brakeman 4.7.1 → 5.2.1

data/lib/brakeman/app_tree.rb

@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ module Brakeman
       end
       init_options[:additional_libs_path] = options[:additional_libs_path]
       init_options[:engine_paths] = options[:engine_paths]
+      init_options[:skip_vendor] = options[:skip_vendor]
       new(root, init_options)
     end
 
     # Accepts an array of filenames and paths with the following format and
     # returns a Regexp to match them:
     #   * "path1/file1.rb" - Matches a specific filename in the project directory.
-    #   * "path1/" - Matches any path that conatains "path1" in the project directory.
+    #   * "path1/" - Matches any path that contains "path1" in the project directory.
     #   * "/path1/ - Matches any path that is rooted at "path1" in the project directory.
     #
     def self.regex_for_paths(paths)
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ module Brakeman
       @engine_paths = init_options[:engine_paths] || []
       @absolute_engine_paths = @engine_paths.select { |path| path.start_with?(File::SEPARATOR) }
       @relative_engine_paths = @engine_paths - @absolute_engine_paths
+      @skip_vendor = init_options[:skip_vendor]
       @gemspec = nil
       @root_search_pattern = nil
     end
@@ -96,6 +98,10 @@ module Brakeman
       end
     end
 
+    def ruby_file_paths
+      find_paths(".").uniq
+    end
+
     def initializer_paths
       @initializer_paths ||= prioritize_concerns(find_paths("config/initializers"))
     end
@@ -109,8 +115,8 @@ module Brakeman
     end
 
     def template_paths
-      @template_paths ||= find_paths("app/**/views", "*.{#{VIEW_EXTENSIONS}}") +
-                          find_paths("app/**/views", "*.{erb,haml,slim}").reject { |path| File.basename(path).count(".") > 1 }
+      @template_paths ||= find_paths(".", "*.{#{VIEW_EXTENSIONS}}") +
+        find_paths("**", "*.{erb,haml,slim}").reject { |path| File.basename(path).count(".") > 1 }
     end
 
     def layout_exists?(name)
@@ -163,7 +169,8 @@ module Brakeman
     def select_files(paths)
       paths = select_only_files(paths)
       paths = reject_skipped_files(paths)
-      convert_to_file_paths(paths)
+      paths = convert_to_file_paths(paths)
+      reject_global_excludes(paths)
     end
 
     def select_only_files(paths)
@@ -182,6 +189,32 @@ module Brakeman
       end
     end
 
+    EXCLUDED_PATHS = %w[
+      /generators/
+      lib/tasks/
+      lib/templates/
+      db/
+      spec/
+      test/
+      tmp/
+      public/
+      log/
+    ]
+
+    def reject_global_excludes(paths)
+      paths.reject do |path|
+        relative_path = path.relative
+
+        if @skip_vendor and relative_path.include? 'vendor/'
+          true
+        else
+          EXCLUDED_PATHS.any? do |excluded|
+            relative_path.include? excluded
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     def match_path files, path
       absolute_path = Pathname.new(path)
       # relative root never has a leading separator. But, we use a leading

data/lib/brakeman/checks/base_check.rb

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Brakeman::BaseCheck < Brakeman::SexpProcessor
     @mass_assign_disabled = nil
     @has_user_input = nil
     @in_array = false
-    @safe_input_attributes = Set[:to_i, :to_f, :arel_table, :id]
+    @safe_input_attributes = Set[:to_i, :to_f, :arel_table, :id, :uuid]
     @comparison_ops  = Set[:==, :!=, :>, :<, :>=, :<=]
   end
 
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ class Brakeman::BaseCheck < Brakeman::SexpProcessor
     method[-1] == "?"
   end
 
+  TEMP_FILE_PATH = s(:call, s(:call, s(:const, :Tempfile), :new), :path).freeze
+
+  def temp_file_path? exp
+    exp == TEMP_FILE_PATH
+  end
+
   #Report a warning
   def warn options
     extra_opts = { :check => self.class.to_s }
@@ -280,15 +286,6 @@ class Brakeman::BaseCheck < Brakeman::SexpProcessor
     return location, line
   end
 
