Encryption function used by Instagram (Browser App) to generate the 'enc_password' from PubKey (AES-GCM + SealedBox)

generate_instagram_enc_password.py

import base64
import struct
import datetime
import binascii

from urllib.parse import quote_plus

# pip install pycryptodomex
from Cryptodome import Random
from Cryptodome.Cipher import AES

# pip install PyNaCl
from nacl.public import PublicKey, SealedBox


def encrypt_password(key_id, pub_key, password, version=10):
    key = Random.get_random_bytes(32)
    iv = bytes([0] * 12)

    time = int(datetime.datetime.now().timestamp())

    aes = AES.new(key, AES.MODE_GCM, nonce=iv, mac_len=16)
    aes.update(str(time).encode('utf-8'))
    encrypted_password, cipher_tag = aes.encrypt_and_digest(password.encode('utf-8'))

    pub_key_bytes = binascii.unhexlify(pub_key)
    seal_box = SealedBox(PublicKey(pub_key_bytes))
    encrypted_key = seal_box.encrypt(key)

    encrypted = bytes([1,
                       key_id,
                       *list(struct.pack('<h', len(encrypted_key))),
                       *list(encrypted_key),
                       *list(cipher_tag),
                       *list(encrypted_password)])
    encrypted = base64.b64encode(encrypted).decode('utf-8')

    return quote_plus(f'#PWD_INSTAGRAM_BROWSER:{version}:{time}:{encrypted}')


print(encrypt_password(72, "b3a328ff28b785092af6a578767877514c93a690a11b9d92ba0ce614c9d5db57", "CHANGE_PASSWORD_HERE"))

yep this not working i changed the keys still getting this error

any solution for this issue?

yep this not working i changed the keys still getting this error

In my case, I encrypt with version 10, but version is 9. You should get actual version from https://www.instagram.com/data/shared_data/ -> encryption.version

Thank you for sharing this!

I am using it in the fb2cal project to properly authenticate: https://github.com/mobeigi/fb2cal/blob/master/fb2cal/utils.py#L22-L50

I was using plain text password before which seems to have only recently stopped working.
Made minor change for header and version to support Facebook Web instead of Instagram.

Question for @tabekg , are you aware of any Facebook Web equivalent to: https://www.instagram.com/data/shared_data/
I'd like to programmatically get the version too for Facebook Web rather than hard coding it.