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ailint_core/rules/security/
sensitive_data.rs

1//! AIL202 `no-sensitive-data-in-instructions` — flag embedded secret-shaped
2//! strings. Matched text is never included in the violation.
3//!
4//! See: `docs/rules/security/AIL202.md`
5
6use std::sync::OnceLock;
7
8use regex::{Regex, RegexSet};
9
10use crate::parser::ParsedDocument;
11use crate::rules::security::{line_of_offset, AIL202};
12use crate::rules::{dictionary_lines, Rule, RuleContext, RuleId, Severity, Violation};
13
14const SECRET_PATTERNS: &str = include_str!("secret_patterns.txt");
15
16// Substrings within ±50 chars that mark a match as a documentation/fixture
17// placeholder and should be ignored.
18const ALLOWLIST_MARKERS: &str = include_str!("secret_allowlist_markers.txt");
19
20struct Matchers {
21    regexes: Vec<Regex>,
22    // Single-pass prefilter; None only if the set fails to build.
23    set: Option<RegexSet>,
24}
25
26fn matchers() -> &'static Matchers {
27    static MATCHERS: OnceLock<Matchers> = OnceLock::new();
28    MATCHERS.get_or_init(|| {
29        let patterns: Vec<&str> = dictionary_lines(SECRET_PATTERNS)
30            .into_iter()
31            .filter(|p| Regex::new(p).is_ok())
32            .collect();
33        let regexes = patterns.iter().filter_map(|p| Regex::new(p).ok()).collect();
34        Matchers {
35            regexes,
36            set: RegexSet::new(&patterns).ok(),
37        }
38    })
39}
40
41/// AIL202 no-sensitive-data-in-instructions: flags embedded secrets.
42#[derive(Debug, Default)]
43pub struct NoSensitiveDataInInstructionsRule;
44
45impl Rule for NoSensitiveDataInInstructionsRule {
46    fn id(&self) -> RuleId {
47        AIL202
48    }
49
50    fn default_severity(&self) -> Severity {
51        Severity::Error
52    }
53
54    fn run(&self, doc: &ParsedDocument, _ctx: &RuleContext<'_>) -> Vec<Violation> {
55        let matchers = matchers();
56        let indices: Vec<usize> = match &matchers.set {
57            Some(s) => s.matches(&doc.raw).into_iter().collect(),
58            None => (0..matchers.regexes.len()).collect(),
59        };
60        let mut out = Vec::new();
61        for idx in indices {
62            let re = &matchers.regexes[idx];
63            for m in re.find_iter(&doc.raw) {
64                if is_allowlisted(&doc.raw, m.start(), m.end()) || is_repeated_char(m.as_str()) {
65                    continue;
66                }
67                let line = line_of_offset(&doc.raw, m.start());
68                let mut v = Violation::new(
69                    AIL202,
70                    self.default_severity(),
71                    doc.path.clone(),
72                    "possible embedded secret / API key detected",
73                )
74                .at(line, 1);
75                v.fix_hint = Some(
76                    "remove the credential and reference an env var like AILINT_LLM_API_KEY instead"
77                        .to_string(),
78                );
79                out.push(v);
80            }
81        }
82        out
83    }
84}
85
86fn is_allowlisted(raw: &str, start: usize, end: usize) -> bool {
87    let ctx_start = start.saturating_sub(50);
88    let ctx_end = (end + 50).min(raw.len());
89    let ctx = &raw[ctx_start..ctx_end];
90    dictionary_lines(ALLOWLIST_MARKERS)
91        .iter()
92        .any(|m| ctx.contains(m))
93}
94
95// Treat 5+ repeated chars in the match body as a placeholder (AAAAA..., 00000...).
96fn is_repeated_char(s: &str) -> bool {
97    let chars: Vec<char> = s.chars().collect();
98    if chars.len() < 5 {
99        return false;
100    }
101    let mut run = 1usize;
102    for w in chars.windows(2) {
103        if w[0] == w[1] {
104            run += 1;
105            if run >= 5 {
106                return true;
107            }
108        } else {
109            run = 1;
110        }
111    }
112    false
113}