PyCQA / PyCQA/bandit

Add an auto-fix or auto-correct feature

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It's nice that Bandit flags lines of code that require attention, but it would be even more valuable to suggest fixes for problem lines. Other linters such as ESLint provide a --fix command line option to automatically fix problems it finds.

See https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/command-line-interface#options

Describe the solution you'd like
A start might be that Bandit includes another field in the output data called suggested fix or something. It would include the modified line of code it found to be wrong with the proposed solution.

For example, if the yaml_load plugin found a case of yaml.load(), it would replace with yaml.load(Loader=yaml.SafeLoader).

Each plugin would need to handle fixes it could address.

Describe alternatives you've considered
n/a

Additional context
https://developer.ibm.com/articles/auto-fix-and-format-your-javascript-with-eslint/

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Research direction

Start by tracing the yaml_load plugin and the output-data path mentioned in the issue, then compare Bandit's command-line behavior with ESLint's --fix option. Define how plugins would describe fixes, how the CLI would apply or report them, and what tests would verify safe handling across plugins.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
security, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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