-Java offers two mechanisms for SSL authentication - trust manager and hostname verifier. Trust manager validates the peer's certificate chain while hostname verification establishes that the hostname in the URL matches the hostname in the server's identification.
+Java offers two mechanisms for SSL authentication - trust manager and hostname verifier (checked by the java/insecure-hostname-verifier
query). Trust manager validates the peer's certificate chain while hostname verification establishes that the hostname in the URL matches the hostname in the server's identification.
And when SSLSocket or SSLEngine is created without a valid parameter of setEndpointIdentificationAlgorithm, hostname verification is disabled by default.
-Unsafe implementation of the interface X509TrustManager, HostnameVerifier, and SSLSocket/SSLEngine ignores all SSL certificate validation errors when establishing an HTTPS connection, thereby making the app vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
-This query checks whether trust manager is set to trust all certificates, the hostname verifier is turned off, or setEndpointIdentificationAlgorithm is missing. The query also covers a special implementation com.rabbitmq.client.ConnectionFactory.
+Unsafe implementation of the interface X509TrustManager and SSLSocket/SSLEngine ignores all SSL certificate validation errors when establishing an HTTPS connection, thereby making the app vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
+This query checks whether trust manager is set to trust all certificates or setEndpointIdentificationAlgorithm is missing. The query also covers a special implementation com.rabbitmq.client.ConnectionFactory.
-The following two examples show two ways of configuring X509 trust cert manager and hostname verifier. In the 'BAD' case,
+
The following two examples show two ways of configuring X509 trust cert manager. In the 'BAD' case,
no validation is performed thus any certificate is trusted. In the 'GOOD' case, the proper validation is performed.
diff --git a/java/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE/CWE-273/UnsafeCertTrust.ql b/java/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE/CWE-273/UnsafeCertTrust.ql
index 497e87b37ac3..3dca54a8de64 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE/CWE-273/UnsafeCertTrust.ql
+++ b/java/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE/CWE-273/UnsafeCertTrust.ql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/**
- * @name Unsafe certificate trust and improper hostname verification
- * @description Unsafe implementation of the interface X509TrustManager, HostnameVerifier, and SSLSocket/SSLEngine ignores all SSL certificate validation errors when establishing an HTTPS connection, thereby making the app vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
+ * @name Unsafe certificate trust
+ * @description Unsafe implementation of the interface X509TrustManager and SSLSocket/SSLEngine ignores all SSL certificate validation errors when establishing an HTTPS connection, thereby making the app vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
* @kind problem
* @id java/unsafe-cert-trust
* @tags security
@@ -53,42 +53,6 @@ class X509TrustAllManagerInit extends MethodAccess {
}
}
-/**
- * HostnameVerifier class that allows a certificate whose CN (Common Name) does not match the host name in the URL
- */
-class TrustAllHostnameVerifier extends RefType {
- TrustAllHostnameVerifier() {
- this.getASupertype*() instanceof HostnameVerifier and
- exists(Method m, ReturnStmt rt |
- m.getDeclaringType() = this and
- m.hasName("verify") and
- rt.getEnclosingCallable() = m and
- rt.getResult().(BooleanLiteral).getBooleanValue() = true
- )
- }
-}
-
-/**
- * The setDefaultHostnameVerifier method of HttpsURLConnection with the trust all configuration
- */
-class TrustAllHostnameVerify extends MethodAccess {
- TrustAllHostnameVerify() {
- this.getMethod().hasName("setDefaultHostnameVerifier") and
- this.getMethod().getDeclaringType() instanceof HttpsURLConnection and //httpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier method
- (
- exists(NestedClass nc |
- nc.getASupertype*() instanceof TrustAllHostnameVerifier and
- this.getArgument(0).getType() = nc //Scenario of HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(new HostnameVerifier() {...});
- )
- or
- exists(Variable v |
- this.getArgument(0).(VarAccess).getVariable() = v and
- v.getInitializer().getType() instanceof TrustAllHostnameVerifier //Scenario of HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(verifier);
- )
- )
- }
-}
-
class SSLEngine extends RefType {
SSLEngine() { this.hasQualifiedName("javax.net.ssl", "SSLEngine") }
}
@@ -239,7 +203,6 @@ class RabbitMQEnableHostnameVerificationNotSet extends MethodAccess {
from MethodAccess aa
where
- aa instanceof TrustAllHostnameVerify or
aa instanceof X509TrustAllManagerInit or
aa instanceof SSLEndpointIdentificationNotSet or
aa instanceof RabbitMQEnableHostnameVerificationNotSet
diff --git a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/FlowSources.qll b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/FlowSources.qll
index 2d568670b26f..4359fdbcbc20 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/FlowSources.qll
+++ b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/FlowSources.qll
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class EnvInput extends LocalUserInput {
)
or
// Results from various specific methods.
