Fix CVE version-range matching: numeric comparison + Excluding bounds - #12
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query_cves() (the primary/default correlation path once the SQLite CVE snapshot is installed) compared version_start/version_end with plain SQL >=/<=, which is a lexicographic string comparison, not numeric. "2.4.9" sorts after "2.4.10", so ranges spanning a digit-width boundary silently produced both false negatives (real vulnerabilities missed) and false positives (patched versions flagged). Version filtering now happens in Python via cve_matcher.version_in_range, which does real semver comparison. Both the SQLite ingestion path (_extract_cpe_matches_from_node) and the JSON-fallback path (cve_matcher.extract_cve_info) also only read NVD's versionStartIncluding/versionEndIncluding fields, ignoring versionStartExcluding/versionEndExcluding entirely. Since NVD commonly expresses "fixed in version X" as an Excluding bound, this silently dropped the upper bound for many CVEs (every later version stayed "vulnerable" forever) and mistreated Excluding boundaries as inclusive elsewhere. Both extraction paths now capture and honor exclusivity. version_in_range's fallback for versions packaging.version can't parse (e.g. Debian/Ubuntu-suffixed versions like "2.4.41-1ubuntu1", which are extremely common in real banners) used to unconditionally `return True` for any bounded range, which is the opposite of what this module exists to prevent. It now recovers the leading numeric version when possible and otherwise declines to claim a match rather than flooding results. cve_matcher.py had zero test coverage before this change.
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WalkthroughThe CVE matcher and database manager now preserve inclusive and exclusive version bounds. Version checks use numeric comparisons, support distribution suffixes, reject unparseable bounded versions, and deduplicate database query results. Tests cover matcher and SQLite query behavior. ChangesCVE version boundary handling
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The CVE version-range behavior is mergeable with owner follow-up to add regression assertions for one-sided malformed bounds, which could otherwise allow incorrect vulnerability matches in that edge case. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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CVEData->>CVEMatcher: Extract version bounds and inclusivity
CVEMatcher->>CVEMatcher: Compare detected version
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CVEDatabase->>CVEMatcher: Apply version_in_range to database rows
CVEDatabase-->>CVEMatcher: Return deduplicated CVEs
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25-28: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd a lower-exclusive boundary regression.
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min_inclusive=Falseat and aboveversionStartExcluding. The PR changes both boundary directions, but this test covers onlyversionEndExcluding.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@bitprobe/scanner/cve_matcher.py`:
- Around line 181-197: Update the range checks in the version-matching function
around _coerce_version so any non-None lower or upper bound that cannot be
parsed immediately returns False instead of being ignored; preserve existing
inclusive and exclusive comparisons for valid bounds, and add regression
coverage for invalid lower and upper bounds.
- Around line 140-150: Update the version parsing logic in the shown matcher to
use pkg_version.Version for both the original value and numeric-prefix fallback,
catching pkg_version.InvalidVersion rather than broad exceptions. Preserve the
fallback to the matched numeric prefix and return None when either parsing path
cannot produce a valid Version.
- Around line 129-159: Update _coerce_version with an explicit return type
covering parsed versions and None, and change version_in_range’s detected
parameter to Optional[str> to match callers such as match_technology_to_cve.
Ensure the module uses from __future__ import annotations as required by the
project’s Python typing convention.
Apply the same fix in `@tests/test_cve_db_manager.py` around lines 127 - 155: The
same complete-annotation remediation applies to the new test helper and its
parameters.
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In `@tests/test_cve_matcher.py`:
- Around line 25-28: Add a regression assertion to
test_version_in_range_respects_exclusive_bounds for min_inclusive=False,
verifying the version exactly at versionStartExcluding is rejected and a version
above it remains accepted, while preserving the existing max-bound assertions.
