The SEDATED® Project (Sensitive Enterprise Data Analyzer To Eliminate Disclosure) focuses on preventing sensitive data such as user credentials and tokens from being pushed to Git.

Table of Contents

• Purpose
• Setup
  • Clone down SEDATED®
  • Update .example files
  • Customize /config/custom_configs.sh variables and functions (as desired)
  • Push SEDATED® with Organization Specific Implementation
  • Point pre-receive hook to SEDATED®'s pre-receive.sh file
• Local Testing
• File Descriptions
  • pre-receive.sh
  • /config/custom_configs.sh
  • /config/enforced_repos_list.txt
  • /config/regexes.json
  • /config/whitelists/commit_whitelist.txt
  • /config/whitelists/repo_whitelist.txt
  • /testing/regex_testing/regex_test_script.sh
  • /testing/regex_testing/test_cases.txt
• Customization
  • Custom Variables
  • Custom Functions
• Compatibility
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Git
  • Any Other Git SCM Tool
• Contribute
• Authors
• License

Purpose

With the myriad of code changes required in today's CICD environment developers are constantly pushing code that could unintentionally contain sensitive information. This potential sensitive data exposure represents a huge risk to organizations (2017 OWASP Top Ten #3 - Sensitive Data Exposure). SEDATED® addresses this issue by automatically reviewing all incoming code changes and providing instant feedback to the developer. If it identifies sensitive data it will prevent the commit(s) from being pushed to the Git server.

**NOTE: ONLY lines being added or modified (beginning with + in the patch file) in commit pushes are scanned by SEDATED®. Lines that are being removed (beginning with - in the patch file) in commit pushes are NOT scanned by SEDATED®.

Setup

1. Clone down SEDATED®

git clone https://github.com/OWASP/SEDATED.git

cd SEDATED/

2. Update .example files

cp /config/whitelists/commit_whitelist.txt.example /config/whitelists/commit_whitelist.txt

cp /config/whitelists/repo_whitelist.txt.example /config/whitelists/repo_whitelist.txt

cp /config/enforced_repos_list.txt.example /config/enforced_repos_list.txt

3. Customize /config/custom_configs.sh Variables and Functions (as desired)

4. Push SEDATED® with Organization Specific Implementation

Push organization specific implementation of SEDATED® to organization's desired Git repository (GitHub, GitLab, Git, etc...).

5. Point pre-receive hook to SEDATED®'s pre-receive.sh file

Instructions for accomplishing this on a GitHub Enterprise instance can be found in GitHub_Enterprise_Setup.md.

Local Testing

• GitHub Docker Setup - General instructions for setting up a GitHub docker container to act as a Git server with a pre-receive hook enabled for local testing.
  • Some modifications will need to be made to allow SEDATED® to function as designed.
    • always_reject.sh will need to be replaced with the SEDATED® pre-receive.sh script.
    • SEDATED®'s accompanying files/folder structure will need to be included in the same directory/accessible by the pre-receive.sh script.
    • Some additional tweaks may be required as well, but the instructions linked above are a good starting point for local testing.

File Descriptions

pre-receive.sh

• The heart and soul of SEDATED®.
• The SEDATED® pre-receive Git hook script used in conjunction with SEDATED®'s regexes (config/regexes.json), identifies added or modified lines of code being pushed to a Git instance that contain hard-coded credentials/sensitive data (as identified in config/regexes.json) and prevents the push IF lines containing hard-coded credentials/sensitive data are found.

/config/custom_configs.sh

• The SEDATED® custom configurations file used in conjunction with pre-receive.sh allows organizations to customize their SEDATED® implementation without having to modify any of the source code within SEDATED®'s pre-receive.sh file by providing built-in customizable variables and functions that are sourced from pre-receive.sh.

