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Summary

  • Implement all nine fixed RSA-PSS XML signature methods and the parameterized method, including independent message/MGF hashes and exact salts.
  • Enforce strict XML/DER parameters, RSA-PSS public-key restrictions, modulus capacity, immutable policy and provider capabilities before cryptographic work. Preserve the existing RSA arithmetic, blinding and fault checks through a narrow documented padding adaptation.
  • Wire signing, verification, templates, builders, key resolution and CLI through the same contract. Add native AWS-LC and PKCS#11 dispatch without provider fallback, and document provider limits.
  • Import and execute the entire pinned xmlsec1 RSA-PSS fixture family; add reciprocal, malformed-input and boundary coverage.
  • Configure parameterized-family permissions before reading XML, preserve the independent legacy trust gate, reject out-of-range RSA signature representatives, and validate PSS-restricted SPKIs through the resolver's shared RSA validator.

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  • All-feature workspace: 4064 tests passed, none skipped, with isolated SoftHSM, OpenSSL 3.6.4 and xmlsec1 1.3.13 oracles.
  • Default workspace: 3941 tests passed, none skipped.
  • RSA-PSS tests: 15 passed with standalone roxmltree and 15 passed with differential XML backends.
  • Independent sad-rsa/OpenSSL reciprocal signatures, all 17 donor cases, mixed hashes, restricted DER/named/certificate keys, non-byte-aligned moduli, out-of-range signature aliases and malformed encodings covered.
  • Real CLI sign/verify round trips cover secure and legacy parameterized message/MGF hashes; library defaults retain the independent legacy prohibition.
  • Saved OpenSSL vectors always run without external programs; OPENSSL_BIN enables required live reciprocal checks and is set in CI. The portable vector path was also tested with that variable unset.
  • Formatting, full-feature build, clippy, doc tests and Rust 1.92 checks passed. One previously ignored imported ML-DSA doc example remains ignored.
  • Alloc-only XML input checks passed on host and thumbv7em-none-eabihf.

Closes #190

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  • New Features

    • Added XML Digital Signature RSA-PSS signing and verification for SHA-1, SHA-2, and SHA-3, with configurable digest, MGF1 digest, and salt length.
    • Expanded RSA-PSS support across RustCrypto, PKCS#11, and AWS-LC providers, subject to provider and key capabilities.
    • Added RSA-PSS support to XML signature command-line tools.
  • Compatibility

    • RSA-PSS SHA-1 requires explicit permission under legacy signature policies.
  • Documentation

    • Updated XML signature and provider documentation with supported RSA-PSS algorithms, parameter requirements, and compatibility details.

Add fixed and parameterized RSA-PSS signing and verification with independent MGF hashes, exact salts, strict parameters, key restrictions and provider/policy enforcement. Preserve existing RSA arithmetic and blinding through a narrow padding adaptation. Cover all pinned donor PSS cases, reciprocal oracles, provider paths and malformed/boundary inputs; update CLI and documentation.

Closes #190
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This change adds fixed and parameterized RSA-PSS XML signature methods. It implements parameter parsing, serialization, signing, verification, and provider support. It also updates key and policy checks, CLI compatibility behavior, capability records, documentation, and RSA-PSS test coverage.

