SAST (Static Application Security Testing)

Read more about this feature here: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/sast/

Configure SAST with CI/CD variables (https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/variables/index.html). List of available variables: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/sast/index.html#available-cicd-variables

Usage

You should add this component to an existing .gitlab-ci.yml file by using the include: keyword.

include:
  - component: gitlab.com/gitlab-components/sast@<VERSION>

where <VERSION> is the latest released tag or main.

Inputs

Input	Default value	Description
stage	test	The stage where you want the job to be added
image_prefix	$CI_TEMPLATE_REGISTRY_HOST/security-products	Define where all Docker image are pulled from
image_tag	3	Tag of the Docker image to use
image_suffix	""	Used by semgrep-sast job only
excluded_analyzers	""	Comma separated list of analyzers that should not run
excluded_paths	"spec, test, tests, tmp"	Comma separated list of paths to exclude
search_max_depth	4	Defines how many directory levels the search for programming languages should span
run_kubesec_sast	"false"	Set it to "true" to run kubesec-sast job

Variables

Variable	Default value	Description
SAST_DISABLED	not set	Set to true to avoid running any SAST jobs

ToDos

• Move the use of SAST_DISABLED to the include:

include:
  - component: gitlab.com/gitlab-components/sast@main
    inputs: { ... }
    rules:
      - if: $SAST_DISABLED != "true"