Allow excluding generated files

README.md

@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ gosec will ignore test files across all packages and any dependencies in your ve
 The scanning of test files can be enabled with the following flag:
 
 ```bash
-
 gosec -tests ./...
 ```
 
@@ -246,6 +245,19 @@ Also additional folders can be excluded as follows:
  gosec -exclude-dir=rules -exclude-dir=cmd ./...
 ```
 
+### Excluding generated files
+
+gosec can ignore generated go files with default generated code comment.
+
+```
+// Code generated by some generator DO NOT EDIT.
+```
+
+```bash
+gosec -exclude-generated ./...
+```
+
+
 ### Annotating code
 
 As with all automated detection tools, there will be cases of false positives. In cases where gosec reports a failure that has been manually verified as being safe,

analyzer.go

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ const LoadMode = packages.NeedName |
 	packages.NeedTypesInfo |
 	packages.NeedSyntax
 
+var generatedCodePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^// Code generated .* DO NOT EDIT\.$`)
+
 // The Context is populated with data parsed from the source code as it is scanned.
 // It is passed through to all rule functions as they are called. Rules may use
 // this data in conjunction withe the encountered AST node.
@@ -79,10 +81,11 @@ type Analyzer struct {
 	stats            *Metrics
 	errors           map[string][]Error // keys are file paths; values are the golang errors in those files
 	tests            bool
+	excludeGenerated bool
 }
 
 // NewAnalyzer builds a new analyzer.
-func NewAnalyzer(conf Config, tests bool, logger *log.Logger) *Analyzer {
+func NewAnalyzer(conf Config, tests bool, excludeGenerated bool, logger *log.Logger) *Analyzer {
 	ignoreNoSec := false
 	if enabled, err := conf.IsGlobalEnabled(Nosec); err == nil {
 		ignoreNoSec = enabled
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@ func NewAnalyzer(conf Config, tests bool, logger *log.Logger) *Analyzer {
 		stats:            &Metrics{},
 		errors:           make(map[string][]Error),
 		tests:            tests,
+		excludeGenerated: excludeGenerated,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -202,6 +206,11 @@ func (gosec *Analyzer) Check(pkg *packages.Package) {
 		if filepath.Ext(checkedFile) != ".go" {
 			continue
 		}
+		if gosec.excludeGenerated && isGeneratedFile(file) {
+			gosec.logger.Println("Ignoring generated file:", checkedFile)
+			continue
+		}
+
 		gosec.logger.Println("Checking file:", checkedFile)
 		gosec.context.FileSet = pkg.Fset
 		gosec.context.Config = gosec.config
@@ -219,6 +228,17 @@ func (gosec *Analyzer) Check(pkg *packages.Package) {
 	}
 }
 
+func isGeneratedFile(file *ast.File) bool {
+	for _, comment := range file.Comments {
+		for _, row := range comment.List {
+			if generatedCodePattern.MatchString(row.Text) {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // ParseErrors parses the errors from given package
 func (gosec *Analyzer) ParseErrors(pkg *packages.Package) error {
 	if len(pkg.Errors) == 0 {

analyzer_test.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Analyzer", func() {
 	)
 	BeforeEach(func() {
 		logger, _ = testutils.NewLogger()
-		analyzer = gosec.NewAnalyzer(nil, tests, logger)
+		analyzer = gosec.NewAnalyzer(nil, tests, false, logger)
 	})
 
 	Context("when processing a package", func() {
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Analyzer", func() {
 			// overwrite nosec option
 			nosecIgnoreConfig := gosec.NewConfig()
 			nosecIgnoreConfig.SetGlobal(gosec.Nosec, "true")
-			customAnalyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(nosecIgnoreConfig, tests, logger)
+			customAnalyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(nosecIgnoreConfig, tests, false, logger)
 			customAnalyzer.LoadRules(rules.Generate(rules.NewRuleFilter(false, "G401")).Builders())
 
 			nosecPackage := testutils.NewTestPackage()
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Analyzer", func() {
 			// overwrite nosec option
 			nosecIgnoreConfig := gosec.NewConfig()
 			nosecIgnoreConfig.SetGlobal(gosec.NoSecAlternative, "#falsePositive")
-			customAnalyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(nosecIgnoreConfig, tests, logger)
+			customAnalyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(nosecIgnoreConfig, tests, false, logger)
