{"record":{"id":"e457d095af9c22cc","repo":"getsops/sops","slug":"the-key-could-not-be-decrypted-with-any-of-the-pgp","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"the key could not be decrypted with any of the PGP entries","messagePattern":"the key could not be decrypted with any of the PGP entries","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"pgp/keysource.go","lineNumber":442,"sourceCode":"// placement of the files, and the generic fallback Decrypt uses, this raises\n// the question of how widely utilized this method still is.\nfunc (key *MasterKey) decryptWithOpenPGP() ([]byte, error) {\n\tring, err := key.getSecRing()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"could not load secring: %s\", err)\n\t}\n\tblock, err := armor.Decode(strings.NewReader(key.EncryptedKey))\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"armor decoding failed: %s\", err)\n\t}\n\tmd, err := openpgp.ReadMessage(block.Body, ring, key.passphrasePrompt(), nil)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"reading PGP message failed: %s\", err)\n\t}\n\tif b, err := io.ReadAll(md.UnverifiedBody); err == nil {\n\t\treturn b, nil\n\t}\n\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"the key could not be decrypted with any of the PGP entries\")\n}\n\n// decryptWithGnuPG attempts to obtain the data key from the EncryptedKey using\n// GnuPG and returns the result. If DisableAgent is configured on the MasterKey,\n// the GnuPG agent is not enabled. When the decryption command fails, it returns\n// the error from stdout.\nfunc (key *MasterKey) decryptWithGnuPG(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {\n\targs := []string{\n\t\t\"-d\",\n\t}\n\tstdout, stderr, err := gpgExec(ctx, key.gnuPGHomeDir, args, strings.NewReader(key.EncryptedKey))\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"failed to decrypt sops data key with pgp: %s\",\n\t\t\tstrings.TrimSpace(stderr.String()))\n\t}\n\tresult := stdout.Bytes()\n\tif len(result) == 0 {\n\t\t// This can happen if an older GnuPG version is used to decrypt a key encrypted with a","sourceCodeStart":424,"sourceCodeEnd":460,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/getsops/sops/blob/13442bb98183887d7a9ac09ec8ab0564673a59d8/pgp/keysource.go#L424-L460","documentation":"Error \"the key could not be decrypted with any of the PGP entries\" thrown in getsops/sops.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at pgp/keysource.go:442 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"13442bb98183887d7a9ac09ec8ab0564673a59d8","analyzedAt":"2026-09-01T03:53:00.447Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}