Polite Verification

go.mod

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go v1.2.1
 	github.com/BobuSumisu/aho-corasick v1.0.3
 	github.com/TheZeroSlave/zapsentry v1.19.0
+	github.com/adrg/strutil v0.3.1
 	github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.4.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.50.0
 	github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52 v1.2.2

go.sum

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v0.0.0-20230828082145-3c4c8a2d2371 h1:kkhsdkhsCv
 github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v0.0.0-20230828082145-3c4c8a2d2371/go.mod h1:EjAoLdwvbIOoOQr3ihjnSoLZRtE8azugULFRteWMNc0=
 github.com/TheZeroSlave/zapsentry v1.19.0 h1:/FVdMrq/w7bYt98m49ImZgmCTybXWbGc8/hOT0nLmyc=
 github.com/TheZeroSlave/zapsentry v1.19.0/go.mod h1:D1YMfSuu6xnkhwFXxrronesmsiyDhIqo+86I3Ok+r64=
+github.com/adrg/strutil v0.3.1 h1:OLvSS7CSJO8lBii4YmBt8jiK9QOtB9CzCzwl4Ic/Fz4=
+github.com/adrg/strutil v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8h90y18QLrs11IBffcGX3NW/GFBXCMcNg4M7H6MspPA=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.10.0 h1:7XDcGkCQopCNKjZHfYrNLraA+M7e0fMiJ/Mfikbfjek=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.10.0/go.mod h1:jtJATyUxlIORhUOFNA9NZDWGAQ8wpxQQqNSB4rjA/1s=
 github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.4.0 h1:f48lwail6p8zpO1bC4TxtqACaGqHYA22qkHjHpqDjYY=

main.go

@@ -37,21 +37,22 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	cli                 = kingpin.New("TruffleHog", "TruffleHog is a tool for finding credentials.")
-	cmd                 string
-	debug               = cli.Flag("debug", "Run in debug mode.").Bool()
-	trace               = cli.Flag("trace", "Run in trace mode.").Bool()
-	profile             = cli.Flag("profile", "Enables profiling and sets a pprof and fgprof server on :18066.").Bool()
-	localDev            = cli.Flag("local-dev", "Hidden feature to disable overseer for local dev.").Hidden().Bool()
-	jsonOut             = cli.Flag("json", "Output in JSON format.").Short('j').Bool()
-	jsonLegacy          = cli.Flag("json-legacy", "Use the pre-v3.0 JSON format. Only works with git, gitlab, and github sources.").Bool()
-	gitHubActionsFormat = cli.Flag("github-actions", "Output in GitHub Actions format.").Bool()
-	concurrency         = cli.Flag("concurrency", "Number of concurrent workers.").Default(strconv.Itoa(runtime.NumCPU())).Int()
-	noVerification      = cli.Flag("no-verification", "Don't verify the results.").Bool()
-	onlyVerified        = cli.Flag("only-verified", "Only output verified results.").Bool()
-	filterUnverified    = cli.Flag("filter-unverified", "Only output first unverified result per chunk per detector if there are more than one results.").Bool()
-	filterEntropy       = cli.Flag("filter-entropy", "Filter unverified results with Shannon entropy. Start with 3.0.").Float64()
-	configFilename      = cli.Flag("config", "Path to configuration file.").ExistingFile()
+	cli                      = kingpin.New("TruffleHog", "TruffleHog is a tool for finding credentials.")
+	cmd                      string
+	debug                    = cli.Flag("debug", "Run in debug mode.").Bool()
+	trace                    = cli.Flag("trace", "Run in trace mode.").Bool()
+	profile                  = cli.Flag("profile", "Enables profiling and sets a pprof and fgprof server on :18066.").Bool()
+	localDev                 = cli.Flag("local-dev", "Hidden feature to disable overseer for local dev.").Hidden().Bool()
+	jsonOut                  = cli.Flag("json", "Output in JSON format.").Short('j').Bool()
+	jsonLegacy               = cli.Flag("json-legacy", "Use the pre-v3.0 JSON format. Only works with git, gitlab, and github sources.").Bool()
+	gitHubActionsFormat      = cli.Flag("github-actions", "Output in GitHub Actions format.").Bool()
+	concurrency              = cli.Flag("concurrency", "Number of concurrent workers.").Default(strconv.Itoa(runtime.NumCPU())).Int()
+	noVerification           = cli.Flag("no-verification", "Don't verify the results.").Bool()
+	onlyVerified             = cli.Flag("only-verified", "Only output verified results.").Bool()
+	allowVerificationOverlap = cli.Flag("allow-verification-overlap", "Allow verification of similar credentials across detectors").Bool()
+	filterUnverified         = cli.Flag("filter-unverified", "Only output first unverified result per chunk per detector if there are more than one results.").Bool()
+	filterEntropy            = cli.Flag("filter-entropy", "Filter unverified results with Shannon entropy. Start with 3.0.").Float64()
+	configFilename           = cli.Flag("config", "Path to configuration file.").ExistingFile()
 	// rules = cli.Flag("rules", "Path to file with custom rules.").String()
 	printAvgDetectorTime = cli.Flag("print-avg-detector-time", "Print the average time spent on each detector.").Bool()
 	noUpdate             = cli.Flag("no-update", "Don't check for updates.").Bool()
@@ -411,6 +412,7 @@ func run(state overseer.State) {
 		engine.WithPrintAvgDetectorTime(*printAvgDetectorTime),
 		engine.WithPrinter(printer),
 		engine.WithFilterEntropy(*filterEntropy),
+		engine.WithVerificationOverlap(*allowVerificationOverlap),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		logFatal(err, "error initializing engine")

