SARIF reporter

SARIF is a unified file format used to exchange information between
static analysis tools (like pylint) and various types of formatters,
meta-runners, broadcasters / alert system, ...

This implementation is ad-hoc, and non-validating.

Spec v Github
-------------

Turns out Github both doesn't implement all of SARIF (which makes
sense) and requires a bunch of properties which the spec considers
optional. The [official SARIF validator][] (linked to by both oasis
and github) was used to validate the output of the reporter, ensuring
that all the github requirements it flags are fulfilled, and
fixing *some* of the validator's pet issues.

As of now the following issues are left unaddressed:

- azure requires `run.automationDetails`, looking at the spec I don't
  think it makes sense for the reporter to inject that, it's more up
  to the CI
- the validator wants a `run.versionControlProvenance`, same as above
- the validator wants rule names in PascalCase, lol
- the validator wants templated result messages, but without pylint
  providing the args as part of the `Message` that's a bit of a chore
- the validator wants `region` to include a snippet (the flagged
  content)
- the validator wants `physicalLocation` to have a `contextRegion`
  (most likely with a snippet)

On URIs
-------

The reporter makes use of URIs for artifacts (~files). Per ["guidance
on the use of artifactLocation objects"][3.4.7], `uri` *should*
capture the deterministic part of the artifact location and
`uriBaseId` *should* capture the non-deterministic part. However as
far as I can tell pylint has no requirement (and no clean way to
require) consistent resolution roots: `path` is just relative to the
cwd, and there is no requirement to have project-level files to use
pylint. This makes the use of relative uris dodgy, but absolute uris
are pretty much always broken for the purpose of *interchange* so
they're not really any better.

As a side-note, Github [asserts][relative-uri-guidance]

> While this [nb: `originalUriBaseIds`] is not required by GitHub for
> the code scanning results to be displayed correctly, it is required
> to produce a valid SARIF output when using relative URI references.

However per [3.4.4][] this is incorrect, the `uriBaseId` can be
resolved through end-user configuration, `originalUriBaseIds`,
external information (e.g. envvars), or heuristics.

It would be nice to document the "relative root" via
`originalUriBaseIds` (which may be omitted for that purpose per
[3.14.14][], but per the above claiming a consistent project root is
dodgy.

We *could* resolve known project files (e.g. pyproject.toml, tox.ini,
etc...) in order to find a consistent root (project root, repo root,
...) and set / use that for relative URIs but that's a lot of
additional complexity which I'm not sure is warranted at least for a
first version.

Fixes #5493

[3.4.4]: https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0/csprd01/sarif-v2.1.0-csprd01.html#_Toc10540869
[3.4.7]:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0/csprd01/sarif-v2.1.0-csprd01.html#_Toc10540872
[3.14.14]: https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0/csprd01/sarif-v2.1.0-csprd01.html#_Toc10540936
[relative-uri-guidance]:
https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/integrating-with-code-scanning/sarif-support-for-code-scanning#relative-uri-guidance-for-sarif-producers
[official SARIF validator]: https://sarifweb.azurewebsites.net/

Author: xmo-odoo

doc/whatsnew/fragments/5493.feature

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Support for SARIF as an output format.
+
+Closes #5493
+Closes #10647

pylint/lint/base_options.py

@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ def _make_linter_options(linter: PyLinter) -> Options:
                 "group": "Reports",
                 "help": "Set the output format. Available formats are: 'text', "
                 "'parseable', 'colorized', 'json2' (improved json format), 'json' "
-                "(old json format), msvs (visual studio) and 'github' (GitHub actions). "
+                "(old json format), msvs (visual studio), 'github' (GitHub actions), "
+                "and 'sarif'. "
                 "You can also give a reporter class, e.g. mypackage.mymodule."
                 "MyReporterClass.",
                 "kwargs": {"linter": linter},

pylint/reporters/__init__.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from pylint.reporters.json_reporter import JSON2Reporter, JSONReporter
 from pylint.reporters.multi_reporter import MultiReporter
 from pylint.reporters.reports_handler_mix_in import ReportsHandlerMixIn
+from pylint.reporters.sarif_reporter import SARIFReporter
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from pylint.lint.pylinter import PyLinter
@@ -31,4 +32,5 @@ def initialize(linter: PyLinter) -> None:
     "JSONReporter",
     "MultiReporter",
     "ReportsHandlerMixIn",
+    "SARIFReporter",
 ]

pylint/reporters/sarif_reporter.py

@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+# Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+# For details: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/blob/main/LICENSE
+# Copyright (c) https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+
+# pylint: disable=wrong-spelling-in-comment
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from textwrap import shorten
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, TypedDict
+
+import pylint
+import pylint.message
+from pylint.constants import MSG_TYPES
+from pylint.reporters import BaseReporter
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pylint.lint import PyLinter
+    from pylint.reporters.ureports.nodes import Section
+
+
+def register(linter: PyLinter) -> None:
+    linter.register_reporter(SARIFReporter)
+
+
+class SARIFReporter(BaseReporter):
+    name = "sarif"
+    extension = "sarif"
+    linter: PyLinter
+
+    def display_reports(self, layout: Section) -> None:
+        """Don't do anything in this reporter."""
+
+    def _display(self, layout: Section) -> None:
+        """Do nothing."""
+
+    def display_messages(self, layout: Section | None) -> None:
+        """Launch layouts display."""
+        output: Log = {
+            "version": "2.1.0",
+            "$schema": "https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0/cs01/schemas/sarif-schema-2.1.0.json",
+            "runs": [
+                {
+                    "tool": {
+                        "driver": {
+                            "name": "pylint",
+                            "fullName": f"pylint {pylint.__version__}",
+                            "version": pylint.__version__,
+                            # should be versioned but not all versions are kept so...
+                            "informationUri": "https://pylint.readthedocs.io/",
+                            "rules": [
+                                {
+                                    "id": m.msgid,
+                                    "name": m.symbol,
+                                    "deprecatedIds": [
+                                        msgid for msgid, _ in m.old_names
+                                    ],
+                                    "deprecatedNames": [
+                                        name for _, name in m.old_names
+                                    ],
+                                    # per 3.19.19 shortDescription should be a
+                                    # single sentence which can't be guaranteed,
+                                    # however github requires it...
+                                    "shortDescription": {
+                                        "text": m.description.split(".", 1)[0]
+                                    },
+                                    # github requires that this is less than 1024 characters
+                                    "fullDescription": {
+                                        "text": shorten(
+                                            m.description, 1024, placeholder="..."
+                                        )
+                                    },
+                                    "help": {"text": m.format_help()},
+                                    "helpUri": f"https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user_guide/messages/{MSG_TYPES[m.msgid[0]]}/{m.symbol}.html",
+                                    # handle_message only gets the formatted message,
+                                    # so to use `messageStrings` we'd need to
+                                    # convert the templating and extract the args
+                                    # out of the msg
+                                }
+                                for checker in self.linter.get_checkers()
+                                for m in checker.messages
+                                if m.symbol in self.linter.stats.by_msg
+                            ],
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "results": [self.serialize(message) for message in self.messages],
+                }
+            ],
+        }
+        json.dump(output, self.out)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def serialize(message: pylint.message.Message) -> Result:
+        region: Region = {
