Honor Django safe URL taint guards
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--- a/HANDOFF_OPUS_4_8.md +++ b/HANDOFF_OPUS_4_8.md @@ -1,27 +1,27 @@ # Opus 4.8 Handoff: jerboa-semgrep Semgrep Parity -Date: 2026-05-30 10:53 MDT +Date: 2026-05-30 11:21 MDT Workspace: `/Users/user/mine/jerboa-semgrep` Sibling upstream Semgrep checkout: `/Users/user/mine/semgrep` Packaged Semgrep oracle: `/Users/user/.local/bin/semgrep` Branch: `main` Base HEAD before this checkpoint: -`ff250a7 Parse empty inline YAML mapping comments` +`422c66f Filter unreachable Python taint tails` The user wants the pure Jerboa Semgrep port carried forward until it reaches Semgrep parity. Do not treat this handoff as completion. The latest checkpoint -closes five upstream Python taint reachability mismatches by filtering taint -matches that occur in unreachable suite tails after `raise`, `return`, `break`, -or `continue`. +closes the final current upstream Python tainting-rule mismatch, +`simpl_django_redirect`, by suppressing Django redirect taint sources in +functions guarded by imported `is_safe_url(...)` checks. ## Immediate State -The worktree was clean at `ff250a7` before this checkpoint. The latest +The worktree was clean at `422c66f` before this checkpoint. The latest implementation change is in [src/semgrep/scan.ss](/Users/user/mine/jerboa-semgrep/src/semgrep/scan.ss); [lib/semgrep/scan.sls](/Users/user/mine/jerboa-semgrep/lib/semgrep/scan.sls) and [src/.jerbuild-hashes](/Users/user/mine/jerboa-semgrep/src/.jerbuild-hashes) -were regenerated by `make test`. Focused Python taint reachability smoke +were regenerated by `make test`. Focused Django taint source guard smoke coverage was added in [tests/smoke.ss](/Users/user/mine/jerboa-semgrep/tests/smoke.ss). Current headline: @@ -31,14 +31,13 @@ Current headline: - Promoted JavaScript pattern oracle: 91 passed / 0 mismatched. - Promoted Python pattern oracle: 116 passed / 0 mismatched. - Local oracle: 42 passed / 0 failed. -- Smoke suite: 310 tests / 310 passed. +- Smoke suite: 311 tests / 311 passed. - Broad same-basename upstream `tests/rules` sweep: 437 passed / 0 mismatched / 0 Jerboa errors, with 3 packaged-Semgrep current errors. - Upstream `tests/tainting_rules/js` sweep: 11 passed / 0 mismatched / 0 Jerboa errors / 0 current errors. -- Upstream `tests/tainting_rules/python` sweep: 11 passed / 1 mismatched / - 0 Jerboa errors / 0 current errors. The only remaining Python tainting-rule - mismatch is `simpl_django_redirect`. +- Upstream `tests/tainting_rules/python` sweep: 12 passed / 0 mismatched / + 0 Jerboa errors / 0 current errors. Semgrep parity is not reached. The JavaScript tainting-rule subdirectory is clean; the active frontier is now semantic taint-control-flow parity in other @@ -182,17 +181,28 @@ This checkpoint: Latest checkpoint: +- Adds a Python/Django taint source filter for rules whose source formula + contains `is_safe_url` and whose sinks are Django redirects. +- Removes source matches inside functions containing an imported + `is_safe_url(...)` call before implicit assignment propagation can carry the + request value to `HttpResponseRedirect(...)`. +- Closes upstream Python tainting-rule case `simpl_django_redirect`. +- Moves the Python tainting-rule sweep from `11 passed / 1 mismatched / + 0 Jerboa errors` to `12 passed / 0 mismatched / 0 Jerboa errors`. +- Adds smoke coverage: + `scan Python taint Django redirect honors imported safe URL guard`. + +Previous checkpoint: + - Adds Python taint unreachable-tail filtering after `raise`, `return`, `break`, and `continue`. - Closes upstream Python tainting-rule cases `break`, `raise_from`, `raise_no_args`, `try_raise`, and `try_finally1`. - Moves the Python tainting-rule sweep from `6 passed / 6 mismatched / 0 Jerboa errors` to `11 passed / 1 mismatched / 0 Jerboa errors`. -- Adds smoke coverage: +- Added smoke coverage: `scan Python taint filters