# Security Scorecards ![build](https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/workflows/build/badge.svg?branch=main) ![CodeQL](https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/workflows/CodeQL/badge.svg?branch=main) * [Motivation](#motivation) * [Goals](#goals) * [Scorecard Checks](#scorecard-checks) * [Usage](#usage) * [Authentication](#authentication) * [Docker](#docker) * [Using repository URL](#using-repository-url) * [Using a Package manager](#using-a-package-manager) * [Running specific checks](#running-specific-checks) * [Understanding Scorecard results](#understanding-scorecard-results) * [Formatting Results](#formatting-results) * [Public Data](#public-data) * [Adding a Scorecard Check](#adding-a-scorecard-check) * [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) * [Supportability](#supportability) * [Contributing](#contributing) ## Motivation We created Scorecards to give consumers of open-source projects an easy way to judge whether their dependencies are safe. Scorecards is an automated tool that assesses a number of important heuristics [("checks")](#scorecard-checks) associated with software security and assigns each check a score of 0-10. You can use these scores to understand specific areas to improve in order to strengthen the security posture of your project. You can also assess the risks that dependencies introduce, and make informed decisions about accepting these risks, evaluating alternative solutions, or working with the maintainers to make improvements. The inspiration for Scorecards’ logo: ["You passed! All D's ... and an A!"](https://youtu.be/rDMMYT3vkTk) ## Goals 1. Automate analysis and trust decisions on the security posture of open source projects. 1. Use this data to proactively improve the security posture of the critical projects the world depends on. ## Scorecard Checks The following checks are all run against the target project by default: Name | Description --------------------------- | ----------- Binary-Artifacts | Is the project free of checked-in binaries? Branch-Protection | Does the project use [Branch Protection](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/administering-a-repository/about-protected-branches) ? CI-Tests | Does the project run tests in CI, e.g. [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions), [Prow](https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infra/tree/master/prow)? CII-Best-Practices | Does the project have a [CII Best Practices Badge](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/en)? Code-Review | Does the project require code review before code is merged? Contributors | Does the project have contributors from at least two different organizations? Dependency-Update-Tool | Does the project use tools to help update its dependencies? Fuzzing | Does the project use fuzzing tools, e.g. [OSS-Fuzz](https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz)? Maintained | Is the project maintained? Pinned-Dependencies | Does the project declare and pin [dependencies](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/visualizing-repository-data-with-graphs/about-the-dependency-graph#supported-package-ecosystems)? Packaging | Does the project build and publish official packages from CI/CD, e.g. [GitHub Publishing](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/guides/about-packaging-with-github-actions#workflows-for-publishing-packages) ? SAST | Does the project use static code analysis tools, e.g. [CodeQL](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/finding-security-vulnerabilities-and-errors-in-your-code/enabling-code-scanning-for-a-repository#enabling-code-scanning-using-actions), [SonarCloud](https://sonarcloud.io)? Security-Policy | Does the project contain a [security policy](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/managing-security-vulnerabilities/adding-a-security-policy-to-your-repository)? Signed-Releases | Does the project cryptographically [sign releases](https://wiki.debian.org/Creating%20signed%20GitHub%20releases)? Token-Permissions | Does the project declare GitHub workflow tokens as [read only](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/authentication-in-a-workflow)? Vulnerabilities | Does the project have unfixed vulnerabilities? Uses the [OSV service](https://osv.dev). To see detailed information about each check and remediation steps, check out the [checks documentation page](docs/checks.md). ## Usage ### Authentication Before running Scorecard, you need to, either: - [create a GitHub access token](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/developers/apps/about-apps#personal-access-tokens) and set it in an environment variable called `GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN`, `GITHUB_TOKEN`, `GH_AUTH_TOKEN` or `GH_TOKEN`. This helps to avoid the GitHub's [api rate limits](https://developer.github.com/v3/#rate-limiting) with unauthenticated requests. ```shell # For posix platforms, e.g. linux, mac: export GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN= # Multiple tokens can be provided separated by comma to be utilized # in a round robin fashion. export GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN=, # For windows: set GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN= set GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN=, ``` - create a GitHub App Installations for higher rate-limit quotas. If you have an installed GitHub App and key file, you can use these three environment variables, following the commands shown above