Add PR_1_golang detector files#4
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This pull request significantly expands the collection of Go language detector files, providing a comprehensive set of examples for various security and best practice rules. The added files serve as practical illustrations of both compliant and non-compliant code, which are invaluable for developing and testing static analysis tools or for educational purposes in secure Go programming.
Highlights
- New Go Detector Examples: This pull request introduces 30 new Go files, each serving as a code example for a specific security or code quality detector. These examples are designed to illustrate common vulnerabilities and their secure counterparts.
- Dual Example Approach: For each of the 15 new detectors, both a
_compliant.goand a_non-compliant.gofile are provided. This clear distinction helps in understanding secure coding patterns versus insecure ones for static analysis purposes. - Broad Security and Best Practice Coverage: The added detectors cover a wide array of potential issues in Go applications, including AWS API error handling, secure TLS configuration, safe network binding, avoiding deprecated CGI usage, proper concurrency patterns (channels and mutexes), CSRF protection, decompression bomb prevention, secure cryptographic key generation, avoiding redundant comparisons, correct loop pointer handling, and secure configurations for Gorilla sessions and gRPC connections.
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| func blocklistCgiNoncompliant() { | ||
| handler := http.FileServer(http.Dir("path/to/your/files")) | ||
| // Noncompliant: Use of `CGI` is not recommended. | ||
| err := cgi.Serve(handler) |
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Caution
Description: Go versions < 1.6.3 are vulnerable to Httpoxy attack: A vulnerability in the CGI components enables the HTTP_PROXY environment variable to be modified by the incoming Proxy request header. This allows the default proxy server used for outbound HTTP requests in Go to be changed. Since the HTTP_PROXY variable also configures the proxy for outgoing requests in CGI programs, an attacker could leverage this to insert a malicious proxy server into the outgoing requests made by a CGI program.
Severity: Critical
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The fix replaces the use of cgi.Serve with a custom http.HandlerFunc that sanitizes incoming requests by checking for and rejecting any requests with "Proxy" or "HTTP_PROXY" headers, then serves the content using http.ListenAndServe.
| err := cgi.Serve(handler) | |
| // Import statements | |
| import ( | |
| "net/http" | |
| "strings" | |
| ) | |
| // The 'strings' package is imported to use the EqualFold function for case-insensitive string comparison. | |
| func blocklistCgiNoncompliant() { | |
| handler := http.FileServer(http.Dir("path/to/your/files")) | |
| // Noncompliant: Use of `CGI` is not recommended. | |
| sanitizedHandler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | |
| if !strings.EqualFold(r.Header.Get("Proxy"), "") || !strings.EqualFold(r.Header.Get("HTTP_PROXY"), "") { | |
| http.Error(w, "Proxy header not allowed", http.StatusBadRequest) | |
| return | |
| } | |
| handler.ServeHTTP(w, r) | |
| }) | |
| err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", sanitizedHandler) | |
| if err != nil { | |
| return | |
| } |
| }() | ||
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| // Noncompliant: Channel guarded with mutex. | ||
| mutex.Lock() |
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Description: Unnecessary use of mutex for channel operation, potentially causing deadlock. Remove the mutex lock and unlock operations around the channel receive operation.
Severity: Critical
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The fix removes the unnecessary mutex lock and unlock operations around the channel receive operation. This addresses the issue of potential deadlock caused by guarding a channel operation with a mutex. Channels in Go are designed for concurrent communication and synchronization, making the use of a mutex redundant and potentially harmful in this context.
| mutex.Lock() | |
| msg <- "ping" | |
| }() | |
| // Removed unnecessary mutex lock and unlock | |
| message := <-msg | |
| fmt.Println(message) | |
| } | |
| // {/fact} |
| "net/http" | ||
| ) | ||
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| func crossSiteRequestForgeryNoncompliant(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { |
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Description: The function does not implement CSRF token validation, making it vulnerable to cross-site request forgery attacks. Implement CSRF token validation before processing the request. Use a secure CSRF protection library or manually generate, store, and validate CSRF tokens.
