paragonie/paserk

PHP implementation of PASERK (Platform Agnostic SERialized Keys), a PASETO extension.

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github.com/paragonie/paserk-php

pkg:composer/paragonie/paserk

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v2.3.2 2025-07-19 04:53 UTC

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Platform Agnostic SERialized Keys. Requires PHP 7.1 or newer.

PASERK Specification

The PASERK Specification can be found in this repository.

Installing

composer require paragonie/paserk

PASERK Library Versions

  • PASERK PHP Version 2
    • Requires PHP 8.1+
    • PASETO versions: v3, v4
      • This means only the corresponding k3 and k4 modes are implemented.
  • PASERK PHP Version 1
    • Requires PHP 7.1+
    • PASETO versions: v1, v2, v3, v4
      • This provides a stable reference implementation for the PASERK specification.

Documentation

See this directory for the documentation.

Example: Public-key Encryption

Wrapping

<?php
use ParagonIE\Paseto\Builder;
use ParagonIE\Paseto\Keys\SymmetricKey;
use ParagonIE\Paseto\Protocol\Version4;
use ParagonIE\Paserk\Operations\Key\SealingPublicKey;
use ParagonIE\Paserk\Types\Seal;

$version = new Version4();

// First, you need a sealing keypair.

// $sealingSecret = ParagonIE\Paserk\Operations\Key\SealingSecretKey::generate();
// $sealingPublic = $sealingSecret->getPublicKey();
// var_dump($sealingSecret->encode(), $sealingPublic->encode());

$sealingPublic = SealingPublicKey::fromEncodedString(
 "vdd1m2Eri8ggYYR5YtnmEninoiCxH1eguGNKe4pes3g",
 $version
);
$sealer = new Seal($sealingPublic);

// Generate a random one-time key, which will be encrypted with the public key:
$key = SymmetricKey::generate($version);

// Seal means "public key encryption":
$paserk = $sealer->encode($key);

// Now let's associate this PASERK with a PASETO that uses the local key:
$paseto = Builder::getLocal($key, $version)
 ->with('test', 'readme')
 ->withExpiration(
 (new DateTime('NOW'))
 ->add(new DateInterval('P01D'))
 )
 ->withFooterArray(['kid' => $sealer->id($key)])
 ->toString();

var_dump($paserk, $paseto);

Unwrapping

<?php
use ParagonIE\Paseto\Protocol\Version4;
use ParagonIE\Paserk\Operations\Key\SealingSecretKey;
use ParagonIE\Paserk\Types\Lid;
use ParagonIE\Paserk\Types\Seal;
use ParagonIE\Paseto\Parser as PasetoParser;
use ParagonIE\Paseto\ProtocolCollection;

$version = new Version4();

// From previous example:
$paserk = "k4.seal.F2qE4x0JfqT7JYhOB7S12SikvLaRuEpxRkgxxHfh4hVpE1JfwIDnreuhs9v5gjoBl3WTVjdIz6NkwQdqRoS2EDc3yGvdf_Da4K1xUSJ8IVTn4HQeol5ruYwjQlA_Ph4N";
$paseto = "v4.local.hYG-BfpTTM3bb-xZ-q5-w77XGayS4WA8kA5R5ZL85u3nzgrWba5NdqgIouFn71CJyGAff1eloirzz3sWRdVXnDeSIYxXDIerNkbLI5ALn24JehhSLKrv8R2-yhfo_XZF9XEASXtwrOyMNjeEAan5kqO6Dg.eyJraWQiOiJrNC5saWQueDAycGJDRmhxU1Q4endnbEJyR3VqWE9LYU5kRkJjY1dsTFFRN0pzcGlZM18ifQ";

// Keys for unsealing:
$sealingSecret = SealingSecretKey::fromEncodedString(
 "j043XiZTuGLleB0kAy8f3Tz-lEePK_ynEWPp4OyB-lS913WbYSuLyCBhhHli2eYSeKeiILEfV6C4Y0p7il6zeA",
 $version
);
$sealingPublic = $sealingSecret->getPublicKey();

// Unwrap the sytmmetric key for `v4.local.` tokens.
$sealer = new Seal($sealingPublic, $sealingSecret);
$unwrapped = $sealer->decode($paserk);

// Parse the PASETO
$parsed = PasetoParser::getLocal($unwrapped, ProtocolCollection::v4())
 ->parse($paseto);

// Get the claims from the parsed and validated token:
var_dump($parsed->getClaims());
/*
array(2) {
 ["test"]=>
 string(6) "readme"
 ["exp"]=>
 string(25) "2038-01-19T03:14:08+00:00"
}
*/

// Observe the Key ID is the same as the value stored in the footer.
var_dump(Lid::encode($version, $paserk));
var_dump($parsed->getFooterArray()['kid']);
/*
string(51) "k4.lid.x02pbCFhqST8zwglBrGujXOKaNdFBccWlLQQ7JspiY3_"
string(51) "k4.lid.x02pbCFhqST8zwglBrGujXOKaNdFBccWlLQQ7JspiY3_"
*/

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