False negative: py/ldap-injection misses taint flow for ldap3 `extend.standard.paged_search`
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Start with the py/ldap-injection query and compare how ldap3.Connection.search(...) models taint flow with the conn.extend.standard.paged_search(...) call shown here. The work is done when taint reaching search_base and search_filter through this API is reported equivalently to the existing search flow.
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Description
py/ldap-injection reports taint for ldap3.Connection.search(...), but misses equivalent taint flow in:
conn.extend.standard.paged_search(search_base=..., search_filter=...)
from flask import Flask, request
import ldap3
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route("/paged")
def paged():
dn = "dc={}".format(request.args["dc"])
filt = "(user={})".format(request.args["username"])
conn = ldap3.Connection(ldap3.Server("ldap://127.0.0.1"), user=dn, auto_bind=True)
conn.extend.standard.paged_search(search_base=dn, search_filter=filt) # no alert
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