-  #Checks if an expression contains string interpolation.
-  #
-  #Returns Match with :interp type if found.
-  def include_interp? exp
-    @string_interp = false
-    process exp
-    @string_interp
-  end
-
   #Checks if _exp_ includes user input in the form of cookies, parameters,
   #request environment, or model attributes.
   #
@@ -476,7 +473,7 @@ class Brakeman::BaseCheck < Brakeman::SexpProcessor
   end
 
   def gemfile_or_environment gem_name = :rails
-    if gem_name and info = tracker.config.get_gem(gem_name)
+    if gem_name and info = tracker.config.get_gem(gem_name.to_sym)
       info
     elsif @app_tree.exists?("Gemfile")
       @app_tree.file_path "Gemfile"
@@ -504,4 +501,26 @@ class Brakeman::BaseCheck < Brakeman::SexpProcessor
 
     @active_record_models
   end
+
+  STRING_METHODS = Set[:<<, :+, :concat, :prepend]
+  private_constant :STRING_METHODS
+
+  def string_building? exp
+    return false unless call? exp and STRING_METHODS.include? exp.method
+
+    node_type? exp.target, :str, :dstr or
+    node_type? exp.first_arg, :str, :dstr or
+    string_building? exp.target or
+    string_building? exp.first_arg
+  end
+
+  I18N_CLASS = s(:const, :I18n)
+
+  def locale_call? exp
+    return unless call? exp
+
+    (exp.target == I18N_CLASS and
+     exp.method == :locale) or
+    locale_call? exp.target
+  end
 end

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_basic_auth.rb

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ class Brakeman::CheckBasicAuth < Brakeman::BaseCheck
 
   # Check if the block of a result contains a comparison of password to string
   def include_password_literal? result
+    return false if result[:block_args].nil?
+
     @password_var = result[:block_args].last
     @include_password = false
     process result[:block]

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_content_tag.rb

@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckContentTag < Brakeman::CheckCrossSiteScripting
 
     @current_file = result[:location][:file]
 
-    call = result[:call] = result[:call].dup
-
+    call = result[:call]
     args = call.arglist
 
     tag_name = args[1]

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_csrf_token_forgery_cve.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require 'brakeman/checks/base_check'
+
+class Brakeman::CheckCSRFTokenForgeryCVE < Brakeman::BaseCheck
+  Brakeman::Checks.add self
+
+  @description = "Checks for versions with CSRF token forgery vulnerability (CVE-2020-8166)"
+
+  def run_check
+    fix_version = case
+      when version_between?('0.0.0', '5.2.4.2')
+        '5.2.4.3'
+      when version_between?('6.0.0', '6.0.3')
+        '6.0.3.1'
+      else
+        nil
+      end
+
+    if fix_version
+      warn :warning_type => "Cross-Site Request Forgery",
+        :warning_code => :CVE_2020_8166,
+        :message => msg(msg_version(rails_version), " has a vulnerability that may allow CSRF token forgery. Upgrade to ", msg_version(fix_version), " or patch"),
+        :confidence => :medium,
+        :gem_info => gemfile_or_environment,
+        :link => "https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/NOjKiGeXUgw"
+    end
+  end
+end
+

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_deserialize.rb

@@ -13,7 +13,23 @@ class Brakeman::CheckDeserialize < Brakeman::BaseCheck
   end
 
   def check_yaml
-    check_methods :YAML, :load, :load_documents, :load_stream, :parse_documents, :parse_stream
+    check_methods :YAML, :load_documents, :load_stream, :parse_documents, :parse_stream
+
+    # Check for safe_yaml gem use with YAML.load(..., safe: true)
+    if uses_safe_yaml?
+      tracker.find_call(target: :YAML, method: :load).each do |result|
+        call = result[:call]
+        options = call.second_arg
+
+        if hash? options and true? hash_access(options, :safe)
+          next
+        else
+          check_deserialize result, :YAML
+        end
+      end
+    else
+      check_methods :YAML, :load
+    end
   end
 
   def check_csv
@@ -102,4 +118,8 @@ class Brakeman::CheckDeserialize < Brakeman::BaseCheck
 
     false
   end
+
+  def uses_safe_yaml?
+    tracker.config.has_gem? :safe_yaml
+  end
 end

