Convert-ToSecureString fails on PS Core 7 Preview 4 - Previously working on PS Core 6.1 and WP 5.x #10561
Description
Decrypt an encrypted password
$KeyFile = "$ENV:UserProfile\.pass\aes.key"
$Key = Get-Content $KeyFile
$datafile = Join-Path -Path $PsScriptRoot -ChildPath 'encryptedthings.csv'
(import-csv $datafile) |
Foreach-Object {
if($_.AccountPassword)
{
$Securestring = ConvertTo-SecureString $_.AccountPassword -Key $key
$BSTR = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($Securestring)
$DecryptedPassword = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto($BSTR)
}
else {
$DecryptedPassword = ''
}Expected behavior
This code snippet works and has been working for some time on Windows PowerShell 5.x and PowerShell Core 6.x on OSX and Linux.
Actual behavior
ConvertTo-SecureString : Input string was not in a correct format.
At C:\Program Files\PowerShell\Modules\mymodule\0.0.0.2\Public\Get-stuff.ps1:53 char:37
+ ... $Securestring = ConvertTo-SecureString $_.AccountPassword -Key $key
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [ConvertTo-SecureString], FormatException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.FormatException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertToSecureStringCommand
Environment data
Name Value
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PSVersion 7.0.0-preview.4
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.0.0-preview.4
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.18362
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0