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Mend SAST-supported Go file types

File Type
.go
.golan *

* Note: These extensions are marked as ‘Secondary’ file extensions.
They will only be scanned if at least one file with any of the other ‘Primary’ file extensions is present to identify the language as the relevant language.

Mend SAST-supported Go frameworks

Framework
net/http
gin
echo
fiber
chi
gorilla/mux
httprouter
beego
iris
buffalo
fasthttp
revel
graphql-go

Mend SAST-supported Go vulnerability types

The Go vulnerability types detected by SAST are provided below and are organized by CWE ID within each of their identified severities.

Go high-severity vulnerability types

CWE	Vulnerability Type	Low Probability Impact
CWE-22	Path/Directory Traversal	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)
CWE-78	Command Injection	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)
CWE-79	Cross-Site Scripting	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)
CWE-89	SQL Injection	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)
CWE-643	XPath Injection	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)
CWE-918	Server-Side Request Forgery	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)
CWE-943	No-SQL Injection	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)

Go medium-severity vulnerability types

CWE	Vulnerability Type	Low Probability Impact
CWE-90	LDAP Injection	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)
CWE-295	Insecure TLS Configuration	UNAFFECTED
CWE-322	Insecure SSH Configuration	UNAFFECTED
CWE-327	Weak Crypto	UNAFFECTED
CWE-328	Weak Hash	UNAFFECTED
CWE-347	Improper Signature Verification	UNAFFECTED
CWE-377	Insecure Temporary File	UNAFFECTED
CWE-400	Sleep Denial of Service	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)
CWE-798	Hardcoded Password/Credentials	Additional Taint Sinks: Assignments of hard-coded strings to variables/attributes with special names like password
CWE-1333	ReDoS	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)

Go low-severity vulnerability types

CWE	Vulnerability Type	Low Probability Impact
CWE-20	Mail Relay	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)
CWE-20	Cookie Injection	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)
CWE-117	Log Injection	UNAFFECTED
CWE-242	Dangerous Function	Additional Taint Sources: Content from files and streams, databases, environment (command line calls, main method arguments, environment variables, configurations, url access)
CWE-326	Weak Encryption Strength	UNAFFECTED
CWE-601	Open Redirect	UNAFFECTED
CWE-614	Sensitive Cookie Without 'Secure'	UNAFFECTED
CWE-1004	Sensitive Cookie Without 'HttpOnly'	UNAFFECTED