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Found user controlled content in run_string. This is dangerous because it allows a malicious actor to run arbitrary Python code.

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rules:
  - id: dangerous-subinterpreters-run-string-tainted-env-args
    mode: taint
    options:
      symbolic_propagation: true
    pattern-sources:
      - patterns:
          - pattern-either:
              - patterns:
                  - pattern-either:
                      - pattern: os.environ
                      - pattern: os.environ.get('$FOO', ...)
                      - pattern: os.environb
                      - pattern: os.environb.get('$FOO', ...)
                      - pattern: os.getenv('$ANYTHING', ...)
                      - pattern: os.getenvb('$ANYTHING', ...)
              - patterns:
                  - pattern-either:
                      - patterns:
                          - pattern-either:
                              - pattern: sys.argv
                              - pattern: sys.orig_argv
                      - patterns:
                          - pattern-inside: |
                              $PARSER = argparse.ArgumentParser(...)
                              ...
                          - pattern-inside: |
                              $ARGS = $PARSER.parse_args()
                          - pattern: <... $ARGS ...>
                      - patterns:
                          - pattern-inside: |
                              $PARSER = optparse.OptionParser(...)
                              ...
                          - pattern-inside: |
                              $ARGS = $PARSER.parse_args()
                          - pattern: <... $ARGS ...>
                      - patterns:
                          - pattern-either:
                              - pattern-inside: |
                                  $OPTS, $ARGS = getopt.getopt(...)
                                  ...
                              - pattern-inside: |
                                  $OPTS, $ARGS = getopt.gnu_getopt(...)
                                  ...
                          - pattern-either:
                              - patterns:
                                  - pattern-inside: |
                                      for $O, $A in $OPTS:
                                        ...
                                  - pattern: $A
                              - pattern: $ARGS
    pattern-sinks:
      - patterns:
          - pattern-inside: |
              _xxsubinterpreters.run_string($ID, $PAYLOAD, ...)
          - pattern-not: |
              _xxsubinterpreters.run_string($ID, "...", ...)
          - pattern: $PAYLOAD
    message: Found user controlled content in `run_string`. This is dangerous
      because it allows a malicious actor to run arbitrary Python code.
    metadata:
      cwe:
        - "CWE-95: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically
          Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')"
      owasp:
        - A03:2021 - Injection
      references:
        - https://bugs.python.org/issue43472
        - https://semgrep.dev/docs/cheat-sheets/python-command-injection/
      category: security
      technology:
        - python
      confidence: MEDIUM
      subcategory:
        - vuln
      likelihood: MEDIUM
      impact: HIGH
      license: Commons Clause License Condition v1.0[LGPL-2.1-only]
      vulnerability_class:
        - Code Injection
    severity: WARNING
    languages:
      - python

Examples

dangerous-subinterpreters-run-string-tainted-env-args.py

import _xxsubinterpreters
import sys


def run_payload(payload: str) -> None:
    payload = sys.argv[2]
    # ruleid: dangerous-subinterpreters-run-string-tainted-env-args
    _xxsubinterpreters.run_string(_xxsubinterpreters.create(), payload)


def run_payload(payload: str) -> None:
    # fn: dangerous-subinterpreters-run-string-tainted-env-args
    _xxsubinterpreters.run_string(_xxsubinterpreters.create(), payload)


def okRun():
    # ok: dangerous-subinterpreters-run-string-tainted-env-args
    _xxsubinterpreters.run_string(_xxsubinterpreters.create(), "print(123)")