Java: Reduce false positives in java/concatenated-command-line query#25
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Summary
This PR improves the
java/concatenated-command-linequery (ExecUnescaped.ql) by expanding thesaneStringpredicate to recognize additional safe expression patterns, significantly reducing false positives.Problem
MRVA (Multi-Repository Variant Analysis) on the top-100 Java repositories revealed 21 alerts, the majority of which are false positives caused by:
System.getProperty("java.home") + "/bin/java"(apache/maven, elastic/logstash, apache/flink)File.separator,File.pathSeparatorgetClass().getCanonicalName(),.getName()Integer.toString(port)Changes
Expanded
saneStringpredicate inExecUnescaped.qlto recognize:IntegerLiteral,LongLiteral,BooleanLiteralFile.separator,File.pathSeparator,File.separatorChar,File.pathSeparatorCharSystem.getProperty("literal")calls with string literal argumentsClass.getName(),getCanonicalName(),getSimpleName()callsNumber.toString()andString.valueOf()with sane argumentsMRVA Validation
Why this is correct
System.getProperty("java.home")returns the JVM installation path — not user-controllable at runtimeFile.separatoris/or\\depending on OS — a constantClass.getName()returns the compile-time class name — deterministic