mcp-server-semgrep/semgrep-rules/python/lang/security/audit/insecure-transport/urllib/insecure-request-object.yaml

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rules:
- id: insecure-request-object
  message: >-
    Detected a 'urllib.request.Request()' object using an insecure transport
    protocol, 'http://'. This connection will not be encrypted. Use
    'https://' instead.
  metadata:
    owasp:
    - A03:2017 - Sensitive Data Exposure
    - A02:2021 - Cryptographic Failures
    cwe:
    - 'CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information'
    references:
    - https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.request.html#urllib.request.Request
    category: security
    technology:
    - urllib
    subcategory:
    - audit
    likelihood: LOW
    impact: LOW
    confidence: LOW
  severity: WARNING
  languages: [python]
  fix-regex:
    regex: '[Hh][Tt][Tt][Pp]://'
    replacement: https://
    count: 1
  pattern-either:
  - pattern: urllib.request.Request("=~/[Hh][Tt][Tt][Pp]://.*/", ...)
  - pattern: |
      $URL = "=~/[Hh][Tt][Tt][Pp]://.*/"
      ...
      urllib.request.Request($URL, ...)
  - pattern: |
      def $FUNC(..., $URL = "=~/[Hh][Tt][Tt][Pp]://.*/", ...):
        ...
        urllib.request.Request($URL, ...)