- this.asExpr().(MethodAccess).getMethod() instanceof EnvTaintedMethod
+ this.asExpr().(MethodAccess).getMethod() instanceof EnvReadMethod
or
// Access to `System.in`.
exists(Field f | this.asExpr() = f.getAnAccess() | f instanceof SystemIn)
@@ -292,8 +292,9 @@ private class SpringWebRequestGetMethod extends Method {
}
}
-private class EnvTaintedMethod extends Method {
- EnvTaintedMethod() {
+/** A method that reads from the environment, such as `System.getProperty` or `System.getenv`. */
+class EnvReadMethod extends Method {
+ EnvReadMethod() {
this instanceof MethodSystemGetenv or
this instanceof PropertiesGetPropertyMethod or
this instanceof MethodSystemGetProperty
diff --git a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/security/Encryption.qll b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/security/Encryption.qll
index ea7a33151f8f..0fb491d7499c 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/security/Encryption.qll
+++ b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/security/Encryption.qll
@@ -29,13 +29,22 @@ class SSLContext extends RefType {
SSLContext() { hasQualifiedName("javax.net.ssl", "SSLContext") }
}
+/** The `javax.net.ssl.SSLSession` class. */
+class SSLSession extends RefType {
+ SSLSession() { hasQualifiedName("javax.net.ssl", "SSLSession") }
+}
+
class HostnameVerifier extends RefType {
HostnameVerifier() { hasQualifiedName("javax.net.ssl", "HostnameVerifier") }
}
+/** The `verify` method of the class `javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier`. */
class HostnameVerifierVerify extends Method {
HostnameVerifierVerify() {
- hasName("verify") and getDeclaringType().getASupertype*() instanceof HostnameVerifier
+ hasName("verify") and
+ getDeclaringType().getASupertype*() instanceof HostnameVerifier and
+ getParameterType(0) instanceof TypeString and
+ getParameterType(1) instanceof SSLSession
}
}
@@ -74,6 +83,14 @@ class SetHostnameVerifierMethod extends Method {
}
}
+/** The `setDefaultHostnameVerifier` method of the class `javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection`. */
+class SetDefaultHostnameVerifierMethod extends Method {
+ SetDefaultHostnameVerifierMethod() {
+ hasName("setDefaultHostnameVerifier") and
+ getDeclaringType().getASupertype*() instanceof HttpsURLConnection
+ }
+}
+
bindingset[algorithmString]
private string algorithmRegex(string algorithmString) {
// Algorithms usually appear in names surrounded by characters that are not
diff --git a/java/ql/test/experimental/query-tests/security/CWE-273/UnsafeCertTrust.expected b/java/ql/test/experimental/query-tests/security/CWE-273/UnsafeCertTrust.expected
index c0ea40f9bdb0..5d2da21289e5 100644
--- a/java/ql/test/experimental/query-tests/security/CWE-273/UnsafeCertTrust.expected
+++ b/java/ql/test/experimental/query-tests/security/CWE-273/UnsafeCertTrust.expected
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
| UnsafeCertTrustTest.java:27:4:27:74 | init(...) | Unsafe configuration of trusted certificates |
| UnsafeCertTrustTest.java:42:4:42:38 | init(...) | Unsafe configuration of trusted certificates |
-| UnsafeCertTrustTest.java:55:3:60:4 | setDefaultHostnameVerifier(...) | Unsafe configuration of trusted certificates |
-| UnsafeCertTrustTest.java:73:3:73:57 | setDefaultHostnameVerifier(...) | Unsafe configuration of trusted certificates |
-| UnsafeCertTrustTest.java:124:25:124:52 | createSSLEngine(...) | Unsafe configuration of trusted certificates |
-| UnsafeCertTrustTest.java:135:25:135:52 | createSSLEngine(...) | Unsafe configuration of trusted certificates |
-| UnsafeCertTrustTest.java:144:34:144:83 | createSocket(...) | Unsafe configuration of trusted certificates |
+| UnsafeCertTrustTest.java:92:25:92:52 | createSSLEngine(...) | Unsafe configuration of trusted certificates |
+| UnsafeCertTrustTest.java:103:25:103:52 | createSSLEngine(...) | Unsafe configuration of trusted certificates |
+| UnsafeCertTrustTest.java:112:34:112:83 | createSocket(...) | Unsafe configuration of trusted certificates |
diff --git a/java/ql/test/experimental/query-tests/security/CWE-273/UnsafeCertTrustTest.java b/java/ql/test/experimental/query-tests/security/CWE-273/UnsafeCertTrustTest.java
index ff62035fd333..a45727a74064 100644
--- a/java/ql/test/experimental/query-tests/security/CWE-273/UnsafeCertTrustTest.java
+++ b/java/ql/test/experimental/query-tests/security/CWE-273/UnsafeCertTrustTest.java
@@ -48,31 +48,6 @@ public SSLSocketFactory testTrustAllCertManagerOfVariable() {
}
}
- /**
- * Test the implementation of trusting all hostnames as an anonymous class
- */
- public void testTrustAllHostnameOfAnonymousClass() {
- HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(new HostnameVerifier() {
- @Override
- public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
- return true; // Noncompliant
- }
- });
- }
-
- /**
- * Test the implementation of trusting all hostnames as a variable
- */
- public void testTrustAllHostnameOfVariable() {
- HostnameVerifier verifier = new HostnameVerifier() {
- @Override
