ossf / ossf/package-analysis

Consolidate sandbox images and inject analyze script at runtime

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dynamic analysis enhancement needs discussion
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Go
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Description

Packages downloaded from package repositories often depend on other ecosystems to function correctly (e.g. an NPM package uses PyPI).

So rather than having a separate sandbox image for each ecosystem we could instead have a single common image and just mount the analyze script into the image.

This enables some interesting other capabilities:

  • make the sandbox harder to evade by detecting the analyze script
  • allows different versions of linux, node, python, etc to be tested
  • makes the infrastructure more flexible for broader use-cases

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

The issue names sandbox images and the analyze script but no files, tests, or entry points. Start by tracing how ecosystem-specific images are selected and where the analyze script is mounted or invoked. Done means consolidating the images around a common runtime while supporting runtime injection and the listed flexibility goals.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux, node.js, python
Domain
devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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