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BaaRai 02265524f2 feat: duplicate discipline before report_finding and in the reporter
Nothing today makes an agent check for an existing finding before
registering a new one, and the reporter has no duplicate or collapsing
rules. Duplicates burn reviewer trust on submission (programs read them
as noise or padding) and they inflate the task's apparent progress.

Changes:
- worker and pentest seeds: before report_finding, check
  list_findings / list_task_findings for an existing finding with the
  same root cause, endpoint, and parameter; the same defect again means
  extending that finding's evidence, not registering a duplicate. A
  genuinely distinct entry point, parameter, or privilege level remains
  its own finding (the adversarial gate's anti-merge rule still holds:
  the dedup check collapses only true duplicates).
- reporter seed: an explicit duplicate pass over list_task_findings in
  the work steps, plus two discipline rules (no duplicate reports for an
  already-reported defect; one finding per report, additional locations
  of the same root cause listed inside it, never silently merged or spun
  off).
- agent/finding_dedup_seed_test.go guards the markers.
2026-10-12 07:29:59 +02:00
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/bench/
/Dockerfile.bench
/Dockerfile.bench.v2backups/
# benchmark runner output (one dir per run)
benchmark-results/
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package agent
import "strings"
import "testing"
// The duplicate discipline must stay in the executor seeds (check for an
// existing finding before registering) and in the reporter (no duplicate
// reports, one finding per report).
func TestPromptSeedsCarryDedupDiscipline(t *testing.T) {
for name, tmpl := range BuiltinPromptSeeds() {
switch name {
case "worker", "pentest":
if !strings.Contains(tmpl, "not registering a duplicate") {
t.Errorf("%s seed missing pre-report duplicate check", name)
}
}
}
for _, marker := range []string{
"No duplicates",
"One finding per report, no collapsing",
"explicit duplicate pass",
} {
if !strings.Contains(ReporterDefaultPrompt, marker) {
t.Errorf("reporter prompt missing dedup marker %q", marker)
}
}
}
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- Land every result **immediately**; don't save it for the end (if the session's step budget runs out, everything unrecorded is lost; only what's recorded counts — what lives in your head doesn't). These records are also your long-term memory against compaction.
- **Write only the delta**: before writing, glance at the already-registered assets / already-recorded routes, and record only what you **newly obtained**; don't re-record existing content in different words (duplicates only bloat the graph and mislead you into thinking there's new progress). If it merely corroborates an existing conclusion with nothing new, don't record it again.
- **New asset/entry point found** → insert_assets (the asset itself: endpoint/parameter/tech fingerprint/service/credential/subdomain etc.; structured attributes go on the asset's props). Use list_assets to review registered assets and avoid duplicate registration.
- **Confirmed vulnerability** → report_finding (with a reproducible PoC). **Use it only when you actually triggered it in this run and obtained reproducible evidence (request/response or command output)**; use list_findings to review already-reported findings. When corresponding recorded traffic exists, first verify against the real records with traffic_search / traffic_get, then bind with traffic_refs in reproduction order; domain and time are only for candidate filtering and do not imply task attribution. It is strictly forbidden to report as confirmed anything inferred solely from version/CVE matching, "looks injectable", or external vulnerability databases/changelogs/code diffs. **Do not substitute "querying a CVE database" or "comparing patch versions" for actually triggering it**; if you can't trigger it but suspicion remains, mark it "suspect/to be verified" in TodoWrite — don't force it into a finding.
- **Confirmed vulnerability** → report_finding (with a reproducible PoC). **Use it only when you actually triggered it in this run and obtained reproducible evidence (request/response or command output)**; use list_findings to review already-reported findings. When corresponding recorded traffic exists, first verify against the real records with traffic_search / traffic_get, then bind with traffic_refs in reproduction order; domain and time are only for candidate filtering and do not imply task attribution. It is strictly forbidden to report as confirmed anything inferred solely from version/CVE matching, "looks injectable", or external vulnerability databases/changelogs/code diffs. **Do not substitute "querying a CVE database" or "comparing patch versions" for actually triggering it**; if you can't trigger it but suspicion remains, mark it "suspect/to be verified" in TodoWrite — don't force it into a finding. Before registering, check list_findings / list_task_findings for an existing finding with the same root cause, endpoint, and parameter: the same defect again means extending that finding's evidence, not registering a duplicate (duplicates burn reviewer trust); a genuinely distinct entry point, parameter, or privilege level remains its own finding per the adversarial gate.
Traffic binding is optional: for TCP and other non-HTTP vulnerabilities, or when nothing was captured or no exact matching record exists, omit traffic_refs or pass [], keep other verifiable evidence (command output, logs) in evidence, and preferably explain why nothing was bound. Don't guess IDs, and don't re-probe just to pad the packet count.
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━━ Work steps ━━
1. **Gather full evidence**: use get_task_node_detail(task_id, id=<node_id>) to read the finding node's **complete evidence/PoC** (the evidence in the trigger context may be truncated).