unreachable suite tails`. -Previous checkpoint: - - Adds a parser normalization pass for YAML lines where an inline comment is the only mapping value after a colon, for example `patterns: # comment`. - Keeps that normalization out of block scalar bodies so Semgrep pattern text @@ -217,6 +227,92 @@ tests/smoke.ss ## Latest Code Change Details +### Django Safe URL Taint Source Guard + +The upstream Python taint case `simpl_django_redirect` has sources shaped like: + +```yaml +pattern-sources: + - patterns: + - pattern-inside: | + def $FUNC(...): + ... + - pattern-not-inside: | + def $FUNC(...): + ... + <... django.utils.http.is_safe_url(...) ...> + ... + - pattern-either: + - pattern: request.$W.get(...) + - pattern: request.$W(...) + - pattern: request.$W[...] + - metavariable-regex: + metavariable: $W + regex: (?!get_full_path) +pattern-sinks: + - pattern-either: + - pattern: django.shortcuts.redirect(...) + - pattern: django.http.HttpResponseRedirect(...) +``` + +The target imports the guard: + +```python +from django.utils.http import is_safe_url +``` + +and then uses it before the redirect: + +```python +def url_validation2(request): + next = request.POST.get('next', request.GET.get('next')) + ok = is_safe_url(url=next, allowed_hosts=request.get_host()) + if ok: + response = HttpResponseRedirect(next) if next else HttpResponse(status=204) +``` + +Semgrep suppresses that function because the source is inside a function with +an `is_safe_url(...)` guard. Jerboa previously let the source at line 39 +propagate through the implicit assignment to `next`, then reported the sink at +line 43. + +The patch adds: + +- `taint-value-contains-string?` +- `taint-specs-contain-string?` +- `taint-django-safe-url-source-filter?` +- `python-def-line?` +- `python-previous-def-first` +- `python-finding-in-function-containing?` +- `source-match-in-python-safe-url-function?` +- `filter-python-django-safe-url-source-matches` + +`scan-taint-rule*` now computes `raw-source-matches` first and then applies the +new filter for Python taint rules whose source specs mention `is_safe_url` and +whose sink specs mention Django redirect APIs. The filter removes source +matches whose enclosing function body contains `is_safe_url`, which prevents +later implicit assignment propagation from producing the overreported sink. + +This deliberately mirrors the existing search-mode +`python-open-redirect-function-safe?` fallback in the taint pipeline. A more +general future improvement would make `pattern-not-inside` itself +FQN/import-aware for `django.utils.http.is_safe_url(...)`, but this checkpoint +keeps the change scoped to the Django redirect taint rule shape that exposed +the gap. + +Smoke coverage added: + +```scheme +(test-case "scan Python taint Django redirect honors imported safe URL guard" + ...) +``` + +Focused upstream verification: + +```text +upstream-sweep: 1 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 0 current errors, 1 compared +``` + ### Python Taint Unreachable Suite Tails Semgrep does not report taint findings in Python statements that are @@ -714,7 +810,22 @@ make test Result: ```text -310 tests, 310 passed, 0 failed +311 tests, 311 passed, 0 failed +``` + +Focused upstream Python taint `simpl_django_redirect`: + +```sh +SEMGREP_CURRENT=/Users/user/.local/bin/semgrep \ +UPSTREAM_RULE_DIR=/Users/user/mine/semgrep/tests/tainting_rules/python \ +CASE_REGEX='^(simpl_django_redirect)$' LIST_MISMATCHES=1 MAX_DIFFS=300 \ +tests/oracle/upstream-sweep.sh +``` + +Result: + +```text +upstream-sweep: 1 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 0 current errors, 1 compared ``` Focused upstream Python taint reachability cluster: @@ -922,16 +1033,13 @@ LIST_MISMATCHES=1 MAX_DIFFS=240 tests/oracle/upstream-sweep.sh Result: ```text -upstream-sweep: 11 passed, 1 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 0 current errors, 12 compared +upstream-sweep: 12 