/** * @name Regular expression injection * @description User input should not be used in regular expressions without first being escaped, * otherwise a malicious user may be able to inject an expression that could require * exponential time on certain inputs. * @kind path-problem * @problem.severity error * @id py/regex-injection * @tags security * external/cwe/cwe-730 * external/cwe/cwe-400 */ // determine precision above import python import experimental.semmle.python.security.injection.RegexInjection import DataFlow::PathGraph from RegexInjectionFlowConfig config, DataFlow::PathNode source, DataFlow::PathNode sink where config.hasFlowPath(source, sink) select sink.getNode(), source, sink, "$@ regular expression is constructed from a $@ and executed by $@.", sink.getNode(), "This", source.getNode(), "user-provided value", sink.getNode(), sink.getNode().(RegexInjectionSink).getRegexModule() + "." + sink.getNode().(RegexInjectionSink).getRegexMethod().getName()