Fix processing LDSigned activities from actors with unknown public ke…

…ys (#27474)

app/lib/activitypub/linked_data_signature.rb

@@ -18,18 +18,18 @@ def verify_actor!
 
     return unless type == 'RsaSignature2017'
 
-    creator   = ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uri_to_actor(creator_uri)
-    creator ||= ActivityPub::FetchRemoteKeyService.new.call(creator_uri, id: false)
+    creator = ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uri_to_actor(creator_uri)
+    creator = ActivityPub::FetchRemoteKeyService.new.call(creator_uri, id: false) if creator&.public_key.blank?
 
     return if creator.nil?
 
     options_hash   = hash(@json['signature'].without('type', 'id', 'signatureValue').merge('@context' => CONTEXT))
     document_hash  = hash(@json.without('signature'))
     to_be_verified = options_hash + document_hash
 
-    if creator.keypair.public_key.verify(OpenSSL::Digest.new('SHA256'), Base64.decode64(signature), to_be_verified)
-      creator
-    end
+    creator if creator.keypair.public_key.verify(OpenSSL::Digest.new('SHA256'), Base64.decode64(signature), to_be_verified)
+  rescue OpenSSL::PKey::RSAError
+    false
   end
 
   def sign!(creator, sign_with: nil)

spec/lib/activitypub/linked_data_signature_spec.rb

@@ -36,6 +36,40 @@
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when local account record is missing a public key' do
+      let(:raw_signature) do
+        {
+          'creator' => 'http://example.com/alice',
+          'created' => '2017-09-23T20:21:34Z',
+        }
+      end
+
+      let(:signature) { raw_signature.merge('type' => 'RsaSignature2017', 'signatureValue' => sign(sender, raw_signature, raw_json)) }
+
+      let(:service_stub) { instance_double(ActivityPub::FetchRemoteKeyService) }
+
+      before do
+        # Ensure signature is computed with the old key
+        signature
+
+        # Unset key
+        old_key = sender.public_key
+        sender.update!(private_key: '', public_key: '')
+
+        allow(ActivityPub::FetchRemoteKeyService).to receive(:new).and_return(service_stub)
+
+        allow(service_stub).to receive(:call).with('http://example.com/alice', id: false) do
+          sender.update!(public_key: old_key)
+          sender
+        end
+      end
+
+      it 'fetches key and returns creator' do
+        expect(subject.verify_actor!).to eq sender
+        expect(service_stub).to have_received(:call).with('http://example.com/alice', id: false).once
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when signature is missing' do
       let(:signature) { nil }