From dc217c877aa2bc8471fd2f35a06a4b8e497422e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian McGee <brian@bmcgee.ie>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:40:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] base64Decode: clearer error message when an invalid character
 is detected

Output the offending string in its entirety to provide context.

Closes #8479
---
 src/libutil/util.cc | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 26f9dc8a85e2..847d10077635 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -1618,8 +1618,9 @@ std::string base64Decode(std::string_view s)
         if (c == '\n') continue;
 
         char digit = base64DecodeChars[(unsigned char) c];
-        if (digit == npos)
-            throw Error("invalid character in Base64 string: '%c'", c);
+        if (digit == npos) {
+            throw Error("invalid character in Base64 string: '%c' in %s", c, s.data());
+        }
 
         bits += 6;
         d = d << 6 | digit;