Severity: Critical
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The fix addresses the CSRF vulnerability by adding token validation before processing the request. The function now checks for a valid CSRF token using a validateCSRFToken function (which needs to be implemented). If the token is invalid, it returns a 403 Forbidden error. The fix is incomplete as it requires the implementation of validateCSRFToken and generateCSRFToken functions. To complete the fix, implement these functions using secure random token generation and proper token storage and comparison mechanisms.
| func crossSiteRequestForgeryNoncompliant(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | |
| "fmt" | |
| "html" | |
| "net/http" | |
| "crypto/rand" | |
| "encoding/base64" | |
| ) | |
| func crossSiteRequestForgeryCompliant(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | |
| // Compliant: Validate CSRF token before processing the request | |
| if !validateCSRFToken(r) { | |
| http.Error(w, "Invalid CSRF Token", http.StatusForbidden) | |
| return | |
| } | |
| fmt.Fprintf(w, "Go to: %s", html.EscapeString(r.URL.Path)) | |
| } | |
| // TODO: Implement validateCSRFToken function | |
| // func validateCSRFToken(r *http.Request) bool { | |
| // // Implement CSRF token validation logic here | |
| // } | |
| // TODO: Implement generateCSRFToken function | |
| // func generateCSRFToken() string { | |
| // // Implement CSRF token generation logic here | |
| // } | |
| // {/fact} |
| ) | ||
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| func gorillaWebsocketCheckoriginNotsetNoncompliant(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | ||
| var upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{} |
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Description: The code does not set a CheckOrigin function for the websocket.Upgrader, which could lead to security vulnerabilities. Implement a CheckOrigin function in the websocket.Upgrader to validate the origin of incoming WebSocket requests.
Severity: Critical
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The fix addresses the vulnerability by adding a CheckOrigin function to the websocket.Upgrader. This function is responsible for validating the origin of incoming WebSocket requests. However, the current implementation is incomplete as it always returns true, which effectively allows all origins. A TODO comment is added to remind developers to implement proper origin validation logic based on their specific security requirements.
| var upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{} | |
| ) | |
| func gorillaWebsocketCheckoriginNotsetNoncompliant(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | |
| var upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{ | |
| CheckOrigin: func(r *http.Request) bool { | |
| // TODO: Implement proper origin validation logic | |
| return true // This is a placeholder and should be replaced with actual validation | |
| }, | |
| } | |
| conn, err := upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil) | |
| if err != nil { | |
| log.Println(err) |
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| // Noncompliant: Channel guarded with mutex. | ||
| mutex.Lock() | ||
| message := <-msg |
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Description: No error handling for potential channel closure. Add a check for channel closure when receiving from the channel.
Severity: High
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The fix addresses the lack of error handling for potential channel closure by using the comma ok idiom when receiving from the channel. The code now checks if the channel is open (ok == true) before printing the message. If the channel is closed, it prints a message indicating that the channel is closed. This ensures proper handling of channel closure and prevents potential panics.
| message := <-msg | |
| // Noncompliant: Channel guarded with mutex. | |
| mutex.Lock() | |
| message, ok := <-msg | |
| mutex.Unlock() | |
| if ok { | |
| fmt.Println(message) | |
| } else { | |
| fmt.Println("Channel closed") | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // {/fact} |
| for _, name := range names { | ||
| fs = append(fs, func() { | ||
| // Noncompliant: Loop pointer reference is shared across iterations. | ||
| fmt.Println(&name) |
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Description: The loop variable 'name' is captured by reference in the closure, leading to unexpected behavior. Create a new variable inside the loop to capture the current value of 'name'.
Severity: High
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The fix addresses the issue of capturing loop variables by reference in closures. By creating a new variable nameCopy inside the loop and using it in the closure, we ensure that each closure captures its own unique copy of the name, rather than sharing the same loop variable across all iterations. This prevents unexpected behavior where all closures would end up referencing the last value of the loop variable.
| fmt.Println(&name) | |
| names := []string{"Jack", "Tom", "Sam", "Mark", "John"} | |
| var fs []func() | |
| for _, name := range names { | |
| nameCopy := name // Create a new variable to capture the current value of 'name' | |
| fs = append(fs, func() { | |
| fmt.Println(&nameCopy) | |
| }) | |
| } | |
| } |
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| panic(err) | ||
| } | ||
| // Noncompliant: Bytes read is not limited in `io.Copy()`. | ||
| out, err := io.Copy(os.Stdout, r) |
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Description: Directly decompressing files or buffers may lead to a potential Denial of Service (DoS) due to a decompression bomb. Decompression bombs are maliciously compressed files or data that decompresses to extremely large sizes. This can cause the process to run out of memory, or the disk to fill up. To protect against decompression bombs, an io.LimitReader(...) should be used to limit how much can be read during the decompression routine.