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- version_in_range: a declared min/max bound that fails to parse now declines the match instead of being silently treated as unbounded, which could let out-of-range versions through as false positives. - _coerce_version: parse with packaging.version.Version and catch InvalidVersion specifically instead of a broad except. - Add from __future__ import annotations and proper Optional typing (cve_matcher.py plus the new test helper in test_cve_db_manager.py) per project convention. - Add regression coverage: exclusive lower bound, unparseable bounds.
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In `@tests/test_cve_matcher.py`:
- Around line 35-40: Add assertions to
test_version_in_range_unparseable_bound_declines_match for a malformed lower
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| def test_version_in_range_unparseable_bound_declines_match() -> None: | ||
| # A declared bound that can't be parsed at all must not be silently | ||
| # treated as unbounded - that would let versions outside the real | ||
| # (but malformed) range through as false positives. | ||
| assert version_in_range("2.4.9", "not-a-version", "2.4.10") is False | ||
| assert version_in_range("2.4.9", "2.4.0", "not-a-version") is False |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Cover one-sided malformed bounds.
The test currently supplies a valid opposite bound in both cases. Add assertions where the malformed lower or upper bound is the only declared bound. Those cases previously could be treated as unbounded and return True.
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assert version_in_range("2.4.9", "not-a-version", "2.4.10") is False
assert version_in_range("2.4.9", "2.4.0", "not-a-version") is False
+ assert version_in_range("2.4.9", "not-a-version", None) is False
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| def test_version_in_range_unparseable_bound_declines_match() -> None: | |
| # A declared bound that can't be parsed at all must not be silently | |
| # treated as unbounded - that would let versions outside the real | |
| # (but malformed) range through as false positives. | |
| assert version_in_range("2.4.9", "not-a-version", "2.4.10") is False | |
| assert version_in_range("2.4.9", "2.4.0", "not-a-version") is False | |
| def test_version_in_range_unparseable_bound_declines_match() -> None: | |
| # A declared bound that can't be parsed at all must not be silently | |
| # treated as unbounded - that would let versions outside the real | |
| # (but malformed) range through as false positives. | |
| assert version_in_range("2.4.9", "not-a-version", "2.4.10") is False | |
| assert version_in_range("2.4.9", "2.4.0", "not-a-version") is False | |
| assert version_in_range("2.4.9", "not-a-version", None) is False | |
| assert version_in_range("2.4.9", None, "not-a-version") is False |
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In `@tests/test_cve_matcher.py` around lines 35 - 40, Add assertions to
test_version_in_range_unparseable_bound_declines_match for a malformed lower
bound with no upper bound and a malformed upper bound with no lower bound,
verifying version_in_range returns False in both one-sided cases.
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query_cves() (the primary/default correlation path once the SQLite CVE snapshot is installed) compared version_start/version_end with plain SQL >=/<=, which is a lexicographic string comparison, not numeric. "2.4.9" sorts after "2.4.10", so ranges spanning a digit-width boundary silently produced both false negatives (real vulnerabilities missed) and false positives (patched versions flagged). Version filtering now happens in Python via cve_matcher.version_in_range, which does real semver comparison.
Both the SQLite ingestion path (_extract_cpe_matches_from_node) and the JSON-fallback path (cve_matcher.extract_cve_info) also only read NVD's versionStartIncluding/versionEndIncluding fields, ignoring versionStartExcluding/versionEndExcluding entirely. Since NVD commonly expresses "fixed in version X" as an Excluding bound, this silently dropped the upper bound for many CVEs (every later version stayed "vulnerable" forever) and mistreated Excluding boundaries as inclusive elsewhere. Both extraction paths now capture and honor exclusivity.
version_in_range's fallback for versions packaging.version can't parse (e.g. Debian/Ubuntu-suffixed versions like "2.4.41-1ubuntu1", which are extremely common in real banners) used to unconditionally
return Truefor any bounded range, which is the opposite of what this module exists to prevent. It now recovers the leading numeric version when possible and otherwise declines to claim a match rather than flooding results.cve_matcher.py had zero test coverage before this change.