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_detailed_exceptions.rb

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckDetailedExceptions < Brakeman::BaseCheck
   def check_detailed_exceptions
     tracker.controllers.each do |_name, controller|
       controller.methods_public.each do |method_name, definition|
-        src = definition[:src]
+        src = definition.src
         body = src.body.last
         next unless body
 

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_eol_rails.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require_relative 'eol_check'
+
+class Brakeman::CheckEOLRails < Brakeman::EOLCheck
+  Brakeman::Checks.add self
+
+  @description = "Checks for unsupported versions of Rails"
+
+  def run_check
+    return unless tracker.config.rails_version
+
+    check_eol_version :rails, RAILS_EOL_DATES
+  end
+
+  RAILS_EOL_DATES = {
+    ['2.0.0', '2.3.99'] => Date.new(2013, 6, 25),
+    ['3.0.0', '3.2.99'] => Date.new(2016, 6, 30),
+    ['4.0.0', '4.2.99'] => Date.new(2017, 4, 27),
+    ['5.0.0', '5.0.99'] => Date.new(2018, 5, 9),
+    ['5.1.0', '5.1.99'] => Date.new(2019, 8, 25),
+    ['5.2.0', '5.2.99'] => Date.new(2022, 6, 1),
+    ['6.0.0', '6.0.99'] => Date.new(2023, 6, 1),
+  }
+end

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_eol_ruby.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+require_relative 'eol_check'
+
+class Brakeman::CheckEOLRuby < Brakeman::EOLCheck
+  Brakeman::Checks.add self
+
+  @description = "Checks for unsupported versions of Ruby"
+
+  def run_check
+    return unless tracker.config.ruby_version
+
+    check_eol_version :ruby, RUBY_EOL_DATES
+  end
+
+  RUBY_EOL_DATES = {
+    ['0.0.0', '1.9.3'] => Date.new(2015, 2, 23),
+    ['2.0.0', '2.0.99'] => Date.new(2016, 2, 24),
+    ['2.1.0', '2.1.99'] => Date.new(2017, 3, 31),
+    ['2.2.0', '2.2.99'] => Date.new(2018, 3, 31),
+    ['2.3.0', '2.3.99'] => Date.new(2019, 3, 31),
+    ['2.4.0', '2.4.99'] => Date.new(2020, 3, 31),
+    ['2.5.0', '2.5.99'] => Date.new(2021, 3, 31),
+    ['2.6.0', '2.6.99'] => Date.new(2022, 3, 31),
+    ['2.7.0', '2.7.99'] => Date.new(2023, 3, 31),
+    ['3.0.0', '2.8.99'] => Date.new(2024, 3, 31),
+  }
+end

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_evaluation.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckEvaluation < Brakeman::BaseCheck
   #Process calls
   def run_check
     Brakeman.debug "Finding eval-like calls"
-    calls = tracker.find_call :method => [:eval, :instance_eval, :class_eval, :module_eval]
+    calls = tracker.find_call methods: [:eval, :instance_eval, :class_eval, :module_eval], nested: true
 
