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Adds a new Prowler check to detect secrets in AppSync resolvers and data sources.\n\nCloses #11810

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  • New Features

    • Added an AWS AppSync security check to detect hardcoded secrets in GraphQL resolver templates and data-source configurations.
    • Reports affected APIs and highlights detected secrets, with support for ignored patterns.
    • Added resolver and data-source details to AppSync GraphQL API findings.
    • Reports when manual review is required because resources cannot be fully scanned.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for clean APIs, exposed secrets, APIs without resources, empty environments, and scan or resource retrieval failures.

…owler-cloud#11810)

Covers:
- Scanner for hardcoded secrets in AppSync resolver mapping templates
  (requestMappingTemplate / responseMappingTemplate)
- Scanner for secrets in AppSync data source configurations
  (lambda, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, HTTP, relational DB)
- New models Resolver and DataSource in the AppSync service
- Shared detect-secrets helper used for scanning (prowler-cloud#11810)
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The change adds AppSync resolver and data-source discovery, a check for hardcoded secrets in their configurations, metadata, and tests for PASS, FAIL, MANUAL, and empty-resource outcomes.

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AppSync secret detection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Collect resolver and data-source details
prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py
AppSync concurrently loads resolvers and data sources for each GraphQL API. It stores mapping templates, configurations, resource metadata, and retrieval status.
Scan configurations and report findings
prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/...
The check scans resolver templates and serialized data-source configurations. It removes Secrets Manager reference fields, applies exclusions and validation, reports detected secrets, and returns MANUAL for retrieval or scan errors.
Validate detection outcomes
tests/providers/aws/services/appsync/...
Tests cover absent APIs, empty resources, resolver and data-source secrets, clean configurations, scanner failures, and resource-list failures.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to eb8ad

The new AppSync secret check can report MANUAL instead of FAIL when a confirmed secret is found alongside an incomplete retrieval, masking insecure resolver or data-source configuration. Merge should wait until confirmed findings take precedence and this case is covered by a regression test.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AppSync
  participant GraphQLAPI
  participant SecretCheck
  participant SecretsScanner
  AppSync->>GraphQLAPI: Load resolvers and data sources
  SecretCheck->>AppSync: Read collected configurations
  SecretCheck->>SecretsScanner: Batch scan templates and configurations
  SecretsScanner-->>SecretCheck: Return findings or scan error
  SecretCheck-->>AppSync: Report PASS, FAIL, or MANUAL
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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Description check ⚠️ Warning The description states the feature and linked issue but omits the required context, review steps, checklist, and implementation evidence. Complete the required template sections, including context, detailed review steps, checklist status, testing, documentation, permissions, and changelog considerations.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 6.25% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the new AppSync secret-detection check for resolvers and data sources.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The implementation and tests address the objectives in [#11810], including service models, secret scanning, reporting, severity, and retrieval-error handling.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The metadata, AppSync service updates, check implementation, and tests are directly related to [#11810].
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Actionable comments posted: 9

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Inline comments:
In
`@prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers/appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers.metadata.json`:
- Around line 19-24: Correct the malformed AppSync documentation URL in the
AdditionalURLs array by replacing the space between “devguide” and
“resolver-mapping-template-reference.html” with the appropriate path separator;
leave the other URLs unchanged.
- Around line 26-31: Populate Remediation.Code.CLI with a concrete AWS CLI
remediation command for updating the AppSync resolver to retrieve secrets at
runtime, such as an aws appsync update-resolver invocation with the required
API, type, field, data source, and template parameters. Keep the command aligned
with the existing remediation guidance and ensure the field is non-empty.

In
`@prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers/appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers.py`:
- Around line 141-146: Update the pluralization condition in the
report.status_extended construction to use the number of secrets represented by
all_secrets rather than len(secrets_findings), while preserving the existing
singular/plural wording and final_output_string.
- Around line 16-24: Add a return type annotation to the public execute method,
using the appropriate type for its findings result, and add a concise
Google-style docstring describing its purpose and return value. Keep the
existing execution logic unchanged.
- Around line 91-110: Update the AppSync findings aggregation to key batch
results by each API’s ARN instead of the positional index from enumerate, and
group all batch_results entries once before the report loop. In the report loop
for each API, retrieve its pre-grouped findings by api.arn while preserving the
existing resource-kind/resource-name grouping and report behavior.

In `@prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py`:
- Around line 99-117: Add a retrieval-status field to both models and their
fallback records: in prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py
lines 99-117, declare Resolver.templates_retrieved and set it to false in the
detail-fetch exception fallback; in lines 173-186, declare
DataSource.templates_retrieved and set the equivalent false value in its
fallback. Update appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers.py to map either
false status to MANUAL instead of leaving failed, unscanned data as PASS.

