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

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# Python Security
# Detects non-cryptographic randomness API usage in security-sensitive code paths.
id: python-insecure-random
name: Insecure Randomness
severity: warning
category: security
defect_class: injection
inline_tier: warning
language: python

message: "Insecure randomness source detected — use secrets or os.urandom for security-sensitive values"

description: |
  random.* is deterministic and unsuitable for security-sensitive tokens or secrets.

  ✅ FIX: use secrets.token_urlsafe, secrets.randbelow, or os.urandom.

query: |
  (call
    function: (attribute
      object: (identifier) @MOD
      attribute: (identifier) @FN)
    arguments: (argument_list) @ARGS
    (#eq? @MOD "random")
    (#match? @FN "^(random|randint|randrange|choice|choices)$"))

metavars:
  - MOD
  - FN
  - ARGS

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

has_fix: false

tags:
  - python
  - security
  - randomness
  - weak-prng

examples:
  bad: |
    token = random.randint(100000, 999999)

  good: |
    token = secrets.randbelow(900000) + 100000