step crypto jwe decrypt

step crypto jwe decrypt -- verify a JWE and decrypt ciphertext

step crypto jwe decrypt verifies a JWE read from STDIN and decrypts the ciphertext printing it to STDOUT. If verification fails a non-zero failure code is returned. If verification succeeds the command returns 0.

For examples, see step help crypto jwe.

--key=file The argument should be the name of a file containing a private JWK (or a JWK encrypted as a JWE payload) or a PEM encoded private key (or a private key encrypted using the modes described on RFC 1423 or with PBES2+PBKDF2 described in RFC 2898).

--jwks=jwks The JWK Set containing the recipient's private key. The jwks argument should be the name of a file. The file contents should be a JWK Set or a JWE with a JWK Set payload. The --jwks flag requires the use of the --kid flag to specify which key to use.

--kid=kid The ID of the recipient's private key. kid is a case-sensitive string. When used with --key the kid value must match the "kid" member of the JWK. When used with --jwks (a JWK Set) the KID value must match the "kid" member of one of the JWKs in the JWK Set.

--password-file=file The path to the file containing the password to encrypt the keys.