tainted

A gem for taint-checking your Ruby code.

Installation

gem install tainted

Usage

# fixtures/simple.rb

a = tainted()
b = a + 1
c = b + 2
d = b + c
unsafe(d)
unsafe(c)

# test.rb

require 'tainted'

file = "#{__dir__}/../fixtures/simple.rb"
lint = Tainted::Lint.new(file, %i[tainted], %i[unsafe])
lint.analyze
=>
[#<Tainted::Offense:0x0000000107caf690
  @message="Method `unsafe()` consuming tainted variable `d`",
  @node=(call nil nil (ident "unsafe") (arg_paren (args ((var_ref (ident "d"))))))>,
 #<Tainted::Offense:0x0000000107caf5f0
  @message="Method `unsafe()` consuming tainted variable `c`",
  @node=(call nil nil (ident "unsafe") (arg_paren (args ((var_ref (ident "c"))))))>]

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/faraazahmad/tainted. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone is expected to follow the code of conduct.