SeCoRA: Your AI-Powered Secure Code Review Agent

While exploring GitHub for security tools, I discovered that SeCoRA is an agent that conducts secure code reviews. It utilizes advanced AI models to perform static analysis, identify vulnerabilities, and provide actionable security recommendations. In this blog post, we'll examine what SeCoRA is, its features, and how you can use it to enhance the security of your code.

What is SeCoRA?

SeCoRA is an AI-powered tool that performs static analysis on codebases to detect security vulnerabilities. It uses advanced language models to analyze code, identify potential security issues, and provide detailed remediation suggestions. SeCoRA supports Python code analysis and aims to detect vulnerabilities from the OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25 lists.

Key Features

• AI-Powered Static Analysis: SeCoRA uses AI models to analyze code and identify security vulnerabilities.

• Detection of OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25 Vulnerabilities: SeCoRA focuses on detecting the most critical security issues.

• Vulnerability Chaining: Identifies interconnected risks and provides a comprehensive view of potential attack paths.

• Detailed Remediation Suggestions: Offers actionable recommendations and secure code examples to fix identified vulnerabilities.

• Real-Time Analysis via API Endpoints: Provides API endpoints for real-time code analysis.

• Comprehensive Vulnerability Reports: Generates detailed reports with CVSS scoring and vulnerability distribution.

Prerequisites

Before you start using SeCoRA, ensure you have the following prerequisites:

• Python 3.12 or higher

• OpenAI API key

• Anthropic API key

Installation

Follow these steps to install SeCoRA:

Clone the Repository:

git clone https://github.com/shivamsaraswat/secora.git
cd secora

Create a Virtual Environment and Activate It:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

Install Dependencies:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt
pip3 install -e . # Install package in development mode

Set Up Environment Variables:

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your API keys

Usage

Starting the Server

To start the SeCoRA server, run the following command:

python3 src/main.py
# OR
secora

You can access the API documentation at http://localhost:8000/docs.

API Endpoints

SeCoRA provides several API endpoints for analyzing code:

• POST /analyze/file: Analyze a single file for vulnerabilities.

• POST /analyze/repository: Analyze an entire git repository.

• GET /health: Health check endpoint.

Example Usage

Here's an example of how to use SeCoRA's API to analyze a single file:

import requests

# Analyze a single file
files = {'file': open('your_code.py', 'rb')}
response = requests.post('http://localhost:8000/analyze/file', files=files)
vulnerabilities = response.json()

And here's how to analyze a repository:

data = {
    'repository_url': 'https://github.com/username/repo',
    'branch': 'main',
    'scan_depth': 3
}
response = requests.post('http://localhost:8000/analyze/repository', json=data)
report = response.json()

Configuration

Create a .env file with the following variables:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_key
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_key

Future Improvements

SeCoRA is continuously evolving, and future improvements include:

• Support for additional programming languages (Java, JavaScript, Go, etc.)

• Integration with more AI models and providers

• Integration with popular CI/CD platforms

• Enhanced reporting

• Pull Request scanning with automated security reviews

• Inline code comments for PR feedback

Conclusion

SeCoRA is a robust tool that utilizes AI to improve the security of your codebases. By identifying and addressing vulnerabilities, SeCoRA assists you in developing more secure applications. With its AI-powered static analysis, SeCoRA can detect critical security issues from the OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25 lists, providing you with detailed remediation suggestions to fix these vulnerabilities.

SeCoRA's ability to perform real-time analysis via API endpoints and generate comprehensive vulnerability reports makes it an invaluable tool for developers and security professionals alike. Whether you are analyzing a single file or an entire repository, SeCoRA provides actionable insights to help you secure your code.