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RSA-PSS XML signatures

Layer / File(s) Summary
Algorithm parameters, parsing, and policy
src/xmldsig/parse.rs, src/xmldsig/builder.rs, src/policy.rs, docs/xmldsig.md, docs/crypto-providers.md, README.md
Adds fixed SHA-1, SHA-2, and SHA-3 methods and parameterized RSA-PSS. Parsing and serialization handle digest, MGF1 digest, salt length, and trailer fields. Policy checks cover legacy hashes and permission for parameterized RSA-PSS.
Signing, verification, and provider support
src/provider/rsa_pss.rs, src/provider.rs, src/provider/aws_lc.rs, src/provider/pkcs11.rs, src/xmldsig/sign.rs, src/xmldsig/signature.rs, src/xmldsig/keys.rs, src/xmldsig/verify.rs, docs/rsa-pss-patch.md, LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY
Adds RSA-PSS encoding, signing, and verification paths. Provider paths enforce their supported digest and salt constraints. XMLDSig key checks validate PSS parameters against RSA moduli.
CLI and compatibility integration
tools/xmlsec1/src/*, compatibility/libxmlsec1-1.3.13*.json, tests/capability_ledger.rs
Registers RSA-PSS transforms and compatibility classifications. CLI signing and verification parse signature metadata and update the corresponding algorithm policy settings.
Fixtures and validation
tests/rsa_pss.rs, tests/pkcs11.rs, tests/fixtures/xmldsig/aleksey-xmldsig-01/*rsa-pss*, tests/fixtures_smoke.rs, scripts/import-donor-fixtures.sh, tools/xmlsec1/tests/process_contract.rs, .github/workflows/ci.yml
Adds fixed-method fixtures and tests for parameter parsing, policy, modulus limits, provider behavior, interoperability, donor documents, and parameterized CLI signing and verification.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SignatureMethod
  participant parse_signature_method
  participant RsaSigningKey
  participant CryptoProvider
  participant rsa_pss
  SignatureMethod->>parse_signature_method: provide RSA-PSS method and parameters
  parse_signature_method->>RsaSigningKey: return algorithm and parameters
  RsaSigningKey->>CryptoProvider: request signature
  CryptoProvider->>rsa_pss: perform RSA-PSS signing
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No actionable merge-blocking issue remains. The RSA-PSS policy behavior is an explicit opt-in, and the OpenSSL-dependent check is gated; the change is ready for normal merge checks.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to c8770

The change expands security-sensitive signature processing, but the inspected paths preserve explicit algorithm permissions, key restrictions and provider boundaries. No concrete security bypass was established. Residual risk remains because cryptographic and deployment-specific coverage is incomplete.

Retained concerns
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The security-sensitive outcomes are signature acceptance by consuming applications and signature production using caller-selected RSA keys, including token-held keys. Untrusted XML can select supported algorithm parameters, but the inspected flow does not derive family permissions or provider authority from XML. Application-wide consequences of trusting a verification result cannot be bounded without downstream application context.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — A verification family grant alone cannot authorize legacy PSS hashes: the independent key-trust gate runs first and considers both message and MGF digests. The compatibility CLI deliberately grants both permissions; library defaults retain ExactOnly. The earlier early-return observation applies to explicitly authorized signing, not verification.
  • observed — PSS-restricted SPKIs preserve their message-hash, MGF1-hash, trailer and minimum-salt restrictions. Complete DER structure is validated before interpreting restrictions, and the resolver shares this validator rather than normalizing restricted keys into unrestricted RSA keys.
  • observed — Native execution remains provider-constrained. AWS-LC requires matching message and MGF digests with digest-sized salt for its supported SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 methods. PKCS#11 signing checks provider binding, capability, modulus fit and token Sign permission before dispatch. Unsupported combinations do not select a software fallback.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — RSA-PSS uses the existing staged signing transition: caller-owned documents are copied, signature output is validated before replacement, and the completed stage is committed only after success. The base-to-head signing diff adds PSS preflight and primitive dispatch without changing this publication model. Token-side signing is an external operation; XML staging does not imply rollback of token activity.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: implementing RSA-PSS support for XML signatures.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed [#190] The PR summary and source changes cover all fixed RSA-PSS methods and parameterized RsaPssParams, independent message and MGF1 digests, salt lengths, parser defaults and validation, policy an…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The reported changes support [#190]. Provider dispatch, policy updates, resolver validation, CLI behavior, fixtures, tests, compatibility data, and documentation implement or validate RSA-PSS support.…
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  • src/xmldsig/builder.rs
  • src/xmldsig/keys.rs
  • src/xmldsig/mod.rs
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Comment thread tests/rsa_pss.rs
Configure immutable PSS family permissions before processing XML, reject out-of-range RSA signatures, and resolve restricted PSS public keys. Preserve independent legacy trust enforcement and portable OpenSSL vector coverage with explicit live-oracle configuration.
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