2. **Traffic evidence**: if the returned JSON contains a standalone finding_id, use get_finding_traffic to first read the ordered list and its version; when bindings exist, read the request/response in segments by binding_id. Binding is optional, and an empty list does not block report writing: for TCP and other non-HTTP vulnerabilities or when nothing was captured, explain reproduction and impact based on node evidence, command output, and logs; honestly state why nothing was bound, never fabricate requests/responses, and don't re-probe just to pad the packet count. Cite stable evidence IDs and their purposes in the report; describe only real content. When saving the report, pass the version you read as evidence_version; on a version conflict, re-read and regenerate — never retry by blindly bumping the version.
3. **Reconstruct the process**: use list_task_worker_traces(task_id) to find the relevant work, then get_task_worker_trace(task_id, intent_id[, step_ids]) or search_task_worker_traces(task_id, q) to see **how the vulnerability was discovered and verified** (which requests/commands were used, how the target responded). When necessary, use get_task_graph(task_id) for the overall situation and list_task_findings(task_id) for related findings.
3. **Reconstruct the process**: use list_task_worker_traces(task_id) to find the relevant work, then get_task_worker_trace(task_id, intent_id[, step_ids]) or search_task_worker_traces(task_id, q) to see **how the vulnerability was discovered and verified** (which requests/commands were used, how the target responded). When necessary, use get_task_graph(task_id) for the overall situation and list_task_findings(task_id) for related findings. Make that list_task_findings call an explicit duplicate pass: same root cause, endpoint, and parameter already reported means this trigger extends that finding's evidence, not a new report.
4. **Write the report**: synthesize the above into a structured Markdown report (see the template below).
5. **Save**: call **update_finding_report(finding_id=<node_id>, report=<full Markdown>, evidence_version=<the version actually read>)** to save; omit evidence_version if no version was read — never guess. This is your final deliverable — if it isn't written, the work didn't happen.
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━━ Discipline ━━
- **Base everything on real evidence**: every statement in the report must be traceable to the finding's evidence or the work's execution process; **never fabricate** requests, responses, CVEs, or conclusions. Where evidence is insufficient, honestly mark it "unverified / needs further confirmation".
- **Measured, not asserted**: carry the concrete numbers from the evidence (counts, ratios, how deep the reach went) into the impact sections; adjectives without a measured basis ("massive", "critical") are replaced by what the evidence actually shows.
- **No duplicates**: cross-check the existing findings first; if the same defect is already reported, say so and reference it instead of producing an independent report for it — a duplicate report damages the task's credibility more than any finding helps it.
- **One finding per report, no collapsing**: this report covers exactly one finding; additional locations of the same root cause are listed inside it, never silently merged away or spun off.
- **Fix-oriented and verifiable**: the reproduction steps must be followable, and the remediation must be actionable.
- **Concise**: no boilerplate, no filler, no restating the template itself.
- Write in **English** throughout. When done (update_finding_report succeeded), finish with one or two sentences stating which finding you wrote the report for.`
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**Write back as you discover** (only what's written into the graph counts; what's in your head/text doesn't; write every result immediately — don't save it for the end and lose it when the step budget runs out). Three kinds of write-back, don't cross the graphs:
- **New asset/resource → insert_assets (asset graph)**: subdomains / services / endpoints / fingerprints / credentials and any asset [itself]. **Only assets are registered here; exploration conclusions/judgments don't go here — use record_fact.**
- **Exploration conclusion/fact → record_fact (exploration graph, pass intent_id)**: use it for all of those. **Consolidate multiple observations into [ONE] fact** (summary = one summarizing sentence + detail = the expansion of the summary, based on the real execution process) — not one fact per attribute; one intent usually produces only one fact, and splitting finely bloats the graph endlessly — **write one fact by default, merging everything mergeable into detail**; only use the facts array to split when there are genuinely [mutually independent, unmergeable] conclusions — that's a rare exception, not the norm. **Write only the delta**: record only what is [newly obtained] this time; don't re-record existing facts in different words (if it merely corroborates an existing one with nothing new, don't record it). **Write only what you actually saw**: give evidence (one line: the command + the most proving one or two output lines — brief; details in detail), and mark confidence (observed = seen directly / inferred = inferred from phenomena).
- **Confirmed vulnerability → report_finding (exploration graph, with PoC, pass intent_id)**: **use it only when you actually triggered it this time and obtained reproducible evidence (request/response or command output)**. It is strictly forbidden to treat "version/fingerprint matching a CVE", "the parameter looks injectable", or "inference from external vulnerability databases/changelogs/code diffs" as confirmed, and don't substitute querying a CVE database or comparing patch versions for actually triggering it. Can't trigger it but suspicion remains → record an inferred fact with record_fact (the suspicion point + why it couldn't be triggered) for the planner; don't force it into a finding.
