Encrypted backups can't be decrypted, when password contains certain special characters

[kevinbbbb]

Edit: I am currently using Version 1.20 of the extension. I am currently not able to update so can't confirm whether this was fixed.

I am doing encrypted backups with your extension. Unfortunately, when I tried to access a backup file (.7z archive, which is password-protected) I was not able to although the password was 100% correct. I tried unpacking with WinRAR and 7-Zip. Both failed for the 5 backups I had from the last five days. If I understand the errors of WinRAR and 7-Zip correctly, either the password is not correct or the file is damaged.

I don't know if the files are damaged. If they are, then this must be inflicted by a password containing certain symbols (see later).
I definitely used the correct password (I checked it in the Joplin settings, where you can configure the password for the backups).

The password I used for the encryption was:
VCe`,=/P<_+.7]~;Ys("

When I changed my password to a 'simpler' one, it worked. I tried the following:
AAAA

With AAAA, 7-Zip had no problem decrypting the backup file. So in conclusion, I suspect that the special characters (or at least some of them) hinder the process at some point. Maybe it damages the file or certain characters are simply not allowed in passwords for .7z files (but I am not an expert on that).

Side note: luckily I could restore my notes from the 'trash can' of my cloud.

For completeness:

WinRAR told me:
! C:\Users\hp\AppData\Roaming\Joplin\Backup\202306291517\all_notebooks.jex.7z: Prüfsummenfehler der verschlüsselten Datei C:\Users\hp\AppData\Roaming\Joplin\Backup\202306291517\all_notebooks.jex.7z. Beschädigte Datei oder falsches Passwort.

7-Zip told me:
C:\Users\hp\AppData\Roaming\Joplin\Backup\202306251526\all_notebooks.jex.7z
Das verschlüsselte Archiv "" kann nicht geöffnet werden. Falsches Passwort?
Headers-Fehler

[JackGruber]

I'm currently away on holiday, but will have a look at this over the next few weeks.

[JackGruber]

Problem is the " in the password, but only on direct Joplin calls in the integration test " is working.

[JackGruber]

Tested password VCe`,=/P<_+.7]~;Ys("

Zip With	Open With	Status
Joplin	7z Gui	Error
Joplin	7z cli *1	OK
Joplin	7z cli *2	Error
integration test	integration test	OK
integration test	7z cli *1	OK
integration test	7z cli *2	Error
integration test	7z Gui	Error
7z Gui	7z Gui	OK
7z Gui	7z cli *1	Error
7z Gui	7z cli *2	OK

7z cli *1: 7za.exe l "file.7z" "-pVCe`,=/P<_+.7]~;Ys(\"" -y -bb3
7z cli *2: 7za.exe l "file.7z" -y -bb3 (password prompt)

The problem seems to be the escaping of " from the module node-7z.
Executed CLI from node-7z is 7za.exe a file.7z file.txt -mx0 -mhe "-pVCe`,=/P<_+.7]~;Ys(\"" -y -bb3

[JackGruber]

Opened q2s2t/node-7z#132

[JackGruber]

Add workaround e9e361d (Passwords with " are not use for encryption)

[gshiba]

Thanks for this plugin -- saved me from a corrupt sync that wiped all tags.

I also couldn't unarchive using the built-in "/System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/Archive Utility.app". My password contained an asterisk (*), something like MyPassword*123. MacOS 13.5.2, Simple Backup 1.0.5.

I was able to unarchive with:

$ brew install p7zip
$ 7zz x path/to/backup.jex.7z '-pMyPassword*123'

[JackGruber]

I cannot reproduce this under windows. The * in passwords works fine there and I can open the file with the 7-zip gui and cli.

[dahelg]

Thanks for this plugin -- saved me from a corrupt sync that wiped all tags.

I also couldn't unarchive using the built-in "/System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/Archive Utility.app". My password contained an asterisk (*), something like MyPassword*123. MacOS 13.5.2, Simple Backup 1.0.5.

I was able to unarchive with:

$ brew install p7zip
$ 7zz x path/to/backup.jex.7z '-pMyPassword*123'

Thanks! this worked for me 🚀