SSH agent can't import RSA keys (PKCS#1 / PEM)

[Root-Core]

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create a new SSH key entry
2. Copy a valid RSA key (PKCS1) into the clipboard
3. Try to import the key

Expected Result

The RSA key should be imported.

Actual Result

The RSA key will not be imported.

Screenshots or Videos

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Additional Context

This is the format Oracle / OCI uses to hand out the generated SSH certs.

You can actually workaround by converting the key into the PKCS#8 or "OpenSSH" format.
I used the npm package sshpk-conv to achieve this.

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Example, all of them represent the same cert:

PKCS#1 / PEM (not working):

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEpgIBAAKCAQEA6FORkScy3fuYXGTuGFcACNcaMYXlOQsxqBzscHMyk3H4FcjF
HwbhcdaAlemDXWGRYiNtKudJDFBSPzm70WYtTcqpQ5VDwY6t00oeTbRGXpH2K9gg
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5S1NAEPwOCZeLY4gmOCnBC4PGwmEGqc/0mdK2KmBl2nxAu8M3fGYVIQ2IfIP8eVg
0IG7TbYnueFLbhIay7FSRduYUHyPzybMgkU9PrM75+udVfvfhUVRHnVnQLZC0jQX
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BuvrXi/sdfKaJZs0BooAhjhMqGkMF1zhPkyTbfv05eCEYkgLr6WqPZW2Qjhf88yN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-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

PKCS#8 (working):

-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEwAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKowggSmAgEAAoIBAQDoU5GRJzLd+5hc
ZO4YVwAI1xoxheU5CzGoHOxwczKTcfgVyMUfBuFx1oCV6YNdYZFiI20q50kMUFI/
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IPFRJ910eFPsM5fIfCTFD6x7VR+74Koa2XGXZg0v5kyKc/Q22pahJLUiSB4tEj+T
Q7ZpdcC92RAxPUPbtv1fxYDHdXpsl2j0S4lOpnKJwj0CgYEA9hbmfYHe31sBoT9G
LeMC9fIXV5kKwveEmj1YjG6k5deoVwfx04e60RamNCWnziWjTBKlvquNmIEPOaO5
NY9iP9rTLCfTSNr3utpOE+8AG8YGR0y8CPE+CLcvoXl8l/73MMIeXgl7gBlavKFm
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VEiq759gDfm8RNwBrTZsNmZiAZT6puT9uAgG6+teL+x18polmzQGigCGOEyoaQwX
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rP6e9DX8UpQSRrPgQySs/raowRs=
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----

OpenSSH format (working):

-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAABFwAAAAdzc2gtcn
NhAAAAAwEAAQAAAQEA6FORkScy3fuYXGTuGFcACNcaMYXlOQsxqBzscHMyk3H4FcjFHwbh
cdaAlemDXWGRYiNtKudJDFBSPzm70WYtTcqpQ5VDwY6t00oeTbRGXpH2K9gglsG7L1iv0w
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aEuxWpSIGg2iyUOXal4BeryP88Nr+Bk4m0hQuQLQnOo4IkQWnTm2BRLELAWrHx7lHEg0xA
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aKAIY4TKhpDBdc4T5Mk2379OXghGJIC6+lqj2VtkI4X/PMjfLteNQs/IC6Q7XaAfCaVOdO
xtwXRgHV5l7V+eiRKwAAAAhnZW40LmtleQE=
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

Operating System

Linux

Operating System Version

CachyOS - rolling

Installation method

Other

Build Version

2025.5.0

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ID: PM-22413

[Krychaz]

Hi there,

Thank you for your report!

I was able to reproduce this issue, and I have flagged this to our engineering team.

If you wish to add any further information/screenshots/recordings etc., please feel free to do so at any time - our engineering team will be happy to review these.

Thanks once again!

[Root-Core]

No further information needed. I will link some related issues though, as they all struggle with the parsing.

CC #14260 #14076 #13343 #13878

https://community.bitwarden.com/t/cannot-import-ssh-key/84393/

[OrionCodeDev]

Any updates? Why that important thing where we can't using a SSH keys with passphrase is still missing?? Any ETA? @S-Kakar @daniellbw also #13878 is really important for security reasons