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Ajin Abraham 62563ca429 [HOTFIX][Security] Security Updates July 5 2026 (#2627)
Security Fixes

[GHSA-8j49-mmcx-4mp5] Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in ZIP/APK Icon Extraction
The android:icon attribute from an APK manifest was interpolated into file paths without validation, allowing a crafted APK to read arbitrary files from the server. Fixed by adding is_path_traversal() and is_safe_path() guards in find_icon_path_zip. Dependency bump included.

[GHSA-3p54-567p-2wpr] CSRF Checks Not Enforced After Django Middleware Migration
The migration from the deprecated MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES to MIDDLEWARE omitted CsrfViewMiddleware, SecurityMiddleware, and XFrameOptionsMiddleware, leaving CSRF, HSTS, and clickjacking protections silently disabled. All three have been restored to the active MIDDLEWARE tuple. The now-dead MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES block has been removed to prevent future confusion.

[GHSA-x768-8642-mmq9] Zip Bomb Denial of Service via Per-File Size Limit Bypass
The per-file size check in ZIP extraction logged a warning on oversized members but was missing a continue, allowing files exceeding ZIP_MAX_UNCOMPRESSED_FILE_SIZE to be extracted anyway as long as the aggregate limit was not reached. Fixed by adding the missing continue.

[GHSA-95px-34x5-p37h] SSRF Port Restriction Bypass in assetlinks_check
valid_host() was called with only the bare hostname, allowing android:port to be appended afterward without going through port validation, bypassing the HTTP/HTTPS-only restriction. Fixed with a two-layer approach: primary port allowlist check before URL assembly in get_browsable_activities, and a defence-in-depth re-check in _check_url.

Hardening

The hand-rolled safe_extract used os.path.abspath (symlink-blind) instead of os.path.realpath, creating a TOCTOU window where a symlink could redirect extraction outside the destination directory. Replaced with Python 3.12's tarfile.extractall(filter='data') (PEP 706), which rejects symlinks, hardlinks, absolute paths, and traversal members per-member before extraction. A robust realpath-based fallback is included for older Python versions.
Both download_app_data call sites in the iOS dynamic analyser now wrap app_container and tarfile with shlex.quote when building the SSH tar command, as defensive coding hygiene.
Refactoring

is_path_traversal, is_safe_path, clean_filename, cmd_injection_check, is_pipe_or_link, and is_attack_pattern were scattered across utils.py and shared.py. All have been moved to mobsf/MobSF/security.py as the single authoritative location for security primitives.
Developer Tooling

AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md - AI agent guidelines
Added a coding-standards document for AI coding agents (Cursor, Claude, Codex) covering MobSF-specific secure-by-default patterns: path traversal guards, archive extraction safety, Django middleware active-tuple hygiene, split-validation anti-patterns (SSRF port bypass), guard completeness (continue/return/raise after every security check), and Django-specific security features (form validators, decorators, middleware). CLAUDE.md is a symlink to AGENTS.md.
2026-07-05 16:55:49 -07:00

