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@lukeina2z lukeina2z commented Sep 23, 2025

This commit implements complete security scanning for aws-xray-sdk-java:

CodeQL Security Analysis (.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml)

  • CodeQL analysis for Java code security scanning with security-extended queries
  • Runs on PR/push and weekly schedule

Daily Security Scan (.github/workflows/daily-scan.yml)

  • Scans published Maven artifacts from Maven Central twice daily
  • Monitors core, aws-sdk, and apache-http modules separately
  • Detects new vulnerabilities in existing published artifacts
  • Focuses on HIGH/CRITICAL severity issues requiring immediate action
  • Generates actionable summary reports with error handling

Key Features

  • Comprehensive coverage: source code, dependencies, published Maven artifacts
  • Java-focused: OWASP Dependency Check, SpotBugs, FindSecBugs
  • Security-focused: commit hashes, proper permissions, categorized results
  • Production-ready: scans actual published artifacts from Maven Central
  • Robust: proper timeouts, error handling, and job dependencies
  • Actionable: clear reporting and GitHub Security tab integration

Includes OWASP Dependency Check suppressions file for managing false positives.

Addresses the critical security gap where aws-xray-sdk-java had no automated security scanning despite being critical infrastructure used in production.

By submitting this pull request, I confirm that my contribution is made under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license.

@lukeina2z lukeina2z requested a review from a team as a code owner September 23, 2025 19:46
@lukeina2z lukeina2z changed the title Add comprehensive security scanning workflows for Java [WIP] Add comprehensive security scanning workflows for Java Sep 23, 2025
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This pull request sets up GitHub code scanning for this repository. Once the scans have completed and the checks have passed, the analysis results for this pull request branch will appear on this overview. Once you merge this pull request, the 'Security' tab will show more code scanning analysis results (for example, for the default branch). Depending on your configuration and choice of analysis tool, future pull requests will be annotated with code scanning analysis results. For more information about GitHub code scanning, check out the documentation.

@lukeina2z lukeina2z changed the title [WIP] Add comprehensive security scanning workflows for Java Add comprehensive security scanning workflows for Java Sep 23, 2025
Fixed issues:
- Replace wget with curl for GitHub Actions compatibility
- Add proper error handling for SpotBugs SARIF file generation
- Add continue-on-error for all security scanning steps
- Ensure SARIF files exist before upload attempts
- Initialize empty SARIF file as fallback for SpotBugs

This provides robust security scanning that won't fail the build
while still providing comprehensive vulnerability detection.
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