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A curated list of awesome Java security-related resources.



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_List inspired by the [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) list thing._



Supported by: [GuardRails.io](https://www.guardrails.io)









# Contents

- [Tools](#tools)

- [Educational](#educational)

- [Other](#other)



# Tools



## Web Framework Hardening



- [Apache Shiro](https://shiro.apache.org/) - A powerful and easy-to-use Java security framework that performs authentication, authorization, cryptography, and session management.

- [JJWT](https://github.com/jwtk/jjwt) - Java JWT: JSON Web Token for Java and Android.

- [OWASP ESAPI Java](https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy) - Enterprise Security API is a free, open source, web application security control library that makes it easier for programmers to write lower-risk applications.

- [PAC4J](https://github.com/pac4j/pac4j) - Security engine for Java to authenticate users, get their profiles and manage authorizations in order to secure web applications and web services.

- [Spring Security](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security) - A powerful and highly customizable authentication and access-control framework.

- [Spring Security Oauth](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security-oauth) - Support for adding OAuth1(a) and OAuth2 features (consumer and provider) for Spring web applications.



## Multi tools



- [hawkeye](https://github.com/hawkeyesec/scanner-cli) - Multi-purpose security/vulnerability/risk scanning tool supporting Ruby, Node.js, Python, PHP and Java.

- [GuardRails](https://github.com/apps/guardrails) - A GitHub App that gives you instant security feedback in your Pull Requests.



## Static Code Analysis



- [Spotbugs](https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs) - SpotBugs is FindBugs' successor. A tool for static analysis to look for bugs in Java code.

- [Find Security Bugs](https://github.com/find-sec-bugs/find-sec-bugs/) - SpotBugs plugin for security audits of Java web applications and Android applications.

- [Detect Secrets](https://libraries.io/pypi/detect-secrets) - An enterprise friendly way of detecting and preventing secrets in code.

- [Gitrob](https://github.com/michenriksen/gitrob) - Gitrob is a tool to help find potentially sensitive files pushed to public repositories on Github.

- [Sonarqube](https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube) - SonarQube provides the capability to show the health of an application and highlight newly introduced issues.

- [Oversecured](https://oversecured.com/) - A static analyzer for Android apps (APK files), searches for security vulnerabilities. Contains 90+ vulnerability categories.

- [Bearer]([https://oversecured.com/](https://github.com/Bearer/bearer)) - A static code security analyzer to discover, filter and prioritize security and privacy risks.



## Runtime Analysis



- [Code Pulse](https://github.com/codedx/codepulse) - Code Pulse is a real-time code coverage tool for penetration testing activities.

- [OWASP ZAP](https://github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy) -  Helps automatically find security vulnerabilities in your web applications.

- [Contrast Community Edition](https://www.contrastsecurity.com/contrast-community-edition) - Free runtime protection and vulnerability detection tool, identifying issues in running applications.



## Vulnerabilities and Security Advisories



- [OWASP Dependency-Check](https://github.com/jeremylong/DependencyCheck) - Detects publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in application dependencies.

- [Snyk](https://github.com/snyk/snyk) - CLI and build-time tool to find & fix known vulnerabilities in open-source dependencies.

- [Snyk Vulnerability DB](https://snyk.io/vuln?type=maven) - Commercial but free listing of known vulnerabilities in libraries.

- [Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures](https://www.cvedetails.com/product/19117/Oracle-JRE.html?vendor_id=93) - Vulnerabilities that were assigned a CVE. Covers the language and packages.

- [National Vulnerability Database](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?form_type=Basic&results_type=overview&query=java&search_type=all) - Java known vulnerabilities in the National Vulnerability Database.

- [Contrast Community Edition](https://www.contrastsecurity.com/contrast-community-edition) - Free tool to locate CVEs and outdated dependencies in libraries.



## Cryptography



- [Bouncy Castle](https://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html) - Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms.

- [Conscrypt](https://github.com/google/conscrypt) - Java Security Provider that implements parts of the Java Cryptography Extension and Java Secure Socket Extension.

- [Cryptomator](https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator) - Multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of your files in the cloud.

- [Keyczar](https://github.com/google/keyczar) - Easy-to-use crypto toolkit by Google.

- [Keywhiz](https://github.com/square/keywhiz) - System for distributing and managing secrets.

- [Tink](https://github.com/google/tink) - Multi-language, cross-platform library that provides cryptographic APIs that are secure, easy to use correctly, and hard(er) to misuse.

- [ACME4J](https://github.com/shred/acme4j) - Java ACME client for issuing X.509 certificates using Let's Encrypt or another ACME based CA.



# Educational



## Hacking Playground



- [BodgeIt Store](https://github.com/psiinon/bodgeit) - A vulnerable web application aimed at people who are new to pen testing.

- [OWASP Benchmark](https://github.com/OWASP/Benchmark) - A Java test suite designed to verify the speed and accuracy of vulnerability detection tools.

- [Security Shepherd](https://github.com/OWASP/SecurityShepherd) - Web and mobile application security training platform.

- [WebGoat](https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat) - A deliberately insecure Java Web Application.



## Articles, Guides & Talks



- [Java Platform, Standard Edition Security Developer’s Guide](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/security/toc.htm) - This guide covers major Java Standard Edition security components: Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA), Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) and Java Secure Socket Extensions (JSSE)

- [Application Security Verification Standard](https://www.owasp.org/images/3/33/OWASP_Application_Security_Verification_Standard_3.0.1.pdf) - (PDF) The standard is a list of application security requirements that can be used by developers.

- [Spring Security CSRF](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-security-csrf) - A Guide to CSRF Protection in Spring Security.

- [Secure Coding Guidelines](https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/seccodeguide-139067.html) - Secure Coding Guidelines for Java SE

- [Securing a Web Application](https://spring.io/guides/gs/securing-web/) - This guide walks you through the process of creating a simple web application with resources that are protected by Spring Security.

- [Spring Security Guides](https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/current/guides/html5/index.html) - Step by step guides on how to use Spring Security.

- [Prevent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks](https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/se-prevent-cross-site-scripting-attacks/index.html) - This article explains how XSS attacks work and suggests a methodology to block XSS attacks.

- [Java Security Resource Center](https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/security-2043272.html) - A collection of security details for different users of the Java Platform.



## Practices



- [Encrypting with SSL/TLS](https://github.com/Hakky54/mutual-tls-ssl) Step by step guide for encrypting client and server communication



## Specifications



- [JSR 115: Java Authorization Contract for Containers](https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=115)

- [JSR 196: Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers](https://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=196)

- [JSR 375: Java EE Security API](https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=375)



# Other



## Reporting Bugs



- [Java Security Reporting](https://www.oracle.com/corporate/security-practices/assurance/vulnerability/reporting.html)



## Contributing



Found an awesome project, package, article, or another type of resources related to Java Security? Open a pull request!

Just follow the [guidelines](/CONTRIBUTING.MD). Thank you!



## License



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