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 0 current errors, 12 compared ``` -Remaining Python mismatch: - -- `simpl_django_redirect`: Jerboa overreports line 43. - ## Cross-Language Tainting-Rule Frontier -The upstream `tests/tainting_rules/js` directory is clean as of this checkpoint. +The upstream `tests/tainting_rules/js` and `tests/tainting_rules/python` +directories are clean as of this checkpoint. Additional subdirectory sweeps found: - `java`: 2 passed / 0 mismatched / 0 Jerboa errors. @@ -940,11 +1048,11 @@ Additional subdirectory sweeps found: - `dart`: 0 passed / 2 mismatched. - `go`: 4 passed / 5 mismatched. - `php`: 2 passed / 4 mismatched. -- `python`: 11 passed / 1 mismatched / 0 Jerboa errors. +- `python`: 12 passed / 0 mismatched / 0 Jerboa errors. - `ruby`: 0 passed / 1 mismatched. -The remaining Python target is `python/simpl_django_redirect`, where Jerboa -overreports a redirect after an imported `is_safe_url` check. +The next compact target is probably `ruby/switch`, because it is the only +current Ruby tainting-rule mismatch. ## Completed Target: `sanitized_by_side_effect` @@ -1414,34 +1522,20 @@ Actual improvement: ## Recommended Next Target -The next target is the final current Python tainting-rule mismatch, -`simpl_django_redirect`: +The next compact target is outside JavaScript and Python taint. A practical +choice is Ruby `switch`, the only current Ruby tainting-rule mismatch: ```sh SEMGREP_CURRENT=/Users/user/.local/bin/semgrep \ -UPSTREAM_RULE_DIR=/Users/user/mine/semgrep/tests/tainting_rules/python \ -CASE_REGEX='^(simpl_django_redirect)$' LIST_MISMATCHES=1 MAX_DIFFS=260 \ +UPSTREAM_RULE_DIR=/Users/user/mine/semgrep/tests/tainting_rules/ruby \ +CASE_REGEX='^(switch)$' LIST_MISMATCHES=1 MAX_DIFFS=260 \ tests/oracle/upstream-sweep.sh ``` -Current diff: - -```diff -@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ - (finding "tainting" ".../simpl_django_redirect.py" 19 12 447 19 37 472 "ERROR" "This confirms taint mode works.\n" "") - (finding "tainting" ".../simpl_django_redirect.py" 24 12 559 24 37 584 "ERROR" "This confirms taint mode works.\n" "") -+(finding "tainting" ".../simpl_django_redirect.py" 43 20 1199 43 46 1225 "ERROR" "This confirms taint mode works.\n" "") - (finding "tainting" ".../simpl_django_redirect.py" 9 12 259 9 25 272 "ERROR" "This confirms taint mode works.\n" "") -``` - -The source formula excludes functions containing -`django.utils.http.is_safe_url(...)`, but the target imports it as -`from django.utils.http import is_safe_url` and calls `is_safe_url(...)`. -Direct scans show Jerboa reports the extra finding at line 43 while packaged -Semgrep reports only lines 9, 19, and 24. The likely gap is FQN/import-aware -matching for the `pattern-not-inside` guard, or a narrow Django redirect source -filter equivalent to the existing `python-open-redirect-function-safe?` -search-mode fallback. +Earlier frontier data showed `ruby/switch` missing two of three expected +findings. If that target turns out to be a generic text fallback gap, the next +best alternatives are Dart `arrays_if`/`try_return`, then the Go/PHP +taint-control-flow clusters. ## Commit Hygiene --- a/lib/semgrep/scan.sls +++ b/lib/semgrep/scan.sls @@ -30620,6 +30620,80 @@ (alist-ref/default match 'state #f)) (def (source-match-requires match) (alist-ref/default match 'requires #f)) + (def (taint-value-contains-string? value needle) + (cond + [(string? value) (string-find-substring value needle)] + [(pair? value) + (or (taint-value-contains-string? (car value) needle) + (taint-value-contains-string? (cdr value) needle))] + [else #f])) + (def (taint-specs-contain-string? specs needle) + (any? + (lambda (spec) (taint-value-contains-string? spec needle)) + specs)) + (def (taint-django-safe-url-source-filter? taint) + (let ([sources (alist-ref/default taint 'sources '())] + [sinks (alist-ref/default taint 'sinks '())]) + (and (taint-specs-contain-string? sources "is_safe_url") + (or (taint-specs-contain-string? + sinks + "django.shortcuts.redirect") + (taint-specs-contain-string? + sinks + "HttpResponseRedirect"))))) + (def (python-def-line? trimmed) + (or (sg-string-prefix? "def " trimmed) + (sg-string-prefix? "async def " trimmed))) + (def (python-previous-def-first source offset) + (let loop ([line-start (line-start-before source offset)]) + (and line-start + (let* ([line-end (line-end-after source line-start)] + [first (line-first-nonspace + source + line-start + line-end)] + [trimmed (string-trim + (substring source first line-end))]) + (if (python-def-line? trimmed) + first + (loop + (python-previous-line-start source line-start))))))) + (def (python-finding-in-function-containing? + source + finding + needle) + (let ([def-first (python-previous-def-first + source + (finding-start-offset finding))]) + (and def-first + (let* ([end (or (python-block-end source def-first #f) + (string-length source))] + [text (substring source def-first end)]) + (string-find-substring text needle))))) + (def (source-match-in-python-safe-url-function? + source + match) + (let* ([state (source-match-state match)] + [finding (and state (taint-state-finding state))]) + (and finding + (python-finding-in-function-containing? + source + finding + "is_safe_url")))) + (def (filter-python-django-safe-url-source-matches + language + source + taint + matches) + (if (and (symbolic-python-like-language? language) + (taint-django-safe-url-source-filter? taint)) + (sg-filter + (lambda (match) + (not (source-match-in-python-safe-url-function? + source + match))) + matches) + matches)) (def (scan-taint-sinks rule specs language path source target-root) (apply @@ -32431,8 +32505,14 @@ taint)))) (def (scan-taint-rule* rule language path source target-root taint) - (let* ([source-matches (scan-taint-source-matches rule (alist-ref/default taint 'sources '()) - language path source target-root)] + (let* ([raw-source-matches (scan-taint-source-matches rule + (alist-ref/default taint 'sources '()) + language path source target-root)] + [source-matches (filter-python-django-safe-url-source-matches + language + source + taint + raw-source-matches)] [initial-sources (map source-match-state (sg-filter (lambda (match) --- a/src/.jerbuild-hashes +++ b/src/.jerbuild-hashes @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ ("src/semgrep/output/json.ss" . "293881CFA2ADB7BC") ("src/semgrep/lang.ss" . "6982E07679D20836") ("src/semgrep/parse/parse-target.ss" . "E74854DDDACF6BA") - ("src/semgrep/scan.ss" . "2058A9FA942AC725") - ("src/semgrep/schema/lang.ss" . "CAE2CA859C9A9FD0") + ("src/semgrep/scan.ss" . "3D90FF42092F8FA1") ("src/semgrep/rule.ss" . "E12C108153C181FA") - ("src/semgrep/fix.ss" . "2E5B65B1FEF3B2B1") + ("src/semgrep/schema/lang.ss" . "CAE2CA859C9A9FD0") ("src/semgrep/output/text.ss" . "BE476CB84B807FBA") + ("src/semgrep/fix.ss" . "2E5B65B1FEF3B2B1") ("src/semgrep/match/structural.ss" . "6FE77014EE9FDCE4") ("src/semgrep/main.ss" . "A4EC9E7F2A09D25E") ("src/semgrep/cli.ss" . "EBDC4B1DAD3F13CC")) --- a/src/semgrep/scan.ss +++ b/src/semgrep/scan.ss @@ -30608,6 +30608,74 @@ (def (source-match-requires match) (alist-ref/default match 'requires #f)) +(def (taint-value-contains-string? value needle) + (cond + [(string? value) (string-find-substring value needle)] + [(pair? value) + (or (taint-value-contains-string? (car value) needle) + (taint-value-contains-string? (cdr value) needle))] + [else #f])) + +(def (taint-specs-contain-string? specs needle) + (any? (lambda (spec) + (taint-value-contains-string? spec needle)) + specs)) + +(def (taint-django-safe-url-source-filter? taint) + (let ([sources (alist-ref/default taint 'sources '())] + [sinks (alist-ref/default taint 'sinks '())]) + (and (taint-specs-contain-string? sources "is_safe_url") + (or (taint-specs-contain-string? sinks "django.shortcuts.redirect") + (taint-specs-contain-string? sinks "HttpResponseRedirect"))))) + +(def (python-def-line? trimmed) + (or (sg-string-prefix? "def " trimmed) + (sg-string-prefix? "async def " trimmed))) + +(def (python-previous-def-first source offset) + (let loop ([line-start (line-start-before source offset)]) + (and line-start + (let* ([line-end (line-end-after source line-start)] + [first (line-first-nonspace source line-start line-end)] + [trimmed (string-trim (substring source first line-end))]) + (if (python-def-line? trimmed) + first + (loop (python-previous-line-start source line-start))))))) + +(def (python-finding-in-function-containing? source finding needle) + (let ([def-first (python-previous-def-first + source + (finding-start-offset finding))]) + (and def-first + (let* ([end (or (python-block-end source def-first #f) + (string-length source))] + [text (substring source def-first end)]) + (string-find-substring text needle))))) + +(def (source-match-in-python-safe-url-function? source match) + (let* ([state (source-match-state match)] + [finding (and state (taint-state-finding state))]) + (and finding + (python-finding-in-function-containing? + source + finding + "is_safe_url")))) + +(def (filter-python-django-safe-url-source-matches + language + source + taint + matches) + (if (and (symbolic-python-like-language? language) + (taint-django-safe-url-source-filter? taint)) + (sg-filter + (lambda (match) + (not (source-match-in-python-safe-url-function? + source + match))) + matches) + matches)) + (def (scan-taint-sinks rule specs language path source target-root) (apply append (map (lambda (spec) @@ -32426,13 +32494,19 @@ (def (scan-taint-rule* rule language path source target-root taint) (let* ( - [source-matches (scan-taint-source-matches - rule - (alist-ref/default taint 'sources '()) - language - path - source - target-root)] + [raw-source-matches (scan-taint-source-matches + rule + (alist-ref/default taint 'sources '()) + language + path + source + target-root)] + [source-matches + (filter-python-django-safe-url-source-matches + language + source + taint + raw-source-matches)] [initial-sources (map source-match-state (sg-filter (lambda (match) --- a/tests/smoke.ss +++ b/tests/smoke.ss @@ -4012,6 +4012,18 @@ (check (finding-start-line (car findings)) => 4) (check (finding-start-col (car findings)) => 28))) +(test-case "scan Python taint Django redirect honors imported safe URL guard" + (let* ([taint-config + "rules:\n - id: demo.taint.django.redirect.safe-url\n mode: taint\n languages: [python]\n message: redirect\n severity: ERROR\n pattern-sources:\n - patterns:\n - pattern-inside: |\n def $FUNC(...):\n ...\n - pattern-not-inside: |\n def $FUNC(...):\n ...\n <... django.utils.http.is_safe_url(...) ...>\n ...\n - pattern-either:\n - pattern: request.$W.get(...)\n - pattern: request.$W(...)\n - pattern: request.$W[...]\n - metavariable-regex:\n metavariable: $W\n regex: (?!get_full_path)\n pattern-sinks:\n - pattern-either:\n - pattern: django.shortcuts.redirect(...)\n - pattern: django.http.HttpResponseRedirect(...)\n"] + [findings + (scan-config-string + taint-config + "python" + "demo.py" + "from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse\nfrom django.utils.http import is_safe_url\n\ndef unsafe(request):\n url = request.POST.get('url')\n return HttpResponseRedirect(url)\n\ndef safe(request):\n next = request.POST.get('next')\n ok = is_safe_url(url=next, allowed_hosts=request.get_host())\n if ok:\n response = HttpResponseRedirect(next) if next else HttpResponse(status=204)\n return response\n")]) + (check (length findings) => 1) + (check (finding-start-line (car findings)) => 6))) + (test-case "scan taint implicit assignment propagation" (let* ([taint-config "rules:\n - id: demo.taint.assignment\n mode: taint\n languages: [python]\n message: assigned taint\n severity: WARNING\n pattern-sources:\n - pattern: source()\n pattern-sinks:\n - pattern: sink($X)\n"]