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Author: Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Wed Sep 13 11:16:49 2023 +0100

     Experimenting with Semgrep
Semgrep have offered Tomcat free access to the tool so I am setting it
     up to see if it is useful or not.

The initial results are in. Just under 300 findings and they pretty much all look to be some degree of false positive. There are a few things (such as Javadoc links using http rather than https) that we might want to look at but nothing I can see that comes close to something we'd consider to be a vulnerability.

I have noticed that the tool isn't good at understanding context. It looks like it is just using a form of grep to look for patterns as it can't distinguish between SomeOtherObject.setSecure() and Cookie.setSecure()

I am currently wondering whether the low value results are worth the time it will take to review and dismiss the false positives. Maybe. But I have a long list of things I'd consider more important to do first.

If any other committer wants access to the dashboard just ping me a private email and I'll get you added.

Mark

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