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Merge pull request #1308 from asger-semmle/exceptional-flow
JS: Add flow through exceptions
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‎change-notes/1.21/analysis-javascript.md‎

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* The security queries now track data flow through Base64 decoders such as the Node.js `Buffer` class, the DOM function `atob`, and a number of npm packages intcluding [`abab`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/abab), [`atob`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/atob), [`btoa`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/btoa), [`base-64`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/base-64), [`js-base64`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/js-base64), [`Base64.js`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/Base64) and [`base64-js`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/base64-js).
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* The security queries now track data flow through exceptions.
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* The security queries now treat comparisons with symbolic constants as sanitizers, resulting in fewer false positives.
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* TypeScript 3.4 features are now supported.

‎javascript/ql/src/semmle/javascript/StandardLibrary.qll‎

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pred = source and succ = this
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}
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}
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/**
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* A flow step propagating the exception thrown from a callback to a method whose name coincides
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* a built-in Array iteration method, such as `forEach` or `map`.
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*/
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private class IteratorExceptionStep extends DataFlow::MethodCallNode, DataFlow::AdditionalFlowStep {
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IteratorExceptionStep() {
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exists(string name | name = getMethodName() |
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name = "forEach" or
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name = "each" or
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name = "map" or
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name = "filter" or
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name = "some" or
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name = "every" or
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name = "fold" or
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name = "reduce"
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)
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}
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override predicate step(DataFlow::Node pred, DataFlow::Node succ) {
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pred = getAnArgument().(DataFlow::FunctionNode).getExceptionalReturn() and
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succ = this.getExceptionalReturn()
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}
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}

‎javascript/ql/src/semmle/javascript/dataflow/Configuration.qll‎

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isBarrierGuard(guard) and
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guard.blocks(node)
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)
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or
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none() // relax type inference to account for overriding
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}
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/**
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* configuration `cfg`, possibly through callees.
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*/
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private predicate flowThroughCall(
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DataFlow::Node input, DataFlow::Node invk, DataFlow::Configuration cfg, PathSummary summary
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DataFlow::Node input, DataFlow::Node output, DataFlow::Configuration cfg, PathSummary summary
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) {
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exists(Function f, DataFlow::ValueNode ret |
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ret.asExpr() = f.getAReturnedExpr() and
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calls(invk, f) and // Do not consider partial calls
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calls(output, f) and // Do not consider partial calls
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reachableFromInput(f, output, input, ret, cfg, summary) and
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not cfg.isBarrier(ret, output) and
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not cfg.isLabeledBarrier(output, summary.getEndLabel())
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)
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or
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exists(Function f, DataFlow::Node invk, DataFlow::Node ret |
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DataFlow::exceptionalFunctionReturnNode(ret, f) and
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DataFlow::exceptionalInvocationReturnNode(output, invk.asExpr()) and
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calls(invk, f) and
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reachableFromInput(f, invk, input, ret, cfg, summary) and
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not cfg.isBarrier(ret, invk) and
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not cfg.isLabeledBarrier(invk, summary.getEndLabel())
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not cfg.isBarrier(ret, output) and
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not cfg.isLabeledBarrier(output, summary.getEndLabel())
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)
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}
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‎javascript/ql/src/semmle/javascript/dataflow/DataFlow.qll‎

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TDestructuredModuleImportNode(ImportDeclaration decl) {
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exists(decl.getASpecifier().getImportedName())
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} or
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THtmlAttributeNode(HTML::Attribute attr)
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THtmlAttributeNode(HTML::Attribute attr) or
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TExceptionalFunctionReturnNode(Function f) or
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TExceptionalInvocationReturnNode(InvokeExpr e)
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/**
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* A node in the data flow graph.
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HTML::Attribute getAttribute() { result = attr }
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/**
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* A data flow node representing the exceptions thrown by a function.
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*/
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class ExceptionalFunctionReturnNode extends DataFlow::Node, TExceptionalFunctionReturnNode {
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Function function;
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ExceptionalFunctionReturnNode() { this = TExceptionalFunctionReturnNode(function) }
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override string toString() { result = "exceptional return of " + function.describe() }
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override predicate hasLocationInfo(
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string filepath, int startline, int startcolumn, int endline, int endcolumn
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) {
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function.getLocation().hasLocationInfo(filepath, startline, startcolumn, endline, endcolumn)
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}
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/**
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* Gets the function corresponding to this exceptional return node.
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*/
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Function getFunction() { result = function }
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}
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/**
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* A data flow node representing the exceptions thrown by the callee of an invocation.
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*/
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class ExceptionalInvocationReturnNode extends DataFlow::Node, TExceptionalInvocationReturnNode {
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InvokeExpr invoke;
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ExceptionalInvocationReturnNode() { this = TExceptionalInvocationReturnNode(invoke) }
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override string toString() { result = "exceptional return of " + invoke.toString() }
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override predicate hasLocationInfo(
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string filepath, int startline, int startcolumn, int endline, int endcolumn
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) {
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invoke.getLocation().hasLocationInfo(filepath, startline, startcolumn, endline, endcolumn)
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}
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/**
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* Gets the invocation corresponding to this exceptional return node.
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*/
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DataFlow::InvokeNode getInvocation() { result = invoke.flow() }
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}
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/**
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/**
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*/
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predicate exceptionalInvocationReturnNode(DataFlow::Node nd, InvokeExpr invocation) {
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nd = TExceptionalInvocationReturnNode(invocation)
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}
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/**
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* INTERNAL: Use `ExceptionalFunctionReturnNode` instead.
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*/
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predicate exceptionalFunctionReturnNode(DataFlow::Node nd, Function function) {
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nd = TExceptionalFunctionReturnNode(function)
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}
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‎javascript/ql/src/semmle/javascript/dataflow/Nodes.qll‎

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* likely to be imprecise or incomplete.
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predicate isUncertain() { isImprecise() or isIncomplete() }
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/**
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* Gets the data flow node representing an exception thrown from this invocation.
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*/
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DataFlow::ExceptionalInvocationReturnNode getExceptionalReturn() {
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DataFlow::exceptionalInvocationReturnNode(result, asExpr())
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}
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/** Auxiliary module used to cache a few related predicates together. */
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/**
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* Gets the data flow node representing an exception thrown from this function.
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*/
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DataFlow::ExceptionalFunctionReturnNode getExceptionalReturn() {
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DataFlow::exceptionalFunctionReturnNode(result, astNode)
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}
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‎javascript/ql/src/semmle/javascript/dataflow/TaintTracking.qll‎

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/**
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*/
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class ErrorConstructorTaintStep extends AdditionalTaintStep, DataFlow::InvokeNode {
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ErrorConstructorTaintStep() {
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override predicate step(DataFlow::Node pred, DataFlow::Node succ) {
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}
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‎javascript/ql/src/semmle/javascript/dataflow/TrackedNodes.qll‎

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private predicate flowThroughCall(DataFlow::Node input, DataFlow::Node invk) {
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private predicate flowThroughCall(DataFlow::Node input, DataFlow::Node output) {
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‎javascript/ql/src/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/FlowSteps.qll‎

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‎javascript/ql/test/library-tests/TaintTracking/BasicTaintTracking.expected‎

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| exceptions.js:21:17:21:24 | source() | exceptions.js:24:10:24:21 | e.toString() |
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