{"record":{"id":"85473c53627b84e7","repo":"moonD4rk/HackBrowserData","slug":"abe-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"abe: %w","messagePattern":"abe: %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"masterkey/abe_windows.go","lineNumber":46,"sourceCode":"func (r *ABERetriever) RetrieveKey(hints Hints) ([]byte, error) {\n\t// Non-ABE forks (Opera/Vivaldi/Yandex) supply no WindowsABEKey — treat as \"not applicable\".\n\t// (Pre-v20 Chrome takes the errNoABEKey path below.)\n\tbrowserKey := strings.TrimSpace(hints.WindowsABEKey)\n\tif browserKey == \"\" {\n\t\treturn nil, nil\n\t}\n\n\tencKey, err := loadEncryptedKey(hints.LocalStatePath)\n\tif errors.Is(err, errNoABEKey) {\n\t\treturn nil, nil\n\t}\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, err\n\t}\n\n\tpl, err := payload.Get(\"amd64\")\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"abe: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\texePath, err := winutil.ExecutablePath(browserKey)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"abe: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tenv := map[string]string{\n\t\tenvEncKeyB64: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(encKey),\n\t}\n\n\tinj := &injector.Reflective{}\n\tkey, err := inj.Inject(exePath, pl, env)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"abe: inject into %s: %w\", exePath, err)\n\t}\n\tif len(key) != 32 {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"abe: unexpected key length %d (want 32)\", len(key))","sourceCodeStart":28,"sourceCodeEnd":64,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/moonD4rk/HackBrowserData/blob/0503d04d7a8d0379d060268a74f1b149e5a0aad5/masterkey/abe_windows.go#L28-L64","documentation":"ABERetriever.RetrieveKey wraps a payload.Get(\"amd64\") failure with \"abe: %w\". Before injecting the ABE payload into the browser process to unwrap Chrome's app-bound encrypted key, the tool must load the compiled amd64 payload. If the embedded payload is missing, corrupt, or the build linked the stub (default builds without -tags abe_embed), retrieval of the v20 Chrome master key fails.","triggerScenarios":"Windows-only. RetrieveKey with a non-empty hints.WindowsABEKey (Chrome 127+ / v20 app-bound key present in Local State) and a successfully loaded encrypted key, but payload.Get(\"amd64\") returns an error — the abe_embed build tag was not used so the stub payload is linked, or the embedded payload blob failed validation/decompression.","commonSituations":"Building with plain `go build` instead of `make build-windows` / `-tags abe_embed` (the default stub errors at runtime); cross-compiling without zig-built payload artifacts (crypto/*.bin missing); payload version mismatch after regenerating layout constants.","solutions":["Rebuild with the payload embedded: `make build-windows` (or `go build -tags abe_embed`) — the default build links a stub that cannot perform ABE.","Ensure the payload DLL was built first with `make payload` (requires zig) so crypto/*.bin exists before embedding.","If layout constants changed, run `make gen-layout` and rebuild both payload and binary together.","For non-ABE browsers (Opera/Vivaldi/Yandex) or pre-v20 Chrome, confirm WindowsABEKey is empty so RetrieveKey short-circuits instead of needing the payload."],"exampleFix":"// before\ngo build ./cmd/hack-browser-data/ // links ABE stub, payload.Get fails at runtime\n// after\nmake payload && make build-windows // builds DLL + binary with -tags abe_embed","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"// ensure an ABE-capable build before extraction on Windows\n// (default builds link an ABE stub that fails at runtime)\n// build with: go build -tags abe_embed ./cmd/hack-browser-data/\n// runtime probe:\nif runtime.GOOS == \"windows\" && !abeBuildEmbedded {\n    log.Warn(\"binary lacks embedded ABE payload; Chrome v20 keys cannot be retrieved\")\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"// Go\nkey, err := retriever.RetrieveKey(hints)\nif err != nil {\n    if strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), \"abe:\") {\n        log.Warnf(\"ABE retrieval unavailable (stub build?): %v\", err)\n        return nil, nil // degrade to non-ABE key sources\n    }\n    return nil, err\n}","preventionTips":["Always ship Windows binaries built via `make build-windows` (or -tags abe_embed), never plain `go build`","Run `make payload` (zig) before embedding so crypto/*.bin artifacts exist","Regenerate layout constants and payload together after bootstrap_layout.h changes"],"tags":["windows","chrome-abe","payload","build-tags","app-bound-encryption"],"backgroundTag":"missing-optional-dependency","analyzedSha":"0503d04d7a8d0379d060268a74f1b149e5a0aad5","analyzedAt":"2026-09-06T13:38:28.707Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-06T13:38:28.707Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T00:17:10.932Z"}