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Static Analysis updates - Commercial

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The updates on this page apply to Veracode Static Application Security Testing (SAST) in the Commercial Region.

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Veracode delivers the same Static Analysis language and framework support in both the European Region and the Commercial Region. For language support specific to Veracode Pipeline Scan, see Pipeline Scan Supported Languages.

September 11, 2023​

Fixed bug causing false positives for CWE-798​

In last month’s release, Veracode added improved support for CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials) detection. However, a bug in the pattern matching caused a significant number of false positives for some users. Veracode has resolved this issue and the improvement should result in significantly fewer CWE-798 false positives.

August 23, 2023​

Updated language and framework support​

  • Added Kotlin 1.9 support
  • Added TypeScript 5.x support
  • Added GCC 12 (RHEL 8) support
  • Improved CWE-1174 (ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Improper Model Validation) detection on controller-derived classes
  • Improved support for JavaScript URLSearchParams API
  • Improved support for Spring produces annotation attribute
  • Improved third-party detection for JavaScript
  • Improved third-party detection for Android
  • Improved third-party detection for Java
  • Improved hardcoded password/credential detection (CWE-259 and 798)
  • Improved .NET CWE-80 basic XSS detection
  • Improved JavaScript detection of document elements
  • Improved performance for Vue applications
  • Improved .NET Entity Framework support
  • Added ability to allow third-party PHP software if the entire upload is third-party
  • Improved detection of Java CWE-611 XXE
  • Improved support for Python Django views

July 25, 2023​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode has added support for Quarkus, a Kubernetes-native Java stack tailored for OpenJDK HotSpot and GraalVM.

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding support for these new versions of supported technologies:

Improved Detection of CWE-259 and CWE-798​

Improvements to the detection methods Veracode uses to identify CWE-259 (Use of Hard-coded Password), and CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials) vulnerabilities should reduce the number of false positives during static analysis. Improved CWE-259 coverage for Python language submissions.

June 22, 2023​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode has added support for Micronaut 3.8.x, which is a JVM-based framework you use to build lightweight, modular applications.

Veracode has improved static analysis by enhancing support for Android 12.

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding support for these new versions of supported technologies:

Improved CWE-259 (Use of Hard-coded Password) and CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials) Detection​

Improvements to the detection methods utilized to identify CWE-259 and CWE-798 vulnerabilities should reduce the number of false positives found during static analysis.

Additional CWE-693 Coverage for Android​

Veracode has added an additional CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) check for Android applications to ensure that the Play Integrity API is used appropriately.

May 23, 2023​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode improved static analysis by adding support for these new versions of supported technologies:

Improved CWE-89 Coverage for Java and JavaScript/TypeScript​

The improved coverage increases the number of potential CWE-89 flaws that Veracode discovers in Java and JavaScript/TypeScript applications, which might affect your scan results.

Added CWE-451 Coverage for Android​

Veracode has added CWE-451 (Tapjacking) coverage for Android applications.

May 18, 2023​

Pipeline Scan Adds Support for Module Selection​

Pipeline Scan adds a new --include parameter. You use this parameter to specify the top-level modules to include during scanning. The scan results now show both the modules that Veracode identified during prescan and the modules included in the scan.

This update is available with Veracode CLI version 23.4.3-0 and Veracode Docker image version 23.4.3.

April 27, 2023​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode improved static analysis by adding support for these new versions of supported technologies:

Improved Static Analysis for Python Language Submissions​

Static analysis of Python applications inaccurately reports certain CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)) flaws as CWE-201 (Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data) flaws. This update recategorizes these incorrectly reported flaws as CWE-918. This update might impact existing flaw matching and you might need to apply new mitigations to these flaws.

After you apply this update, any Python applications that contain CWE-201 flaws and have any of the following policy requirements might fail your security policy:

  • Security Standard rule for Auto-Update CWE Top 25

  • Findings by Severity rule for Medium or higher

  • Minimum Scan Score rule

March 23, 2023​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode improved static analysis by adding support for these new versions of supported technologies:

Improved Static Analysis for WebMethodAttribute use in ASP.NET Classic​

Veracode has improved static analysis for WebMethodAttribute use in ASP.NET Classic (non MVC and/or MVC Core) WebForms and WebServices. This will affect the flaws found and associated policy results for customers by reducing the number of FPs found.

February 23, 2023​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode improved static analysis by adding support for these new versions of supported technologies:

Improved COBOL Parser Error Handling​

Veracode no longer reports parser errors in standalone copybook files that COBOL files do not include. These files are not relevant for security scanning unless COBOL files reference them.

January 26, 2023​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode improved static analysis by adding support for these new versions of supported technologies:

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding support for:

  • Server-side request forgery (SSRF) reporting for JavaScript

Veracode has released a new version of our new iOS packaging tool:

December 15, 2022​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode improved static analysis by adding support for these new versions of supported technologies:

Veracode improved static analysis by adding support for these new languages and frameworks:

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding a new iOS packaging tool to support Xcode 14 without the Enable_Bitcode setting:

November 17, 2022​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode improved static analysis by adding support for these languages and frameworks:

October 27, 2022​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode improved static analysis by adding support for these languages and frameworks:

October 19, 2022​

New Packaging Guidance Tool​

You can use the new Veracode Packaging Cheat Sheet to generate language-specific packaging guidance for Static Analysis.

October 4, 2022​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode improved static analysis by adding support for these languages and frameworks:

August 25, 2022​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding:

August 1, 2022​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding:

June 24, 2022​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding:

April 28, 2022​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding:

March 28, 2022​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding:

February 24, 2022​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding:

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding support for these new versions:

February 3, 2022​

New Veracode Static Analysis Support for Languages and Frameworks​

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding:

Veracode has improved static analysis by adding support for these new versions:

Veracode Static Analysis Improvements​

Veracode has improved accuracy of hard-coded Passwords. You can expect:

  • Fewer false positives where local files are in known valid locations
  • Better identification of sensitive variable names

Veracode has improved modeling for TypeScript support. You can expect:

  • Fewer false positives, and more true positives in TypeScript applications where type information is specified.