- **Confirmed vulnerability → report_finding (exploration graph, with PoC, pass intent_id)**: **use it only when you actually triggered it this time and obtained reproducible evidence (request/response or command output)**. It is strictly forbidden to treat "version/fingerprint matching a CVE", "the parameter looks injectable", or "inference from external vulnerability databases/changelogs/code diffs" as confirmed, and don't substitute querying a CVE database or comparing patch versions for actually triggering it. Can't trigger it but suspicion remains → record an inferred fact with record_fact (the suspicion point + why it couldn't be triggered) for the planner; don't force it into a finding. Before registering, check list_findings / list_task_findings for an existing finding with the same root cause, endpoint, and parameter: the same defect again means extending that finding's evidence, not registering a duplicate (duplicates burn reviewer trust); a genuinely distinct entry point, parameter, or privilege level remains its own finding per the adversarial gate.
After completing this intent, summarize in one sentence what you did and which facts you wrote back.
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# ARTEX L3 benchmark
Measures whether the product can find and prove real vulnerabilities in a real
application, unprompted, against an executable oracle. That is the "operation"
level most model benchmarks do not reach: recognition benchmarks hand the model
a snippet and ask a question, while this harness hands ARTEX a running app and
reads what it reports.
Method discipline adapted from capability-matrix (MIT) and VulnHunter's
benchmark harness (Apache-2.0).
## Layout
| | |
|---|---|
| `run_bench.py` | The runner: deploy corpus, create task, wait, fetch findings, judge, tally |
| `ground_truth/<corpus>.json` | Version-stamped ground truth (component + class + mechanism, deliberately coarse) |
| `benchmark-results/` | Output (gitignored): one directory per run with `report.md` + `results.json` |
## Scoring
Every ground-truth entry is matched against the scanner's findings by an
independent LLM judge, then graded on four gates (partial answers earn partial
credit):
| Gate | Test | Points |
|---|---|---|
| component | names the right endpoint or feature | 1 |
| class | acceptable vulnerability class | 2 |
| keywords | at least two mechanism-specific terms | 1 |
| proof | PoC describes a route that would actually work | 1 |
Standing rules, enforced by the runner:
1. **Multi-gate scoring, never pass/fail.** The gate pattern is the work item;
the aggregate percentage is the least useful output.
2. **Discovery candidates.** A scanner finding beyond ground truth is not a
false positive until verified; precision is reported as bounds meanwhile.
3. **The judge must not be the model under test.** The runner refuses to start
when `--judge-model` equals `--subject-model` (override knowingly with
`--allow-self-judge`).
4. **The judge must pass a falsification battery** before grading: a correct
match, a wrong-bug match, and a vague non-answer. A grader that cannot fail
the wrong ones does not run.
5. **Invalid never counts.** Findings with no summary and no report are
excluded from every rate and named in the result.
6. **Every rate carries its denominator; the aggregate carries a Wilson 95%
interval.** With 8 ground-truth entries, one run cannot separate close
models; treat per-gate rates as observations and replicate before quoting
differences.
7. **Results are stamped** with the method version, ground-truth version,
subject model, judge model, and terminal task status. A result measured
under an earlier version is not wrong; it is a result at that version.
## Usage
```bash
cd scripts/benchmark
# against a locally deployed ARTEX, with an independent judge endpoint
ARTEX_TOKEN=<jwt or mint via ARTEX_JWT_KEY=/app/jwt.key copy> \
JUDGE_BASE_URL=https://api.example.com JUDGE_MODEL=<other-model> JUDGE_API_KEY=... \
python3 run_bench.py --corpus juice-shop --subject-model glm-5.3
```
Environment contract:
| Variable / flag | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `ARTEX_BASE` / `--artex-url` | ARTEX base URL (default `http://localhost:8787`) |
| `ARTEX_TOKEN` or `ARTEX_JWT_KEY` | API bearer token, or the server's jwt.key to mint one |
| `JUDGE_BASE_URL`, `JUDGE_MODEL`, `JUDGE_API_KEY` | OpenAI-compatible judge endpoint (independent of the subject) |
| `--subject-model` | model of the task's active profile, for the self-judge guard |
| `--image` / `--port` / `--corpus-url` | corpus container image, local port, or an existing deployment |
| `--task-timeout` | task `timeout_seconds` (default 5400) |
| `--keep` | keep the corpus container after the run |
The created task's goal bakes the standing quality gates (executed PoC, measured
impact with denominator, proof basis, zero-findings-is-valid), so the benchmark
measures the product as it actually behaves.
## Adding a corpus
Add `ground_truth/<name>.json` with the same shape (see the juice-shop file for
field semantics) and a `task_goal_template`. Pin the image tag in the file's
`version` note. Entries stay coarse on purpose: component + class + mechanism.
Upgrading the corpus image is a ground-truth version bump, never a silent edit.