Severity: High
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The vulnerability is fixed by wrapping the reader 'r' with io.LimitReader(), which limits the number of bytes that can be read to 1MB (1024*1024 bytes), preventing potential decompression bomb attacks.
| out, err := io.Copy(os.Stdout, r) | |
| // Import io package to use LimitReader | |
| // io package provides I/O primitives including LimitReader for limiting read operations | |
| import "io" | |
| func decompressionBombNoncompliant() { | |
| b := []byte{120, 156, 202, 72, 205, 201, 201, 215, 81, 40, 207, | |
| 47, 202, 73, 225, 2, 4, 0, 0, 255, 255, 33, 231, 4, 147} | |
| bb := bytes.NewReader(b) | |
| r, err := zlib.NewReader(bb) | |
| if err != nil { | |
| panic(err) | |
| } | |
| // Compliant: Bytes read is limited to 1MB using `io.LimitReader()`. | |
| out, err := io.Copy(os.Stdout, io.LimitReader(r, 1024*1024)) | |
| if err != nil { | |
| panic(err) | |
| } | |
| fmt.Printf("out: %v", out) | |
| } |
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Code Review
This pull request adds a collection of Go files, each demonstrating a compliant or non-compliant code pattern for a specific detector. The examples cover a wide range of issues from security vulnerabilities to concurrency anti-patterns. My review focuses on improving the correctness and security of these example files. I've identified a critical security flaw in one of the 'compliant' examples for WebSocket origin checking and a recurring high-severity issue of unhandled errors in the session management examples. The other examples are well-constructed and clearly demonstrate the intended patterns.
| func gorillaWebsocketCheckoriginNotsetCompliant(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | ||
| var upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{} | ||
| // Compliant: A `CheckOrigin` function used to validate the request origin. | ||
| upgrader.CheckOrigin = func(r *http.Request) bool { return true } |
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The CheckOrigin function is implemented to always return true, which disables origin checking for WebSocket connections. This is a critical security vulnerability that exposes the application to Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWH) attacks. A secure implementation must validate the request's Origin header against a whitelist of allowed domains. The default behavior of gorilla/websocket (when CheckOrigin is nil) is safer than this implementation.
upgrader.CheckOrigin = func(r *http.Request) bool {
// A proper implementation should validate the origin against a whitelist of allowed domains.
return r.Header.Get("Origin") == "https://example.com"
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| func gorillaSessionsHttponlyNotsetCompliant(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | ||
| var store = sessions.NewCookieStore([]byte(os.Getenv("SESSION_KEY"))) | ||
| session, _ := store.Get(r, "session-name") |
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The error returned by store.Get() is being ignored. According to the gorilla/sessions documentation, an error is returned if an existing session is invalid (e.g., due to a bad signature), and a new empty session is returned instead. Ignoring this error can lead to silent failures where the application operates on a new, unauthenticated session instead of an existing one, which is a potential security risk.
session, err := store.Get(r, "session-name")
if err != nil {
http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
return
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| func gorillaSessionsHttponlyNotsetNoncompliant(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | ||
| var store = sessions.NewCookieStore([]byte(os.Getenv("SESSION_KEY"))) | ||
| session, _ := store.Get(r, "session-name") |
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The error returned by store.Get() is being ignored. According to the gorilla/sessions documentation, an error is returned if an existing session is invalid (e.g., due to a bad signature), and a new empty session is returned instead. Ignoring this error can lead to silent failures where the application operates on a new, unauthenticated session instead of an existing one, which is a potential security risk.
session, err := store.Get(r, "session-name")
if err != nil {
http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
return
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| func gorillaSessionsSecureNotsetCompliant(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | ||
| var store = sessions.NewCookieStore([]byte(os.Getenv("SESSION_KEY"))) | ||
| session, _ := store.Get(r, "session-name") |
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The error returned by store.Get() is being ignored. According to the gorilla/sessions documentation, an error is returned if an existing session is invalid (e.g., due to a bad signature), and a new empty session is returned instead. Ignoring this error can lead to silent failures where the application operates on a new, unauthenticated session instead of an existing one, which is a potential security risk.
session, err := store.Get(r, "session-name")
if err != nil {
http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
return
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| func gorillaSessionsSecureNotsetNoncompliant(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | ||
| var store = sessions.NewCookieStore([]byte(os.Getenv("SESSION_KEY"))) | ||
| session, _ := store.Get(r, "session-name") |
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The error returned by store.Get() is being ignored. According to the gorilla/sessions documentation, an error is returned if an existing session is invalid (e.g., due to a bad signature), and a new empty session is returned instead. Ignoring this error can lead to silent failures where the application operates on a new, unauthenticated session instead of an existing one, which is a potential security risk.
session, err := store.Get(r, "session-name")
if err != nil {
http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
return
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