fix(vc): isExpired fails closed on an unparseable expirationDate - #154
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Fixes agentcommercekit#148 isExpired returned false (not expired) whenever credential.expirationDate was present but could not be parsed into a valid date. Since isExpired is the check verifyParsedCredential uses to reject expired credentials, a credential with a malformed or malicious expirationDate value was treated as never-expiring instead of being rejected. isExpired now fails closed: an unparseable expirationDate is treated as expired, matching the safer default for a security-relevant check. Updated the existing test that asserted the old fail-open behavior, and added a changeset (patch, @agentcommercekit/vc). AI usage disclosure: this fix was developed with Claude (Anthropic) assistance - identifying the bug, writing the fix, updating the test, and verifying locally (pnpm --filter @agentcommercekit/vc test, oxlint, oxfmt). I reviewed and understand the change: it flips a single boolean return value in one function so a credential with an unparseable expiration date is rejected instead of silently accepted, and updates the one test that covered that branch.
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ChangesExpiration validation
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Credential expiration validation is improved, but malformed status-list credentials may still bypass expiry enforcement through the separate revocation path. That gap should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@packages/vc/src/verification/is-expired.ts`:
- Around line 6-12: Update the expirationDate guard in isExpired to distinguish
only an absent value from a present empty string, allowing empty strings to
reach date parsing and the existing fail-closed invalid-date branch. Add a
regression test confirming that an empty expirationDate is treated as expired.
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Verified the fix: flipping the unparseable branch to return true makes isExpired fail closed, and the updated test (treats an unparseable expiration date as expired (fail closed)) matches. I also ran the change locally against @agentcommercekit/vc — all 109 tests pass.
CodeRabbit's open comment about the empty string is valid and worth fixing here, since this PR already touches the same guard. if (!credential.expirationDate) treats expirationDate: "" as absent and returns false (fail-open), because !"" is true. The empty string is present but unparseable (new Date("") -> NaN), so it never reaches the new fail-closed branch.
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- if (!credential.expirationDate) {
+ if (credential.expirationDate === undefined) {
return false
}with a regression test asserting an empty expirationDate is treated as expired. Otherwise the fix leaves the same malformed-input hole open for the empty-string variant.
…nDate Addresses review feedback from @qlxjcj on this PR. The initial fix's guard, if (!credential.expirationDate), treats an false before ever reaching the isNaN fail-closed branch. An empty string is present but unparseable (new Date("") -> NaN), so it should fail closed like any other unparseable value - the falsy check was silently leaving the same fail-open hole open for this one case. Changed the guard to credential.expirationDate === undefined, which only treats a genuinely absent field as absent, letting an empty string reach the isNaN check and correctly fail closed. Added a regression test for this case. pnpm --filter @agentcommercekit/vc exec vitest run src/verification/is-expired.test.ts - 6/6 passing. oxlint and oxfmt clean.
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This change has some downstream effects worht fixing:
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packages/vc/src/verification/is-revoked.ts:414-416 — the comment says the direct check exists because
isExpired"reads an unparseable date as 'not expired'"; this PR makes that statement false. We should reword to the reasons that still hold (ex: this path must throwundeterminedwith a URL-specific message, and must reject a list that expires at exactlynow). -
packages/vc/src/verification/verify-parsed-credential.ts:73-75 — an unreadable
expirationDatenow surfaces as the generic "Credential is expired" message, while the sibling check inis-revoked.ts:421-423says "unreadable expirationDate". Might be worth being consistent pass a distinct message, or leave as-is for the smaller diff.
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The guard only excludes undefined, so a non-string JSON value (a number, a one-element array) forms a valid Date and returns "not expired"; parseJwtCredential does not validate expirationDate, so such values can reach here. Verified with node.
The security gain is small since a valid far-future string does the same.
Potential fix: return true when typeof credential.expirationDate !== "string", plus one test with a numeric value.
