API Security Language and Framework Support

This section provides relevant information about the current support for API security queries in Java.

Language	Framework	Framework Support Details	Details Needed
Java	Spring and all Spring-related frameworks	RequestMapping annotation Get/Post/Put/Delete/PatchMapping annotations.	Each method with this annotation, including the method info, method annotations, and annotations parameter values If the class of the method has this annotation, we need its parameter value, too, as it's the prefix

There are nine queries for Java support in SAST. The table below shows the framework with the query, query name, brief description, category in SAST, and the JSON result generated.

Framework	Query Name	Description	Category
Spring and all Spring-related frameworks	Java_WebApi_GetApiList	This is the main query and returns the list of endpoint information.	Executable
	Java_WebApi_MethodsWithAnnotation	Retrieves all the endpoints with API annotations.	General
	Java_WebApi_MethodsNoAnnotation	Retrieves all the endpoints without API annotations but with a defined route template.	General
	Java_WebApi_Create_Comment	Collects details for every endpoint and provides this information, including the URL, HTTP method, method name, method line, method row, response type, and request type.	General
	Java_WebApi_RetrieveURLAndMethodInfo	Retrieves the method's route path, name, location, and request type (GET, POST, PUT or DELETE).	General
	Java_WebApi_RetrieveResponseType	Retrieves method details related to response type, structure, and HTTP status code.	General
	Java_WebApi_RetrieveRequestInfo	Retrieves method parameters, their name, data type, data structure, and source code location (line and file name), and determines if they serve as framework arguments.	General
	Java_WebApi_GetType	Retrieves parameter type and its type structure, particularly when dealing with custom classes.	General
	Java_WebApi_ExtractProperties	Retrieves the fields of an unknown class.	General

This section aims to detail the limitations of the supported frameworks.

Spring

We only include the path parameter in the RequestMappingInfo object if it is a string literal. In situations where where it is an array initializer or a binary expression, it returns an empty string. When searching the method, we only rely on the method name since there is no available information about the controller, only the handler. This approach may lead to incorrect results if two methods have identical names. See example:

RequestMappingInfo info = RequestMappingInfo
                .paths("/user/{id}").methods(RequestMethod.GET).build(); 
Method method = UserHandler.class.getMethod("getUser", Long.class); 
mapping.registerMapping(info, handler, method);

This section provides relevant information about the current support for API security queries in the C# language.

Language	Framework	Framework Support Details	Details Needed
CSharp	Web API / MVC	RequestMapping annotation HttpGet/HttpPost/HttpPut/HttpDelete/RoutePrefix/Route annotations Convention-based Routing (e.g., `Routes.MapHttpRoute`) `NonAction` attribute Attribute Routing (optional parameters and route prefix)	Each method with this annotation, including the method info, method annotations, and annotations parameter values If the class of the method has this annotation, we need its parameter value, too, as it's the prefix

There are ten queries for C# support in SAST. The table below provides a brief overview of them.

Framework	Query Name	Description	Category
Web API / MVC	CSharp_WebApi_GetApiList	This is the main query and returns the list of endpoint information.	Executable
	CSharp_WebApi_MethodAnnotation	Retrieves all the endpoints with API annotations.	General
	CSharp_WebApi_MethodNoAnnotation	Retrieves all the endpoints without API annotations but with a defined route template.	General
	CSharp_WebApi_Check_RouteTemplate	Retrieves the method’s parameters that are passed in a route template
	CSharp_WebApi_Create_Comment	Collects details for every endpoint and provides this information, including the URL, HTTP method, method name, method line, method row, response type, and request type.	General
	CSharp_WebApi_RetrieveUrlHttpMethod	Retrieves the method's route path, name, location, and request type (GET, POST, PUT or DELETE).	General
	CSharp_WebApi_RetrieveResponseType	Retrieves method details related to response type, structure, and HTTP status code.	General
	CSharp_WebApi_RetrieveRequestInfo	Retrieves method parameters, their name, data type, data structure, and source code location (line and file name), and determines if they serve as framework arguments.	General
	CSharp_WebApi_GetType	Retrieves parameter type and its type structure, particularly when dealing with custom classes.	General
	CSharp_WebApi_ExtractProperties	Retrieves the fields of an unknown class.	General

This section aims to detail the limitations of the supported frameworks.

Web API

At this time, to avoid excessive query performance overhead, if we encounter a class that invokes another class with fields and so forth, we will only fetch the fields during the initial iteration. As an example, see below:

public async Task<ActionResult<int>> Create([FromBody] CreateProductCommand command)
public class CreateProductCommand : IRequest<int>
{
    public string ProductName { get; set; }
    public Category ProductCategory { get; set; }
}
public class Category
{
    public string CategoryName { get; set; }
}

JSON Result

"requestInfo" : [{
 "ParamName" : "command", 
"ParamType" : "CreateProductCommand", 
  "typeStructure" : { 
    "ProductName" : "string", 
    "ProductCategory" : Category" 
  },
"ParamLocation" : "bodyParam"
}]

This section provides relevant information about the current support for API security queries in the Python language.

