Merge pull request #22092 from github/tausbn/python-hotfix-disable-instance-field-step

Python: hotfix - disable instanceFieldStep to avoid type-tracker blowup
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Taus
2026-06-30 21:53:06 +02:00
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5 changed files with 18 additions and 13 deletions

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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
---
category: minorAnalysis
---
- Temporarily disabled the `instanceFieldStep` disjunct of the internal `TypeTrackingInput::levelStepCall` predicate, which was introduced in 7.2.0 and caused catastrophic query slowdowns on some OOP-heavy Python codebases (e.g. `mypy` and `dask`).

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@@ -170,7 +170,13 @@ module TypeTrackingInput implements Shared::TypeTrackingInput<Location> {
/** Holds if there is a level step from `nodeFrom` to `nodeTo`, which may depend on the call graph. */
predicate levelStepCall(Node nodeFrom, LocalSourceNode nodeTo) {
instanceFieldStep(nodeFrom, nodeTo)
// HOTFIX: `instanceFieldStep` is temporarily disabled (via `and none()`).
// It uses `classInstanceTracker(cls)` -- itself a type-tracker run --
// from inside `levelStepCall`, creating a structural mutual recursion
// that causes catastrophic query slowdowns on some OOP-heavy Python
// codebases (e.g. mypy and dask). The `and none()` should be removed
// once that recursion is redesigned.
instanceFieldStep(nodeFrom, nodeTo) and none()
or
inheritedFieldStep(nodeFrom, nodeTo)
}

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@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class MyClass2(object):
print(self.foo) # $ tracked MISSING: tracked=foo
instance = MyClass2()
print(instance.foo) # $ tracked MISSING: tracked=foo
print(instance.foo) # $ MISSING: tracked=foo tracked
instance.print_foo() # $ MISSING: tracked=foo
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class Sub1(Base1):
sub1 = Sub1()
sub1.read_foo()
print(sub1.foo) # $ tracked MISSING: tracked=foo
print(sub1.foo) # $ MISSING: tracked=foo tracked
# attribute written in a subclass method, read in an inherited base class method
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class Sub2(Base2):
sub2 = Sub2()
sub2.read_bar()
print(sub2.bar) # $ tracked MISSING: tracked=bar
print(sub2.bar) # $ MISSING: tracked=bar tracked
# attribute written in a base class method, read on an instance of the subclass
@@ -223,4 +223,4 @@ class Sub3(Base3):
pass
sub3 = Sub3()
print(sub3.baz) # $ tracked MISSING: tracked=baz
print(sub3.baz) # $ MISSING: tracked=baz tracked

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@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
#select
| app.py:23:20:23:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | app.py:20:18:20:21 | ControlFlowNode for name | app.py:23:20:23:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | This SQL query depends on a $@. | app.py:20:18:20:21 | ControlFlowNode for name | user-provided value |
| app.py:30:20:30:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | app.py:27:19:27:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | app.py:30:20:30:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | This SQL query depends on a $@. | app.py:27:19:27:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | user-provided value |
| app.py:37:20:37:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | app.py:34:19:34:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | app.py:37:20:37:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | This SQL query depends on a $@. | app.py:34:19:34:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | user-provided value |
| app.py:44:20:44:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | app.py:41:19:41:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | app.py:44:20:44:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | This SQL query depends on a $@. | app.py:41:19:41:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | user-provided value |
| app.py:51:20:51:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | app.py:48:19:48:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | app.py:51:20:51:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | This SQL query depends on a $@. | app.py:48:19:48:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | user-provided value |
| sql_injection.py:21:24:21:77 | ControlFlowNode for BinaryExpr | sql_injection.py:14:15:14:22 | ControlFlowNode for username | sql_injection.py:21:24:21:77 | ControlFlowNode for BinaryExpr | This SQL query depends on a $@. | sql_injection.py:14:15:14:22 | ControlFlowNode for username | user-provided value |
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ edges
| app.py:21:5:21:9 | ControlFlowNode for query | app.py:23:20:23:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | provenance | |
| app.py:27:19:27:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | app.py:28:5:28:9 | ControlFlowNode for query | provenance | |
| app.py:28:5:28:9 | ControlFlowNode for query | app.py:30:20:30:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | provenance | |
| app.py:34:19:34:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | app.py:35:5:35:9 | ControlFlowNode for query | provenance | |
| app.py:35:5:35:9 | ControlFlowNode for query | app.py:37:20:37:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | provenance | |
| app.py:41:19:41:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | app.py:42:5:42:9 | ControlFlowNode for query | provenance | |
| app.py:42:5:42:9 | ControlFlowNode for query | app.py:44:20:44:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | provenance | |
| app.py:48:19:48:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | app.py:49:5:49:9 | ControlFlowNode for query | provenance | |
@@ -54,9 +51,6 @@ nodes
| app.py:27:19:27:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | semmle.label | ControlFlowNode for name |
| app.py:28:5:28:9 | ControlFlowNode for query | semmle.label | ControlFlowNode for query |
| app.py:30:20:30:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | semmle.label | ControlFlowNode for query |
| app.py:34:19:34:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | semmle.label | ControlFlowNode for name |
| app.py:35:5:35:9 | ControlFlowNode for query | semmle.label | ControlFlowNode for query |
| app.py:37:20:37:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | semmle.label | ControlFlowNode for query |
| app.py:41:19:41:22 | ControlFlowNode for name | semmle.label | ControlFlowNode for name |
| app.py:42:5:42:9 | ControlFlowNode for query | semmle.label | ControlFlowNode for query |
| app.py:44:20:44:24 | ControlFlowNode for query | semmle.label | ControlFlowNode for query |

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@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ async def unsafe2(name: str): # $ Source
cursor.close()
@app.get("/unsafe3/")
async def unsafe3(name: str): # $ Source
async def unsafe3(name: str): # $ MISSING: Source
query = "select * from users where name=" + name
cursor = hdb_con3.cursor()
cursor.execute(query) # $ Alert
cursor.execute(query) # $ MISSING: Alert
cursor.close()
@app.get("/unsafe4/")