- public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
- return true; // Noncompliant
- }
- };
- HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(verifier);
- }
-
private static final X509TrustManager TRUST_ALL_CERTIFICATES = new X509TrustManager() {
@Override
public void checkClientTrusted(final X509Certificate[] chain, final String authType)
@@ -109,13 +84,6 @@ public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
}
};
- public static final HostnameVerifier ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER = new HostnameVerifier() {
- @Override
- public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
- return true; // Noncompliant
- }
- };
-
/**
* Test the endpoint identification of SSL engine is set to null
*/
diff --git a/java/ql/test/query-tests/security/CWE-297/UnsafeHostnameVerification.expected b/java/ql/test/query-tests/security/CWE-297/UnsafeHostnameVerification.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..acb9f1eabe0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test/query-tests/security/CWE-297/UnsafeHostnameVerification.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+edges
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:66:37:80:9 | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:81:55:81:62 | verifier |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:88:37:93:9 | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:94:55:94:62 | verifier |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:97:72:102:5 | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:34:59:34:85 | ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER |
+nodes
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:14:55:19:9 | new (...) | semmle.label | new (...) |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:26:55:26:71 | ...->... | semmle.label | ...->... |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:34:59:34:85 | ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER | semmle.label | ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:47:55:47:71 | ...->... | semmle.label | ...->... |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:59:59:59:85 | ...->... | semmle.label | ...->... |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:66:37:80:9 | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | semmle.label | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:81:55:81:62 | verifier | semmle.label | verifier |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:88:37:93:9 | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | semmle.label | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:94:55:94:62 | verifier | semmle.label | verifier |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:97:72:102:5 | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | semmle.label | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } |
+#select
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:14:55:19:9 | new (...) | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:14:55:19:9 | new (...) | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:14:55:19:9 | new (...) | $@ that is defined $@ and accepts any certificate as valid, is used here. | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:14:55:19:9 | new (...) | This hostname verifier | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:14:59:14:74 | new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | here |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:26:55:26:71 | ...->... | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:26:55:26:71 | ...->... | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:26:55:26:71 | ...->... | $@ that is defined $@ and accepts any certificate as valid, is used here. | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:26:55:26:71 | ...->... | This hostname verifier | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:26:55:26:71 | new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | here |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:47:55:47:71 | ...->... | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:47:55:47:71 | ...->... | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:47:55:47:71 | ...->... | $@ that is defined $@ and accepts any certificate as valid, is used here. | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:47:55:47:71 | ...->... | This hostname verifier | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:47:55:47:71 | new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | here |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:81:55:81:62 | verifier | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:66:37:80:9 | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:81:55:81:62 | verifier | $@ that is defined $@ and accepts any certificate as valid, is used here. | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:66:37:80:9 | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | This hostname verifier | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:66:41:66:56 | new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | here |
+| UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:94:55:94:62 | verifier | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:88:37:93:9 | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:94:55:94:62 | verifier | $@ that is defined $@ and accepts any certificate as valid, is used here. | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:88:37:93:9 | new (...) : new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | This hostname verifier | UnsafeHostnameVerification.java:88:41:88:56 | new HostnameVerifier(...) { ... } | here |
diff --git a/java/ql/test/query-tests/security/CWE-297/UnsafeHostnameVerification.java b/java/ql/test/query-tests/security/CWE-297/UnsafeHostnameVerification.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..005271998ba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test/query-tests/security/CWE-297/UnsafeHostnameVerification.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
+import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
+import java.security.cert.Certificate;
+
+public class UnsafeHostnameVerification {
+
+ private static final boolean DISABLE_VERIFICATION = true;
+
+ /**
+ * Test the implementation of trusting all hostnames as an anonymous class
+ */
+ public void testTrustAllHostnameOfAnonymousClass() {
+ HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(new HostnameVerifier() {
+ @Override
+ public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
+ return true; // BAD, always returns true
+ }
+ });
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Test the implementation of trusting all hostnames as a lambda.
+ */
+ public void testTrustAllHostnameLambda() {
+ HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier((name, s) -> true); // BAD, always returns true
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Test an all-trusting hostname verifier that is guarded by a flag
+ */
+ public void testGuardedByFlagTrustAllHostname() {
+ if (DISABLE_VERIFICATION) {
+ HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER); // GOOD: The all-trusting
+ // hostname verifier is guarded
+ // by a feature flag
+ }
+ }
+
+ public void testGuardedByFlagAccrossCalls() {
+ if (DISABLE_VERIFICATION) {
+ functionThatActuallyDisablesVerification();
+ }
+ }
+
+ private void functionThatActuallyDisablesVerification() {
+ HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier((name, s) -> true); // GOOD [but detected as BAD], because we only
+ // check guards inside a function
+ // and not accross function calls. This is considerer GOOD because the call to
+ // `functionThatActuallyDisablesVerification` is guarded by a feature flag in
+ // `testGuardedByFlagAccrossCalls`.
+ // Although this is not ideal as another function could directly call
+ // `functionThatActuallyDisablesVerification` WITHOUT checking the feature flag.
+ }
+
+ public void testTrustAllHostnameDependingOnDerivedValue() {
+ String enabled = System.getProperty("disableHostnameVerification");
+ if (Boolean.parseBoolean(enabled)) {
+ HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier((hostname, session) -> true); // GOOD, because it depends on a
+ // feature
+ // flag.
+ }
+ }
+
+ public void testTrustAllHostnameWithExceptions() {
+ HostnameVerifier verifier = new HostnameVerifier() {
+ @Override
+ public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
+ verify(hostname, session.getPeerCertificates());
+ return true; // GOOD [but detected as BAD]. The verification of the certificate is done in
+ // another method and
+ // in the case of a mismatch, an `Exception` is thrown so the `return true`
+ // statement never gets executed.
+ }
+
+ // Black-box method that properly verifies the certificate but throws an
+ // `Exception` in the case of a mismatch.
+ private void verify(String hostname, Certificate[] certs) {
+ }
+ };
+ HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(verifier);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Test the implementation of trusting all hostnames as a variable
+ */
+ public void testTrustAllHostnameOfVariable() {
+ HostnameVerifier verifier = new HostnameVerifier() {
+ @Override
+ public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
+ return true; // BAD, always returns true
+ }
+ };
+ HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(verifier);
+ }
+
+ public static final HostnameVerifier ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER = new HostnameVerifier() {
+ @Override
+ public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
+ return true; // BAD, always returns true
+ }
+ };
+}
diff --git a/java/ql/test/query-tests/security/CWE-297/UnsafeHostnameVerification.qlref b/java/ql/test/query-tests/security/CWE-297/UnsafeHostnameVerification.qlref
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e449e119d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test/query-tests/security/CWE-297/UnsafeHostnameVerification.qlref
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Security/CWE/CWE-297/UnsafeHostnameVerification.ql