In
`@tests/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers/appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers_test.py`:
- Around line 237-269: Add a separate test alongside test_api_without_secrets
using a mocked AppSync API whose data source contains a secret in one supported
configuration such as lambda_config, http_config, or relational_database_config.
Execute appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers and assert one result with
status “FAIL”; also verify status_extended identifies the offending data source.
- Around line 170-176: Update the affected AppSync AWS tests, including
test_api_no_resources and the three repeated cases, to use a real moto-backed
AppSync service under the existing AWS mocking/provider setup, then populate and
read graphql_apis from that service. Do not assign mock.MagicMock as the client
or store test state on the MagicMock class; if a real service cannot be used,
instantiate the mock instead.
- Around line 13-20: Remove the unused Function import, orig assignment,
DATA_SOURCE_CONFIG_NO_SECRET fixture, and botocore import if it has no remaining
references in the test file; leave all used test setup and assertions unchanged.
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Actionable comments posted: 1

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- Line 100: Update the data-source scan payload in the AppSync secret-check
implementation so reference-only fields such as awsSecretStoreArn are excluded
before scanning, while preserving detection of actual inline secret material.
Adjust the companion test to use an inline secret value rather than a Secrets
Manager ARN.
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prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py (1)

54-54: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add required Google-style docstrings.

The new collection methods and resource models lack docstrings.

  • prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py#L54-L54: Add a Google-style docstring to _get_resolvers.
  • prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py#L135-L135: Add a Google-style docstring to _get_data_sources.
  • prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py#L210-L220: Add a class docstring to Resolver.
  • prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py#L223-L234: Add a class docstring to DataSource.

As per coding guidelines: “Docstrings are required for all classes and methods in Python code, following Google style documentation.”

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In `@prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py` at line 54, Add
Google-style docstrings to _get_resolvers at
prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py lines 54-54 and
_get_data_sources at lines 135-135, documenting their purpose and parameters;
also add class docstrings to Resolver at lines 210-220 and DataSource at lines
223-234 describing each resource model.

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In `@prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py`:
- Around line 100-125: Track AppSync resolver and data-source collection success
separately on the API model: update the resolver collection flow around
get_resolver/list_resolvers and the data-source flow at
prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py lines 178-199 to set
each status false when listing or pagination fails. Update the unresolved logic
in
prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers/appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers.py
lines 170-190 to include both statuses and return MANUAL when either collection
was incomplete; add tests covering each paginator failure.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py`:
- Line 54: Add Google-style docstrings to _get_resolvers at
prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_service.py lines 54-54 and
_get_data_sources at lines 135-135, documenting their purpose and parameters;
also add class docstrings to Resolver at lines 210-220 and DataSource at lines
223-234 describing each resource model.
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170-193: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Return FAIL when a scan finds a confirmed secret.

Lines 175-193 return MANUAL before the code evaluates api_findings. If one resolver contains a detected secret and another resolver or data source cannot be retrieved, the API reports MANUAL instead of FAIL. This hides a confirmed insecure configuration behind an incomplete-scan result.

Evaluate and report confirmed findings before the incomplete-retrieval branch. Keep the incomplete retrieval detail in status_extended if needed. Add a regression test with one detected secret and one resource where templates_retrieved=False.

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In
`@prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers/appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers.py`
around lines 170 - 193, The unresolved-retrieval branch currently overrides
confirmed findings. In the check’s reporting flow, evaluate api_findings and
return FAIL first whenever a secret is detected; only return MANUAL for
unresolved retrieval when no confirmed finding exists, while preserving the
incomplete-scan detail in status_extended. Add a regression test covering one
detected secret alongside a resolver or data source with
templates_retrieved=False.
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In
`@prowler/providers/aws/services/appsync/appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers/appsync_graphqlapi_no_secrets_in_resolvers.py`:
- Around line 170-193: The unresolved-retrieval branch currently overrides
confirmed findings. In the check’s reporting flow, evaluate api_findings and
return FAIL first whenever a secret is detected; only return MANUAL for
unresolved retrieval when no confirmed finding exists, while preserving the
incomplete-scan detail in status_extended. Add a regression test covering one
detected secret alongside a resolver or data source with
templates_retrieved=False.

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@MrCloudSec @toniblyx @jfagoagas Could you please review this PR? All coderabbit comments have been addressed and the check is ready for review.

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Hi @hdy2001 thanks for this contribution. The team will review it as soon as possible. Bear with us as there's a great number of contributions to review.

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