## What this does not measure
Single-run results are noisy (the fork of VulnHunter measured a 14x spread in
findings across runs of the same commit); replicate before believing a delta.
The judge is an LLM and can misjudge; every verdict carries a reason and the
full findings JSON is saved next to the report for hand audit.
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{
"corpus": "owasp-juice-shop",
"version": "v1 (targets the standard juice-shop image; entries are deliberately coarse: component + class + mechanism, no line numbers)",
"task_goal_template": "Map and hunt the highest-signal security weaknesses of the deliberately vulnerable training application at {url}: authentication bypass, injection, broken access control (IDOR, admin surfaces), sensitive data exposure, XSS. Register only findings you can prove with an executed request against the target.",
"notes": [
"This ground truth lists vulnerabilities that have been stable in the Juice Shop challenges across recent versions; treat a corpus upgrade as a ground-truth version bump, not a silent edit.",
"A scanner finding beyond this list is a discovery candidate to verify by hand, never automatically a false positive."
],
"findings": [
{
"id": "GT-001",
"title": "SQL injection authentication bypass on the login form",
"cwe": "CWE-89",
"classes": ["SQL injection", "authentication bypass", "injection"],
"components": ["login form", "login page", "/rest/user/login", "sign in"],
"mechanism_keywords": ["' OR 1=1", "SQL", "quote", "authentication bypass", "admin session", "email field"],
"proof_hint": "submitting a tautology payload such as ' OR 1=1-- in the email field authenticates as an administrator",
"severity": "critical"
},
{
"id": "GT-002",
"title": "Administration section reachable without administrator rights",
"cwe": "CWE-284",
"classes": ["broken access control", "improper authorization", "privilege escalation"],
"components": ["administration page", "/administration", "admin section", "navbar admin link"],
"mechanism_keywords": ["administration", "admin", "unauthorized access", "role", "privilege"],
"proof_hint": "the /administration route is served to a non-administrator session (or becomes reachable after a role/privilege manipulation)",
"severity": "high"
},
{
"id": "GT-003",
"title": "IDOR: reading another user's shopping basket",
"cwe": "CWE-639",
"classes": ["IDOR", "broken access control", "insecure direct object reference"],
"components": ["basket", "cart", "/rest/basket"],
"mechanism_keywords": ["basket id", "another user", "object reference", "unauthorized read"],
"proof_hint": "requesting /rest/basket/<id> of another user as a different (non-admin) account returns that basket's contents",
"severity": "high"
},
{
"id": "GT-004",
"title": "Sensitive files exposed under the /ftp directory",
"cwe": "CWE-538",
"classes": ["sensitive data exposure", "information disclosure", "misconfiguration"],
"components": ["/ftp", "ftp directory", "directory listing"],
"mechanism_keywords": ["ftp", "file disclosure", "acquisitions", "directory traversal of static files", "sensitive document"],
"proof_hint": "the /ftp path serves documents (for example acquisitions or incident files) to unauthenticated users",
"severity": "medium"
},
{
"id": "GT-005",
"title": "Feedback posted as another user (forged author identity)",
"cwe": "CWE-284",
"classes": ["broken access control", "identity spoofing", "mass assignment"],
"components": ["feedback", "contact form", "/api/Feedbacks"],
"mechanism_keywords": ["feedback", "author", "user id", "another user", "forged"],
"proof_hint": "the feedback endpoint accepts a caller-chosen user identity so one account can leave feedback attributed to another",
"severity": "medium"
},
{
"id": "GT-006",
"title": "Unhandled error responses disclosing stack traces",
"cwe": "CWE-209",
"classes": ["information exposure through error message", "information disclosure", "error handling"],
"components": ["error response", "server error", "stack trace", "checkout", "product search", "tracking"],
"mechanism_keywords": ["stack trace", "error message", "internal path", "exception", "500"],
"proof_hint": "a malformed input (for example at checkout, order tracking, or search) produces a server error body containing a stack trace or internal details",
"severity": "low"
},
{
"id": "GT-007",
"title": "Client-side privilege escalation via token tampering (premium content)",
"cwe": "CWE-345",
"classes": ["broken authentication", "JWT tampering", "client-side enforcement"],
"components": ["premium", "paywall", "token", "JWT", "account page"],
"mechanism_keywords": ["token", "role", "premium", "tamper", "client side"],
"proof_hint": "modifying the session token (for example its role claim) unlocks premium content without paying",
"severity": "medium"
},
{
"id": "GT-008",
"title": "Cross-site scripting through user-controlled content",
"cwe": "CWE-79",
"classes": ["XSS", "cross-site scripting", "injection"],
"components": ["search", "feedback", "product reviews", "address book", "profile"],
"mechanism_keywords": ["script", "XSS", "payload", "renders", "unescaped", "HTML injection"],
"proof_hint": "user-controlled text (search, review, or profile fields) executes as script in the browser context",
"severity": "high"
}
]
}
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""ARTEX L3 benchmark runner.
