects(organization, organizationalUnit):
"""
pkey = crypto.PKey()
pkey.generate_key(crypto.TYPE_RSA, 2048)
- req = crypto.X509Req()
- subject = req.get_subject()
- subject.O = organization
- subject.OU = organizationalUnit
- req.set_pubkey(pkey)
- req.sign(pkey, "md5")
+ req = (
+ x509.CertificateSigningRequestBuilder()
+ .subject_name(
+ x509.Name(
+ [
+ x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.ORGANIZATION_NAME, organization),
+ x509.NameAttribute(
+ NameOID.ORGANIZATIONAL_UNIT_NAME, organizationalUnit
+ ),
+ ]
+ )
+ )
+ .sign(pkey.to_cryptography_key(), hashes.SHA256())
+ )
# Here comes the actual certificate
cert = crypto.X509()
cert.set_serial_number(1)
cert.gmtime_adj_notBefore(0)
cert.gmtime_adj_notAfter(60) # Testing certificates need not be long lived
- cert.set_issuer(req.get_subject())
- cert.set_subject(req.get_subject())
- cert.set_pubkey(req.get_pubkey())
+ subject = cert.get_subject()
+ subject.O = organization
+ subject.OU = organizationalUnit
+ cert.set_issuer(cert.get_subject())
+ cert.set_pubkey(pkey)
cert.sign(pkey, "md5")
return pkey, req, cert
@@ -191,13 +205,13 @@ def generateCertificateFiles(basename, organization, organizationalUnit):
"""
pkey, req, cert = generateCertificateObjects(organization, organizationalUnit)
- for ext, obj, dumpFunc in [
- ("key", pkey, crypto.dump_privatekey),
- ("req", req, crypto.dump_certificate_request),
- ("cert", cert, crypto.dump_certificate),
+ for ext, data in [
+ ("key", crypto.dump_privatekey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, pkey)),
+ ("req", req.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM)),
+ ("cert", crypto.dump_certificate(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, cert)),
]:
fName = os.extsep.join((basename, ext)).encode("utf-8")
- FilePath(fName).setContent(dumpFunc(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, obj))
+ FilePath(fName).setContent(data)
class ContextGeneratingMixin:
From 3fc8db4e7e3924eb3e6b93bb67380bcdb273e17e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Fix mypy errors in CertificateRequest
Annotate the format parameters and type the original CSR attribute so
public_bytes is no longer inferred as Any.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py b/src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py
index f1cec9c2d87..fdfa37adeef 100644
--- a/src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py
+++ b/src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py
@@ -521,9 +521,11 @@ class CertificateRequest(CertBase):
@type original: L{cryptography.x509.CertificateSigningRequest}
"""
+ original: x509.CertificateSigningRequest
+
@classmethod
def load(
- cls, requestData: bytes, requestFormat=crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1
+ cls, requestData: bytes, requestFormat: int = crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1
) -> CertificateRequest:
if requestFormat == crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1:
req = x509.load_der_x509_csr(requestData)
@@ -554,7 +556,7 @@ def _subjectToDistinguishedName(self) -> DistinguishedName:
setattr(dn, name, attribute.value)
return dn
- def dump(self, format=crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1) -> bytes:
+ def dump(self, format: int = crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1) -> bytes:
if format == crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1:
return self.original.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.DER)
elif format == crypto.FILETYPE_PEM:
From 7cb81ce013455a0adfee8e439c309593bd9d192d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 09:17:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Add CertificateRequest test coverage
Cover the PEM/DER load and dump branches, unsupported-format and
unverifiable-signature errors, and the unknown subject attribute path.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
src/twisted/test/test_sslverify.py | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 81 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/twisted/test/test_sslverify.py b/src/twisted/test/test_sslverify.py
index c50fb8b1055..579ae1d03f6 100644
--- a/src/twisted/test/test_sslverify.py
+++ b/src/twisted/test/test_sslverify.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
from cryptography import x509
from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
+ from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import ec
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.rsa import (
RSAPrivateKey,
generate_private_key,
@@ -3472,3 +3473,83 @@ def test_noTrailingNewlinePemCert(self):
certPEM = noTrailingNewlineKeyPemPath.getContent()
ssl.Certificate.loadPEM(certPEM)
+
+
+class CertificateRequestTests(SynchronousTestCase):
+ """
+ Tests for L{sslverify.CertificateRequest}.
