README.md

🔒 Security Testing Repository

This repository contains intentionally vulnerable code for security analysis and testing.
It includes GitHub Actions workflows that automatically scan the code for security vulnerabilities
using Cppcheck (for C/C++) and Semgrep (for multiple languages).

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🚀 Features

• 🛠 Vulnerable Code – Contains code with security flaws for testing.
• 🤖 Automated Security Scans – Runs Cppcheck and Semgrep on code changes.
• 📊 GitHub Security Dashboard Integration – Reports are uploaded to GitHub’s security panel.
• 📂 SARIF Report Uploads – Allows reviewing scan results directly in GitHub.

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⚡ GitHub Actions Workflows

🔹 Cppcheck (C/C++ Security Scan)

• Runs on: push to main diff-aware and on demand
• Scans: vulnerable-source-code/
• Uploads: SARIF results to the GitHub Security Dashboard.

Workflow Location:

📄 .github/workflows/cppcheck.yml

🔹 Semgrep (Static Code Analysis)

• Runs on: push to main diff-aware and on demand
• Scans: vulnerable-source-code/
• Uploads: SARIF reports for GitHub Code Scanning Alerts.

Workflow Location:

📄 .github/workflows/semgrep.yml

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📊 Viewing Security Reports

1. Go to GitHub → Security Tab → Code Scanning Alerts.
2. View Cppcheck and Semgrep scan results.
3. Click on SARIF reports for detailed analysis.