Runs a full ARTEX task against a known-vulnerable corpus app (default: OWASP
Juice Shop), pulls every finding the platform produced, and judges them against
a version-stamped ground truth with an independent LLM judge.
Method discipline (adapted from capability-matrix, MIT, and VulnHunter's
benchmark harness, Apache-2.0):
- multi-gate scoring, never pass/fail: component (1), class (2), mechanism
keywords (1), proof (1) -> partial answers earn partial credit
- findings beyond ground truth are DISCOVERY CANDIDATES, not false positives;
precision is reported as bounds until candidates are verified
- the judge must not be the model under test; the judge must pass a
falsification battery before it is allowed to grade
- invalid (errored/empty) findings never count as misses or passes
- every rate carries its denominator; the aggregate detection rate carries a
Wilson 95% interval; per-gate rates are observations
- results are stamped with METHOD_VERSION and the ground-truth version
Usage:
ARTEX_TOKEN=... JUDGE_API_KEY=... python3 run_bench.py \
--corpus juice-shop --subject-model glm-5.3 --judge-model deepseek-chat
See README.md for the full contract.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import base64
import hashlib
import hmac
import json
import math
import os
import pathlib
import subprocess
import sys
import time
import urllib.error
import urllib.request
METHOD_VERSION = "bench-v1"
TERMINAL_STATUSES = {"done", "timeout", "failed", "stopped", "archived", "canceled"}
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- api helpers
class Api:
def __init__(self, base: str, token: str):
self.base = base.rstrip("/")
self.token = token
def req(self, method: str, path: str, body: dict | None = None) -> dict:
data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body is not None else None
r = urllib.request.Request(self.base + path, data=data, method=method)
r.add_header("Authorization", "Bearer " + self.token)
if data:
r.add_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(r, timeout=60) as resp:
return json.loads(resp.read().decode() or "{}")
except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
raise SystemExit(f"{method} {path}: HTTP {exc.code}: {exc.read().decode(errors='replace')[:300]}")
def get(self, path: str) -> dict:
return self.req("GET", path)
def post(self, path: str, body: dict) -> dict:
return self.req("POST", path, body)
def mint_jwt(key_path: str) -> str:
"""Mint a 7-day HS256 token from the server's jwt.key (sub=ARTEX)."""
key = pathlib.Path(key_path).read_bytes().strip()
def b64(b: bytes) -> str:
return base64.urlsafe_b64encode(b).decode().rstrip("=")
header = b64(json.dumps({"alg": "HS256", "typ": "JWT"}).encode())
now = int(time.time())
payload = b64(json.dumps({"sub": "ARTEX", "iat": now, "exp": now + 7 * 86400}).encode())
sig = b64(hmac.new(key, f"{header}.{payload}".encode(), hashlib.sha256).digest())
return f"{header}.{payload}.{sig}"
def llm(base_url: str, api_key: str, model: str, system: str, user: str, max_tokens: int, timeout: int) -> str:
payload = json.dumps({
"model": model,
"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": system}, {"role": "user", "content": user}],
"temperature": 0,
"max_tokens": max_tokens,
}).encode()
r = urllib.request.Request(base_url.rstrip("/") + "/chat/completions", data=payload, method="POST")
r.add_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
r.add_header("Authorization", "Bearer " + api_key)
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(r, timeout=timeout) as resp:
body = json.loads(resp.read().decode())
return body["choices"][0]["message"]["content"] or ""
except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
raise SystemExit(f"judge call failed: HTTP {exc.code}: {exc.read().decode(errors='replace')[:200]}")
except (KeyError, IndexError):
return "" # empty response -> invalid, never a verdict
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- phases
def deploy_corpus(args) -> str:
"""Start the corpus container; returns its base URL."""
if args.corpus_url:
print(f"[corpus] using existing deployment {args.corpus_url}")
return args.corpus_url
name = f"bench-{args.corpus}-{args.run_id}"
subprocess.run(["docker", "rm", "-f", name], capture_output=True)
port = str(args.port)
print(f"[corpus] docker run {args.image} -> 127.0.0.1:{port}")
subprocess.run(["docker", "run", "-d", "--rm", "--name", name, "-p", f"127.0.0.1:{port}:{args.container_port}", args.image], check=True, capture_output=True)
url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}"
for _ in range(90):
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=5) as resp:
if resp.status == 200:
print(f"[corpus] up at {url}")
return url
except Exception:
time.sleep(2)
raise SystemExit("corpus did not become reachable; run with --keep and inspect the container")
def create_task(api: Api, args, corpus_url: str, gt: dict) -> dict:
host = corpus_url.split("//", 1)[1]
company = api.post("/api/companies", {"name": f"bench-{args.run_id}", "scope": [{"kind": "domain", "value": host.split(":")[0]}]})
cid = company.get("id") or company.get("company", {}).get("id")
if not cid:
raise SystemExit(f"company create returned no id: {json.dumps(company)[:200]}")
goal = gt.get("task_goal_template", "Hunt the highest-signal security weaknesses of {url}.") \
.replace("{url}", corpus_url) + (
" This is an authorized benchmark against a deliberately vulnerable local deployment: everything is in scope and testing is permitted."
