Handling ini files

detect_secrets/plugins/high_entropy_strings.py

@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@
 import math
 import re
 import string
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+from future import standard_library
 
 from .base import BasePlugin
 from detect_secrets.core.potential_secret import PotentialSecret
+standard_library.install_aliases()
+import configparser     # noqa: E402
 
 
 class HighEntropyStringsPlugin(BasePlugin):
@@ -22,6 +27,14 @@ def __init__(self, charset, limit, *args):
         # TODO: Update for not just python comments?
         self.ignore_regex = re.compile(r'# ?pragma: ?whitelist[ -]secret')
 
+    def analyze(self, file, filename):
+        try:
+            return self._analyze_ini_file(file, filename)
+        except configparser.Error:
+            file.seek(0)
+
+        return super(HighEntropyStringsPlugin, self).analyze(file, filename)
+
     def calculate_shannon_entropy(self, data):
         """Returns the entropy of a given string.
 
@@ -54,13 +67,49 @@ def analyze_string(self, string, line_num, filename):
         # There may be multiple strings on the same line
         results = self.regex.findall(string)
         for result in results:
-            entropy_value = self.calculate_shannon_entropy(result[1])
+            # To accommodate changing self.regex, due to different filetypes
+            if isinstance(result, tuple):
+                result = result[1]
+
+            entropy_value = self.calculate_shannon_entropy(result)
             if entropy_value > self.entropy_limit:
-                secret = PotentialSecret(self.secret_type, filename, line_num, result[1])
+                secret = PotentialSecret(self.secret_type, filename, line_num, result)
                 output[secret] = secret
 
         return output
 
+    def _analyze_ini_file(self, file, filename):
+        """
+        :returns: same format as super().analyze()
+        """
+        parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        parser.read_file(file)
+
+        potential_secrets = {}
+
+        # Hacky way to keep track of line location.
+        file.seek(0)
+        lines = list(map(lambda x: x.strip(), file.readlines()))
+        line_offset = 0
+
+        with self._non_quoted_string_regex():
+            for section_name, _ in parser.items():
+                for key, value in parser.items(section_name):
+                    # +1, because we don't want to double count lines
+                    offset = self._get_line_offset(key, value, lines) + 1
+                    line_offset += offset
+                    lines = lines[offset:]
+
+                    secrets = self.analyze_string(
+                        value,
+                        line_offset,
+                        filename,
+                    )
+
+                    potential_secrets.update(secrets)
+
+        return potential_secrets
+
     @property
     def __dict__(self):
         output = super(HighEntropyStringsPlugin, self).__dict__
@@ -70,6 +119,37 @@ def __dict__(self):
 
         return output
 
+    @contextmanager
+    def _non_quoted_string_regex(self):
+        """For certain file formats, strings need not necessarily follow the
+        normal convention of being denoted by single or double quotes. In these
+        cases, we modify the regex accordingly.
+        """
+        old_regex = self.regex
+        self.regex = re.compile(r'^([%s]+)$' % self.charset)
+
+        yield
+
+        self.regex = old_regex
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_line_offset(key, value, lines):
+        """Returns the index of the location of key, value pair in lines.
+
+        :type key: str
+        :param key: key, in config file.
+
+        :type value: str
+        :param value: value for key, in config file.
+
+        :type lines: list
+        :param lines: a collection of lines-so-far in file
+        """
+        regex = re.compile(r'^{}[ :=]+{}'.format(key, value))
+        for index, line in enumerate(lines):
+            if regex.match(line):
+                return index
+
 
 class HexHighEntropyString(HighEntropyStringsPlugin):
     """HighEntropyStringsPlugin for hex strings"""

test_data/config.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[credentials]
+password = 12345678901234
+
+[parent]
+    [child]
+    key = value
+
+[aws]
+aws_secret_key = 2345678901

tests/plugins/high_entropy_strings_test.py

@@ -104,6 +104,32 @@ def test_ignored_lines(self, content_to_format):
 
         assert len(results) == 0
 
+    def test_ini_file(self):
+        # We're testing two files here, because we want to make sure that
+        # the HighEntropyStrings regex is reset back to normal after
+        # scanning the ini file.
+        filenames = [
+            'test_data/config.ini',
+            'test_data/files/file_with_secrets.py',
+        ]
+
+        plugin = Base64HighEntropyString(3)
+
+        accumulated_secrets = {}
+        for filename in filenames:
+            with open(filename) as f:
+                accumulated_secrets.update(
+                    plugin.analyze(f, filename),
+                )
+
+        for secret in accumulated_secrets.values():
+            location = str(secret).splitlines()[1]
+            assert location in (
+                'Location:    test_data/config.ini:2',
+                'Location:    test_data/config.ini:9',
+                'Location:    test_data/files/file_with_secrets.py:3',
+            )
+
 
 class TestBase64HighEntropyStrings(HighEntropyStringsTest):