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The following issues were found:
  • ❌ 1 vulnerable package(s)
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src/webapp01/webapp01.csproj

NameVersionVulnerabilitySeverity
Newtonsoft.Json12.0.2Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Newtonsoft.Jsonhigh
Only included vulnerabilities with severity moderate or higher.

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nuget/Newtonsoft.Json 12.0.2 🟢 5
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Code-Review🟢 3Found 10/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3
Maintained🟢 54 commit(s) and 2 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 5
Dangerous-Workflow🟢 10no dangerous workflow patterns detected
Token-Permissions🟢 9detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
Packaging⚠️ -1packaging workflow not detected
CII-Best-Practices⚠️ 0no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
Security-Policy⚠️ 0security policy file not detected
Vulnerabilities🟢 100 existing vulnerabilities detected
License🟢 10license file detected
Fuzzing⚠️ 0project is not fuzzed
Binary-Artifacts🟢 10no binaries found in the repo
Pinned-Dependencies⚠️ 0dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
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SAST🟢 7SAST tool detected but not run on all commits

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  • src/webapp01/webapp01.csproj

Comment on lines +76 to +80
catch (Exception ex)
{
result = $"An error occurred during regex matching: {ex.Message}";
_logger.LogError(ex, result);
}

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Generic catch clause.

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To fix the issue, replace the generic catch (Exception ex) block with specific exception types that are relevant to the Regex.IsMatch operation. For example:

  • ArgumentException can be caught to handle invalid regex patterns.
  • Any other exceptions that are critical or unexpected should not be caught here and should propagate to higher levels.

This ensures that only anticipated errors are handled, while critical exceptions are not suppressed.


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src/webapp01/Pages/DevSecOps.cshtml.cs

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Run the following command in your local git repository to apply this patch
cat << 'EOF' | git apply
diff --git a/src/webapp01/Pages/DevSecOps.cshtml.cs b/src/webapp01/Pages/DevSecOps.cshtml.cs
--- a/src/webapp01/Pages/DevSecOps.cshtml.cs
+++ b/src/webapp01/Pages/DevSecOps.cshtml.cs
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@
             }
-            catch (Exception ex)
+            catch (ArgumentException ex)
             {
-                result = $"An error occurred during regex matching: {ex.Message}";
+                result = $"An invalid regex pattern was provided: {ex.Message}";
                 _logger.LogError(ex, result);
EOF
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@
}
catch (Exception ex)
catch (ArgumentException ex)
{
result = $"An error occurred during regex matching: {ex.Message}";
result = $"An invalid regex pattern was provided: {ex.Message}";
_logger.LogError(ex, result);
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Pull Request Overview

This PR introduces a DevSecOps demo page to showcase insecure code patterns for educational purposes while adding a new dependency.

  • Adds Newtonsoft.Json to the project file.
  • Updates the homepage to link to the new DevSecOps demo page.
  • Implements a new demo page with backend logic demonstrating insecure logging and a vulnerable regex pattern.

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Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File Description
src/webapp01/webapp01.csproj Added a reference to Newtonsoft.Json to support JSON operations.
src/webapp01/Pages/Index.cshtml Updated the homepage to include a link to the new DevSecOps demo page.
src/webapp01/Pages/DevSecOps.cshtml.cs New backend implementation demonstrating insecure logging and regex vulnerability patterns.
src/webapp01/Pages/DevSecOps.cshtml New frontend view for the DevSecOps demo page.
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src/webapp01/webapp01.csproj:16

  • [nitpick] Both Newtonsoft.Json and System.Text.Json are referenced; consider verifying if both libraries are necessary or if consolidating to one could simplify JSON handling.
    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="12.0.2" />

// Insecure Log Forging: UserInput is directly logged.
// A malicious user could inject newline characters and fake log entries.
// Example: userInput = "test%0AINFO:+User+logged+out"
_logger.LogInformation("User input from query: " + UserInput);
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This direct concatenation of user input is intentionally insecure for demonstration of log forging; consider adding a clearer comment or a TODO indicating that this should never be used in production.

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_logger.LogInformation("User input from query: " + UserInput);
_logger.LogInformation("User input from query: {UserInput}", UserInput);

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// The pattern (a+)+$ is an example of an "evil regex".
// With inputs like "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" (many 'a's followed by '!')
// it can cause catastrophic backtracking, leading to high CPU usage and denial of service.
// GHAS Code Scanning can often detect such vulnerable regex patterns.
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Since the regex pattern is known to be vulnerable to ReDoS, add a comment or a TODO note clarifying that this insecure regex is for demonstration purposes only.

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// GHAS Code Scanning can often detect such vulnerable regex patterns.
// GHAS Code Scanning can often detect such vulnerable regex patterns.
// TODO: This regex pattern is insecure and vulnerable to ReDoS attacks.
// It is used here for demonstration purposes only and should not be used in production.

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