" Report each confirmed weakness through report_finding with an executed PoC, a measured impact (number with denominator), and a proof basis."
" Zero confirmed findings is a valid outcome; never soften criteria to produce output.")
task = api.post("/api/tasks", {
"name": f"bench-{args.corpus}-{args.run_id}",
"company_ids": [cid],
"goal": goal,
"timeout_seconds": args.task_timeout,
})
tid = task.get("id")
if not tid:
raise SystemExit(f"task create returned no id: {json.dumps(task)[:200]}")
print(f"[task] created #{tid}")
return {"id": tid, "url": corpus_url}
def wait_task(api: Api, tid, budget_s: int):
deadline = time.time() + budget_s
last = ""
while time.time() < deadline:
t = api.get(f"/api/tasks/{tid}")
status = str(t.get("status", "")).lower()
if status != last:
print(f"[task] status: {status}")
last = status
if status in TERMINAL_STATUSES:
return status
time.sleep(20)
raise SystemExit(f"task {tid} did not reach a terminal state within {budget_s}s")
def fetch_findings(api: Api, tid) -> list[dict]:
res = api.get(f"/api/exploration/findings?task={tid}")
items = res.get("findings") if isinstance(res, dict) else res
if not isinstance(items, list):
raise SystemExit(f"unexpected findings payload: {json.dumps(res)[:200]}")
out = []
for f in items:
fid = f.get("id") or f.get("node_id")
detail = {}
try:
detail = api.get(f"/api/exploration/findings/{fid}")
except SystemExit:
raise
except Exception:
pass
report = detail.get("report") or f.get("report") or ""
summary = f.get("summary") or detail.get("summary") or ""
name = f.get("name") or f.get("title") or summary[:80]
out.append({
"id": fid,
"name": str(name)[:200],
"severity": str(f.get("severity") or detail.get("severity") or "?"),
"summary": str(summary)[:600],
"report": str(report)[:1600],
})
print(f"[findings] fetched {len(out)}")
return out
JUDGE_SYSTEM = """You are a security finding comparator. You receive one scanner's findings from a benchmark run against a known-vulnerable application, and a list of ground-truth vulnerabilities. For EACH ground-truth entry decide whether the scanner detected the SAME vulnerability.
Matching criteria (ALL must be true for detected):
- Same vulnerability CLASS, or the scanner found a vulnerability earlier in the same data flow whose fix would also prevent the ground truth
- Same COMPONENT (same endpoint, page, or feature, or a closely related one)
- Same MECHANISM (same missing check, same injection type, same bypass)
It is NOT required that severities, finding IDs, or wording match.
For each ground-truth entry also grade four gates against the matched scanner finding (all false if not detected):
- component: the scanner names the right endpoint/feature (1 point)
- class: the scanner's classification is an acceptable label for the ground-truth CWE (2 points)
- keywords: the scanner's text uses at least two terms describing the specific mechanism (1 point)
- proof: the scanner's PoC/steps describe a route that would actually work for this ground truth (1 point)
Output ONLY a valid JSON array, one object per ground-truth entry:
[{"gt_id": "...", "detected": true|false, "confidence": "high"|"medium"|"low", "matched_finding_id": <scanner finding id or null>, "gates": {"component": bool, "class": bool, "keywords": bool, "proof": bool}, "reason": "1-2 sentences"}]"""
def judge_battery(args) -> None:
"""The judge must pass a falsification battery before grading (capability-matrix rule:
assume the grader is the broken part)."""
cases = [
("positive", "GT-X: SQL injection login bypass on /login via ' OR 1=1",
[{"id": 1, "name": "Authentication bypass via SQL injection", "severity": "high",
"summary": "Login form accepts ' OR 1=1-- in the email field and returns an administrator session",
"report": "POST /login with email=' OR 1=1 returns 200 and the admin account"}],
"GT-X", True),
("wrong-bug", "GT-Y: stored XSS in the user profile page",
[{"id": 2, "name": "Authentication bypass via SQL injection", "severity": "high",
"summary": "Login form accepts ' OR 1=1-- in the email field", "report": "POST /login ..."}],
"GT-Y", False),
("vague", "GT-Z: IDOR allowing access to another user's basket",
[{"id": 3, "name": "Possible issue", "severity": "low",
"summary": "The application might have some problems in some areas", "report": "unclear"}],
"GT-Z", False),
]
for label, gt_text, findings, gt_id, expect in cases:
user = f"## Scanner findings\n{json.dumps(findings, indent=1)}\n\n## Ground truth\n### {gt_text}\n\nRespond with the JSON array."
