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Security Dashboard

On the security dashboard, you get an overview of all current security alerts.

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Supported languages

The security monitor is available for the following languages:

  • Apex
  • C#
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Scala
  • PHP
  • C
  • C++
  • Shell script
  • Dockerfile
  • Visual Basic
  • Elixir
  • PowerShell
  • TSQL
  • Groovy

Tools

The security monitor is built using security patterns from:

Supported categories

  • XSS: XSS enables attackers to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users.
  • Input validation: Input not validated may originate SQL Injection attacks for instance.
  • File access: An attacker may use special paths to access files that should not be accessible.
  • HTTP: HTTP headers are a common attack vector for malign users.
  • Cookies: An HTTP cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the browser while the user is browsing.
  • Unexpected behaviour: Assigning values to private APIs might lead to unexpected behaviour.
  • Mass assignment: Mass assignment is a feature of Rails which allows an application to create a record from the values of a hash.
  • Insecure storage: Storing sensitive data using this APIs is not safe.
  • Insecure modules/libraries: Consider possible security implications associated with some modules.
  • Visibility: Fields should not have public accessibility.
  • CSRF: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is an attack that forces an end user to execute unwanted actions on a web application in which they're currently authenticated.
  • Android: Android specific issues.
  • Malicious code: Exposed internal APIs can be accessed or change changed by malicious code or by accident from another package.
  • Cryptography: Cryptography is a security technique widely used and there are several cryptographic functions, but not all of them are secure.
  • Command injection: Command injection is an attack in which the goal is the execution of arbitrary commands on the host operating system.
  • Firefox OS: Sensitive APIs of Firefox OS.
  • Auth: Authentication is present in almost all web applications nowadays.
  • DoS: The Denial of Service (DoS) attack is focused on making a resource (site, application, server) unavailable for the purpose it was designed.
  • SQL injection: A SQL injection attack consists of insertion or 'injection' of a SQL query via the input data from the client to the application.
  • Routes: Badly configured routes can give unintended access to an attacker.
  • Regex: Regex can be used in a Denial of Service attack, that exploits the fact that most Regular Expression implementations may reach heavy computation situations that cause them to work very slowly (exponentially related to input size).
  • SSL: Simply using SSL isn't enough to ensure the data you are sending is secure. Man in the middle attacks are well known and widely used.
  • Other: Other language specific security issues.

Category states

Each security category listed on the left-hand side of the dashboard has one of four states:
Green A green check mark means that everything is OK for this category: all the security patterns in this category are enabled, and no security issues have been found.
Yellow A yellow exclamation mark means that there are security patterns in this category that are disabled. You should enable the patterns in this category so it is verified.
Red A red cross means that there are security issues identified for this category.
A blue info icon means that Codacy cannot be sure if you have all the security patterns in this category enabled. This happens when you are using configuration files to control which patterns are enabled.

Additional features

On the Security dashboard view you can also:

  • Enable all the security patterns for that repository with one click 
  • Download all the patterns in a CSV file (this will give you a list of all the patterns considered by Codacy under the security category)

You just have to go to your repository's Security Tab, click on morebutton.png and select the relevant option.

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Last modified January 14, 2022