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https://github.com/htrgouvea/zarn

A lightweight static security analysis tool for modern Perl Apps
https://github.com/htrgouvea/zarn

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A lightweight static security analysis tool for modern Perl Apps

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ZARN


A lightweight static code security analysis for Modern Perl Applications















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### Summary

Performing [static analysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_program_analysis), Zarn is able to identify possible vulnerabilities: for this purpose, each file is parsed using [AST analysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_syntax_tree) to recognize tokens that present risks and subsequently runs the [taint tracking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taint_checking) process to confirm that it is a whether exploitable or not, to validate whether a malicious agent is able to target the method in question.

Currently, Zarn do single file context analysis, which means that it is not able to identify vulnerabilities that are not directly related to the file being analyzed. But in the future, we plan to implement a [call graph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_graph) analysis to identify vulnerabilities that are not directly related to the file being analyzed.

You can read the full publication about Zarn at: [a lightweight static security analysis tool for modern Perl Apps.](https://heitorgouvea.me/2023/03/19/static-security-analysis-tool-perl)

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### Download and install

```bash
# Download
$ git clone https://github.com/htrgouvea/zarn && cd zarn

# Install libs dependencies
$ sudo cpanm --installdeps .
```
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### Example of use

```bash
$ perl zarn.pl --rules rules/quick-wins.yml --source ../nozaki --sarif report.sarif

[warn] - FILE:../nozaki/lib/Functions/Helper.pm Potential: Timing Attack.
[vuln] - FILE:../nozaki/lib/Engine/Orchestrator.pm Potential: Path Traversal.
[vuln] - FILE:../nozaki/lib/Engine/Orchestrator.pm Potential: Path Traversal.
[warn] - FILE:../nozaki/lib/Engine/FuzzerThread.pm Potential: Timing Attack.
```
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### Rules example

```yaml
rules:
- id: '0001'
category: info
name: Debug module enabled
message: Debug modules can expose sensitive information and potentially create security vulnerabilities.
sample:
- Dumper
- id: '0002'
category: vuln
name: Code Injection
message: Occur when untrusted data is executed as code, allowing attackers to run arbitrary commands on the server.
sample:
- system
- eval
- exec
- qx
- id: '0003'
category: vuln
name: Path Traversal
message: Occur when user input is not properly sanitized, allowing attackers to access files and directories outside of the intended directory structure.
sample:
- open
```

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### Github Actions

```yaml
name: ZARN SAST

on:
push:
branches: [ "main" ]
pull_request:
branches: [ "main" ]
schedule:
- cron: "28 23 * * 1"

jobs:
zarn:
name: Security Static Analysis with ZARN
runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4

- name: Perform Static Analysis
uses: htrgouvea/[email protected]

- name: Send result to Github Security
uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
with:
sarif_file: result.sarif
```

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### Contribution

Your contributions and suggestions are heartily ♥ welcome. [See here the contribution guidelines.](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) Please, report bugs via [issues page](https://github.com/htrgouvea/zarn/issues) and for security issues, see here the [security policy.](/SECURITY.md) (✿ ◕‿◕) This project follows this [style guide: (https://github.com/htrgouvea/perl-style-guide)](https://github.com/htrgouvea/perl-style-guide).

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### License

This work is licensed under [MIT License.](/LICENSE.md)