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JWE: Message with multiple recipients requires ALL keys (instead of just one)  #16

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Setup:
Message contains two recipients
I try to decrypt the message with ONE correct key.

Error:
  File "venv/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/joserfc/jwe.py", line 254, in decrypt_json
    _attach_recipient_keys(general_obj.recipients, private_key, sender_key)
  File "venv/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/joserfc/jwe.py", line 269, in _attach_recipient_keys
    key = guess_key(private_key, recipient)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "venv/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/joserfc/jwk.py", line 71, in guess_key
    rv_key = _norm_key.get_by_kid(kid)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "venv/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/joserfc/_keys.py", line 140, in get_by_kid
    raise ValueError(f'No key for kid: "{kid}"')
ValueError: No key for kid: "FCmerznXQ1ZWdLUWhESQ0NP7r_4_RNGJSOtmNEzw-NQ"

RFC:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7516#page-17

When there are multiple recipients, it is an application decision
which of the recipients' encrypted content must successfully validate
for the JWE to be accepted. In some cases, encrypted content for all
recipients must successfully validate or the JWE will be considered
invalid. In other cases, only the encrypted content for a single
recipient needs to be successfully validated.
However, in all cases,
the encrypted content for at least one recipient MUST successfully
validate or the JWE MUST be considered invalid.

Sample Message:

{
  "protected": "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4R0NNIn0",
  "iv": "nMJiDqzDzwvGU-MP",
  "ciphertext": "ryF25Rj33Uo9FTFi",
  "tag": "7h58L5Umg6ulbJkpC5AK4A",
  "recipients": [
    {
      "header": {
        "alg": "ECDH-ES+A128KW",
        "kid": "xsM1h0SZiMZTQHYRdGINj-RWnqQ1tzehgmqN8PqF7NQ",
        "epk": {
          "crv": "P-256",
          "x": "WrJMwjpg1zXDLxkVm1KPsxHaEJPRaGwkGRCc8dyG2Kk",
          "y": "PEB1MonzgxB2nXJNyCJ3Gh3vJ68tjUNeVmE9v-yOupc",
          "kty": "EC"
        }
      },
      "encrypted_key": "fV4kYX4axHBqlKyiER4akpzLw9DB4gTs"
    },
    {
      "header": {
        "alg": "ECDH-ES+A128KW",
        "kid": "FCmerznXQ1ZWdLUWhESQ0NP7r_4_RNGJSOtmNEzw-NQ",
        "epk": {
          "crv": "P-256",
          "x": "uthnacJYi9cuMa40ecBNZeFTSaRtKhd-aGZDO0k4kGY",
          "y": "6lklVzYoBIDRLwmMXJPuZ6R3MhzX-aMlvDnAS0lByxg",
          "kty": "EC"
        }
      },
      "encrypted_key": "qwrB-IYpJ6QKUDEd9x7yJ8PkyUp4Z130"
    }
  ]
}

Code:

private.pem and private.pem.bak contain one of the two keys each.

import json

import joserfc.jwk
import joserfc.jwe

with open("private.pem", "r") as f:
    private_pem="".join(f.readlines())

print(private_pem)

key1=joserfc.jwk.ECKey.import_key(private_pem)
key1.ensure_kid()


with open("private.pem.bak", "r") as f:
    private_pem="".join(f.readlines())

key2=joserfc.jwk.ECKey.import_key(private_pem)
key2.ensure_kid()

with open("message.enc", "r") as f:
    message="".join(f.readlines())

msg=json.loads(message)

print(joserfc.jwk.KeySet([key1]).as_dict())

print("key1:")
plaintext=joserfc.jwe.decrypt_json(msg, joserfc.jwk.KeySet([key1]))
print(plaintext.plaintext)

print("key2:")
plaintext=joserfc.jwe.decrypt_json(msg, joserfc.jwk.KeySet([key2]))
print(plaintext.plaintext)

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