Troubleshooting Encryption Key Rotation: CVE-2024-34102
This article is intended to help merchants troubleshoot encryption key rotation after they have already followed the steps outlined in this article on CVE-2024-34102.
If you have already followed the steps in the article above and have issues rotating your encryption keys, we have an isolated patch to help resolve potential issues.
To help illustrate the steps that have been previously communicated and summarized above, to protect against CVE-2024-34102, as well as the additional troubleshooting found below, you can also utilize this flow chart:
How to apply the isolated patch to run the new command
Unzip the file and see How to apply a composer patch provided by Adobe in our support knowledge base for instructions.
Adding a new encryption key without using environment variables
The default application behavior is to store the encryption key in the app/etc/env.php file.
The steps outlined in the documentation describe how to change this key within that file using the Admin interface.
The steps and isolated patch provided in this section allow you to easily change the value in that file and will allow you to work around the issues you may be experiencing through the Admin interface.
However, the easiest and more secure way to manage the encryption key is to use environment variables. If you are already using environment variables, or are interested in using them to manage this key instead, there is a separate section which describes those steps.
Affected products and versions
Adobe Commerce on Cloud, Adobe Commerce on-premises, and Magento Open Source:
- 2.4.7-p1 and earlier
- 2.4.6-p6 and earlier
- 2.4.5-p8 and earlier
- 2.4.4-p9 and earlier
Isolated Patch for Troubleshooting Encryption key rotation details
Use the following attached patches, depending on your Adobe Commerce/Magento Open Source version:
For version 2.4.7, 2.4.7-p1:
For versions 2.4.6, 2.4.6-p1, 2.4.6-p2, 2.4.6-p3, 2.4.6-p4, 2.4.6-p5, 2.4.6-p6:
For versions 2.4.5, 2.4.5-p1, 2.4.5-p2, 2.4.5-p3, 2.4.5-p4, 2.4.5-p5, 2.4.5-p6, 2.4.5-p7, 2.4.5-p8:
For versions 2.4.4, 2.4.4-p1, 2.4.4-p2, 2.4.4-p3, 2.4.4-p4, 2.4.4-p5, 2.4.4-p6, 2.4.4-p7, 2.4.4-p8, 2.4.4-p9:
After you install the isolated patch, change the active encryption key with the new CLI command.
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This new command should be executed on the environment that contains your
app/etc/env.phpfile for the key that you want to update. -
Confirm that the new command exists:
code language-none bin/magento list | grep encryption:key:changeYou should see the following output:
code language-none encryption:key:change Change the encryption key inside the env.php file. -
Change the encryption key:
code language-none bin/magento encryption:key:change -
If you have executed this command on your production system, no further action should be required.
If you have run this on a development system, you must get this change into your production system as you would normally deploy sensitive configuration settings.
Update the encryption key using environmental variables instead of using the isolated patch
As an alternative to the section above, these steps will allow you to add a new encryption key while preserving your existing encrypted data, even if you are currently using the default app/etc/env.php.
This section applies to Adobe Commerce on Cloud and Cloud Starter, but also applies to Adobe Commerce on-premises, although the exact steps and locations of the variables will be dependent on your infrastructure.
Collect your current value
- If you are already managing your keys with environment variables, it may be in several possible locations, but most likely it will be in the
CRYPT_KEYvariable as described in the documentation. - If you are not using variables, the encryption key will be in
app/etc/env.phpwithin thecrypt/keydata key.
In either case, it may be a multiline value and contain multiple random lines of data.
Generate a new value for 2.4.7x versions
Encryption keys are 32 bytes of random data which are encoded with base64 and prefixed with base64.
To generate a new key:
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Using the tool of your choice, generate 32 random bytes of data encoded with base64. For example, using the OpenSSL CLI, you can run
openssl rand -base64 32, but any trustworthy cryptographically random generation tool may be used. -
Prefix that value with
base64. For example, if theopensslcommand output ABC123, the value would become: base64ABC123 -
Append the generated value to your existing value that you collected above. For example, if your existing value is base64HelloWorld, your new value would become:
code language-none base64HelloWorld base64ABC123
Generate a new value for 2.4.6x and earlier versions
Encryption keys on 2.4.6x and earlier versions are 16 bytes of random data in a hex-encoded format.
To generate a new key:
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Using the tool of your choice, generate 16 random bytes of data. For example, using the OpenSSL CLI, you can run
openssl rand -hex 16, but any trustworthy cryptographically random generation tool may be used. -
Append the generated value to your existing value that you collected above. For example, if your existing value is abc123, and your random value from the previous step is 456def, your new value would become:
code language-none abc123 456def
Add a new environment variable
Use the Cloud Console or magento-cloud CLI to set the env:MAGENTO_DC_CRYPT__KEY environment variable to this new value.
Upon saving the variable, a redeployment will be triggered automatically which will cause the value to be applied.
Security updates
Related security updates available for Adobe Commerce: