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<p>When using <code>SecureRandom</code>, it is important not to use predictable seeds. This class is used to generate cryptographically strong random
numbers. Using a predictable seed will make its output predictable as well, which counteracts the use case of <code>SecureRandom</code>.</p>
<h2>Why is this an issue?</h2>
<p><code>java.security.SecureRandom</code> is often used to generate random values for cryptographic algorithms. When a random number generator is
used for cryptographic purposes, the generated numbers must be as random and unpredictable as possible. When <code>SecureRandom</code> is improperly
seeded with a constant or a predictable value, its output will also be predictable.</p>
<p>This can have severe security implications for cryptographic operations that rely on the randomness of the generated numbers. By using a
predictable seed, an attacker can potentially guess or deduce the generated numbers, compromising the security of whatever cryptographic algorithm
relies on <code>SecureRandom</code>.</p>
<h3>What is the potential impact?</h3>
<p>It is crucial to understand that the strength of cryptographic algorithms heavily relies on the quality of the random numbers used. By improperly
seeding the <code>SecureRandom</code> class, we introduce a significant weakness that can be exploited by attackers.</p>
<h4>Insecure cryptographic keys</h4>
<p>One of the primary use cases for the <code>SecureRandom</code> class is generating cryptographic keys. If an attacker can predict the seed used to
initialize the SecureRandom instance, they may be able to derive the same keys. Depending on the use case, this can lead to multiple severe outcomes,
such as:</p>
<ul>
<li> Being able to decrypt sensitive documents, leading to privacy breaches or identity theft. </li>
<li> Gaining access to a private key used for signing, allowing an attacker to forge digital signatures and impersonate legitimate entities. </li>
<li> Bypassing authentication mechanisms that rely on public-key infrastructure (PKI), which can be abused to gain unauthorized access to systems or
networks. </li>
</ul>
<h4>Session hijacking and man-in-the-middle attack</h4>
<p>Another scenario where this vulnerability can be exploited is in the generation of session tokens or nonces for secure communication protocols. If
an attacker can predict the seed used to generate these tokens, they can impersonate legitimate users or intercept sensitive information.</p>
<h2>How to fix it in BouncyCastle</h2>
<p>BouncyCastle provides several random number generators implementations. Most of these will automatically create unpredictable output.</p>
<p>The remaining random number generators require seeding with an unpredictable value before they will produce unpredictable outputs. These should be
seeded with at least 16 bytes of random data to ensure unpredictable output and that the random seed cannot be guessed using a brute-force attack.</p>
<h3>Code examples</h3>
<h4>Noncompliant code example</h4>
<p><code>SecureRandom</code> instances created with <code>GetInstance()</code> are seeded by default. Disabling seeding results in predictable
output.</p>
<pre data-diff-id="101" data-diff-type="noncompliant">
using Org.BouncyCastle.Security;

byte[] random = new byte[8];

SecureRandom sr = SecureRandom.GetInstance("SHA256PRNG", false);
sr.NextBytes(random); // Noncompliant
</pre>
<p><code>DigestRandomGenerator</code> and <code>VmpcRandomGenerator</code> instances require seeding before use. Predictable seed values will result
in predictable outputs.</p>
<pre data-diff-id="102" data-diff-type="noncompliant">
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Digest;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Prng;

byte[] random = new byte[8];

IRandomGenerator digest = new DigestRandomGenerator(new Sha256Digest());
digest.AddSeedMaterial(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("predictable seed value"));
digest.NextBytes(random); // Noncompliant

IRandomGenerator vmpc = new VmpcRandomGenerator();
vmpc.AddSeedMaterial(Convert.FromBase64String("2hq9pkyqLQJkrYTrEv1eNw=="));
vmpc.NextBytes(random); // Noncompliant
</pre>
<p>When a <code>SecureRandom</code> is created using an unseeded <code>DigestRandomGenerator</code> and <code>VmpcRandomGenerator</code> instance, the
<code>SecureRandom</code> will create predictable outputs.</p>
<pre data-diff-id="103" data-diff-type="noncompliant">
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Digest;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Prng;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Security;

byte[] random = new byte[8];

IRandomGenerator digest = new DigestRandomGenerator(new Sha256Digest());
SecureRandom sr = new SecureRandom(digest);
sr.NextBytes(random); // Noncompliant
</pre>
<h4>Compliant solution</h4>
<p>Allow <code>SecureRandom.GetInstance()</code> to automatically seed new <code>SecureRandom</code> instances.</p>
<pre data-diff-id="101" data-diff-type="compliant">
using Org.BouncyCastle.Security;

byte[] random = new byte[8];

SecureRandom sr = SecureRandom.GetInstance("SHA256PRNG");
sr.NextBytes(random);
</pre>
<p>Use unpredictable values to seed <code>DigestRandomGenerator</code> and <code>VmpcRandomGenerator</code> instances. The
<code>SecureRandom.GenerateSeed()</code> method is designed for this purpose.</p>
<pre data-diff-id="102" data-diff-type="compliant">
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Digest;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Prng;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Security;

byte[] random = new byte[8];

IRandomGenerator digest = new DigestRandomGenerator(new Sha256Digest());
digest.AddSeedMaterial(SecureRandom.GenerateSeed(16));
digest.NextBytes(random);

IRandomGenerator vmpc = new VmpcRandomGenerator();
vmpc.AddSeedMaterial(SecureRandom.GenerateSeed(16));
vmpc.NextBytes(random);
</pre>
<p>An overload of the <code>SecureRandom</code> constructor will automatically seed the underlying <code>IRandomGenerator</code> with an unpredictable
value.</p>
<pre data-diff-id="103" data-diff-type="compliant">
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Digest;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Prng;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Security;

byte[] random = new byte[8];

IRandomGenerator digest = new DigestRandomGenerator(new Sha256Digest());
SecureRandom sr = new SecureRandom(digest, 16);
sr.NextBytes(random);
</pre>
<h2>Resources</h2>
<h3>Documentation</h3>
<ul>
<li> Java Documentation - <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.base/java/security/SecureRandom.html">Class
<code>java.security.SecureRandom</code></a> </li>
</ul>
<h3>Standards</h3>
<ul>
<li> OWASP - <a href="https://owasp.org/Top10/A02_2021-Cryptographic_Failures/">Top 10 2021 Category A2 - Cryptographic Failures</a> </li>
<li> OWASP - <a href="https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A6_2017-Security_Misconfiguration">Top 10 2017 Category A6 - Security
Misconfiguration</a> </li>
<li> CWE - <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/330">CWE-330 - Use of Insufficiently Random Values</a> </li>
<li> CWE - <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/332">CWE-332 - Insufficient Entropy in PRNG</a> </li>
<li> CWE - <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/336">CWE-336 - Same Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)</a> </li>
<li> CWE - <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/337">CWE-337 - Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)</a> </li>
<li> <a href="https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/java/MSC63-J.+Ensure+that+SecureRandom+is+properly+seeded">CERT, MSC63J.</a> - Ensure that
SecureRandom is properly seeded </li>
</ul>
<h2>Implementation Specification</h2>
<p>(visible only on this page)</p>
<h3>Message</h3>
<p>Change this seed value to something unpredictable, or remove the seed.</p>
<h3>Highlighting</h3>
<p>The call to SecureRandom.setSeed() or the SecureRandom(byte[]) constructor call</p>

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{
"title": "\"SecureRandom\" seeds should not be predictable",
"type": "VULNERABILITY",
"code": {
"impacts": {
"SECURITY": "HIGH"
},
"attribute": "LOGICAL"
},
"status": "ready",
"remediation": {
"func": "Constant\/Issue",
"constantCost": "2min"
},
"tags": [
"cwe",
"pitfall"
],
"defaultSeverity": "Critical",
"ruleSpecification": "RSPEC-4347",
"sqKey": "S4347",
"scope": "Main",
"securityStandards": {
"CWE": [
330,
332,
336,
337
],
"OWASP": [
"A6"
],
"OWASP Top 10 2021": [
"A2"
],
"ASVS 4.0": [
"2.3.1",
"2.6.2",
"2.9.2"
]
},
"quickfix": "unknown"
}
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"S4260",
"S4275",
"S4277",
"S4347",
"S4423",
"S4426",
"S4428",
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[DiagnosticAnalyzer(LanguageNames.CSharp)]
public class SymbolicExecutionRunner : SymbolicExecutionRunnerBase
{
public SymbolicExecutionRunner() : this(AnalyzerConfiguration.AlwaysEnabled) { }

internal /* for testing */ SymbolicExecutionRunner(IAnalyzerConfiguration configuration) : base(configuration) { }

protected override ImmutableDictionary<DiagnosticDescriptor, RuleFactory> AllRules { get; } = ImmutableDictionary<DiagnosticDescriptor, RuleFactory>.Empty
.Add(InvalidCastToInterface.S1944, CreateFactory<EmptyRuleCheck, SonarRules.InvalidCastToInterfaceSymbolicExecution>()) // This old SE rule is part of S3655.
.Add(HashesShouldHaveUnpredictableSalt.S2053, CreateFactory<HashesShouldHaveUnpredictableSalt, SonarRules.HashesShouldHaveUnpredictableSalt>())
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.Add(CalculationsShouldNotOverflow.S3949, CreateFactory<CalculationsShouldNotOverflow>())
.Add(ObjectsShouldNotBeDisposedMoreThanOnce.S3966, CreateFactory<ObjectsShouldNotBeDisposedMoreThanOnce, SonarRules.ObjectsShouldNotBeDisposedMoreThanOnce>())
.Add(EmptyCollectionsShouldNotBeEnumerated.S4158, CreateFactory<EmptyCollectionsShouldNotBeEnumerated, SonarRules.EmptyCollectionsShouldNotBeEnumerated>())
.Add(RestrictDeserializedTypes.S5773, CreateFactory<RestrictDeserializedTypes, SonarRules.RestrictDeserializedTypes>());
.Add(RestrictDeserializedTypes.S5773, CreateFactory<RestrictDeserializedTypes, SonarRules.RestrictDeserializedTypes>())
.Add(SecureRandomSeedsShouldNotBePredictable.S4347, CreateFactory<SecureRandomSeedsShouldNotBePredictable>());

protected override SyntaxClassifierBase SyntaxClassifier => CSharpSyntaxClassifier.Instance;
public override ImmutableArray<DiagnosticDescriptor> SupportedDiagnostics => base.SupportedDiagnostics.ToImmutableArray();

protected override SyntaxClassifierBase SyntaxClassifier => CSharpSyntaxClassifier.Instance;
public SymbolicExecutionRunner() : this(AnalyzerConfiguration.AlwaysEnabled) { }
internal /* for testing */ SymbolicExecutionRunner(IAnalyzerConfiguration configuration) : base(configuration) { }

protected override void Initialize(SonarAnalysisContext context)
{
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using System.Text;
using SonarAnalyzer.SymbolicExecution.Constraints;

namespace SonarAnalyzer.SymbolicExecution.Roslyn.RuleChecks.CSharp;

public sealed class SecureRandomSeedsShouldNotBePredictable : SymbolicRuleCheck
{
private const string DiagnosticId = "S4347";
private const string MessageFormat = "Set an unpredictable seed before generating random values.";
private static readonly ImmutableHashSet<string> SecureRandomNextMethods = ImmutableHashSet.Create(
"Next",
"NextInt",
"NextLong",
"NextDouble",
"NextBytes");

public static readonly DiagnosticDescriptor S4347 = DescriptorFactory.Create(DiagnosticId, MessageFormat);
protected override DiagnosticDescriptor Rule => S4347;

public override bool ShouldExecute() => true;

protected override ProgramState PreProcessSimple(SymbolicContext context)
{
var state = context.State;
var operation = context.Operation.Instance;

if (operation.AsArrayCreation() is { } arrayCreation)
{
return ProcessArrayCreation(state, arrayCreation);
}
else if (operation.AsArrayElementReference() is { } arrayElementReference)
{
return ProcessArrayElementReference(state, arrayElementReference);
}
else if (operation.AsInvocation() is { } invocation)
{
return ProcessArraySetValue(state, invocation)
?? ProcessStringToBytes(state, invocation)
?? ProcessSecureRandomGetInstance(state, invocation)
?? ProcessSecureRandomSetSeed(state, invocation)
?? ProcessSecureRandomNext(state, invocation)
?? state;
}
return state;
}

private static ProgramState ProcessArrayCreation(ProgramState state, IArrayCreationOperationWrapper arrayCreation)
{
if (arrayCreation.Type.IsAny(KnownType.System_Byte_Array, KnownType.System_Char_Array))
{
var isConstant = arrayCreation.Initializer.WrappedOperation is null || arrayCreation.Initializer.ElementValues.All(x => x.ConstantValue.HasValue);
return state.SetOperationConstraint(
arrayCreation,
isConstant ? CryptographicSeedConstraint.Predictable : CryptographicSeedConstraint.Unpredictable);
}
return state;
}

private static ProgramState ProcessArrayElementReference(ProgramState state, IArrayElementReferenceOperationWrapper arrayElementReference) =>
arrayElementReference.IsAssignmentTarget() || arrayElementReference.IsCompoundAssignmentTarget()
? state.SetSymbolConstraint(arrayElementReference.ArrayReference.TrackedSymbol(state), CryptographicSeedConstraint.Unpredictable)
: state;

private static ProgramState ProcessArraySetValue(ProgramState state, IInvocationOperationWrapper invocation)
{
if (invocation.TargetMethod.Name == nameof(Array.SetValue)
&& invocation.TargetMethod.ContainingType.Is(KnownType.System_Array))
{
return invocation.ArgumentValue("value") is { ConstantValue.HasValue: true }
? state
: state.SetSymbolConstraint(invocation.Instance.TrackedSymbol(state), CryptographicSeedConstraint.Unpredictable);
}
return null;
}

private static ProgramState ProcessSecureRandomGetInstance(ProgramState state, IInvocationOperationWrapper invocation) =>
invocation.TargetMethod.Name == "GetInstance"
&& invocation.TargetMethod.ContainingType.DerivesFrom(KnownType.Org_BouncyCastle_Security_SecureRandom)
&& invocation.Arguments.Length == 2
&& invocation.ArgumentValue("autoSeed") is { ConstantValue: { HasValue: true, Value: false } }
? state.SetOperationConstraint(invocation, CryptographicSeedConstraint.Predictable)
: null;

private ProgramState ProcessStringToBytes(ProgramState state, IInvocationOperationWrapper invocation)
{
return (IsEncodingGetBytes() || IsConvertFromBase64String() || IsConvertFromBase64CharArray())
? state.SetOperationConstraint(invocation, CryptographicSeedConstraint.Predictable)
: null;

bool IsEncodingGetBytes() =>
invocation.TargetMethod.Name == nameof(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes)
&& invocation.TargetMethod.ContainingType.DerivesFrom(KnownType.System_Text_Encoding)
&& (invocation.ArgumentValue("s") is { ConstantValue.HasValue: true } || ArgumentIsPredictable("chars"));

bool IsConvertFromBase64CharArray() =>
invocation.TargetMethod.Name == nameof(Convert.FromBase64CharArray)
&& invocation.TargetMethod.ContainingType.Is(KnownType.System_Convert)
&& ArgumentIsPredictable("inArray");

bool IsConvertFromBase64String() =>
invocation.TargetMethod.Name == nameof(Convert.FromBase64String)
&& invocation.TargetMethod.ContainingType.Is(KnownType.System_Convert)
&& invocation.ArgumentValue("s") is { ConstantValue.HasValue: true };

bool ArgumentIsPredictable(string parameterName) =>
invocation.ArgumentValue(parameterName) is { } value
&& state[value]?.HasConstraint(CryptographicSeedConstraint.Predictable) is true;
}

private static ProgramState ProcessSecureRandomSetSeed(ProgramState state, IInvocationOperationWrapper invocation)
{
if (invocation.TargetMethod.Name == "SetSeed"
&& invocation.TargetMethod.ContainingType.DerivesFrom(KnownType.Org_BouncyCastle_Security_SecureRandom)
// If it is already unpredictable, do nothing. SecureRandom.SetSeed _mixes_ the seed with the current state.
&& state[invocation.Instance]?.HasConstraint(CryptographicSeedConstraint.Unpredictable) is false
&& invocation.ArgumentValue("seed") is { } argumentValue)
{
var constraint = CryptographicSeedConstraint.Unpredictable;

if (argumentValue.ConstantValue.HasValue)
{
constraint = CryptographicSeedConstraint.Predictable;
}
else if (state[argumentValue]?.Constraint<CryptographicSeedConstraint>() is { } value)
{
constraint = value;
}
return state.SetSymbolConstraint(invocation.Instance.TrackedSymbol(state), constraint);
}
return null;
}

private ProgramState ProcessSecureRandomNext(ProgramState state, IInvocationOperationWrapper invocation)
{
if (SecureRandomNextMethods.Contains(invocation.TargetMethod.Name)
&& invocation.TargetMethod.ContainingType.DerivesFrom(KnownType.Org_BouncyCastle_Security_SecureRandom)
&& state[invocation.Instance]?.HasConstraint(CryptographicSeedConstraint.Predictable) is true)
{
ReportIssue(invocation.WrappedOperation);
}
return state;
}
}
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