/config/enforced_repos_list.txt

• Utilized when SEDATED® (pre-receive hook) use_enforced_repo_check_custom flag in config/custom_configs.sh is set to "True".
• Allows SEDATED® to be "enabled" globally within the enterprise, but "enforced" selectively only on repositories listed in this file.
• Enforcement for all repositories under a specific organization or username can be accomplished by appending the /* to the end of the organization or username where enforcement is desired.
• If SEDATED® is enabled globally within an organization and does not appear in the /config/enforced_repos_list.txt file the pusher (if pushing from the command line) will see a customizable message (customize via the /config/custom_configs.sh file) and SEDATED® will NOT scan any of the code included in the push.
• The flag to enable/disable this functionality can be found in /config/custom_configs.sh and set to "True" or "False".
  • "False" - Every repository with SEDATED® "enabled" will also have SEDATED® "enforced" on it.
  • "True" - Only repositories with SEDATED® "enabled" AND listed in the /config/enforced_repos_list.txt will have SEDATED® "enforced" on them. All other repositories with SEDATED® "enabled" but not listed in the /config/enforced_repos_list.txt file will only see a custom message displayed, no code will be scanned for pushes from those repositories.
• This file can be blank, only needs to exist if use_enforced_repo_check_custom flag in config/custom_configs.sh is set to "True".

/config/regexes.json

• Contains the regular expressions (regexes) used to flag sensitive data/hard-coded credentials.
• These regexes are consumed by GNU grep (in pre-receive.sh) with the -P flag making them Perl-compatible regular expressions (PCREs).
• Regexes may be added or removed from this file as-needed, however if utilizing the /testing/regex_testing/regex_test_script.sh script the /testing/regex_testing/test_cases.txt file will need to updated by adding or removing the test cases pertaining to the updated regexes so the results from the /testing/regex_testing/regex_test_script.sh will be accurate.
• If adding/modifying regexes in this file additional escape characters \ may be needed depending on the desired regexes since this file is in JSON format.

/config/whitelists/commit_whitelist.txt

• Utilized in the case of a false positive, one or more commits can be excluded in the scanning process if their commit ID's are included in this file.
• Commit ID's will need to be carriage return separated in this file as shown in the /config/whitelists/commit_whitelist.txt.example file.
• This file can be blank, but does need to exist.

Optional: Request that developers submit pull requests to this (commit_whitelist.txt) file when they encounter false positives so they can be reviewed.

/config/whitelists/repo_whitelist.txt

• (organization/username)/repositories included in this file will be entirely excluded from scanning for sensitive data/hard-coded credentials until removed from this list.
• Utilized in the case of a massive push (repository migration for example) where SEDATED® cannot scan the new/modified code included in the push within the 5 second window (the 5 second window is GitHub specific and may be different on other Git instances).
• (organization/username)/repository names need to be carriage return separated in this file as shown in the /config/whitelists/repo_whitelist.txt.example file.
• This file can be blank, but does need to exist.

/testing/regex_testing/regex_test_script.sh

• The SEDATED® regular expression testing script used in conjunction with testing/regex_testing/test_cases.txt is a simple, quick, offline way to test/validate that the regular expressions inside config/regexes.json are valid and matching the desired patterns as well as excluding/not matching as desired.
  • Tests regexes against a list of test cases (/testing/regex_testing/test_cases.txt) to verify regexes working as expected.
  • Includes testing for both positive and negative test cases (/testing/regex_testing/test_cases.txt).
  • MUST use GNU grep when running the script otherwise the script will fail (BSD grep does not have the -P flag).
  • Test cases pulled in for use in this script are pulled in from /testing/regex_testing/test_cases.txt.

/testing/regex_testing/test_cases.txt

• List of test cases to be passed-in to /testing/regex_testing/regex_test_script.sh for consumption.
• Each test case has>>pass or >>fail appended to it these let the /testing/regex_testing/regex_test_script.sh script know the expectation for the regexes.
  • >>pass means a push containing the preceeding string will be accepted by SEDATED® (i.e. regexes will NOT flag the preceeding string).
  • >>fail means a push containing the preceeding string will be rejected by SEDATED® (i.e. regexes will flag the preceeding string).

Customization

Custom variables and functions are designed to allow organizations to easily customize their own specific implementation of SEDATED® without altering the main pre-receive hook file that does all the heavy lifting. All custom variables and functions can be found in /config/custom_configs.sh and the explanations of the variables contained in this file are listed below.

