what is flawfinder?

flawfinder, a simple program that examines C/C++ source code and reports possible security weaknesses (“flaws”) sorted by risk level.

Usage

Create a .yml file under .github/workflows with the following contents

Default configuration

name: flawfinder
on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    name: flawfinder-action
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: flawfinder-action 
        uses: deep5050/flawfinder-action@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}

Advanced configuration

name: flawfinder
on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    name: flawfinder-action
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: flawfinder-action 
        uses: deep5050/flawfinder-action@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
          report_type:
          data_only:
          never_ignore:
          false_positive:
          inputs_flag:
          dot_directories:
          allow_link:

Input Options

report type : html Which is default, generates an HTML report. text for plain text report.

data_only : enable Don't display the headers and footers of the analysis.

never_ignore : enable Never ignore security issues, even if they have an ``ignore'' directive in a comment.

false_positive : enable Do not include hits that are likely to be false positives.

inputs_flag : enable Show only functions that obtain data from outside the program. this also sets minlevel to 0.

dot_directories : enable Scan for files even in directories whose names begin with . (dot)

allow_link : enable Allow symbolic links

Please refer to the flawfinder doumentation for further details.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2020 Dipankar Pal

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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