pi-lens/rules/tree-sitter-queries/ruby/ruby-insecure-deserialization.yml

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# Ruby Security
# Detects unsafe deserialization APIs.
id: ruby-insecure-deserialization
name: Insecure Deserialization
severity: warning
category: security
defect_class: injection
inline_tier: warning
language: ruby

message: "Potential insecure deserialization sink — avoid unsafe loaders"

description: |
  Deserializing untrusted data with Marshal/YAML loaders can enable code execution.

  ✅ FIX: use safe serialization formats and strict schema validation.

query: |
  (call_expression
    receiver: (constant) @MOD
    method: (identifier) @FN
    arguments: (argument_list (_) @DATA)
    (#match? @MOD "^(Marshal|YAML|Psych)$")
    (#match? @FN "^(load|unsafe_load)$"))

metavars:
  - MOD
  - FN
  - DATA

post_filter: ruby_insecure_deserialization_sink

has_fix: false

tags:
  - ruby
  - security
  - deserialization
  - cwe-502
  - owasp-a08

examples:
  bad: |
    Marshal.load(payload)

  good: |
    JSON.parse(payload)