pkg/engine/ahocorasick/ahocorasickcore.go

@@ -63,15 +63,41 @@ func NewAhoCorasickCore(allDetectors []detectors.Detector) *AhoCorasickCore {
 	}
 }
 
+// DetectorInfo represents a detected pattern's metadata in a data chunk.
+// It encapsulates the key identifying a specific detector and the detector instance itself.
+type DetectorInfo struct {
+	Key DetectorKey
+	detectors.Detector
+}
+
 // PopulateMatchingDetectors populates the given detector slice with all the detectors matching the
 // provided input. This method populates an existing map rather than allocating a new one because
 // it will be called once per chunk and that many allocations has a noticeable performance cost.
-func (ac *AhoCorasickCore) PopulateMatchingDetectors(chunkData string, detectors map[DetectorKey]detectors.Detector) {
-	for _, m := range ac.prefilter.MatchString(strings.ToLower(chunkData)) {
+// It returns a slice of unique 'DetectorInfo' corresponding to the matched detectors. This slice is
+// constructed to prevent duplications by utilizing an internal map to track already processed detectors.
+func (ac *AhoCorasickCore) PopulateMatchingDetectors(chunkData string, dts map[DetectorKey]detectors.Detector) []DetectorInfo {
+	matches := ac.prefilter.MatchString(strings.ToLower(chunkData))
+
+	// Use a map to avoid adding duplicate detectors to the slice.
+	addedDetectors := make(map[DetectorKey]struct{})
+	uniqueDetectors := make([]DetectorInfo, 0, len(matches))
+
+	for _, m := range matches {
 		for _, k := range ac.keywordsToDetectors[m.MatchString()] {
-			detectors[k] = ac.detectorsByKey[k]
+			if _, exists := addedDetectors[k]; exists {
+				continue
+			}
+			// Add to the map to track already added detectors.
+			addedDetectors[k] = struct{}{}
+
+			// Add the detector to the map and slice.
+			detector := ac.detectorsByKey[k]
+			dts[k] = detector
+			uniqueDetectors = append(uniqueDetectors, DetectorInfo{Key: k, Detector: detector})
 		}
 	}
+
+	return uniqueDetectors
 }
 
 // createDetectorKey creates a unique key for each detector from its type, version, and, for