     Brakeman.debug "Processing eval-like calls"
     calls.each do |call|

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_execute.rb

@@ -56,8 +56,20 @@ class Brakeman::CheckExecute < Brakeman::BaseCheck
 
     case call.method
     when :popen
-      unless array? first_arg
-        failure = include_user_input?(args) || dangerous_interp?(args)
+      # Normally, if we're in a `popen` call, we only are worried about shell
+      # injection when the argument is not an array, because array elements
+      # are always escaped by Ruby. However, an exception is when the array
+      # contains two values are something like "bash -c" because then the third
+      # element is effectively the command being run and might be a malicious
+      # executable if it comes (partially or fully) from user input.
+      if !array?(first_arg)
+        failure = include_user_input?(first_arg) ||
+                  dangerous_interp?(first_arg) ||
+                  dangerous_string_building?(first_arg)
+      elsif dash_c_shell_command?(first_arg[1], first_arg[2])
+        failure = include_user_input?(first_arg[3]) ||
+                  dangerous_interp?(first_arg[3]) ||
+                  dangerous_string_building?(first_arg[3])
       end
     when :system, :exec
       # Normally, if we're in a `system` or `exec` call, we only are worried
@@ -67,12 +79,28 @@ class Brakeman::CheckExecute < Brakeman::BaseCheck
       # the third argument is effectively the command being run and might be
       # a malicious executable if it comes (partially or fully) from user input.
       if dash_c_shell_command?(first_arg, call.second_arg)
-        failure = include_user_input?(args[3]) || dangerous_interp?(args[3])
+        failure = include_user_input?(args[3]) ||
+                  dangerous_interp?(args[3]) ||
+                  dangerous_string_building?(args[3])
       else
-        failure = include_user_input?(first_arg) || dangerous_interp?(first_arg)
+        failure = include_user_input?(first_arg) ||
+                  dangerous_interp?(first_arg) ||
+                  dangerous_string_building?(first_arg)
       end
+    when :capture2, :capture2e, :capture3
+      # Open3 capture methods can take a :stdin_data argument which is used as the
+      # the input to the called command so it is not succeptable to command injection.
+      # As such if the last argument is a hash (and therefore execution options) it
+      # should be ignored
+
+      args.pop if hash?(args.last) && args.length > 2
+      failure = include_user_input?(args) ||
+                dangerous_interp?(args) ||
+                dangerous_string_building?(args)
     else
-      failure = include_user_input?(args) || dangerous_interp?(args)
+      failure = include_user_input?(args) ||
+                dangerous_interp?(args) ||
+                dangerous_string_building?(args)
     end
 
     if failure and original? result
@@ -186,11 +214,12 @@ class Brakeman::CheckExecute < Brakeman::BaseCheck
       next if node_type? e, :lit, :str
       next if SAFE_VALUES.include? e
       next if shell_escape? e
+      next if temp_file_path? e
 
       if node_type? e, :if
         # If we're in a conditional, evaluate the `then` and `else` clauses to
         # see if they're dangerous.
-        if res = dangerous?(e.values[1..-1])
+        if res = dangerous?(e.sexp_body.sexp_body)
           return res
         end
       elsif node_type? e, :or, :evstr, :dstr
@@ -219,6 +248,23 @@ class Brakeman::CheckExecute < Brakeman::BaseCheck
     false
   end
 
+  #Checks if an expression contains string interpolation.
+  #
+  #Returns Match with :interp type if found.
+  def include_interp? exp
+    @string_interp = false
+    process exp
+    @string_interp
+  end
+
+  def dangerous_string_building? exp
+    if string_building?(exp) && res = dangerous?(exp)
+      return Match.new(:interp, res)
+    end
+
+    false
+  end
+
   def shell_escape? exp
     return false unless call? exp
 

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_json_entity_escape.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+require 'brakeman/checks/base_check'
+
+class Brakeman::CheckJSONEntityEscape < Brakeman::BaseCheck
+  Brakeman::Checks.add self
+
+  @description = "Check if HTML escaping is disabled for JSON output"
+
+  def run_check
+    check_config_setting
+    check_manual_disable
+  end
+
+  def check_config_setting
+    if false? tracker.config.rails.dig(:active_support, :escape_html_entities_in_json)
+      warn :warning_type => "Cross-Site Scripting",
+        :warning_code => :json_html_escape_config,
+        :message => msg("HTML entities in JSON are not escaped by default"),
+        :confidence => :medium,
+        :file => "config/environments/production.rb",
+        :line => 1
+    end
+  end
+
+  def check_manual_disable
+    tracker.find_call(targets: [:ActiveSupport, :'ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding'], method: :escape_html_entities_in_json=).each do |result|
+      setting = result[:call].first_arg
+
+      if false? setting
+        warn :result => result,
+          :warning_type => "Cross-Site Scripting",
+          :warning_code => :json_html_escape_module,
+          :message => msg("HTML entities in JSON are not escaped by default"),
+          :confidence => :medium,
+          :file => "config/environments/production.rb"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_json_parsing.rb

