Re: BUG #19457: RE: pgp_sym_encrypt silently accepts non-FIPS ciphers (bf, cast5, 3des) when OpenSSL is in FIPS mod

On 4/24/26 10:38, Tom Lane wrote:
> Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
>>> On 24 Apr 2026, at 06:20, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
>>> I am interesting in getting that fixed for the next point release, so
>>> I have given it a try, finishing with the attached. This would cause
>>> pgp_sym_encrypt() and pgp_sym_decrypt() to complain when the builtin
>>> mode is disabled, making things more consistent with the surroundings.
>
>> I'm not convinced this is material for a minor release, the feature works as
>> documented and it was never documented to cover PGP. Re-reading the thread PGP
>> was never discussed, and while that admittedly seem like an oversight doing
>> this in a minor release will alter documented behaviour which is generally not
>> what we want to do.
>
> I sympathize with that argument, but ... people who are running in
> FIPS mode are probably doing so because they have contractual or legal
> obligations to meet that standard. A person who could be in hot water
> if they are accidentally running disallowed crypto would see this as a
> dangerous bug. A person who does not care should not be using FIPS
> mode.

+1 I think we should consider this as a backpatchable bug.

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