Semgrep Pro Engine is an advanced static application security testing (SAST) tool designed to help developers and security teams identify and remediate complex vulnerabilities within their codebases. It leverages sophisticated interfile and interprocedural dataflow analysis, including taint-tracking, to accurately trace potential security flaws across multiple files and function calls. This advanced analysis significantly reduces the number of false positives typically associated with static analysis tools while simultaneously increasing the discovery of true positives, uncovering deeper and more subtle issues. A key advantage of Pro Engine is its ability to scan code rapidly without requiring compilation, streamlining the security testing process and avoiding common rollout and management complexities. It supports a wide array of programming languages for interfile analysis, including C, C++, C#, Golang, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Kotlin, and Python, with over 30 languages supported for interprocedural analysis. Furthermore, the tool simplifies rule creation and customization, allowing users to define security policies with a syntax that closely resembles source code, eliminating the need to learn complex domain-specific languages or understand abstract syntax trees. This empowers engineering teams to integrate security guardrails directly into their development workflows, ensuring secure applications from idea to deployment.

Features & Benefits

• Advanced Code Analysis
  • Uses advanced dataflow analysis to reduce the number of false positives and discover new true positives across files and procedures.
  • Interfile analysis is available for C, C++, C#, Golang, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Kotlin, and Python.
• Enhanced Accuracy & Deeper Issue Detection
  • Discovers more true positives by uncovering complex vulnerabilities across files and procedures. Reduces false positives through dataflow analysis features such as taint-tracking, tracing user inputs to unsafe statements.
• Effortless Integration & Rapid Scanning
  • Works without compiled code, allowing for easy and rapid scanning of codebases, which simplifies rollout and management compared to other advanced analysis tools.
• Customizable and Intuitive Rule Writing
  • Enables users to easily write and customize rules with a syntax similar to source code, eliminating the need for abstract syntax trees or domain-specific languages.
  • For interfile analysis, Golang, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, and TypeScript are supported.
  • For interprocedural analysis, 30+ languages are supported.