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckJSONParsing < Brakeman::BaseCheck
     warning_type = "Denial of Service"
     confidence = :medium
     gem_name = "#{name} gem"
-    message = msg(msg_version(version, gem_name), " has a symbol creation vulnerablity. Upgrade to ")
+    message = msg(msg_version(version, gem_name), " has a symbol creation vulnerability. Upgrade to ")
 
     if version >= "1.7.0"
       confidence = :high

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_link_to.rb

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckLinkTo < Brakeman::CheckCrossSiteScripting
 
     #Have to make a copy of this, otherwise it will be changed to
     #an ignored method call by the code above.
-    call = result[:call] = result[:call].dup
+    call = result[:call]
 
     first_arg = call.first_arg
     second_arg = call.second_arg

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_link_to_href.rb

@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckLinkToHref < Brakeman::CheckLinkTo
   end
 
   def process_result result
-    #Have to make a copy of this, otherwise it will be changed to
-    #an ignored method call by the code above.
-    call = result[:call] = result[:call].dup
+    call = result[:call]
     @matched = false
 
     url_arg = if result[:block]

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_mass_assignment.rb

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckMassAssignment < Brakeman::BaseCheck
   def run_check
     check_mass_assignment
     check_permit!
+    check_permit_all_parameters
   end
 
   def find_mass_assign_calls
@@ -68,17 +69,15 @@ class Brakeman::CheckMassAssignment < Brakeman::BaseCheck
     if check and original? res
 
       model = tracker.models[res[:chain].first]
-
       attr_protected = (model and model.attr_protected)
+      first_arg = call.first_arg
 
       if attr_protected and tracker.options[:ignore_attr_protected]
         return
+      elsif call? first_arg and (first_arg.method == :slice or first_arg.method == :only)
+        return
       elsif input = include_user_input?(call.arglist)
-        first_arg = call.first_arg
-
-        if call? first_arg and (first_arg.method == :slice or first_arg.method == :only)
-          return
-        elsif not node_type? first_arg, :hash
+        if not node_type? first_arg, :hash
           if attr_protected
             confidence = :medium
           else
@@ -158,13 +157,28 @@ class Brakeman::CheckMassAssignment < Brakeman::BaseCheck
 
   # Look for and warn about uses of Parameters#permit! for mass assignment
   def check_permit!
-    tracker.find_call(:method => :permit!).each do |result|
-      if params? result[:call].target and not result[:chain].include? :slice
-        warn_on_permit! result
+    tracker.find_call(:method => :permit!, :nested => true).each do |result|
+      if params? result[:call].target
+        unless inside_safe_method? result or calls_slice? result
+          warn_on_permit! result
+        end
       end
     end
   end
 
+  # Ignore blah_some_path(params.permit!)
+  def inside_safe_method? result
+    parent_call = result.dig(:parent, :call)
+
+    call? parent_call and
+      parent_call.method.match(/_path$/)
+  end
+
+  def calls_slice? result
+    result[:chain].include? :slice or
+      (result[:full_call] and result[:full_call][:chain].include? :slice)
+  end
+
   # Look for actual use of params in mass assignment to avoid
   # warning about uses of Parameters#permit! without any mass assignment
   # or when mass assignment is restricted by model instead.
@@ -190,7 +204,21 @@ class Brakeman::CheckMassAssignment < Brakeman::BaseCheck
     warn :result => result,
       :warning_type => "Mass Assignment",
       :warning_code => :mass_assign_permit!,
-      :message => "Parameters should be whitelisted for mass assignment",
+      :message => msg('Specify exact keys allowed for mass assignment instead of using ', msg_code('permit!'), ' which allows any keys'),
       :confidence => confidence
   end
+
+  def check_permit_all_parameters
+    tracker.find_call(target: :"ActionController::Parameters", method: :permit_all_parameters=).each do |result|
+      call = result[:call]
+
+      if true? call.first_arg
+        warn :result => result,
+          :warning_type => "Mass Assignment",
+          :warning_code => :mass_assign_permit_all,
+          :message => msg('Mass assignment is globally enabled. Disable and specify exact keys using ', msg_code('params.permit'), ' instead'),
+          :confidence => :high
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_model_attr_accessible.rb