+            "startLine": message.line,
+            "startColumn": message.column + 1,
+            "endLine": message.end_line or message.line,
+            "endColumn": (message.end_column or message.column) + 1,
+        }
+
+        location: Location = {
+            "physicalLocation": {
+                "artifactLocation": {
+                    "uri": message.path.replace("\\", "/"),
+                },
+                "region": region,
+            },
+        }
+        if message.obj:
+            logical_location: LogicalLocation = {
+                "name": message.obj,
+                "fullyQualifiedName": f"{message.module}.{message.obj}",
+            }
+            location["logicalLocations"] = [logical_location]
+
+        return {
+            "ruleId": message.msg_id,
+            "message": {"text": message.msg},
+            "level": CATEGORY_MAP[message.category],
+            "locations": [location],
+            "partialFingerprints": {
+                # encoding the node path seems like it would be useful to dedup alerts?
+                "nodePath/v1": "",
+            },
+        }
+
+
+CATEGORY_MAP: dict[str, ResultLevel] = {
+    "convention": "note",
+    "refactor": "note",
+    "statement": "note",
+    "info": "note",
+    "warning": "warning",
+    "error": "error",
+    "fatal": "error",
+}
+
+
+class Run(TypedDict):
+    tool: Tool
+    # invocation parameters / environment for the tool
+    # invocation: list[Invocations]
+    results: list[Result]
+    # originalUriBaseIds: dict[str, ArtifactLocation]
+
+
+Log = TypedDict(
+    "Log",
+    {
+        "version": Literal["2.1.0"],
+        "$schema": Literal[
+            "https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0/cs01/schemas/sarif-schema-2.1.0.json"
+        ],
+        "runs": list[Run],
+    },
+)
+
+
+class Tool(TypedDict):
+    driver: Driver
+
+
+class Driver(TypedDict):
+    name: Literal["pylint"]
+    # optional but azure wants it
+    fullName: str
+    version: str
+    informationUri: str  # not required but validator wants it
+    rules: list[ReportingDescriptor]
+
+
+class ReportingDescriptorOpt(TypedDict, total=False):
+    deprecatedIds: list[str]
+    deprecatedNames: list[str]
+    messageStrings: dict[str, MessageString]
+
+
+class ReportingDescriptor(ReportingDescriptorOpt):
+    id: str
+    # optional but validator really wants it (then complains that it's not pascal cased)
+    name: str
+    # not required per spec but required by github
+    shortDescription: MessageString
+    fullDescription: MessageString
+    help: MessageString
+    helpUri: str
+
+
+class MarkdownMessageString(TypedDict, total=False):
+    markdown: str
+
+
+class MessageString(MarkdownMessageString):
+    text: str
+
+
+ResultLevel = Literal["none", "note", "warning", "error"]
+
+
+class ResultOpt(TypedDict, total=False):
+    ruleId: str
+    ruleIndex: int
+
+    level: ResultLevel
+
+
+class Result(ResultOpt):
+    message: Message
+    # not required per spec but required by github
+    locations: list[Location]
+    partialFingerprints: dict[str, str]
+
+
+class Message(TypedDict, total=False):
+    # needs to have either text or id but it's a PITA to type
+
+    #: plain text message string (can have markdown links but no other formatting)
+    text: str
+    #: formatted GFM text
+    markdown: str
+    #: rule id
+    id: str
+    #: arguments for templated rule messages
+    arguments: list[str]
+
+
+class Location(TypedDict, total=False):
+    physicalLocation: PhysicalLocation  # actually required by github
+    logicalLocations: list[LogicalLocation]
+
+
+class PhysicalLocation(TypedDict):
+    artifactLocation: ArtifactLocation
+    # not required per spec, required by github
+    region: Region
+
+
+class ArtifactLocation(TypedDict, total=False):
+    uri: str
+    #: id of base URI for resolving relative `uri`
+    uriBaseId: str
+    description: Message
+
+
+class LogicalLocation(TypedDict, total=False):
+    name: str
+    fullyQualifiedName: str
+    #: schema is `str` with a bunch of *suggested* terms, of which this is a subset
+    kind: Literal[
+        "function", "member", "module", "parameter", "returnType", "type", "variable"
+    ]
+
+
+class Region(TypedDict):
+    # none required per spec, all required by github
+    startLine: int
+    startColumn: int
+    endLine: int
+    endColumn: int

tests/lint/unittest_expand_modules.py

@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ def test__is_in_ignore_list_re_match() -> None:
         "name": "reporters.unittest_reporting",
         "isignored": False,
     },
+    str(REPORTERS_PATH / "unittest_sarif_reporter.py"): {
+        "basename": "reporters",
+        "basepath": str(REPORTERS_PATH / "__init__.py"),
+        "isarg": False,
+        "path": str(REPORTERS_PATH / "unittest_sarif_reporter.py"),
+        "name": "reporters.unittest_sarif_reporter",
+        "isignored": False,
+    },
 }