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Spring Plugin PGP Signature cannot be verified

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3/5
Estimated time
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
java
Domain
build-system, security

Research direction

Start with PublicKeyUtils.loadPublicKeyRing at PublicKeyUtils.java:144 and follow the key-loading path through PGPKeysCache.loadKeyFromFile and receiveKey. Reproduce the failure with the Maven command and keyserver settings from the report, then verify the result against SignatureUtils.checkSignature and CheckMojo.processArtifactSignature. Done means the reported revoked-key response is handled correctly and signature verification has a regression test.

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Hi,

I think, the artifact on maven central cannot be verified as the public GPG key is revoked.

Error message while running the plugin to verify the signatures (truncated stacktrace):

Caused by: org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPException: org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPSignatureList found where PGPPublicKeyRing expected
    at org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPPublicKeyRingCollection.<init> (Unknown Source)
    at org.simplify4u.plugins.pgp.PublicKeyUtils.loadPublicKeyRing (PublicKeyUtils.java:144)
    at org.simplify4u.plugins.keyserver.PGPKeysCache.loadKeyFromFile (PGPKeysCache.java:230)
    at org.simplify4u.plugins.keyserver.PGPKeysCache.receiveKey (PGPKeysCache.java:275)
    at org.simplify4u.plugins.keyserver.PGPKeysCache.lambda$null$2 (PGPKeysCache.java:181)
    at org.simplify4u.plugins.keyserver.PGPKeysCache$KeyServerListOne.execute (PGPKeysCache.java:372)
    at org.simplify4u.plugins.keyserver.PGPKeysCache.lambda$getKeyRing$b1186df7$1 (PGPKeysCache.java:181)
    at io.vavr.control.Try.of (Try.java:75)
    at org.simplify4u.plugins.keyserver.PGPKeysCache.getKeyRing (PGPKeysCache.java:181)
    at org.simplify4u.plugins.pgp.SignatureUtils.lambda$checkSignature$91862a76$1 (SignatureUtils.java:304)
    at io.vavr.control.Try.of (Try.java:75)
    at org.simplify4u.plugins.pgp.SignatureUtils.checkSignature (SignatureUtils.java:304)
    at org.simplify4u.plugins.pgp.SignatureUtils.checkSignature (SignatureUtils.java:362)
    at org.simplify4u.plugins.CheckMojo.processArtifactSignature (CheckMojo.java:243)

Maven Command:

cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/project/dir && mvn org.simplify4u.plugins:pgpverify-maven-plugin:1.17.0:check
        -Dpgpverify.keyserversLoadBalance=false
        -Dpgpverify.keyserver=https://keyserver.ubuntu.com
        -Dpgpverify.keysMapLocation=`pwd`/../../.mvn/keysmap.properties

If I look up the key, it seems to be revoked:

https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?search=0x9A2C7A98E457C53D&fingerprint=on&op=index

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