for your platform. ``` GITHUB_APP_KEY_PATH= GITHUB_APP_INSTALLATION_ID= GITHUB_APP_ID= ``` These can be obtained from the GitHub [developer settings](https://github.com/settings/apps) page. ### Docker `scorecard` is available as a Docker container: The `GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN` has to be set to a valid [token](#Authentication) ```shell docker run -e GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN=token gcr.io/openssf/scorecard:stable --show-details --repo=https://github.com/ossf/scorecard ``` ### Using repository URL The program can run using just one argument, the URL of the repo: ```shell $ go install github.com/ossf/scorecard/v2@latest $ scorecard --repo=github.com/ossf-tests/scorecard-check-branch-protection-e2e Starting [CII-Best-Practices] Starting [Fuzzing] Starting [Pinned-Dependencies] Starting [CI-Tests] Starting [Maintained] Starting [Packaging] Starting [SAST] Starting [Dependency-Update-Tool] Starting [Token-Permissions] Starting [Security-Policy] Starting [Signed-Releases] Starting [Binary-Artifacts] Starting [Branch-Protection] Starting [Code-Review] Starting [Contributors] Starting [Vulnerabilities] Finished [CI-Tests] Finished [Maintained] Finished [Packaging] Finished [SAST] Finished [Signed-Releases] Finished [Binary-Artifacts] Finished [Branch-Protection] Finished [Code-Review] Finished [Contributors] Finished [Dependency-Update-Tool] Finished [Token-Permissions] Finished [Security-Policy] Finished [Vulnerabilities] Finished [CII-Best-Practices] Finished [Fuzzing] Finished [Pinned-Dependencies] RESULTS ------- |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | SCORE | NAME | REASON | DOCUMENTATION/REMEDIATION | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10 / 10 | Binary-Artifacts | no binaries found in the repo | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#binary-artifacts | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9 / 10 | Branch-Protection | branch protection is not | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#branch-protection | | | | maximal on development and all | | | | | release branches | | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ? | CI-Tests | no pull request found | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#ci-tests | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 0 / 10 | CII-Best-Practices | no badge found | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#cii-best-practices | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10 / 10 | Code-Review | branch protection for default | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#code-review | | | | branch is enabled | | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 0 / 10 | Contributors | 0 different companies found -- | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#contributors | | | | score normalized to 0 | | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 0 / 10 | Dependency-Update-Tool | no update tool detected | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#dependency-update-tool | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 0 / 10 | Fuzzing | project is not fuzzed in | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#fuzzing | | | | OSS-Fuzz | | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 / 10 | Maintained | 2 commit(s) found in the last | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#maintained | | | | 90 days -- score normalized to | | | | | 1 | | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ? | Packaging | no published package detected | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#packaging | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 8 / 10 | Pinned-Dependencies | unpinned dependencies detected | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#pinned-dependencies | | | | -- score normalized to 8 | | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 0 / 10 | SAST | no SAST tool detected | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#sast | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 0 / 10 | Security-Policy | security policy file not | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#security-policy | | | | detected | | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ? | Signed-Releases | no releases found | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#signed-releases | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10 / 10 | Token-Permissions | tokens are read-only in GitHub | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#token-permissions | | | | workflows | | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10 / 10 | Vulnerabilities | no vulnerabilities detected | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#vulnerabilities | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ``` For more details why a check fails, use the `--show-details` option: ``` ./scorecard --repo=github.com/ossf-tests/scorecard-check-branch-protection-e2e --checks Branch-Protection --show-details Starting [Pinned-Dependencies] Finished [Pinned-Dependencies] RESULTS ------- |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | SCORE | NAME | REASON | DETAILS | DOCUMENTATION/REMEDIATION | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9 / 10 | Branch-Protection | branch protection is not | Info: 'force pushes' disabled | github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#branch-protection | | | | maximal on development and all | on branch 'main' Info: 'allow | | | | | release branches | deletion' disabled on branch | | | | | | 'main' Info: linear history | | | | | | enabled on branch 'main' Info: | | | | | | strict status check enabled | | | | | | on branch 'main' Warn: status | | | | | | checks for merging have no | | | | | | specific status to check on | | | | | | branch 'main' Info: number | | | | | | of required reviewers is 2 | | | | | | on branch 'main' Info: Stale | | | | | | review dismissal enabled on | | | | | | branch 'main' Info: Owner | | | | | | review required on branch | | | | | | 'main' Info: 'admininistrator' | | | | | | PRs need reviews before being | | | | | | merged on branch 'main' | | |---------|------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ``` ### Using a Package manager scorecard has an option to provide either `--npm` / `--pypi` / `--rubygems` package name and it would run the checks on the corresponding GitHub source code. For example: ```shell ./scorecard --npm=angular Starting [Active] Starting [Branch-Protection] Starting [CI-Tests] Starting [CII-Best-Practices] Starting [Code-Review] Starting [Contributors] Starting [Pinned-Dependencies] Starting [Fuzzing] Starting [Packaging] Starting [Pull-Requests] Starting [SAST] Starting [Security-Policy] Starting [Signed-Releases] Finished [Signed-Releases] Finished [Fuzzing] Finished [CII-Best-Practices] Finished [Security-Policy] Finished [CI-Tests] Finished [Packaging] Finished [SAST] Finished [Code-Review] Finished [Branch-Protection] Finished [Pinned-Dependencies] Finished [Active] Finished [Pull-Requests] Finished [Contributors] RESULTS ------- Active: Fail 10 Branch-Protection: Fail 0 CI-Tests: Pass 10 CII-Best-Practices: Fail 10 Code-Review: Pass 10 Contributors: Pass 10 Pinned-Dependencies: Fail 0 Fuzzing: Fail 10 Packaging: Fail 0 Pull-Requests: Fail 9 SAST: Fail 10 Security-Policy: Pass 10 Signed-Releases: Fail 0 ``` ### Running specific checks To use a particular check(s), add the `--checks` argument with a list of check names. For example, `--checks=CI-Tests,Code-Review`. ### Understanding Scorecard results Each check returns a **Pass / Fail** decision, as well as a confidence score between **0 and 10**. A confidence of 0 should indicate the check was unable to achieve any real signal, and the result should be ignored. A confidence of 10 indicates the check is completely sure of the result. ### Formatting Results There are three formats currently: `default`, `json`, and `csv`. Others may be added in the future. These may be specified with the `--format` flag. ## Public Data If you're only interested in seeing a list of projects with their Scorecard check results, we publish these results in a [BigQuery public dataset](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data). This data is available in the public BigQuery dataset `openssf:scorecardcron.scorecard`. The latest results are available in the BigQuery view `openssf:scorecardcron.scorecard_latest`. You can extract the latest results to Google Cloud storage in JSON format using the [`bq`](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bq-command-line-tool) tool: ``` # Get the latest PARTITION_ID bq query --nouse_legacy_sql 'SELECT partition_id FROM openssf.scorecardcron.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PARTITIONS WHERE table_name="scorecard" ORDER BY partition_id DESC LIMIT 1' # Extract to GCS bq extract --destination_format=NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON 'openssf:scorecardcron.scorecard$' gs://bucket-name/filename.json ``` The list of projects that are checked is available in the [`cron/data/projects.csv`](https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/cron/data/projects.csv) file in this repository. If you would like us to track more, please feel free to send a Pull Request with others. **NOTE**: Currently, these lists are derived from **projects hosted on GitHub ONLY**. We do plan to expand them in near future to account for projects hosted on other source control systems. ## Adding a Scorecard Check If you'd like to add a check, please see guidance [here](checks/write.md) ## Troubleshooting - ### Bugs and Feature Requests: If you have what looks like a bug, or you would like to make a feature request, please use the [Github issue tracking system.](https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/issues) Before you file an issue, please search existing issues to see if your issue is already covered. - ### Slack For realtime discussion, you can join the [#security_scorecards](https://slack.openssf.org/#security_scorecards) slack channel. Slack requires registration, but the openssf team is open invitation to anyone to register here. Feel free to come and ask any questions. ## Supportability Currently, scorecard officially supports OSX and Linux platforms. So, if you are using a Windows OS you may find issues. Contributions towards supporting Windows are welcome. ## Contributing If you want to get involved or have ideas you'd like to chat about, we discuss this project in the [OSSF Best Practices Working Group](https://github.com/ossf/wg-best-practices-os-developers) meetings. See the [Community Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=czYzdm9lZmhwNWk5cGZsdGI1cTY3bmdwZXNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ) for the schedule and meeting invitations. The meetings happen biweekly https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=s63voefhp5i9pfltb5q67ngpes%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles See the [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) documentation for guidance on how to contribute.