Language	Framework	Framework Support Details	Details Needed
Python	Django	urlpatterns sequence variable in the URLconf module (this contains django.urls.path and/or django.urls.re_path instances) Path converters Registering custom path converters Regular expressions in paths and converters @require_http_methods() decoration	Each call to path/re_path and parameters
Flask	@app.route("/url") decoration @get/post/put/patch/delete("/url") shortcut decorations app.add_url_rule("/url", my_handler) Blueprint Werkzeug routing Custom decorators	The decoration and its parameter values. The call parameters

Language

Framework

Framework Support Details

Details Needed

Python

Django

urlpatterns sequence variable in the URLconf module (this contains django.urls.path and/or django.urls.re_path instances)
Path converters
Registering custom path converters
Regular expressions in paths and converters
@require_http_methods() decoration

Each call to path/re_path and parameters

Flask

@app.route("/url") decoration
@get/post/put/patch/delete("/url") shortcut decorations
app.add_url_rule("/url", my_handler)
Blueprint
Werkzeug routing
Custom decorators

The decoration and its parameter values.

The call parameters

There are 12 queries to support Python in SAST. The table below provides a brief overview of them.

Framework	Query Name	Description	Category
Django	Python_Django_WebApi_GetApiList	This is the main query and returns the list of endpoint information.	Executable
	Python_WebApi_Django	Retrieves all the endpoints in Django.	General
	Python_WebApi_Django_CreateComment	Collects details for every endpoint and provides this information, including the URL, HTTP method, method name, method line, method row, response type, and request type.	General
	Python_WebApi_Django_RetrieveURLAndMethodInfo	Retrieves the method's route path, name, location, and request type (GET, POST, PUT or DELETE).	General
	Python_WebApi_Django_RetrieveResponseType	Retrieves method details related to response type, structure, and HTTP status code.	General
	Python_WebApi_Django_RetrieveRequestInfo	Retrieves method parameters, their name, data type, data structure, and source code location (line and file name), and determines if they serve as framework arguments.	General
Flask	Python_Flask_WebApi_GetApiList	This is the main query and returns the list of endpoint information.	Executable
	Python_WebApi_Flask	Retrieves all the endpoints in Flask.	General
	Python_WebApi_Flask_CreateComment	Collects details for every endpoint and provides this information, including the URL, HTTP method, method name, method line, method row, response type, and request type.	General
	Python_WebApi_Flask_RetrieveRequestInfo	Retrieves method parameters, their name, data type, data structure, and source code location (line and file name), and determines if they serve as framework arguments.	General
	Python_WebApi_Flask_RetrieveResponseType	Retrieves method details related to response type, structure, and HTTP status code.	General
	Python_WebApi_Flask_RetrieveURLAndMethodInfo	Retrieves the method's route path, name, location, and request type (GET, POST, PUT or DELETE).	General

This section aims to detail the limitations of supported frameworks.

Django

Django only considers specific imports, which are from django.contrib import admin and from rest_framework import routers.
Currently, we don’t support Generics with their own Generics for the method's response type. Therefore, in these cases, the response type is empty, for instance, "type": "". See below example:

@app.route('/signup/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def signup(arr: List[Union[int, float]]) -> List[Union[int, float]:

This page provides relevant information about the current support for API security queries in the JavaScript language.

Language	Framework	Framework Support Details	Details Needed
JavaScript	Express	app.all() app.route() Route Paths, such as String Patterns, Regular Expressions, and Array. Route Handlers express.Router() app.get/post/put/delete()	The call and parameters

Six queries support Express in SAST. The table below provides a brief overview of them.

Framework	Query Name	Description	Category
Express	NodeJS_Express_WebApi_GetApiList	This is the main query and returns the list of endpoint information.	Executable
	NodeJS_WebApi_Express	Returns all the endpoints and their url (e.g., “url“: “api/Home“).	General
	NodeJS_WebApi_Express_CreateComment	Collects details for every endpoint and provides this information, including the URL, HTTP method, method name, method line, method row, response type, and request type.	General
	NodeJS_WebApi_Express_RetrieveURLandMethodInfo	Retrieves the method's route path, name, location, and request type (GET, POST, PUT or DELETE).	General
	NodeJS_WebApi_Express_RetrieveResponseType	Retrieves method details related to response type, structure, and HTTP status code.	General
	NodeJS_WebApi_Express_RetrieveRequestInfo	Retrieves method parameters, their name, data type, data structure, and source code location (line and file name), and determines if they serve as framework arguments.	General

Important

Due to a limitation in the SAST scanner, the default value lazy_flow_max_depth_count in projects where a single file contains many endpoints (e.g., 50 endpoints in a single file), endpoints past a certain point will not be shown. Please contact Checkmarx support to configure this default value to suit your needs.

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