fix: error if unpacked message does not match JWE structure

packages/core/src/transport/HttpOutboundTransport.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { AbortController } from 'abort-controller'
 
 import { AgentConfig } from '../agent/AgentConfig'
 import { AriesFrameworkError } from '../error/AriesFrameworkError'
+import { isValidJweStucture, JsonEncoder } from '../utils'
 
 export class HttpOutboundTransport implements OutboundTransport {
   private agent!: Agent
@@ -76,7 +77,13 @@ export class HttpOutboundTransport implements OutboundTransport {
         this.logger.debug(`Response received`, { responseMessage, status: response.status })
 
         try {
-          const encryptedMessage = JSON.parse(responseMessage)
+          const encryptedMessage = JsonEncoder.fromString(responseMessage)
+          if (!isValidJweStucture(encryptedMessage)) {
+            this.logger.error(
+              `Received a response from the other agent but the structure of the incoming message is not a DIDComm message: ${responseMessage}`
+            )
+            return
+          }
           this.agent.receiveMessage(encryptedMessage)
         } catch (error) {
           this.logger.debug('Unable to parse response message')

packages/core/src/transport/WsOutboundTransport.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type WebSocket from 'ws'
 import { AgentConfig } from '../agent/AgentConfig'
 import { EventEmitter } from '../agent/EventEmitter'
 import { AriesFrameworkError } from '../error/AriesFrameworkError'
+import { isValidJweStucture, JsonEncoder } from '../utils'
 import { Buffer } from '../utils/buffer'
 
 import { TransportEventTypes } from './TransportEventTypes'
@@ -101,7 +102,12 @@ export class WsOutboundTransport implements OutboundTransport {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
   private handleMessageEvent = (event: any) => {
     this.logger.trace('WebSocket message event received.', { url: event.target.url, data: event.data })
-    const payload = JSON.parse(Buffer.from(event.data).toString('utf-8'))
+    const payload = JsonEncoder.fromBuffer(event.data)
+    if (!isValidJweStucture(payload)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Received a response from the other agent but the structure of the incoming message is not a DIDComm message: ${payload}`
+      )
+    }
     this.logger.debug('Payload received from mediator:', payload)
     this.agent.receiveMessage(payload)
   }

packages/core/src/utils/JWE.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import type { EncryptedMessage } from '../types'
+
+export function isValidJweStucture(message: any): message is EncryptedMessage {
+  return message && typeof message === 'object' && message.protected && message.iv && message.ciphertext && message.tag
+}

packages/core/src/utils/__tests__/JWE.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { isValidJweStucture } from '../JWE'
+
+describe('ValidJWEStructure', () => {
+  test('throws error when the response message has an invalid JWE structure', async () => {
+    const responseMessage = 'invalid JWE structure'
+    await expect(isValidJweStucture(responseMessage)).toBeFalsy()
+  })
+
+  test('valid JWE structure', async () => {
+    const responseMessage = {
+      protected:
+        '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',
+      iv: 'KNezOOt7JJtuU2q1',
+      ciphertext: 'mwRMpVg9wkF4rIZcBeWLcc0fWhs=',
+      tag: '0yW0Lx8-vWevj3if91R06g==',
+    }
+    await expect(isValidJweStucture(responseMessage)).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+})

packages/core/src/utils/index.ts

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export * from './JsonTransformer'
 export * from './MultiBaseEncoder'
 export * from './buffer'
 export * from './MultiHashEncoder'
+export * from './JWE'