+ """
+
+ if skipSSL:
+ skip = skipSSL
+
+ def _makeRequest(self):
+ """
+ Create a self-signed L{sslverify.CertificateRequest}.
+
+ @return: a fresh certificate request.
+ @rtype: L{sslverify.CertificateRequest}
+ """
+ dn = sslverify.DistinguishedName(commonName="example.twistedmatrix.com")
+ return sslverify.KeyPair.generate().requestObject(dn)
+
+ def test_pemRoundTrip(self):
+ """
+ A L{sslverify.CertificateRequest} dumped to PEM format and loaded back
+ again preserves its subject.
+ """
+ request = self._makeRequest()
+ pem = request.dump(FILETYPE_PEM)
+ self.assertIn(b"BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST", pem)
+ loaded = sslverify.CertificateRequest.load(pem, FILETYPE_PEM)
+ self.assertEqual(
+ loaded._subjectToDistinguishedName(),
+ request._subjectToDistinguishedName(),
+ )
+
+ def test_loadUnsupportedFormat(self):
+ """
+ L{sslverify.CertificateRequest.load} raises L{ValueError} when given an
+ unrecognized format.
+ """
+ request = self._makeRequest()
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ sslverify.CertificateRequest.load(request.dump(), object())
+
+ def test_loadUnverifiableSignature(self):
+ """
+ L{sslverify.CertificateRequest.load} raises L{sslverify.VerifyError}
+ when the request's self-signature does not verify.
+ """
+ data = bytearray(self._makeRequest().dump())
+ # Corrupt the trailing signature bytes so the self-signature no longer
+ # verifies while the structure still parses.
+ data[-1] ^= 0xFF
+ with self.assertRaises(sslverify.VerifyError):
+ sslverify.CertificateRequest.load(bytes(data))
+
+ def test_dumpUnsupportedFormat(self):
+ """
+ L{sslverify.CertificateRequest.dump} raises L{ValueError} when given an
+ unrecognized format.
+ """
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ self._makeRequest().dump(object())
+
+ def test_subjectUnknownAttribute(self):
+ """
+ L{sslverify.CertificateRequest._subjectToDistinguishedName} raises
+ L{ValueError} when the subject contains a name attribute that does not
+ correspond to a known L{sslverify.DistinguishedName} field.
+ """
+ key = ec.generate_private_key(ec.SECP256R1(), backend=default_backend())
+ csr = (
+ x509.CertificateSigningRequestBuilder()
+ .subject_name(
+ x509.Name([x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.GIVEN_NAME, "Alice")])
+ )
+ .sign(key, hashes.SHA256())
+ )
+ request = sslverify.CertificateRequest(csr)
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ request._subjectToDistinguishedName()
From 7f5219d25e9eabed51f20f707ac10b1533c7a8c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:14:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] remove comment that's no longer required
---
src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py b/src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py
index fdfa37adeef..bd71a401636 100644
--- a/src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py
+++ b/src/twisted/internet/_sslverify.py
@@ -518,7 +518,6 @@ class CertificateRequest(CertBase):
returned resulting in an actual certificate.
@ivar original: The underlying CSR object.
- @type original: L{cryptography.x509.CertificateSigningRequest}
"""
original: x509.CertificateSigningRequest
From b2201db3e08760d4d0ae6563b44109d5c5f555df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:15:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] fmt
---
src/twisted/test/test_sslverify.py | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/twisted/test/test_sslverify.py b/src/twisted/test/test_sslverify.py
index 579ae1d03f6..282121bc023 100644
--- a/src/twisted/test/test_sslverify.py
+++ b/src/twisted/test/test_sslverify.py
@@ -3545,9 +3545,7 @@ def test_subjectUnknownAttribute(self):
key = ec.generate_private_key(ec.SECP256R1(), backend=default_backend())
csr = (
x509.CertificateSigningRequestBuilder()
- .subject_name(
- x509.Name([x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.GIVEN_NAME, "Alice")])
- )
+ .subject_name(x509.Name([x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.GIVEN_NAME, "Alice")]))
.sign(key, hashes.SHA256())
)
request = sslverify.CertificateRequest(csr)
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