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An analyzer is a +[dedicated project](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers) +that wraps a particular tool to: + +- Expose its detection logic. +- Handle its execution. +- Convert its output to the common format. + +This is achieved by implementing the [common API](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/common). + +SAST supports the following official analyzers: + +- [`bandit`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/bandit) (Bandit) +- [`brakeman`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/brakeman) (Brakeman) +- [`eslint`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/eslint) (ESLint (Javascript)) +- [`flawfinder`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/flawfinder) (Flawfinder) +- [`gosec`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gosec) (Gosec) +- [`nodejs-scan`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/nodejs-scan) (NodeJsScan) +- [`phpcs-security-audit`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/phpcs-security-audit) (PHP CS security-audit) +- [`pmd-apex`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/pmd-apex) (PMD (Apex only)) +- [`secrets`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/secrets) (Secrets (Gitleaks, TruffleHog & Diffence secret detectors)) +- [`security-code-scan`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/security-code-scan) (Security Code Scan (.NET)) +- [`sobelow`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/sobelow) (Sobelow (Elixir Phoenix)) +- [`spotbugs`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/spotbugs) (SpotBugs with the Find Sec Bugs plugin (Ant, Gradle and wrapper, Grails, Maven and wrapper, SBT)) +- [`tslint`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/tslint) (TSLint (Typescript)) + +The analyzers are published as Docker images that SAST will use to launch +dedicated containers for each analysis. + +SAST is pre-configured with a set of **default images** that are maintained by +GitLab, but users can also integrate their own **custom images**. + +## Official default analyzers + +Any custom change to the official analyzers can be achieved by using an +[environment variable in your `.gitlab-ci.yml`](index.md#customizing-the-sast-settings). + +### Using a custom Docker mirror + +You can switch to a custom Docker registry that provides the official analyzer +images under a different prefix. For instance, the following instructs +SAST to pull `my-docker-registry/gl-images/bandit` +instead of `registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/bandit`. +In `.gitlab-ci.yml` define: + +```yaml +include: + template: SAST.gitlab-ci.yml + +variables: + SAST_ANALYZER_IMAGE_PREFIX: my-docker-registry/gl-images +``` + +This configuration requires that your custom registry provides images for all +the official analyzers. + +### Selecting specific analyzers + +You can select the official analyzers you want to run. Here's how to enable +`bandit` and `flawfinder` while disabling all the other default ones. +In `.gitlab-ci.yml` define: + +```yaml +include: + template: SAST.gitlab-ci.yml + +variables: + SAST_DEFAULT_ANALYZERS: "bandit,flawfinder" +``` + +`bandit` runs first. When merging the reports, SAST will +remove the duplicates and will keep the `bandit` entries. + +### Disabling default analyzers + +Setting `SAST_DEFAULT_ANALYZERS` to an empty string will disable all the official +default analyzers. In `.gitlab-ci.yml` define: + +```yaml +include: + template: SAST.gitlab-ci.yml + +variables: + SAST_DEFAULT_ANALYZERS: "" +``` + +That's needed when one totally relies on [custom analyzers](#custom-analyzers). + +## Custom Analyzers + +You can provide your own analyzers as a comma separated list of Docker images. +Here's how to add `analyzers/csharp` and `analyzers/perl` to the default images: +In `.gitlab-ci.yml` define: + +```yaml +include: + template: SAST.gitlab-ci.yml + +variables: + SAST_ANALYZER_IMAGES: "my-docker-registry/analyzers/csharp,amy-docker-registry/analyzers/perl" +``` + +The values must be the full path to the container registry images, +like what you would feed to the `docker pull` command. + +NOTE: **Note:** +This configuration doesn't benefit from the integrated detection step. +SAST has to fetch and spawn each Docker image to establish whether the +custom analyzer can scan the source code. + +## Analyzers Data + +| Property \ Tool | Apex | Bandit | Brakeman | ESLint security | Find Sec Bugs | Flawfinder | Go AST Scanner | NodeJsScan | Php CS Security Audit | Security code Scan (.NET) | TSLint Security | Sobelow | +| --------------------------------------- | :------------------: | :------------------: | :------------------: | :------------------: | :------------------: | :------------------: | :------------------: | :------------------: | :---------------------: | :-------------------------: | :-------------: | :----------------: | +| Severity | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | ✓ | 𐄂 | ✓ | 𐄂 | ✓ | 𐄂 | ✓ | 𐄂 | +| Title | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | +| Description | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | ✓ | ✓ | +| File | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | +| Start line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | +| End line | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | ✓ | 𐄂 | +| Start column | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | +| End column | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | ✓ | 𐄂 | +| External id (e.g. CVE) | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | ⚠ | 𐄂 | ⚠ | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | +| URLs | ✓ | 𐄂 | ✓ | 𐄂 | ⚠ | 𐄂 | ⚠ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | +| Internal doc/explanation | ✓ | ⚠ | ✓ | 𐄂 | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | ✓ | +| Solution | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | ⚠ | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | +| Confidence | 𐄂 | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | ✓ | +| Affected item (e.g. class or package) | ✓ | 𐄂 | ✓ | 𐄂 | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | +| Source code extract | 𐄂 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | 𐄂 | +| Internal ID | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 𐄂 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | + +- ✓ => we have that data +- ⚠ => we have that data but it's partially reliable, or we need to extract it from unstructured content +- 𐄂 => we don't have that data or it would need to develop specific or inefficient/unreliable logic to obtain it. + +The values provided by these tools are heterogeneous so they are sometimes +normalized into common values (e.g., `severity`, `confidence`, etc). |