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require 'brakeman/checks/base_check'
 class Brakeman::CheckModelAttrAccessible < Brakeman::BaseCheck
   Brakeman::Checks.add self
 
-  @description = "Reports models which have dangerous attributes defined under the attr_accessible whitelist."
+  @description = "Reports models which have dangerous attributes defined via attr_accessible"
 
   SUSP_ATTRS = [
     [:admin, :high], # Very dangerous unless some Rails authorization used

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_model_attributes.rb

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckModelAttributes < Brakeman::BaseCheck
   @description = "Reports models which do not use attr_restricted and warns on models that use attr_protected"
 
   def run_check
-    return if mass_assign_disabled?
+    return if mass_assign_disabled? or tracker.config.has_gem?(:protected_attributes)
 
     #Roll warnings into one warning for all models
     if tracker.options[:collapse_mass_assignment]

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_page_caching_cve.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+require 'brakeman/checks/base_check'
+
+class Brakeman::CheckPageCachingCVE < Brakeman::BaseCheck
+  Brakeman::Checks.add self
+
+  @description = "Check for page caching vulnerability (CVE-2020-8159)"
+
+  def run_check
+    gem_name = 'actionpack-page_caching'
+    gem_version = tracker.config.gem_version(gem_name.to_sym)
+    upgrade_version = '1.2.2'
+    cve = 'CVE-2020-8159'
+
+    return unless gem_version and version_between?('0.0.0', '1.2.1', gem_version)
+
+    message = msg("Directory traversal vulnerability in ", msg_version(gem_version, gem_name), " ", msg_cve(cve), ". Upgrade to ", msg_version(upgrade_version, gem_name))
+
+    if uses_caches_page?
+      confidence = :high
+    else
+      confidence = :weak
+    end
+
+    warn :warning_type => 'Directory Traversal',
+      :warning_code => :CVE_2020_8159,
+      :message => message,
+      :confidence => confidence,
+      :link_path => 'https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-security/CFRVkEytdP8/c5gmICECAgAJ',
+      :gem_info => gemfile_or_environment(gem_name)
+  end
+
+  def uses_caches_page?
+    tracker.controllers.any? do |name, controller|
+      controller.options.has_key? :caches_page
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_permit_attributes.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'brakeman/checks/base_check'
 class Brakeman::CheckPermitAttributes < Brakeman::BaseCheck
   Brakeman::Checks.add self
 
-  @description = "Warn on potentially dangerous attributes whitelisted via permit"
+  @description = "Warn on potentially dangerous attributes allowed via permit"
 
   SUSPICIOUS_KEYS = {
     admin: :high,

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_regex_dos.rb

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckRegexDoS < Brakeman::BaseCheck
     return unless original? result
 
     call = result[:call]
-    components = call[1..-1]
+    components = call.sexp_body
 
     components.any? do |component|
       next unless sexp? component

data/lib/brakeman/checks/check_render.rb

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckRender < Brakeman::BaseCheck
     view = result[:call][2]
 
     if sexp? view and original? result
+      return if renderable?(view)
 
       if input = has_immediate_user_input?(view)
         if string_interp? view
@@ -94,4 +95,17 @@ class Brakeman::CheckRender < Brakeman::BaseCheck
       end
     end
   end
-end 
+
+  def renderable? exp
+    return false unless call?(exp) and constant?(exp.target)
+
+    target_class_name = class_name(exp.target)
+    known_renderable_class?(target_class_name) or tracker.find_method(:render_in, target_class_name)
+  end
+
+  def known_renderable_class? class_name
+    klass = tracker.find_class(class_name)
+    return false if klass.nil?
+    klass.ancestor? :"ViewComponent::Base"
+  end
+end