Custom Variables

• show_SEDATED_link_custom - "True" to display link to OWASP/SEDATED GitHub repository (case-sensitive), otherwise set to "False".
• documentation_link_custom - Add link to organization specific documentation on how the organization would like developers to handle rejected pushes and/or general organization specific information regarding SEDATED®.
  • Displayed back to the developer when a push is rejected.
  • Displayed back to the developer when enforced repo check is set to true and the repo is not included on the enforced_repos_list.txt file.
• use_enforced_repo_check_custom - "True" or "False" (case-sensitive).
  • See file description above for /config/enforced_repos_list.txt for more details on the meaning of this flag.
• enforced_repo_check_true_message_custom with custom message (only necessary if use_enforced_repo_check_custom is set to "True").
• obfuscate_output_custom - "True" or "False" (case-sensitive). Use this option to mask sensitive data displayed in the output of SEDATED®.

Custom Functions

• SET_USER_REPO_NAME_CUSTOM
  • Sets user/organization/group and repository name.
  • Sets user/organization/group and repository name using GITHUB_REPO_NAME variable if using GitHub.
  • If not using GitHub custom variables can be set to get these names.
  • The provided non-GitHub names are setup for just getting the names in vanilla Git, but may need to be adjusted based on different implementations (Git SCMs).
• PRINT_ERROR_MESSAGE_CUSTOM
  • Allows a custom error message to be printed when errors are encountered.
• EXIT_SEDATED_CUSTOM
  • Take additional custom action when exiting SEDATED® (i.e. log, send metrics, etc...).
  • Defaults to : "do nothing" as an additional action, and is not required to be changed.
• UNABLE_TO_ACCESS_REPO_WHITELIST_CUSTOM
  • Take additional custom action when SEDATED® is unable to access the repo whitelist file (i.e. print error message, log, send metric, etc...).
  • Defaults to : "do nothing" as an additional action, and is not required to be changed.
• PUSH_ACCEPTED_CUSTOM
  • Take additional custom action when a push is accepted (i.e. log, send metrics, etc...).
  • Defaults to : "do nothing" as an additional action, and is not required to be changed.
• UNABLE_TO_ACCESS_REGEXES_CUSTOM
  • Take additional custom action when SEDATED® is unable to access the regexes.json file.
  • Defaults to : "do nothing" as an additional action, and is not required to be changed.
  • SEDATED® will exit 1 and print error message if unable to access regexes, however additional custom action may be performed in these cases if desired (i.e. print additional error message, log, send metric, etc...).
• PUSH_REJECTED_WITH_VIOLATIONS_CUSTOM
  • Take additional custom action when pushes are rejected for containing violations (i.e. log, send metrics, etc...).
  • Defaults to : "do nothing" as an additional action, and is not required to be changed.
• UNABLE_TO_ACCESS_COMMIT_WHITELIST_CUSTOM
  • Take additional custom action when SEDATED® is unable to access the commit whitelist file (i.e. log, send metrics, etc...).
  • Defaults to : "do nothing" as an additional action, and is not required to be changed.

Compatibility

Only compatible with SCM tools that utilize the Git version control system.

• GitHub
  • Fully tested (Enterprise v2.15.3).
  • SEDATED® GitHub Enterprise Setup.
• GitLab
  • Preliminarily tested.
  • Modifications to SET_USER_REPO_NAME_CUSTOM will be required to set user/org and repo name.
• Git
  • Preliminarily tested.
  • All SEDATED® files/folders will need to be placed into the .git/hooks/ directory (except documentation folder/files).
  • Remove .sample from pre-receive.sample and copy the code from SEDATED®'s pre-receive.sh file into the pre-receive file we just made from the .sample file.
  • Depending on implementation may want to use git-template or something similar.
• Any Other Git SCM Tool
  • Not tested.
  • Modifications to SET_USER_REPO_NAME_CUSTOM will likely be required to set user/org and repo name.
  • May require additional modifications to work.

Contribute

Contributions to this project welcome!

You can contribute in either of the following ways:

• Submit your ideas for improvement to us (or anyone in the community who may want to take on the challenge of turning your idea into reallity within SEDATED®'s code base) please raise an issue with a good explanation of what you think could improve SEDATED® and how you think that could practically happen within the code base.
• Submit a pull request with your code changes for making SEDATED® better and we will review, test, and merge. :)

Authors

• Dennis Kennedy
• Simeon Cloutier

License

SEDATED® is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License.

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**SEDATED® is not guaranteed to flag every instance of hard-coded credential, key, secret, etc... it uses regex pattern matching and though it has gotten pretty good at catching most instances it is not perfect, but we are always open to ideas and/or pull requests to help make SEDATED® even better.