 			customAnalyzer.LoadRules(rules.Generate(rules.NewRuleFilter(false, "G401")).Builders())
 
 			nosecPackage := testutils.NewTestPackage()
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Analyzer", func() {
 			// overwrite nosec option
 			nosecIgnoreConfig := gosec.NewConfig()
 			nosecIgnoreConfig.SetGlobal(gosec.NoSecAlternative, "#falsePositive")
-			customAnalyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(nosecIgnoreConfig, tests, logger)
+			customAnalyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(nosecIgnoreConfig, tests, false, logger)
 			customAnalyzer.LoadRules(rules.Generate(rules.NewRuleFilter(false, "G401")).Builders())
 
 			nosecPackage := testutils.NewTestPackage()
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Analyzer", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("should be able to analyze Go test package", func() {
-			customAnalyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(nil, true, logger)
+			customAnalyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(nil, true, false, logger)
 			customAnalyzer.LoadRules(rules.Generate().Builders())
 			pkg := testutils.NewTestPackage()
 			defer pkg.Close()
@@ -332,6 +332,48 @@ var _ = Describe("Analyzer", func() {
 			issues, _, _ := customAnalyzer.Report()
 			Expect(issues).Should(HaveLen(1))
 		})
+		It("should be able to scan generated files if NOT excluded", func() {
+			customAnalyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(nil, true, false, logger)
+			customAnalyzer.LoadRules(rules.Generate().Builders())
+			pkg := testutils.NewTestPackage()
+			defer pkg.Close()
+			pkg.AddFile("foo.go", `
+				package foo
+				// Code generated some-generator DO NOT EDIT.
+				func test() error {
+				  return nil
+				}
+				func TestFoo(t *testing.T){
+					test()
+				}`)
+			err := pkg.Build()
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+			err = customAnalyzer.Process(buildTags, pkg.Path)
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+			issues, _, _ := customAnalyzer.Report()
+			Expect(issues).Should(HaveLen(1))
+		})
+		It("should be able to skip generated files if excluded", func() {
+			customAnalyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(nil, true, true, logger)
+			customAnalyzer.LoadRules(rules.Generate().Builders())
+			pkg := testutils.NewTestPackage()
+			defer pkg.Close()
+			pkg.AddFile("foo.go", `
+				package foo
+				// Code generated some-generator DO NOT EDIT.
+				func test() error {
+				  return nil
+				}
+				func TestFoo(t *testing.T){
+					test()
+				}`)
+			err := pkg.Build()
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+			err = customAnalyzer.Process(buildTags, pkg.Path)
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+			issues, _, _ := customAnalyzer.Report()
+			Expect(issues).Should(HaveLen(0))
+		})
 	})
 	It("should be able to analyze Cgo files", func() {
 		analyzer.LoadRules(rules.Generate().Builders())

cmd/gosec/main.go

@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ var (
 	// rules to explicitly exclude
 	flagRulesExclude = flag.String("exclude", "", "Comma separated list of rules IDs to exclude. (see rule list)")
 
+	// rules to explicitly exclude
+	flagExcludeGenerated = flag.Bool("exclude-generated", false, "Exclude generated files")
+
 	// log to file or stderr
 	flagLogfile = flag.String("log", "", "Log messages to file rather than stderr")
 
@@ -335,7 +338,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// Create the analyzer
-	analyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(config, *flagScanTests, logger)
+	analyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(config, *flagScanTests, *flagExcludeGenerated, logger)
 	analyzer.LoadRules(ruleDefinitions.Builders())
 
 	excludedDirs := gosec.ExcludedDirsRegExp(flagDirsExclude)

rules/rules_test.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var _ = Describe("gosec rules", func() {
 	BeforeEach(func() {
 		logger, _ = testutils.NewLogger()
 		config = gosec.NewConfig()
-		analyzer = gosec.NewAnalyzer(config, tests, logger)
+		analyzer = gosec.NewAnalyzer(config, tests, false, logger)
 		runner = func(rule string, samples []testutils.CodeSample) {
 			for n, sample := range samples {
 				analyzer.Reset()