One approach for fixing the false positive identified in #325.

rules/sql.go

@@ -110,6 +110,26 @@ type sqlStrFormat struct {
 	noIssueQuoted gosec.CallList
 }
 
+// see if we can figure out what it is
+func (s *sqlStrFormat) constObject(e ast.Expr, c *gosec.Context) bool {
+	n, ok := e.(*ast.Ident)
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if n.Obj != nil {
+		return n.Obj.Kind == ast.Con
+	}
+
+	// Try to resolve unresolved identifiers using other files in same package
+	for _, file := range c.PkgFiles {
+		if node, ok := file.Scope.Objects[n.String()]; ok {
+			return node.Kind == ast.Con
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // Looks for "fmt.Sprintf("SELECT * FROM foo where '%s', userInput)"
 func (s *sqlStrFormat) Match(n ast.Node, c *gosec.Context) (*gosec.Issue, error) {
 
@@ -153,16 +173,16 @@ func (s *sqlStrFormat) Match(n ast.Node, c *gosec.Context) (*gosec.Issue, error)
 			return nil, nil
 		}
 
-		// If all formatter args are quoted, then the SQL construction is safe
+		// If all formatter args are quoted or constant, then the SQL construction is safe
 		if argIndex+1 < len(node.Args) {
-			allQuoted := true
+			allSafe := true
 			for _, arg := range node.Args[argIndex+1:] {
-				if n := s.noIssueQuoted.ContainsCallExpr(arg, c, true); n == nil {
+				if n := s.noIssueQuoted.ContainsCallExpr(arg, c, true); n == nil && !s.constObject(arg, c) {
-					allQuoted = false
+					allSafe = false
 					break
 				}
 			}
-			if allQuoted {
+			if allSafe {
 				return nil, nil
 			}
 		}

testutils/source.go

@@ -437,6 +437,26 @@ func main(){
 	}
 	defer rows.Close()
 }`}, 0}, {[]string{`
+// false positive
+package main
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+const Table = "foo"
+func main(){
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	q := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT * FROM %s where id = 1", Table)
+	rows, err := db.Query(q)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+}`}, 0}, {[]string{`
 package main
 import (
 	"fmt"