feat(webhooks): add GitHub webhook signature verifier

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Gabriel Brown
2026-07-11 14:04:32 -04:00
parent 675d6b2316
commit 18cb424b99
2 changed files with 111 additions and 0 deletions
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const toHex = (buffer: ArrayBuffer): string =>
Array.from(new Uint8Array(buffer))
.map((b) => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0'))
.join('');
export const timingSafeEqualHex = (a: string, b: string): boolean => {
if (a.length !== b.length) return false;
let mismatch = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i += 1) {
mismatch |= a.charCodeAt(i) ^ b.charCodeAt(i);
}
return mismatch === 0;
};
export const verifyGithubSignature = async (
secret: string,
rawBody: string,
signatureHeader: string | null,
): Promise<boolean> => {
if (!signatureHeader || !signatureHeader.startsWith('sha256=')) return false;
// Web Crypto's importKey throws on a zero-length HMAC key; guard so the
// verifier never throws on attacker-controlled input (returns false instead).
if (!secret) return false;
const provided = signatureHeader.slice('sha256='.length);
const key = await crypto.subtle.importKey(
'raw',
new TextEncoder().encode(secret),
{ name: 'HMAC', hash: 'SHA-256' },
false,
['sign'],
);
const mac = await crypto.subtle.sign(
'HMAC',
key,
new TextEncoder().encode(rawBody),
);
return timingSafeEqualHex(toHex(mac), provided);
};
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import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
import {
timingSafeEqualHex,
verifyGithubSignature,
} from '../../convex/githubWebhookVerify';
const SECRET = "It's a Secret to Everybody";
const BODY = 'Hello, World!';
const VALID_SIGNATURE =
'sha256=757107ea0eb2509fc211221cce984b8a37570b6d7586c22c46f4379c8b043e17';
describe('verifyGithubSignature', () => {
test('verifies the GitHub known vector', async () => {
expect(await verifyGithubSignature(SECRET, BODY, VALID_SIGNATURE)).toBe(
true,
);
});
test('rejects a tampered body', async () => {
expect(
await verifyGithubSignature(SECRET, 'Hello, World?', VALID_SIGNATURE),
).toBe(false);
});
test('rejects a wrong secret', async () => {
expect(
await verifyGithubSignature('wrong secret', BODY, VALID_SIGNATURE),
).toBe(false);
});
test('rejects a header missing the sha256= prefix', async () => {
expect(
await verifyGithubSignature(
SECRET,
BODY,
'757107ea0eb2509fc211221cce984b8a37570b6d7586c22c46f4379c8b043e17',
),
).toBe(false);
});
test('rejects a null header', async () => {
expect(await verifyGithubSignature(SECRET, BODY, null)).toBe(false);
});
test('rejects an empty header', async () => {
expect(await verifyGithubSignature(SECRET, BODY, '')).toBe(false);
});
test('rejects a correct-format but wrong-length signature', async () => {
expect(
await verifyGithubSignature(SECRET, BODY, 'sha256=deadbeef'),
).toBe(false);
});
test('rejects an empty secret', async () => {
expect(await verifyGithubSignature('', BODY, VALID_SIGNATURE)).toBe(false);
});
});
describe('timingSafeEqualHex', () => {
test('returns true for equal strings', () => {
expect(timingSafeEqualHex('abcd', 'abcd')).toBe(true);
});
test('returns false for equal-length but differing strings', () => {
expect(timingSafeEqualHex('abcd', 'abce')).toBe(false);
});
test('returns false for different lengths', () => {
expect(timingSafeEqualHex('abcd', 'abcde')).toBe(false);
});
});