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Argon2 password hashing algorithm for Python with secure defaults and multiple variants

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Argon2-CFFI

Python bindings for the Argon2 password hashing algorithm, winner of the Password Hashing Competition. Provides secure password hashing with industry-standard defaults, supporting all three Argon2 variants (Argon2i, Argon2d, Argon2id) with configurable memory usage, parallelism, and time costs.

Package Information

  • Package Name: argon2-cffi
  • Language: Python
  • Installation: pip install argon2-cffi
  • Requires: Python ≥3.8

Core Imports

import argon2

Common usage pattern:

from argon2 import PasswordHasher

Access to all public components:

from argon2 import (
    PasswordHasher,
    Type,
    Parameters,
    extract_parameters,
    exceptions,
    low_level,
    profiles
)

Basic Usage

from argon2 import PasswordHasher

# Create a password hasher with secure defaults
ph = PasswordHasher()

# Hash a password
password = "supersecret"
hash = ph.hash(password)
print(hash)  # $argon2id$v=19$m=65536,t=3,p=4$...

# Verify a password
try:
    ph.verify(hash, password)
    print("Password is correct!")
except argon2.exceptions.VerifyMismatchError:
    print("Password is wrong!")

# Check if hash needs rehashing (due to changed parameters)
if ph.check_needs_rehash(hash):
    new_hash = ph.hash(password)
    # Update stored hash in database

Architecture

Argon2-CFFI provides a layered architecture for different use cases:

  • High-level interface (PasswordHasher): Simple, secure API with sensible defaults for typical password hashing needs
  • Low-level functions: Direct bindings to Argon2 C library for advanced users requiring fine-grained control
  • Parameter management: Configuration classes and predefined profiles for different security/performance trade-offs
  • Exception hierarchy: Specific exceptions for different failure modes with clear error handling

The library automatically handles salt generation, constant-time verification to prevent timing attacks, and parameter validation for the current platform.

Capabilities

Password Hashing

High-level password hashing with the PasswordHasher class, providing secure defaults and convenient methods for common password operations including hashing, verification, and rehash detection.

class PasswordHasher:
    def __init__(
        self,
        time_cost: int = DEFAULT_TIME_COST,
        memory_cost: int = DEFAULT_MEMORY_COST,
        parallelism: int = DEFAULT_PARALLELISM,
        hash_len: int = DEFAULT_HASH_LENGTH,
        salt_len: int = DEFAULT_RANDOM_SALT_LENGTH,
        encoding: str = "utf-8",
        type: Type = Type.ID,
    ): ...
    
    def hash(self, password: str | bytes, *, salt: bytes | None = None) -> str: ...
    def verify(self, hash: str | bytes, password: str | bytes) -> Literal[True]: ...
    def check_needs_rehash(self, hash: str | bytes) -> bool: ...

Password Hashing

Low-Level Functions

Direct access to Argon2 C library functions for advanced users who need fine-grained control over hashing parameters, raw hash outputs, or custom implementations.

def hash_secret(
    secret: bytes,
    salt: bytes, 
    time_cost: int,
    memory_cost: int,
    parallelism: int,
    hash_len: int,
    type: Type,
    version: int = ARGON2_VERSION,
) -> bytes: ...

def verify_secret(hash: bytes, secret: bytes, type: Type) -> Literal[True]: ...

Low-Level Functions

Exception Handling

Comprehensive exception hierarchy for different error conditions including verification failures, hashing errors, invalid parameters, and platform-specific limitations.

class Argon2Error(Exception): ...
class VerificationError(Argon2Error): ...
class VerifyMismatchError(VerificationError): ...
class HashingError(Argon2Error): ...
class InvalidHashError(ValueError): ...
class UnsupportedParametersError(ValueError): ...

Exception Handling

Parameter Profiles

Predefined parameter configurations following RFC 9106 recommendations and utilities for parameter management, extraction, and platform validation.

class Parameters:
    type: Type
    version: int
    salt_len: int
    hash_len: int
    time_cost: int
    memory_cost: int
    parallelism: int

def get_default_parameters() -> Parameters: ...
def extract_parameters(hash: str) -> Parameters: ...

Parameter Profiles

Legacy Functions

Deprecated functions maintained for backward compatibility with older code. Use PasswordHasher for new applications.

def hash_password(
    password: bytes,
    salt: bytes | None = None,
    time_cost: int = DEFAULT_TIME_COST,
    memory_cost: int = DEFAULT_MEMORY_COST,
    parallelism: int = DEFAULT_PARALLELISM,
    hash_len: int = DEFAULT_HASH_LENGTH,
    type: Type = Type.I,
) -> bytes: ...

def hash_password_raw(
    password: bytes,
    salt: bytes | None = None,
    time_cost: int = DEFAULT_TIME_COST,
    memory_cost: int = DEFAULT_MEMORY_COST,
    parallelism: int = DEFAULT_PARALLELISM,
    hash_len: int = DEFAULT_HASH_LENGTH,
    type: Type = Type.I,
) -> bytes: ...

def verify_password(hash: bytes, password: bytes, type: Type = Type.I) -> Literal[True]: ...

Types

from typing import Literal

class Type(Enum):
    """Argon2 algorithm variants"""
    D = ...    # Argon2d (data-dependent)
    I = ...    # Argon2i (data-independent)
    ID = ...   # Argon2id (hybrid)

# Default configuration constants
DEFAULT_TIME_COST: int
DEFAULT_MEMORY_COST: int
DEFAULT_PARALLELISM: int
DEFAULT_HASH_LENGTH: int
DEFAULT_RANDOM_SALT_LENGTH: int

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