* feat(golang): add extended-stdlib scope and include patterns for symbol capture
`golang.capture-symbols` decides how much symbol data lands in the SBOM for grype's reachability analysis. It's `none`, `stdlib`, or `all` today, and the useful middle is missing: `stdlib` stops at the standard library, `all` multiplies SBOM size.
A new `extended-stdlib` configurable covers stdlib plus everything under `golang.org/x/`:
```yaml
golang:
capture-symbols: extended-stdlib
```
Also, a new `capture-symbols-include` configurable for modules that are noisy in your binaries but not everyone's. It's unioned with whatever the scope selects, so it only ever widens:
```yaml
golang:
capture-symbols: extended-stdlib
capture-symbols-include:
- github.com/klauspost/**
```
Patterns are standard doublestar globs, which matters because module paths carry `/v2`-style suffixes:
```yaml
golang:
capture-symbols-include:
- github.com/klauspost/* # compress, but not compress/v2
- github.com/klauspost/** # both
- k8s.io/client-go # exact match only
```
Ordering is `none` < `stdlib` < `extended-stdlib` < `all`. The existing three values
and the `none` default are unchanged, and the include list is inert under `none`.
Presets compile into glob lists internally, so a single matcher answers "does this
module get symbols" instead of a preset branch sitting next to a separate glob branch.
An unrecognized `capture-symbols` value still falls back to `none`, but warns now
instead of doing it silently. A malformed include pattern warns and gets skipped.
One thing worth a look beyond the feature: the `Symbols` field description in the JSON
schema was wrong after this (it claimed only `all` and `stdlib` populate anything), and
that description lives in the already-published `16.1.10`. Rather than bump a version for
a sentence, `16.1.10` is amended in place and `schema/json/README.md` grows an explicit
exception for description-only changes: descriptions only, no shape change of any kind,
`$id` unchanged. Anything else still needs a bump. Happy to split that into its own PR if
you'd rather review the policy separately.
Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <wagoodman@users.noreply.github.com>
* refactor(golang): rename capture-symbols-include to capture-symbols-modules
The key's entries are go module paths, and `-include` sitting next to `capture-symbols` reads as plausibly taking symbol or package names instead. Those spellings parse and match nothing, which is quieter than the confusion `-include` was picked to avoid, so the name now says what the list holds.
`golang.CatalogerConfig.CaptureSymbolsModules` and `WithCaptureSymbolsModules` rename with it. Nothing behavioral changes; the key is new in this PR so there is no compatibility surface.
Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <wagoodman@users.noreply.github.com>
* feat(golang): match capture-symbols-modules across major version suffixes
`github.com/anchore/*` covered `github.com/anchore/syft` and silently stopped covering it the day it became `github.com/anchore/syft/v2`. The config keeps parsing, nothing warns, and symbols quietly go missing from the SBOM. Exact paths had the same hole: `github.com/klauspost/compress` did not cover `compress/v2` either, so no spelling short of `**` survived a major bump.
A major version suffix is part of a module's path but not part of its identity, so patterns are now matched against the module path both with and without it, using `module.SplitPathVersion` from `golang.org/x/mod` (already a direct dep, already used in this package for `PseudoVersion`).
```yaml
golang:
capture-symbols-modules:
- github.com/klauspost/* # compress and compress/v2
- github.com/klauspost/compress # same module at every major version
- github.com/klauspost/compress/v2 # v2 alone
```
Only a trailing suffix is a version, which is Go's own rule. In `github.com/anchore/syft/v2/thing` the `v2` is an ordinary path element naming a major subdirectory a nested module lives in, so it stays literal and `github.com/anchore/**/thing` is how you reach it. `/v0` and `/v1` are not valid suffixes and are left alone.
Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <wagoodman@users.noreply.github.com>
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Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <wagoodman@users.noreply.github.com>
Syft
A CLI tool and Go library for generating a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from container images and filesystems. Exceptional for vulnerability detection when used with a scanner like Grype.
Features
- Generates SBOMs for container images, filesystems, archives (see the docs for a full list of supported scan targets)
- Supports dozens of packaging ecosystems (e.g. Alpine (apk), Debian (dpkg), RPM, Go, Python, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Rust, PHP, .NET, and many more)
- Supports OCI, Docker, Singularity, and more image formats
- Works seamlessly with Grype for vulnerability scanning
- Multiple output formats (CycloneDX, SPDX, Syft JSON, and more) including the ability to convert between SBOM formats
- Create signed SBOM attestations using the in-toto specification
Tip
New to Syft? Check out the Getting Started guide for a walkthrough!
Installation
The quickest way to get up and going:
curl -sSfL https://get.anchore.io/syft | sudo sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin
Tip
See Installation docs for more ways to get Syft, including Homebrew, Docker, Scoop, Chocolatey, Nix, and more!
The basics
See the packages within a container image or directory:
# container image
syft alpine:latest
# directory
syft ./my-project
To get an SBOM, specify one or more output formats:
# SBOM to stdout
syft <image> -o cyclonedx-json
# Multiple SBOMs to files
syft <image> -o spdx-json=./spdx.json -o cyclonedx-json=./cdx.json
Tip
Check out the Getting Started guide to explore all of the capabilities and features.
Want to know all of the ins-and-outs of Syft? Check out the CLI docs, configuration docs, and JSON schema.
Contributing
We encourage users to help make these tools better by submitting issues when you find a bug or want a new feature. Check out our contributing overview and developer-specific documentation if you are interested in providing code contributions.
Syft development is sponsored by Anchore, and is released under the Apache-2.0 License.
The Syft logo by Anchore is licensed under CC BY 4.0
For commercial support options with Syft or Grype, please contact Anchore.
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