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feat(jans-fido2): add ML-DSA-44, ML-DSA-65 and ML-DSA-87 post-quantum algorithms - #15047

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Description

Target issue

closes #14937

Sub-issue of #14926, under #14891. This is the last unblocked item in the v2.3 algorithm tree.

Implementation Details

Why this is unblocked now. The #14935 spike recommended deferring ML-DSA, and recorded exactly one
condition that would change the answer: land #14933 first. That merged as #15031. Before it, the advertised
algorithm list was hardcoded, so shipping ML-DSA standard-only would have made a FIPS deployment advertise
an algorithm it then failed to verify — the same advertise-then-fail shape as the EdDSA defect in #14929.
Now the advertised set is derived from real provider capability, so a FIPS deployment reports ML-DSA
unsupported and simply never offers it. The deferral reason is gone; the dependency situation itself has not
changed.

I re-ran the provider probe rather than trusting the earlier writeup:

bcprov-jdk18on 1.79   ML-DSA-44/65/87  keygen + KeyFactory + Signature OK, verify=true
bc-fips 1.0.2.4       ML-DSA-44/65/87  NoSuchAlgorithmException

jans-fido2/server-fips/pom.xml excludes bcprov-jdk18on-*.jar from the WAR and ships bc-fips, and
SecurityProviderUtility.checkFipsMode() selects the FIPS provider purely on that class being present. So
the FIPS build genuinely cannot do ML-DSA, and genuinely will not advertise it.

The COSE values are verified against primary sources, since a wrong code point is exactly the defect
class this tree was opened for. Each was confirmed twice — the IANA registry CSVs and RFC 9964:

Item Value Source
ML-DSA-44 / 65 / 87 -48 / -49 / -50 IANA COSE Algorithms; RFC 9964
Key type AKP 7 IANA COSE Key Types; RFC 9964 Figure 2
pub parameter -1 IANA COSE Key Type Parameters; RFC 9964 Figure 2
Public key sizes 1312 / 1952 / 2592 RFC 9964 Table 1; matches the probe

The change:

  • CoseKeyType gains AKP(7).
  • CoseMLDSAAlgorithm carries the three code points plus their JCA names, because ML-DSA-44 is not a
    legal Java identifier. fromName accepts both ML-DSA-44 and ML_DSA_44, so an administrator can use
    the registry spelling.
  • CoseService gains an AKP decode branch. This is a genuinely new decode path, not a widened list
    AKP carries the entire public key in one pub parameter rather than the (n, e) pair or (crv, x, y)
    triple the other branches reassemble. The raw key is wrapped in a per-parameter-set SubjectPublicKeyInfo
    prefix; I read those 22-byte prefixes off provider-generated keys rather than hand-assembling the DER,
    since the embedded length fields differ per parameter set.
  • SignatureVerifier maps -48/-49/-50 to the provider. On the FIPS build this throws,
    isSupported returns false, and the algorithm is dropped from pubKeyCredParams.
  • AttestationService gains a resolver so the names work in enabledFidoAlgorithms.

Behaviour change. None for existing deployments. Nothing is advertised that was not advertised before
unless an administrator opts in by naming an ML-DSA algorithm, and on FIPS even that is refused with a
logged error rather than honoured.

server-fips/ needs no mirroring: the module is pom.xml and target/ only, with no src/ tree. Unlike
the earlier PRs in this tree, that is not the whole story here — the FIPS provider genuinely lacks these
algorithms, and the probe plus the derived-capability mechanism from #15031 are what make that safe rather
than merely structural.


Test and Document the changes

  • Static code analysis has been run locally and issues have been fixed
  • Relevant unit and integration tests have been added/updated
  • Relevant documentation has been updated if any (i.e. user guides, installation and configuration guides, technical design docs etc)

CoseServiceMLDSATest covers, per parameter set: the registration and assertion pair end-to-end (build the
COSE key an authenticator would send, decode it, assert it reconstructs byte-for-byte, then verify a real
signature made with the matching private key); a key of the wrong length; and a missing pub label. It also
covers a valid ML-DSA-65 key offered under ML-DSA-44, which the distinct key lengths and OIDs must reject.

The test that matters most asserts isSupported tracks the running provider rather than a list. That is
the invariant the whole standard-only decision rests on: if it ever reported support the provider does not
have, a FIPS deployment would advertise ML-DSA and fail the ceremony.

