pi-lens/rules/tree-sitter-queries/typescript/ts-insecure-random.yml

Real-time code feedback for pi — LSP, linters, formatters, type-checking, structural analysis & booboo

# JS/TS Security
# Detects non-cryptographic randomness usage.
id: ts-insecure-random
name: Insecure Randomness
severity: warning
category: security
defect_class: injection
inline_tier: warning
language: typescript

message: "Insecure randomness source detected — use crypto.getRandomValues or secure RNG APIs"

description: |
  Math.random is not suitable for security-sensitive tokens and identifiers.

  ✅ FIX: use crypto.getRandomValues / crypto.randomUUID / secure server-side RNG.

query: |
  (variable_declarator
    name: (identifier) @VAR
    value: (call_expression
      function: (member_expression
        object: (identifier) @OBJ
        property: (property_identifier) @FN)
      arguments: (arguments) @ARGS)
    (#eq? @OBJ "Math")
    (#eq? @FN "random")
    (#match? @VAR "(?i)(token|secret|password|key|nonce|salt|csrf|auth|session|credential|hash|otp|pin)"))

metavars:
  - OBJ
  - FN
  - ARGS
  - VAR

post_filter: ts_insecure_random_source

cwe:
  - CWE-330
owasp:
  - A02
confidence: medium

has_fix: false

tags:
  - javascript
  - typescript
  - security
  - randomness
  - weak-prng

examples:
  bad: |
    const token = Math.random().toString(36)

  good: |
    const token = crypto.randomUUID()