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Java static code analysis

Unique rules to find Bugs, Vulnerabilities, Security Hotspots, and Code Smells in your JAVA code

  • All rules 733
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      Clean code attribute
        1. Sensitive information should not be logged in production builds

           Vulnerability
        2. WebViews should not be vulnerable to cross-app scripting attacks

           Vulnerability
        3. Privileged prompts should not be vulnerable to injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        4. Server-side requests should not be vulnerable to traversing attacks

           Vulnerability
        5. Accessing files should not lead to filesystem oracle attacks

           Vulnerability
        6. Environment variables should not be defined from untrusted input

           Vulnerability
        7. Credentials should not be hard-coded

           Vulnerability
        8. Counter Mode initialization vectors should not be reused

           Vulnerability
        9. XML operations should not be vulnerable to injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        10. JSON operations should not be vulnerable to injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        11. Thread suspensions should not be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks

           Vulnerability
        12. Components should not be vulnerable to intent redirection

           Vulnerability
        13. XML signatures should be validated securely

           Vulnerability
        14. XML parsers should not be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks

           Vulnerability
        15. XML parsers should not load external schemas

           Vulnerability
        16. XML parsers should not allow inclusion of arbitrary files

           Vulnerability
        17. Mobile database encryption keys should not be disclosed

           Vulnerability
        18. Applications should not create session cookies from untrusted input

           Vulnerability
        19. Reflection should not be vulnerable to injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        20. Extracting archives should not lead to zip slip vulnerabilities

           Vulnerability
        21. OS commands should not be vulnerable to argument injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        22. A new session should be created during user authentication

           Vulnerability
        23. Authorizations should be based on strong decisions

           Vulnerability
        24. OpenSAML2 should be configured to prevent authentication bypass

           Vulnerability
        25. JWT should be signed and verified with strong cipher algorithms

           Vulnerability
        26. Cipher algorithms should be robust

           Vulnerability
        27. Encryption algorithms should be used with secure mode and padding scheme

           Vulnerability
        28. Server hostnames should be verified during SSL/TLS connections

           Vulnerability
        29. Server-side templates should not be vulnerable to injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        30. Insecure temporary file creation methods should not be used

           Vulnerability
        31. Passwords should not be stored in plaintext or with a fast hashing algorithm

           Vulnerability
        32. Dynamic code execution should not be vulnerable to injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        33. "ActiveMQConnectionFactory" should not be vulnerable to malicious code deserialization

           Vulnerability
        34. NoSQL operations should not be vulnerable to injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        35. HTTP request redirections should not be open to forging attacks

           Vulnerability
        36. Logging should not be vulnerable to injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        37. Server-side requests should not be vulnerable to forging attacks

           Vulnerability
        38. Deserialization should not be vulnerable to injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        39. Endpoints should not be vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks

           Vulnerability
        40. Server certificates should be verified during SSL/TLS connections

           Vulnerability
        41. Persistent entities should not be used as arguments of "@RequestMapping" methods

           Vulnerability
        42. "HttpSecurity" URL patterns should be correctly ordered

           Vulnerability
        43. LDAP connections should be authenticated

           Vulnerability
        44. Cryptographic keys should be robust

           Vulnerability
        45. Weak SSL/TLS protocols should not be used

           Vulnerability
        46. Secure random number generators should not output predictable values

           Vulnerability
        47. Database queries should not be vulnerable to injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        48. Cipher Block Chaining IVs should be unpredictable

           Vulnerability
        49. XML parsers should not be vulnerable to XXE attacks

           Vulnerability
        50. Classes should not be loaded dynamically

           Vulnerability
        51. Basic authentication should not be used

           Vulnerability
        52. Regular expressions should not be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks

           Vulnerability
        53. "HttpServletRequest.getRequestedSessionId()" should not be used

           Vulnerability
        54. A secure password should be used when connecting to a database

           Vulnerability
        55. XPath expressions should not be vulnerable to injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        56. I/O function calls should not be vulnerable to path injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        57. LDAP queries should not be vulnerable to injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        58. OS commands should not be vulnerable to command injection attacks

           Vulnerability
        59. Password hashing functions should use an unpredictable salt

           Vulnerability
        60. Exceptions should not be thrown from servlet methods

           Vulnerability

        Encryption algorithms should be used with secure mode and padding scheme

        responsibility - trustworthy
        security
        Vulnerability
        • cwe
        • privacy

        This vulnerability exposes encrypted data to a number of attacks whose goal is to recover the plaintext.

        Why is this an issue?

        How can I fix it?

        More Info

        Encryption algorithms are essential for protecting sensitive information and ensuring secure communications in a variety of domains. They are used for several important reasons:

        • Confidentiality, privacy, and intellectual property protection
        • Security during transmission or on storage devices
        • Data integrity, general trust, and authentication

        When selecting encryption algorithms, tools, or combinations, you should also consider two things:

        1. No encryption is unbreakable.
        2. The strength of an encryption algorithm is usually measured by the effort required to crack it within a reasonable time frame.

        For these reasons, as soon as cryptography is included in a project, it is important to choose encryption algorithms that are considered strong and secure by the cryptography community.

        For AES, the weakest mode is ECB (Electronic Codebook). Repeated blocks of data are encrypted to the same value, making them easy to identify and reducing the difficulty of recovering the original cleartext.

        Unauthenticated modes such as CBC (Cipher Block Chaining) may be used but are prone to attacks that manipulate the ciphertext. They must be used with caution.

        For RSA, the weakest algorithms are either using it without padding or using the PKCS1v1.5 padding scheme.

        What is the potential impact?

        The cleartext of an encrypted message might be recoverable. Additionally, it might be possible to modify the cleartext of an encrypted message.

        Below are some real-world scenarios that illustrate possible impacts of an attacker exploiting the vulnerability.

        Theft of sensitive data

        The encrypted message might contain data that is considered sensitive and should not be known to third parties.

        By using a weak algorithm the likelihood that an attacker might be able to recover the cleartext drastically increases.

        Additional attack surface

        By modifying the cleartext of the encrypted message it might be possible for an attacker to trigger other vulnerabilities in the code. Encrypted values are often considered trusted, since under normal circumstances it would not be possible for a third party to modify them.

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