I checked the suite is not vacuous — pointing the verifier at a different algorithm for these code points
fails three of its cases, and I reverted after confirming.

CoseServiceMLDSATest         11 tests, 0 failures
jans-fido2 model + server   464 tests, 0 failures

FetchMdsProviderServiceTest errors on my machine because it makes live calls to mds3.fido.tools and
local DNS is down; it is excluded from that count and is unrelated to this change.

Docs: docs/janssen-server/fido/fido2-server-properties-config.md adds the three names to
enabledFidoAlgorithms and gains a "Post-quantum algorithms (ML-DSA)" section stating plainly that they are
standard-build-only, and why that needs no action from an administrator — the same configuration stays safe
to share across both build variants. Carried in a separate docs: commit.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for ML-DSA post-quantum algorithms in FIDO2 credentials and signature verification.
    • Supports ML-DSA-44, ML-DSA-65, and ML-DSA-87 for key decoding, attestation, and configured algorithm advertisement.
    • Automatically filters algorithms based on available runtime capabilities and validates key compatibility.
  • Documentation

    • Documented ML-DSA configuration options, supported build types, capability filtering, error logging, and accepted hyphenated or underscored algorithm names.

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The change adds ML-DSA-44, ML-DSA-65, and ML-DSA-87 support to FIDO2 COSE models, public-key decoding, signature verification, attestation advertisement, tests, and configuration documentation.

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ML-DSA FIDO2 support

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ML-DSA algorithm contracts
jans-fido2/model/src/main/java/io/jans/fido2/ctap/CoseKeyType.java, jans-fido2/model/src/main/java/io/jans/fido2/ctap/CoseMLDSAAlgorithm.java, jans-fido2/model/src/test/java/io/jans/fido2/ctap/CoseAlgorithmRegistryTest.java
Adds COSE key type AKP(7) and the ML-DSA enum with COSE values -48, -49, and -50. Name resolution accepts hyphenated and underscored forms.
Key decoding, verification, and advertisement
jans-fido2/server/src/main/java/io/jans/fido2/service/CoseService.java, jans-fido2/server/src/main/java/io/jans/fido2/service/verifier/SignatureVerifier.java, jans-fido2/server/src/main/java/io/jans/fido2/service/operation/AttestationService.java
Decodes ML-DSA AKP keys, validates raw key lengths, creates Bouncy Castle public keys, verifies signatures, and advertises configured algorithms when provider support is available.
ML-DSA validation and configuration
jans-fido2/server/src/test/java/io/jans/fido2/service/CoseServiceMLDSATest.java, jans-fido2/server/src/test/java/io/jans/fido2/service/operation/AttestationServiceAlgorithmSelectionTest.java, docs/janssen-server/fido/fido2-server-properties-config.md
Tests decoding, signature verification, invalid key inputs, provider capability reporting, and attestation selection. Documents supported algorithm names and standard-build and FIPS-build behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 96156

This adds provider-aware ML-DSA support without changing existing deployments by default. The supplied review evidence indicates the implementation is ready to merge.

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jans-fido2/model/src/test/java/io/jans/fido2/ctap/CoseAlgorithmRegistryTest.java (1)

90-93: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Include ML-DSA in the global code-point collision test.

noTwoConstants_shareACodePoint omits CoseMLDSAAlgorithm. A duplicate COSE value between ML-DSA and another algorithm family will pass this test. Add the same loop for CoseMLDSAAlgorithm.

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         for (CoseEdDSAAlgorithm algorithm : CoseEdDSAAlgorithm.values()) {
             String clash = seen.put(algorithm.getNumericValue(), algorithm.name());
             assertNull(clash, algorithm.name() + " shares a code point with " + clash);
         }
+        for (CoseMLDSAAlgorithm algorithm : CoseMLDSAAlgorithm.values()) {
+            String clash = seen.put(algorithm.getNumericValue(), algorithm.name());
+            assertNull(clash, algorithm.name() + " shares a code point with " + clash);
+        }
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- Around line 175-177: The advertisement test should add parameterized cases for
ML_DSA_44, ML_DSA_65, and ML_DSA_87 covering standard-provider support and
FIPS-provider rejection. Update AttestationServiceAlgorithmSelectionTest’s
preparePublicKeyCredentialSelection assertions so each ML-DSA algorithm is
included in pubKeyCredParams only when both CoseService.isDecodable and
SignatureVerifier.isSupported return true.

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