raw = llm(args.judge_url, args.judge_key, args.judge_model, JUDGE_SYSTEM, user, 2000, args.judge_timeout)
try:
verdict = json.loads(raw[raw.find("["): raw.rfind("]") + 1])[0]
got = bool(verdict.get("detected"))
except Exception:
raise SystemExit(f"judge battery case '{label}': unparseable output; grader not trusted:\n{raw[:300]}")
if got != expect:
raise SystemExit(f"judge battery FAILED on '{label}' (expected detected={expect}, got {got}); a grader that cannot fail the wrong answers does not run")
def run_judge(args, gt_findings: list[dict], scanner_findings: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
gt_block = "\n\n".join(
f"### Ground truth {g['id']}: {g['title']}\nCWE: {g['cwe']}. Acceptable classes: {', '.join(g['classes'])}.\n"
f"Component(s): {', '.join(g['components'])}. Mechanism keywords: {', '.join(g['mechanism_keywords'])}.\n"
f"Proof hint: {g['proof_hint']}"
for g in gt_findings)
user = (f"## Scanner findings\n{json.dumps(scanner_findings, indent=1)}\n\n## Ground truth entries\n{gt_block}\n\n"
"For EACH ground-truth entry, respond in the JSON array.")
for attempt in range(3):
raw = llm(args.judge_url, args.judge_key, args.judge_model, JUDGE_SYSTEM, user, 4000, args.judge_timeout)
start, end = raw.find("["), raw.rfind("]")
if start != -1 and end > start:
try:
verdicts = json.loads(raw[start:end + 1])
if isinstance(verdicts, list) and len(verdicts) == len(gt_findings):
return verdicts
except json.JSONDecodeError:
pass
print(f"[judge] unparseable output (attempt {attempt + 1}/3), retrying")
raise SystemExit("judge output unparseable after 3 attempts; grader not trusted")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- scoring
def wilson(p_hat: float, n: int, z: float = 1.96) -> tuple[float, float]:
if n == 0:
return (0.0, 0.0)
denom = 1 + z * z / n
center = (p_hat + z * z / (2 * n)) / denom
half = z * math.sqrt(p_hat * (1 - p_hat) / n + z * z / (4 * n * n)) / denom
return (max(0.0, center - half), min(1.0, center + half))
def tally(gt_findings, verdicts, scanner_findings, invalid_ids) -> dict:
detected = [v for v in verdicts if v.get("detected")]
matched_ids = {v.get("matched_finding_id") for v in detected}
candidates = [f for f in scanner_findings if f["id"] not in matched_ids and f["id"] not in invalid_ids]
gates = {"component": 0, "class": 0, "keywords": 0, "proof": 0}
gate_scores = []
for v in detected:
g = v.get("gates") or {}
score = (1 if g.get("component") else 0) + (2 if g.get("class") else 0) \
+ (1 if g.get("keywords") else 0) + (1 if g.get("proof") else 0)
gate_scores.append(score)
for k in gates:
gates[k] += 1 if g.get(k) else 0
n = len(gt_findings)
rate = len(detected) / n if n else 0.0
lo, hi = wilson(rate, n)
tp = len(detected)
precision_lo = tp / (tp + len(candidates) + len(invalid_ids)) if (tp + len(candidates) + len(invalid_ids)) else 0.0
precision_hi = tp / tp if tp else 0.0
return {
"ground_truth_total": n,
"detected": tp,
"detection_rate": round(rate, 4),
"detection_rate_wilson95": [round(lo, 4), round(hi, 4)],
"gate_totals_over_detected": gates,
"mean_gate_score_of_6": round(sum(gate_scores) / len(gate_scores), 2) if gate_scores else None,
"discovery_candidates": [{"id": c["id"], "name": c["name"]} for c in candidates],
"precision_bounds_until_verified": [round(precision_lo, 4), round(precision_hi, 4)],
"invalid_findings_excluded": invalid_ids,
"scanner_findings_total": len(scanner_findings),
}
def write_report(out_dir: pathlib.Path, corpus: str, args, task_info, status, findings, verdicts, result) -> None:
out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
(out_dir / "results.json").write_text(json.dumps({
"method_version": METHOD_VERSION,
"corpus": corpus,
"ground_truth_version": args.gt_version,
"task": task_info,
"task_status": status,
"subject_model": args.subject_model,
"judge_model": args.judge_model,
"result": result,
"verdicts": verdicts,
"findings": findings,
}, indent=2))
lines = [
f"# ARTEX benchmark run: {corpus}",
f"- method `{METHOD_VERSION}`, ground truth `{args.gt_version}`, subject model `{args.subject_model}`, judge `{args.judge_model}`",
f"- task #{task_info['id']} terminal status: {status}; scanner findings: {result['scanner_findings_total']}",
f"- detection: **{result['detected']} / {result['ground_truth_total']}** (rate {result['detection_rate']}, Wilson 95% {result['detection_rate_wilson95']})",
f"- gate totals over detected: {result['gate_totals_over_detected']}, mean gate score of 6: {result['mean_gate_score_of_6']}",
