surinort-ast 2.0.1

Production-grade Abstract Syntax Tree parser for IDS rules (Suricata/Snort) with comprehensive validation and serialization support

surinort-ast

Production-grade AST parser and analysis toolkit for Suricata/Snort rules

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Overview

surinort-ast is a Python toolkit to parse, validate, serialize, and analyze IDS/IPS rules from Suricata, Snort2, and Snort3. It provides a typed AST, CLI workflows, and machine-readable outputs including JSON and SARIF 2.1.0.

Key Features

Feature	Description
Typed AST	Full Pydantic-backed AST for headers, options, and metadata
Multi-dialect	Suricata, Snort2, and Snort3 support
Validation	Syntax/semantic diagnostics with severity levels
Serialization	JSON and protobuf support
SARIF 2.1.0	Parse/validate/analysis findings export for Code Scanning
CLI + Library	Use as command-line tool or Python package
Coverage/Optimization Analysis	Built-in analyzers for coverage and optimization insights
Streaming Mode	Memory-efficient parsing for large rule sets

Supported Outputs

AST Data        JSON, protobuf
Diagnostics     Human-readable tables, SARIF 2.1.0
Analysis        Text reports, SARIF 2.1.0 findings
CI Integration  SARIF artifact + GitHub Code Scanning upload

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Installation

From PyPI (Recommended)

pip install surinort-ast

From Source

git clone https://github.com/seifreed/surinort-ast.git
cd surinort-ast
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -e .

Optional Extras

pip install "surinort-ast[all]"
pip install "surinort-ast[serialization]"
pip install "surinort-ast[analysis]"
pip install "surinort-ast[cli-enhanced]"

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Quick Start

# Parse rule file
surinort parse rules/local.rules

# Validate with strict mode
surinort validate rules/local.rules --strict

# Export parse findings to SARIF
surinort parse rules/local.rules --format sarif -o parse-results.sarif

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Usage

Command Line Interface

# Parse to JSON
surinort parse rules/local.rules --json -o rules.json

# Validate and export SARIF
surinort validate rules/local.rules --format sarif -o validate-results.sarif

# Stats and coverage findings in SARIF
surinort stats rules/local.rules --format sarif -o stats-results.sarif

Available Options (Main Commands)

Command	Description
surinort parse	Parse rules (text, json, sarif)
surinort validate	Validate rules with optional strict mode and SARIF output
surinort stats	Rule statistics and optional SARIF coverage findings
surinort fmt	Canonical formatting for rule files
surinort to-json	Convert rules to JSON
surinort from-json	Convert JSON back to rule text
surinort schema	Print AST JSON schema

SARIF Flags

Option	Description
--format sarif	Print SARIF content as command output
--sarif-out <file>	Write SARIF report while keeping default output mode
-o, --output <file>	Write primary output to file

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Python Library

Basic Usage

from surinort_ast import parse_rule, validate_rule, to_json

rule = parse_rule('alert tcp any any -> any 80 (msg:"HTTP"; sid:1;)')
diags = validate_rule(rule)
print(to_json(rule))

for diag in diags:
    print(diag.level, diag.code, diag.message)

SARIF API Usage

from surinort_ast import (
    diagnostics_to_sarif,
    parse_file,
    validate_rule,
)

rules = parse_file("rules/local.rules")
diagnostics = []
for rule in rules:
    diagnostics.extend(validate_rule(rule))

sarif = diagnostics_to_sarif(diagnostics, default_file_path="rules/local.rules")
with open("results.sarif", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    f.write(sarif)

Additional SARIF Helpers

from surinort_ast import (
    coverage_report_to_sarif,
    optimization_results_to_sarif,
    to_sarif,
)

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CI and GitHub Code Scanning (SARIF)

The project CI now supports SARIF generation and upload:

1. Generate results.sarif from real validation diagnostics.
2. Upload SARIF as workflow artifact.
3. Upload SARIF to GitHub Code Scanning.

Minimal workflow example:

- name: Generate SARIF report
  run: |
    python - <<'PY'
    from pathlib import Path
    from surinort_ast import diagnostics_to_sarif, parse_file, validate_rule

    fixture_path = Path("tests/fixtures/simple_rules.txt")
    rules = parse_file(fixture_path)
    diagnostics = []
    for rule in rules:
        diagnostics.extend(validate_rule(rule))

    Path("results.sarif").write_text(
        diagnostics_to_sarif(diagnostics, default_file_path=str(fixture_path)),
        encoding="utf-8",
    )
    PY

- name: Upload SARIF to GitHub Code Scanning
  uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
  with:
    sarif_file: results.sarif

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Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• See pyproject.toml for dependencies and extras

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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Support the Project

If this project is useful in your workflows, you can support development:

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License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0-or-later license. See LICENSE.

Attribution

• Author: Marc Rivero López | @seifreed
• Repository: github.com/seifreed/surinort-ast

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