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# -*- coding: utf_8 -*-
"""Module for network security analysis."""
import logging
from pathlib import Path
from defusedxml.minidom import parseString
from mobsf.MobSF.security import is_path_traversal
from mobsf.MobSF.utils import (
append_scan_status,
)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
HIGH = 'high'
WARNING = 'warning'
INFO = 'info'
SECURE = 'secure'
def read_netsec_config(checksum, app_dir, config, src_type):
"""Read the manifest file."""
msg = 'Reading Network Security config'
try:
config_file = None
config = config.replace('@xml/', '', 1)
base = Path(app_dir)
if src_type == 'studio':
# Support only android studio source files
xml_dir = base / 'app' / 'src' / 'main' / 'res' / 'xml'
else:
# APK
xml_dir = base / 'apktool_out' / 'res' / 'xml'
if not is_path_traversal(config):
netsec_file = xml_dir / f'{config}.xml'
if netsec_file.exists():
desc = f'{msg} from {config}.xml'
logger.info(desc)
append_scan_status(checksum, desc)
return netsec_file.read_text('utf8', 'ignore')
# Couldn't find the file defined in manifest
xmls = Path(xml_dir).glob('*.xml')
for xml in xmls:
if 'network_security' in xml.stem:
config_file = xml
break
if not config_file:
return None
desc = f'{msg} from {config_file.name}'
logger.info(desc)
append_scan_status(checksum, desc)
return config_file.read_text('utf8', 'ignore')
except Exception as exp:
logger.exception(msg)
append_scan_status(checksum, msg, repr(exp))
return None
def analysis(checksum, app_dir, config, is_debuggable, src_type):
"""Perform Network Security Analysis."""
try:
netsec = {
'network_findings': [],
'network_summary': {},
}
if not config:
return netsec
netsec_conf = read_netsec_config(
checksum,
app_dir,
config,
src_type)
if not netsec_conf:
return netsec
msg = 'Parsing Network Security config'
logger.info(msg)
append_scan_status(checksum, msg)
parsed = parseString(netsec_conf)
finds = []
summary = {HIGH: 0, WARNING: 0, INFO: 0, SECURE: 0}
# Base Config
b_cfg = parsed.getElementsByTagName('base-config')
# 0 or 1 of <base-config>
if b_cfg:
if b_cfg[0].getAttribute('cleartextTrafficPermitted') == 'true':
finds.append({
'scope': ['*'],
'description': (
'Base config is insecurely configured'
' to permit clear text traffic to all domains.'),
'severity': HIGH,
})
summary[HIGH] += 1
if b_cfg[0].getAttribute('cleartextTrafficPermitted') == 'false':
finds.append({
'scope': ['*'],
'description': (
'Base config is configured to disallow '
'clear text traffic to all domains.'),
'severity': SECURE,
})
summary[SECURE] += 1
trst_anch = b_cfg[0].getElementsByTagName('trust-anchors')
if trst_anch:
certs = trst_anch[0].getElementsByTagName('certificates')
for cert in certs:
loc = cert.getAttribute('src')
override = cert.getAttribute('overridePins')
if '@raw/' in loc:
finds.append({
'scope': ['*'],
'description': (
'Base config is configured to trust'
f'bundled certs {loc}.'),
'severity': INFO,
})
summary[INFO] += 1
elif loc == 'system':
finds.append({
'scope': ['*'],
'description': (
'Base config is configured to trust'
' system certificates.'),
'severity': WARNING,
})
summary[WARNING] += 1
elif loc == 'user':
finds.append({
'scope': ['*'],
'description': (
'Base config is configured to trust'
' user installed certificates.'),
'severity': HIGH,
})
summary[HIGH] += 1
if override == 'true':
finds.append({
'scope': ['*'],
'description': (
'Base config is configured to '
'bypass certificate pinning.'),
'severity': HIGH,
})
summary[HIGH] += 1
# Domain Config
dom_cfg = parsed.getElementsByTagName('domain-config')
# Any number of <domain-config>
for cfg in dom_cfg:
domain_list = []
domains = cfg.getElementsByTagName('domain')
for dom in domains:
domain_list.append(dom.firstChild.nodeValue)
if cfg.getAttribute('cleartextTrafficPermitted') == 'true':
finds.append({
'scope': domain_list,
'description': (
'Domain config is insecurely configured'
' to permit clear text traffic to these '
'domains in scope.'),
'severity': HIGH,
})
summary[HIGH] += 1
elif cfg.getAttribute('cleartextTrafficPermitted') == 'false':
finds.append({
'scope': domain_list,
'description': (
'Domain config is securely configured'
' to disallow clear text traffic to these '
'domains in scope.'),
'severity': SECURE,
})
summary[SECURE] += 1
dtrust = cfg.getElementsByTagName('trust-anchors')
if dtrust:
certs = dtrust[0].getElementsByTagName('certificates')
for cert in certs:
loc = cert.getAttribute('src')
override = cert.getAttribute('overridePins')
if '@raw/' in loc:
finds.append({
'scope': domain_list,
'description': (
'Domain config is configured to trust '
f'bundled certs {loc}.'),
'severity': INFO,
})
summary[INFO] += 1
elif loc == 'system':
finds.append({
'scope': domain_list,
'description': (
'Domain config is configured to trust'
' system certificates.'),
'severity': WARNING,
})
summary[WARNING] += 1
elif loc == 'user':
finds.append({
'scope': domain_list,
'description': (
'Domain config is configured to trust'
' user installed certificates.'),
'severity': HIGH,
})
summary[HIGH] += 1
if override == 'true':
finds.append({
'scope': domain_list,
'description': (
'Domain config is configured to '
'bypass certificate pinning.'),
'severity': HIGH,
})
summary[HIGH] += 1
pinsets = cfg.getElementsByTagName('pin-set')
if pinsets:
exp = pinsets[0].getAttribute('expiration')
pins = pinsets[0].getElementsByTagName('pin')
all_pins = []
for pin in pins:
digest = pin.getAttribute('digest')
pin_val = pin.firstChild.nodeValue
if digest:
tmp = f'Pin: {pin_val} Digest: {digest}'
else:
tmp = f'Pin: {pin_val}'
all_pins.append(tmp)
pins_list = ','.join(all_pins)
if exp:
finds.append({
'scope': domain_list,
'description': (
'Certificate pinning expires '
f'on {exp}. After this date '
'pinning will be disabled. '
f'[{pins_list}]'),
'severity': INFO,
})
summary[INFO] += 1
else:
finds.append({
'scope': domain_list,
'description': (
'Certificate pinning does '
'not have an expiry. Ensure '
'that pins are updated before '
'certificate expire. '
f'[{pins_list}]'),
'severity': SECURE,
})
summary[SECURE] += 1
# Debug Overrides
de_over = parsed.getElementsByTagName('debug-overrides')
# 0 or 1 of <debug-overrides>
if de_over and is_debuggable:
if de_over[0].getAttribute('cleartextTrafficPermitted') == 'true':
finds.append({
'scope': ['*'],
'description': (
'Debug override is configured to permit clear '
'text traffic to all domains and the app '
'is debuggable.'),
'severity': HIGH,
})
summary[HIGH] += 1
otrst_anch = de_over[0].getElementsByTagName('trust-anchors')
if otrst_anch:
certs = otrst_anch[0].getElementsByTagName('certificates')
for cert in certs:
loc = cert.getAttribute('src')
override = cert.getAttribute('overridePins')
if '@raw/' in loc:
finds.append({
'scope': ['*'],
'description': (
'Debug override is configured to trust '
f'bundled debug certs {loc}.'),
'severity': HIGH,
})
summary[HIGH] += 1
if override == 'true':
finds.append({
'scope': ['*'],
'description': (
'Debug override is configured to '
'bypass certificate pinning.'),
'severity': HIGH,
})
summary[HIGH] += 1
netsec['network_findings'] = finds
netsec['network_summary'] = summary
except Exception as exp:
msg = 'Performing Network Security Analysis'
logger.exception(msg)
append_scan_status(checksum, msg, repr(exp))
return netsec