fix: use URL-safe Base64 decoding for Firebase Scrypt password hash and salt #2283
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What kind of change does this PR introduce?
Bug fix
What is the current behavior?
Firebase Scrypt password hash and salt decoding uses base64.StdEncoding.
When users are exported from Firebase, their PasswordHash may contain URL-safe Base64 characters (
-and_). These characters cannot be decoded by base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(), causing decoding errors.Related issue: firebase/firebase-admin-go#479
What is the new behavior?
signerKeyandsaltSeparatorcontinue to use base64.StdEncoding (as they are provided in standard Base64 format)Test updates:
/) in salt and hash results in errorsAdditional context
According to Firebase Admin SDK Issue firebase/firebase-admin-go#479, when exporting user data from Firebase, the PasswordHash is encoded in URL-safe Base64, while the signerKey provided in the Firebase Console uses standard Base64.
When importing users from Firebase Auth, the exported data contains URL-safe Base64 encoded values like:
Both passwordHash and passwordSalt contain
-characters, which are URL-safe Base64 specific and cannot be decoded with standard Base64.