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Looks up passwords on Have I Been Pwned.
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| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT | |
| # MIT License | |
| # | |
| # Copyright (C) 2021-2022, 2025 Nathaniel Fitzenrider <https://github.com/nfitzen> | |
| # | |
| # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person | |
| # obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files | |
| # (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, | |
| # including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, | |
| # publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, | |
| # and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, | |
| # subject to the following conditions: | |
| # | |
| # The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the | |
| # next paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial | |
| # portions of the Software. | |
| # | |
| # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, | |
| # EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF | |
| # MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND | |
| # NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS | |
| # BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN | |
| # ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN | |
| # CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE | |
| # SOFTWARE. | |
| # Looks up passwords on Have I Been Pwned's passwords service. | |
| # This way, I have a somewhat auditable program for checking whether a | |
| # password was breached. It's certainly easier to inspect than a webpage's JS. | |
| # See <https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords>. | |
| # Note: might not be safe, since I didn't check the security | |
| # with respect to, e.g., memory or terminal usage. | |
| import httpx | |
| from hashlib import sha1 | |
| from getpass import getpass | |
| from typing import NamedTuple, Optional | |
| HIBP_API_URL = "https://api.pwnedpasswords.com/range/" | |
| class PasswordData(NamedTuple): | |
| suffix: str | |
| hit_rate: int | |
| def find_password(data: str, suffix: str) -> Optional[PasswordData]: | |
| """Finds the password suffix in the response returned by the HIBP API. | |
| This function handles parsing of the response.""" | |
| if not data: | |
| return | |
| suffix = suffix.upper() | |
| for line in data.split("\n"): | |
| line_data = line.split(":") | |
| current_suffix = line_data[0] | |
| hit_rate = int(line_data[1]) | |
| if current_suffix == suffix and hit_rate > 0: | |
| return PasswordData(current_suffix, hit_rate) | |
| def hibp_lookup(pwd: str) -> Optional[PasswordData]: | |
| """Looks up a password with the HIBP pwned passwords API. | |
| Returns None if the password wasn't found.""" | |
| pwd_hash = sha1(bytes(pwd, "utf-8")).hexdigest().upper() | |
| prefix = pwd_hash[:5] | |
| suffix = pwd_hash[5:] | |
| headers = {"Add-Padding": "true"} | |
| request = httpx.get(HIBP_API_URL + prefix, headers=headers) | |
| request.raise_for_status() | |
| data = request.text | |
| return find_password(data, suffix) | |
| def main(): | |
| while True: | |
| try: | |
| pwd = getpass() | |
| except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError): | |
| print("\nExiting...") | |
| break | |
| if pwd == "": | |
| print("Exiting...") | |
| break | |
| lookup = hibp_lookup(pwd) | |
| if lookup is None: | |
| print( | |
| "Password wasn't found. Doesn't necessarily mean your password is secure." | |
| ) | |
| continue | |
| number = lookup.hit_rate | |
| print("PASSWORD FOUND. Make sure to take the proper precautions!") | |
| if number > 1: | |
| print(f"It was found {number} times.") | |
| else: | |
| print("It was found 1 time.") | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| main() |
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