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* docs: document windows asar integrity Co-authored-by: Samuel Attard <marshallofsound@electronjs.org> * docs: update ASAR integrity tutorial Co-authored-by: Erick Zhao <erick@hotmail.ca> * fix lint Co-authored-by: Erick Zhao <erick@hotmail.ca> --------- Co-authored-by: trop[bot] <37223003+trop[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Samuel Attard <marshallofsound@electronjs.org> Co-authored-by: Erick Zhao <erick@hotmail.ca>
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hide_title: false
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---
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## Platform Support
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ASAR integrity is an experimental feature that validates the contents of your app's
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[ASAR archives](./asar-archives.md) at runtime.
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Currently ASAR integrity checking is only supported on macOS.
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## Version support
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## Requirements
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Currently, ASAR integrity checking is supported on:
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### Electron Forge / Electron Packager
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* macOS as of `electron>=16.0.0`
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* Windows as of `electron>=30.0.0`
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If you are using `>= @electron/packager`, `>= electron-packager@15.4.0` or `>= @electron-forge/core@6.0.0-beta.61` then all these requirements are met for you automatically and you can skip to [Toggling the Fuse](#toggling-the-fuse).
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In order to enable ASAR integrity checking, you also need to ensure that your `app.asar` file
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was generated by a version of the `@electron/asar` npm package that supports ASAR integrity.
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### Other build systems
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Support was introduced in `asar@3.1.0`. Note that this package has since migrated over to `@electron/asar`.
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All versions of `@electron/asar` support ASAR integrity.
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In order to enable ASAR integrity checking you need to ensure that your `app.asar` file was generated by a version of the `asar` npm package that supports asar integrity.  Support was introduced in version `3.1.0`.
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## How it works
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Your must then populate a valid `ElectronAsarIntegrity` dictionary block in your packaged apps `Info.plist`.  An example is included below.
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Each ASAR archive contains a JSON string header. The header format includes an `integrity` object
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that contain a hex encoded hash of the entire archive as well as an array of hex encoded hashes for each
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block of `blockSize` bytes.
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```plist
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<key>ElectronAsarIntegrity</key>
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<dict>
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  <key>Resources/app.asar</key>
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  <dict>
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    <key>algorithm</key>
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    <string>SHA256</string>
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    <key>hash</key>
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    <string>9d1f61ea03c4bb62b4416387a521101b81151da0cfbe18c9f8c8b818c5cebfac</string>
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  </dict>
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</dict>
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```json
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{
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  "algorithm": "SHA256",
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  "hash": "...",
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  "blockSize": 1024,
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  "blocks": ["...", "..."]
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}
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```
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Valid `algorithm` values are currently `SHA256` only.  The `hash` is a hash of the ASAR header using the given algorithm.  The `asar` package exposes a `getRawHeader` method whose result can then be hashed to generate this value.
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Separately, you need to define a hex encoded hash of the entire ASAR header when packaging your Electron app.
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## Toggling the Fuse
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When ASAR integrity is enabled, your Electron app will verify the header hash of the ASAR archive on runtime.
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If no hash is present or if there is a mismatch in the hashes, the app will forcefully terminate.
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ASAR integrity checking is currently disabled by default and can be enabled by toggling a fuse. See [Electron Fuses](fuses.md) for more information on what Electron Fuses are and how they work.  When enabling this fuse you typically also want to enable the `onlyLoadAppFromAsar` fuse otherwise the validity checking can be bypassed via the Electron app code search path.
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## Enabling ASAR integrity in the binary
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ASAR integrity checking is currently disabled by default in Electron and can
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be enabled on build time by toggling the `EnableEmbeddedAsarIntegrityValidation`
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[Electron fuse](fuses.md).
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When enabling this fuse, you typically also want to enable the `onlyLoadAppFromAsar` fuse.
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Otherwise, the validity checking can be bypassed via the Electron app code search path.
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```js @ts-nocheck
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const { flipFuses, FuseVersion, FuseV1Options } = require('@electron/fuses')
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  }
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)
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```
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:::tip Fuses in Electron Forge
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With Electron Forge, you can configure your app's fuses with
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[@electron-forge/plugin-fuses](https://www.electronforge.io/config/plugins/fuses)
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in your Forge configuration file.
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:::
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## Providing the header hash
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ASAR integrity validates the contents of the ASAR archive against the header hash that you provide
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on package time. The process of providing this packaged hash is different for macOS and Windows.
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### Using Electron tooling
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Electron Forge and Electron Packager do this setup automatically for you with no additional
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configuration. The minimum required versions for ASAR integrity are:
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* `@electron/packager@18.3.1`
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* `@electron/forge@7.4.0`
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### Using other build systems
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#### macOS
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When packaging for macOS, you must populate a valid `ElectronAsarIntegrity` dictionary block
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in your packaged app's `Info.plist`. An example is included below.
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```xml title='Info.plist'
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<key>ElectronAsarIntegrity</key>
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<dict>
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  <key>Resources/app.asar</key>
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  <dict>
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    <key>algorithm</key>
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    <string>SHA256</string>
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    <key>hash</key>
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    <string>9d1f61ea03c4bb62b4416387a521101b81151da0cfbe18c9f8c8b818c5cebfac</string>
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  </dict>
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</dict>
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```
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Valid `algorithm` values are currently `SHA256` only. The `hash` is a hash of the ASAR header using the given algorithm.
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The `@electron/asar` package exposes a `getRawHeader` method whose result can then be hashed to generate this value
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(e.g. using the [`node:crypto`](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html) module).
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### Windows
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When packaging for Windows, you must populate a valid [resource](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/menurc/resources)
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entry of type `Integrity` and name `ElectronAsar`. The value of this resource should be a JSON encoded dictionary
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in the form included below:
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```json
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[
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  {
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    "file": "resources\\app.asar",
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    "alg": "sha256",
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    "value": "9d1f61ea03c4bb62b4416387a521101b81151da0cfbe18c9f8c8b818c5cebfac"
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  }
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]
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```
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::: info
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For an implementation example, see [`src/resedit.ts`](https://github.com/electron/packager/blob/main/src/resedit.ts)
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in the Electron Packager code.
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