trailofbits.yaml.ansible.get-url-validate-certs-disabled.get-url-validate-certs-disabled
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Defintion
rules:
- id: get-url-validate-certs-disabled
message: Found file download with SSL verification disabled
languages:
- yaml
severity: WARNING
metadata:
category: security
cwe: "CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation"
subcategory:
- audit
technology:
- ansible
confidence: HIGH
likelihood: HIGH
impact: HIGH
references:
- https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/get_url_module.html#parameter-validate_certs
- https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/windows/win_get_url_module.html#parameter-validate_certs
license: AGPL-3.0 license
vulnerability_class:
- Improper Authentication
patterns:
- pattern-inside: |
$GETURL:
...
url: ...
...
- pattern-not-inside: |
$GETURL:
...
checksum: ...
...
- metavariable-pattern:
metavariable: $GETURL
pattern-either:
- pattern: get_url
- pattern: win_get_url
- pattern: ansible.builtin.get_url
- pattern: ansible.windows.win_get_url
- pattern: "$KEY: $VALUE"
- metavariable-pattern:
metavariable: $KEY
pattern-either:
- pattern: validate_certs
- metavariable-pattern:
metavariable: $VALUE
pattern-either:
- pattern: "false"
Examples
get-url-validate-certs-disabled.test.yaml
---
- name: Semgrep tests
hosts: all
tasks:
- name: Positive test
ansible.builtin.get_url:
url: https://example.com/file.txt
# ruleid: get-url-validate-certs-disabled
validate_certs: false
dest: /etc/file.txt
- name: Positive test
ansible.windows.win_get_url:
url: https://example.com/file.txt
# ruleid: get-url-validate-certs-disabled
validate_certs: false
dest: C:\Users\ExampleUser\file.txt
- name: Negative test
ansible.builtin.get_url:
# ok: get-url-validate-certs-disabled
url: https://example.com/file.txt
dest: /etc/file.txt
- name: Negative test
ansible.windows.win_get_url:
# ok: get-url-validate-certs-disabled
url: https://example.com/file.txt
dest: C:\Users\ExampleUser\file.txt
- name: Negative test
ansible.builtin.get_url:
url: http://example.com/file.txt
# ok: get-url-validate-certs-disabled
validate_certs: false
dest: /etc/file.txt
checksum: sha256:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
- name: Negative test
ansible.windows.win_get_url:
url: http://example.com/file.txt
# ok: get-url-validate-certs-disabled
validate_certs: false
dest: C:\Users\ExampleUser\file.txt
checksum: sha256:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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