A Google Summer of Code project: creating a benchmarking framework for SAST

In summer 2022, GitLab's Vulnerability Research team initiated a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) project aimed at developing a benchmarking framework for Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tools. This framework is designed to evaluate the impact and quality of security analyzers and configuration changes before they are deployed in production environments. The project leverages GitLab's integrated SAST tools, which are encapsulated in Docker images, to translate tool-native vulnerability reports into a standardized format for easier comparison. The benchmarking framework is built to assess the efficacy of these analyzers using a baseline of expected vulnerabilities, allowing for data-driven decision-making and performance monitoring over time. The framework focuses on five key characteristics: relevance, reproducibility, fairness, verifiability, and usability, and aims to be language-agnostic, enabling integration of new SAST tools with minimal configuration. The project establishes baselines for applications written in popular languages and frameworks, such as Java's Spring and Python's Flask, to ensure practical utility. The initiative marks a significant step towards creating a free and open-source software (FOSS) benchmarking framework, encouraging community involvement to expand its scope across more languages and frameworks in the future.

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