Shell script to check passwords against HIBP database (https://haveibeenpwned.com/)

pwck

#!/bin/sh

usage() {
	echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [-q] [PASSWORD]"
}

while getopts "hq" o; do
	case "$o" in
		h) usage; exit 0 ;;
		q) quiet=1 ;;
		*) usage >&2; exit 1 ;;
	esac
done
shift $((OPTIND-1))

password="$1"
if [ -z "$password" ]; then
	if [ -t 0 ]; then
		printf 'Password: '
		stty -echo
	fi
	read -r password
	if [ -t 0 ]; then
		stty echo
		printf '\n'
	fi
fi

hash=$(echo "$password" | tr -d '\n' | sha1sum | cut -d' ' -f 1 | tr 'a-f' 'A-F')
prefix=$(echo "$hash" | cut -c 1-5)
suffix=$(echo "$hash" | cut -c 6-)
match=$(curl -s https://api.pwnedpasswords.com/range/"$prefix" | grep "^$suffix")

if [ -n "$match" ]; then
	nmatches=$(echo "$match" | cut -d: -f 2 | tr -d '\r')
	[ -z "$quiet" ] && echo "The password you entered was found $nmatches times in known data breaches."
        exit 1
elif [ -z "$quiet" ]; then
	echo "The password you entered was not found in any known data breaches."
fi

Usage examples

Check a password interactively:

$ pwck
Password: *********
The password you entered was found 3730471 times in known data breaches.

Check a password from pass:

$ pass [email protected] | pwck
The password you entered was not found in any known data breaches.

Install

$ wget -O /usr/local/bin/pwck https://git.io/Jv2c0 && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pwck