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Joseph Witt updated NIFI-5833:
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Resolution: Fixed
Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
Status: Resolved (was: Patch Available)
> Treat Twitter tokens as sensitive values in GetTwitter
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> Key: NIFI-5833
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-5833
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Extensions
> Affects Versions: 1.8.0
> Reporter: Andy LoPresto
> Assignee: Andy LoPresto
> Priority: Major
> Labels: api, key, properties, security, sensitive, token, twitter
> Fix For: 1.9.0
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> The {{GetTwitter}} processor marks properties {{Consumer Secret}} and
> {{Access Token Secret}} as *sensitive*, but {{Consumer Key}} and {{Access
> Token}} are not marked as such. The [Twitter API
> documentation|https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/basics/authentication/guides/securing-keys-and-tokens]
> says:
> {quote}
> Your applications’ API keys should be guarded very closely. They represent
> your unique access to the API and if leaked/used by other parties, this could
> lead to abuse and restrictions placed on your application. *User access
> tokens are even more sensitive*. When access tokens are generated, the user
> they represent is trusting your application to keep them secure. If the
> security of both API keys and user access tokens are compromised, your
> application would potentially expose access to private information and
> account functionality.
> {quote}
> Once the processor code is updated to treat these properties as sensitive,
> there may need to be backward-compatibility changes added to ensure that
> existing flows and templates do not break when deployed on the "new" system
> (following, marked as *1.X*). The following scenarios should be tested:
> * 1.8.0 flow (unencrypted {{CK}} and {{AT}}) deployed on 1.X
> * 1.8.0 template (unencrypted {{CK}} and {{AT}}) deployed on 1.X
> * 1.X flow (encrypted {{CK}} and {{AT}}) deployed on 1.X
> * 1.X template (no {{CK}} and {{AT}}) deployed on 1.X
> The component documentation should also be appropriately updated to note that
> a 1.X flow (encrypted {{CK}} and {{AT}}) will not work (immediately) on a
> <=1.8.0 instance. Rather, manual intervention will be required to re-enter
> the {{Consumer Key}} and {{Access Token}}, as the processor will attempt to
> use the raw value {code} enc{ABCDEF...} {code} from the {{flow.xml.gz}} file
> as the literal {{CK}} and {{AT}}.
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