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Find vulnerabilities in JavaScript with Yarn

You can scan JavaScript in Yarn repositories using the command-line interface or the CI integrations.

For packaging instructions for Veracode Static Analysis, see Packaging JavaScript and TypeScript applications.

For a comprehensive view of open-source library vulnerabilities, including CVEs and exclusive Veracode findings, see Veracode Vulnerability Database.

Scan your code​

You can scan Yarn projects but not Yarn workspaces. To run an example scan, you can clone one of the public Veracode SCA repositories:

git clone https://github.com/veracode/example-javascript-yarn

After you add a srcclr.yml file to the directory where you point the Veracode SCA agent, you can specify scan directives for scanning your Yarn code. The scope directive requires Yarn-specific configurations.

Before you begin:

  • Meet the requirements for the Veracode SCA agent.
  • Have access to the Yarn repository.
  • Have NPM 2.10.0 or later installed on the local path.
  • Include the yarn.lock file in the repository to scan.
  • Include the package.json file in the repository to scan, in the same directory as the yarn.lock file.
  • Have Yarn installed through NPM and located on the local path.

The Veracode SCA agent runs a specific command to identify the dependencies and their versions in your project. To test that the agent can build the project before scanning, run:

node -e var fs= require('fs'); \
  var parse= require('../lib/lockfile/parse.js').default; \
  var contents= fs.readFileSync('/path/to/example-javascript-yarn/yarn.lock', 'utf8'); \
  console.log(JSON.stringify(parse(contents)));

To complete this task:

At the command line, run the scan command pointed to the directory of the Yarn repository. For example:

srcclr scan path/to/{project_folder}

To scan code repositories hosted in Git, use the --url argument at the command line.

To view more verbose output during the scan process, add the --loud argument:

srcclr scan path/to/{project_folder} --loud

Results:

The Veracode SCA agent uses the native package managers to identify the dependencies and their versions in your project. When the agent evaluates the open-source libraries in use, it produces a summary of the scan results. This summary includes counts for total libraries used, vulnerable libraries, percentage of third-party code, and a list of the vulnerabilities found.

Next steps:

After completing the scan, you can view the results.

Fix example direct vulnerability​

When your configuration file specifically references a library, Veracode SCA refers to the library as a direct dependency.

These example steps provide a fix for a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Using Non-standard Encodings vulnerability in Express, version 4.1.1 in the example-javascript-yarn project.

To complete this task:

  1. To edit the Yarn file in the root of the project, run:

    yarn upgrade [email protected]
    yarn install --flat

  2. Validate the fix.

Fix example transitive vulnerability​

Because Yarn projects, version 1.0 or greater, allow for multiple versions of the same library, you cannot override a vulnerable library by adding the appropriate version directly to the configuration file.

These steps provide a fix for a Timing Attack Via Signature Validation vulnerability in cookie-signature, version 1.0.3 in the example-javascript-yarn repository.

To complete this task:

  1. Add this resolutions section to your package.json file:

    "resolutions": {
      "cookie-signature": "1.0.4"
    }

    If a resolutions section already exists, add "cookie-signature": "1.0.4" to it.

  2. Run the yarn install command.

Next steps:

After completing these steps, build, test, and rescan your project to ensure the fix succeeded.

Fix example transitive vulnerability​

Because Yarn projects, version 1.0 or earlier, allow for multiple versions of the same library, you cannot override a vulnerable library by adding the appropriate version directly to the configuration file.

These steps provide a fix for a Timing Attack Via Signature Validation vulnerability in cookie-signature, version 1.0.3 in the example-javascript-yarn repository.

To complete this task:

  1. To install cookie-signature library 1.0.4, run:

    yarn add [email protected]

  2. Run the following command and, when prompted, choose the latest version:

    yarn install --flat

Next steps:

After completing these steps, build, test, and rescan your project to ensure the fix succeeded.

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