Snapchat Image Decrypt - This Ruby script decrypts the blob received from the `bq/blob` endpoint. Many thanks to @kivikakk, @adamcaudill, @tlack, and @NeilHanlon for inspiration, code, guides, and of course, the encryption key.

snapchat_decrypt.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'openssl'

data = File.open('blob', 'r:ASCII-8BIT').read
c = OpenSSL::Cipher.new('AES-128-ECB')
c.decrypt
c.key = 'M02cnQ51Ji97vwT4'
o = ''.force_encoding('ASCII-8BIT')
data.bytes.each_slice(16) { |s| o += c.update(s.map(&:chr).join) }
o += c.final
File.open('blob.jpg', 'w') { |f| f.write(o) }

Now bad decrypt lol

Any updates on this?

@royalelee, what did you do to get the bad decrypt error?

Mine is line 11 bad decrypt cipher error

aka the line with final output in it

Still nothing? :)

snap.rb:11:in `final': bad decrypt (OpenSSL::Cipher::CipherError)
        from snap.rb:11:in `<main>'

I googled for the solution - just need to add one line:

c.decrypt
c.padding = 0 # I added this line
c.key = 'M02cnQ51Ji97vwT4'

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Unfortunately it only decrypts old snaps. Stuff from today can't be read by image viewer.
(SnapChat version: 5.0.34.6)

Actually, there is a small difference (char "_-_") between filenames:
Decryption working: h1a81hurcs00h1088514799151508741.jpg.nomedia
Decryption not working: h1a81hurcs00h-1948520179053141815.jpg.nomedia

No error message.

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Anyone could help?

@inxmen, i assume you tried remove the dash in the filename and run it, with the same result? If you get no error message at all it's kinda hard to find a solution, atleast im lost when you have nothing to go on. Anyone else?

@donaldsr, Of course I tried. No error message.

ruby -v
ruby 2.0.0p353 (2013-11-22 revision 43784) [x86_64-linux]

Strange that it does not produce any error message at all.. any idea why? They probably did change the key but that would definitely produce some sort of error message.. Im not that well versed in ruby but is there a way to turn on some sort of deeper debugging to see what is going on? Might be able to set this up on my lab machine some time during the week to see if i can reproduce this.

I changed key to wrong one - there is no warning or message. Script has generated invalid file.
I can't debug ruby - I am beginner in this language. Maybe tomorrow I will find some time to figure it out.

Anybody know where is stored AES key?

i know where it is... i tested the apk v 5.0.34 easiest way it to decompile it in java code and search for it as a string. its really hard to miss

also, the latest apk does use this but the code snippet isnt working :( anyone figure the problem out yet? yes i get same wrong final block length problem.When i added padding as 0, it said data not a multiple of block length

I have my own snapchat decrypting stuff (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/962389/mgrandi_snapchat_example.zip), which requires python3 and pycrypto. try editing example.py with your username and password and then running it. (make sure you have an unopened snap from someone, you can send a snap to yourself i think, or else it won't work and it will say the file was already deleted).

I just sent a snap to myself and used the above code to decrypt it, and it did work and did produce a correct JPG, but some guy sent me some .jpg.nomedia files that don't seem to work with this decryption / key .....Both that ruby code and my own script produce the same thing, which isn't a JPEG file (it doesn't start with b'\xff\xd8\xff\xe0\x00\x10JFIF\x00\x01')... so i'm pretty confused on whats going on.

maybe its sending it under a different encryption if it detects the app is a certain version? or perhaps they updated the key? Is the android client modifying the data when its saving it to a .nomedia to prevent people from getting it off the phone? My code just downloads it straight from the snapchat server, which would be why mine works fine but these .nomedia files don't work...

Using your ruby example I have made a working C# version.

public static void AesDecryptSnap(string infilename, string outfilename)
{ File.WriteAllBytes(outfilename, AesDecryptSnap(infilename)); }
public static byte[] AesDecryptSnap(string infilename)
{
            byte[] retval = new byte[0];
            byte[] keyAndIvBytes = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("M02cnQ51Ji97vwT4");

            RijndaelManaged algorithm = new RijndaelManaged();
            //set the mode, padding and block size
            algorithm.Padding = PaddingMode.None;
            algorithm.Mode = CipherMode.ECB;
            algorithm.KeySize = 128;
            algorithm.BlockSize = 128;

            using (FileStream inStream = File.OpenRead(infilename))
            {
                using (CryptoStream cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(inStream, algorithm.CreateDecryptor(keyAndIvBytes, keyAndIvBytes), CryptoStreamMode.Read))
                {
                    using (MemoryStream outStream = new MemoryStream())
                    {
                        CopyStream(cryptoStream, outStream);
                        retval = outStream.ToArray();
                    }
                }
            }
            algorithm.Clear();

            return retval;
}
public static void CopyStream(Stream input, Stream output)
{
            byte[] b = new byte[32768];
            int r;
            while ((r = input.Read(b, 0, b.Length)) > 0)
            { output.Write(b, 0, r); output.Flush(); }
}

I also have a version ported to java/android, but it is still untested.

Any update for the latest version of Snapchat? I see there is a update on the python version that takes care of the new encryption implementation introduced in later version of Snapchat, md5, etc.

Updates? Did anyone solve the error?
`final': wrong final block length (OpenSSL::Cipher::CipherError)

This is no more working

M02cnQ51Ji97vwT4 is the old key
Need to find the new one

Any update on this?

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!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'openssl'

data = File.open('blob', 'r:ASCII-8BIT').read
c = OpenSSL::Cipher.new('AES-128-ECB')
c.decrypt
c.key = 'M02cnQ51Ji97vwT4'
o = ''.force_encoding('ASCII-8BIT')
data.bytes.each_slice(16) { |s| o += c.update(s.map(&:chr).join) }
o += c.final
File.open('blob.jpg', 'w') { |f| f.write(o) }

Thank you for posting this code. I had a number of snapchat files to decrypt so added A loop
Snapchat = Dir["*.jpg.nomedia"]
Snapchat.each {joysantamaria
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!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'openssl'

data = File.open('blob', 'r:ASCII-8BIT').read
c = OpenSSL::Cipher.new('AES-128-ECB')
c.decrypt
c.key = 'M02cnQ51Ji97vwT4'
o = ''.force_encoding('ASCII-8BIT')
data.bytes.each_slice(16) { |s| o += c.update(s.map(&:chr).join) }
o += c.final
File.open('blob.jpg', 'w') { |f| f.write(o) }

Can anyone walk me through this? From plugging in my phone into the computer(im guessing thats what youre supposed to (thats how lost I am)) to viewing the files. I'll give you a couple bucks through paypal if someone can do it and it works. Thanks!

key : M02cnQ51Ji97vwT4 is dead :'(

well, i would like that someone in this damn world teach this on video or something i just lost at least 28 photos of my story that couldn't be publicated still don't know why D: i'm so frustated right now... ): i tried everything D:

The blob files are no longer encrypted, you just have to add the extension .jpg

Please help me
I do not understand much about these matters
What should I do with this code?
@jamescmartinez