Incomplete naming schema and API usage patterns in py/insecure-cookie
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Description
1. The existing `cookie.isSensitive` predicate seems to miss common modern authentication token patterns. I have found some and listed them below.
2. The rule currently relies primarily on specific framework methods (e.g., set_cookie). It ignores direct HTTP manipulation, which is also very common.
code example:
```python
from flask import Flask, Response, make_response
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route("/login")
def login():
resp = make_response("Logged in")
resp.set_cookie("authKey", "secret123") # $ Alert[py/insecure-cookie]
resp.set_cookie("accessToken", "secret123") # $ missing
resp.set_cookie("access_token", "secret123") # missing
resp.set_cookie("auth_token", "secret123") # missing
resp.set_cookie("jwt", "secret123") # $ missing
resp.set_cookie("oauth_token", "secret123") # $ missing
# cannot support this
resp.headers.add("Set-Cookie", "authKey=secret123") # missing
# This is also common, but it seems more difficult to support this.
from http.cookies import SimpleCookie
resp = make_response("Logged in")
cookie = SimpleCookie()
cookie["session"]['authKey'] = "secret123" # missing
# cookie["session"]["httponly"] = True
# cookie["session"]["secure"] = True
for key, morsel in cookie.items():
resp.headers.add('Set-Cookie', morsel.OutputString())
return resp
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at the py/insecure-cookie rule and inspect the cookie.isSensitive predicate and the set_cookie handling described in the issue. Compare the listed token names and direct Set-Cookie examples against current behavior; done means the supported authentication-cookie patterns are detected without relying only on framework methods.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100