Addresses review feedback from @venables on this PR. parseJwtCredential does not validate that expirationDate is a string, so a malformed or malicious credential could carry a number (which Date() accepts as epoch milliseconds) or another non-string JSON value. Without an explicit typeof check, a numeric value corresponding to a future date would incorrectly pass isExpired as 'not expired' via the normal date-comparison path, since new Date(epochMs) produces a perfectly valid Date object. Added a typeof credential.expirationDate !== 'string' check, per @venables' suggested fix. Added a regression test using a numeric epochMs value ten years in the future - chosen specifically because a small number (e.g. 1) would coincidentally 'pass' via the normal date-comparison path regardless of whether the guard exists, giving false confidence; a future-dated epoch number only fails without the explicit type check. Also updated the stale comment in is-revoked.ts's direct expiry check, per @venables' first point: it referenced isExpired's old fail-open behavior on unparseable dates, which this PR already made false. Reworded to the reasons that direct check still needs to exist (must throw undetermined() with a URL-specific message; must reject a list expiring at exactly 'now' via <=, whereas isExpired's own bound is strict <). Left @venables' second point (verify-parsed-credential.ts's generic 'Credential is expired' message vs. is-revoked.ts's more specific 'unreadable expirationDate' wording) as-is, per the reviewer's own suggested option, to keep this diff minimal and scoped to the type-confusion fix and the one comment it made inaccurate. pnpm --filter @agentcommercekit/vc exec vitest run - 111/111 passing (full package). oxlint and oxfmt (both scoped and pnpm run check:format repo-wide) clean.
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In `@packages/vc/src/verification/is-revoked.ts`:
- Around line 420-421: In the expiration handling around
verified.expirationDate, validate that expirationDate is a string before calling
Date.parse. Reject non-string values, including coercible arrays, so malformed
status-list entries cannot bypass expiry enforcement.
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| if (verified.expirationDate !== undefined) { | ||
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printf '%s\n' '--- target context ---'
sed -n '380,445p' packages/vc/src/verification/is-revoked.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- expiry helper references ---'
rg -n -C 5 'function isExpired|const isExpired|isExpired\\(' packages/vc/src/verification packages/vc/src
printf '%s\n' '--- ECMAScript Date.parse coercion probe ---'
node - <<'JS'
const values = [
["9999-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"],
{ toString() { return "9999-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"; } },
[null],
[""],
];
for (const value of values) {
const parsed = Date.parse(value);
console.log(JSON.stringify(value), parsed, Number.isNaN(parsed), parsed > Date.now());
}
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printf '%s\n' '--- expiry helper ---'
rg -n -C 8 'isExpired' packages/vc/src/verification packages/vc/src --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.tsx'
printf '%s\n' '--- expirationDate declarations and proof path ---'
rg -n -C 5 'expirationDate|verifyStatusListProof|verifyCredential' packages/vc/src packages/did/src --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.tsx'Repository: agentcommercekit/ack
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printf '%s\n' '--- verifyStatusListProof definition ---'
rg -n -C 20 'verifyStatusListProof' packages/vc/src/verification/is-revoked.ts packages/vc/src/verification/verify-proof.ts packages/vc/src --glob '*.ts'
printf '%s\n' '--- proof parser implementation references ---'
rg -n -C 8 'parseJwtCredential|decode.*credential|expirationDate' packages/vc/src/verification/verify-proof.ts packages/vc/src/verification/is-revoked.ts packages/vc/src/types.ts --glob '*.ts'Repository: agentcommercekit/ack
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Authorization Bypass (CWE-20): Improper Input Validation
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Difficult
Reject non-string expiration dates in the status-list path.
Check that expirationDate is a string before passing it to Date.parse. parseJwtCredential does not validate this field, and a single-element JSON array can be coerced into a future date, allowing a malformed status list to bypass expiry enforcement.
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In `@packages/vc/src/verification/is-revoked.ts` around lines 420 - 421, In the
expiration handling around verified.expirationDate, validate that expirationDate
is a string before calling Date.parse. Reject non-string values, including
coercible arrays, so malformed status-list entries cannot bypass expiry
enforcement.
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Fixes #148
isExpiredreturnedfalse(not expired) whenevercredential.expirationDatewas present but could not be parsed into a valid date. SinceisExpiredis the checkverifyParsedCredentialuses to reject expired credentials, a credential with a malformed or maliciousexpirationDatevalue was treated as never-expiring instead of being rejected.Fix:
isExpirednow fails closed — an unparseableexpirationDateis treated as expired, matching the safer default for a security-relevant check. Updated the existing test that asserted the old fail-open behavior.Changeset: added (
@agentcommercekit/vc, patch).Verified locally:
pnpm --filter @agentcommercekit/vc test -- is-expired(5/5 passing),oxlintandoxfmt --checkclean on both changed files.AI usage disclosure (per AI_POLICY.md): this fix was developed with Claude (Anthropic) assistance — identifying the bug, writing the fix, updating the test, and verifying locally. I reviewed and understand the change: it flips a single boolean return value in one function so a credential with an unparseable expiration date is rejected instead of silently accepted, and updates the one test that covered that branch.
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