f"- discovery candidates (findings beyond ground truth, unverified): {len(result['discovery_candidates'])}",
f"- precision bounds until candidates verified: {result['precision_bounds_until_verified']}",
f"- invalid findings excluded from every rate: {len(result['invalid_findings_excluded'])}",
"",
"## Per ground-truth verdicts",
"",
"| gt | detected | matched | gates (C/K/P) | reason |",
"|---|---|---|---|---|",
]
for v in verdicts:
g = v.get("gates") or {}
lines.append(f"| {v.get('gt_id')} | {v.get('detected')} | {v.get('matched_finding_id')} | "
f"{g.get('component')}/{g.get('class')}/{g.get('keywords')}/{g.get('proof')} | {(v.get('reason') or '')[:140]} |")
if result["discovery_candidates"]:
lines += ["", "## Discovery candidates", ""] + [f"- [{c['id']}] {c['name']}" for c in result["discovery_candidates"]]
lines += ["", "A rate without its denominator or interval must not be quoted as a capability claim.", ""]
(out_dir / "report.md").write_text("\n".join(lines))
print(f"[out] {out_dir / 'report.md'}")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- main
def main() -> None:
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
ap.add_argument("--corpus", default="juice-shop", help="ground-truth file stem under ground_truth/")
ap.add_argument("--run-id", default=time.strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"))
ap.add_argument("--image", default="bkimminich/juice-shop:latest")
ap.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=13100)
ap.add_argument("--container-port", type=int, default=3000)
ap.add_argument("--corpus-url", help="use an already-running deployment instead of docker")
ap.add_argument("--task-timeout", type=int, default=5400, help="task timeout_seconds")
ap.add_argument("--artex-url", default=os.environ.get("ARTEX_BASE", "http://localhost:8787"))
ap.add_argument("--gt-version", default="v1")
ap.add_argument("--subject-model", required=True, help="model the task's active profile runs on (for the self-judge guard)")
ap.add_argument("--judge-url", default=os.environ.get("JUDGE_BASE_URL", ""))
ap.add_argument("--judge-model", default=os.environ.get("JUDGE_MODEL", ""))
ap.add_argument("--judge-timeout", type=int, default=900)
ap.add_argument("--allow-self-judge", action="store_true")
ap.add_argument("--keep", action="store_true", help="keep the corpus container running after the run")
args = ap.parse_args()
args.judge_key = os.environ.get("JUDGE_API_KEY", "")
token = os.environ.get("ARTEX_TOKEN", "")
if not token:
key_path = os.environ.get("ARTEX_JWT_KEY", "")
if not key_path:
raise SystemExit("need ARTEX_TOKEN or ARTEX_JWT_KEY")
token = mint_jwt(key_path)
if not (args.judge_url and args.judge_model and args.judge_key):
raise SystemExit("need JUDGE_BASE_URL, JUDGE_MODEL, JUDGE_API_KEY")
# A model never judges its own output (capability-matrix standing rule 5).
if args.judge_model == args.subject_model and not args.allow_self_judge:
raise SystemExit(f"judge model equals subject model ({args.judge_model}); refusing. Pass --allow-self-judge to override knowingly.")
gt_path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "ground_truth" / f"{args.corpus}.json"
gt = json.loads(gt_path.read_text())
gt_findings = gt["findings"]
api = Api(args.artex_url, token)
corpus_url = deploy_corpus(args)
task_info = create_task(api, args, corpus_url, gt)
status = wait_task(api, task_info["id"], args.task_timeout + 1800)
findings = fetch_findings(api, task_info["id"])
invalid_ids = [f["id"] for f in findings if not (f["summary"].strip() or f["report"].strip())]
usable = [f for f in findings if f["id"] not in invalid_ids]
if not usable:
print("[judge] no usable findings; scoring zeros")
verdicts = [{"gt_id": g["id"], "detected": False, "matched_finding_id": None,
"gates": {"component": False, "class": False, "keywords": False, "proof": False},
"reason": "no usable scanner findings"} for g in gt_findings]
else:
print("[judge] running falsification battery")
judge_battery(args)
print("[judge] grading")
verdicts = run_judge(args, gt_findings, usable)
result = tally(gt_findings, verdicts, findings, invalid_ids)
out_dir = pathlib.Path("benchmark-results") / args.corpus / args.run_id
write_report(out_dir, args.corpus, args, task_info, status, findings, verdicts, result)
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2)[:1500])
if not (args.keep or args.corpus_url):
subprocess.run(["docker", "rm", "-f", f"bench-{args.corpus}-{args.run_id}"], capture_output=True)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()