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Cosmin Cojocar e7ea2377aa feat: add G708 rule for server-side template injection via text/template (#1597)
Add taint analysis rule G708 to detect SSTI vulnerabilities when using
Go text/template package. Covers two attack vectors:
- User input flowing into Template.Parse() (SSTI/RCE)
- Tainted data passed to Execute/ExecuteTemplate with http.ResponseWriter (XSS)

CWE-94. Includes 6 test samples (3 positive, 3 negative).
2026-03-11 11:03:55 +01:00

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package analyzers
import (
"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis"
"github.com/securego/gosec/v2/taint"
)
// SSTI returns a configuration for detecting Server-Side Template Injection
// vulnerabilities via text/template.
//
// The text/template package performs NO auto-escaping and allows calling any
// exported method on the data object passed to Execute. When user-controlled
// input flows into Template.Parse, an attacker can invoke arbitrary methods,
// read files, or achieve remote code execution depending on available gadgets.
//
// Even when the template string is static, rendering user data through
// text/template into an HTTP response produces unescaped HTML, enabling XSS.
func SSTI() taint.Config {
return taint.Config{
Sources: []taint.Source{
// Type sources: tainted when received as parameters
{Package: "net/http", Name: "Request", Pointer: true},
{Package: "net/url", Name: "Values"},
// Function sources
{Package: "os", Name: "Args", IsFunc: true},
{Package: "os", Name: "Getenv", IsFunc: true},
// I/O sources
{Package: "bufio", Name: "Reader", Pointer: true},
{Package: "bufio", Name: "Scanner", Pointer: true},
},
Sinks: []taint.Sink{
// CRITICAL: user input flows into the template string itself.
// Template.Parse takes a single string argument (the template text).
{Package: "text/template", Receiver: "Template", Method: "Parse", Pointer: true, CheckArgs: []int{1}},
// text/template.Must wraps Parse; arg[0] is the (*Template, error) pair
// but in practice the taint flows through the Parse call above.
// HIGH: text/template.Execute writes unescaped output to an HTTP response.
// Guard: only flag when the writer (arg 1) implements net/http.ResponseWriter.
{
Package: "text/template",
Receiver: "Template",
Method: "Execute",
Pointer: true,
CheckArgs: []int{2},
ArgTypeGuards: map[int]string{1: "net/http.ResponseWriter"},
},
{
Package: "text/template",
Receiver: "Template",
Method: "ExecuteTemplate",
Pointer: true,
CheckArgs: []int{3},
ArgTypeGuards: map[int]string{1: "net/http.ResponseWriter"},
},
},
Sanitizers: []taint.Sanitizer{
// HTML escaping neutralizes both SSTI template directives and XSS payloads
{Package: "html", Method: "EscapeString"},
{Package: "html/template", Method: "HTMLEscapeString"},
{Package: "html/template", Method: "JSEscapeString"},
{Package: "net/url", Method: "QueryEscape"},
{Package: "net/url", Method: "PathEscape"},
// Numeric conversions produce safe output
{Package: "strconv", Method: "Atoi"},
{Package: "strconv", Method: "Itoa"},
{Package: "strconv", Method: "ParseInt"},
{Package: "strconv", Method: "ParseUint"},
{Package: "strconv", Method: "ParseFloat"},
{Package: "strconv", Method: "FormatInt"},
{Package: "strconv", Method: "FormatUint"},
{Package: "strconv", Method: "FormatFloat"},
},
}
}
// newSSTIAnalyzer creates an analyzer for detecting Server-Side Template
// Injection vulnerabilities via taint analysis (G708).
func newSSTIAnalyzer(id string, description string) *analysis.Analyzer {
config := SSTI()
rule := SSTIRule
rule.ID = id
rule.Description = description
return taint.NewGosecAnalyzer(&rule, &config)
}