This rule is deprecated; use {rule:php:S5542} instead.

Why is this an issue?

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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