/** * @name First argument to super() is not enclosing class * @description Calling super with something other than the enclosing class may cause incorrect object initialization. * @kind problem * @tags reliability * maintainability * convention * external/cwe/cwe-687 * @problem.severity error * @sub-severity low * @precision high * @id py/super-not-enclosing-class */ import python import semmle.python.dataflow.new.DataFlow import semmle.python.ApiGraphs from DataFlow::CallCfgNode call_to_super, string name where call_to_super = API::builtin("super").getACall() and name = call_to_super.getScope().getScope().(Class).getName() and exists(DataFlow::Node arg | arg = call_to_super.getArg(0) and arg.getALocalSource().asExpr().(Name).getId() != name ) select call_to_super.getNode(), "First argument to super() should be " + name + "."