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fix(java): map legacy Jackson 1.x (-asl) artifacts to org.codehaus.jackson #5146

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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/java_groupid_map.go
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Expand Up @@ -1921,4 +1921,16 @@ var DefaultArtifactIDToGroupID = map[string]string{
"kafka_2.8.2": "org.apache.kafka",
"kafka_2.9.1": "org.apache.kafka",
"kafka_2.9.2": "org.apache.kafka",

// legacy "Jackson 1.x" (aka "jackson-asl") artifacts predate the convention of embedding
// META-INF/maven/.../pom.properties in the jar, so groupIDFromKnownPackageList is the only
// way to recover the correct group ID for jars built without that metadata (e.g. Ant-built
// jars from before ~2014). Without this, the group ID falls back to the artifact name itself,
// producing purls that do not match the vulnerability database's namespace.
// See https://github.com/anchore/syft/issues/4598
"jackson-core-asl": "org.codehaus.jackson",
"jackson-mapper-asl": "org.codehaus.jackson",
"jackson-jaxrs": "org.codehaus.jackson",
"jackson-xc": "org.codehaus.jackson",
"jackson-smile": "org.codehaus.jackson",
}
17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions syft/pkg/cataloger/java/package_url_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -185,6 +185,23 @@ func Test_groupIDFromJavaMetadata(t *testing.T) {
metadata: pkg.JavaArchive{},
expect: "org.springframework.ldap",
},
{
// regression for github.com/anchore/syft/issues/4598: legacy Jackson 1.x ("-asl")
// jars built before ~2014 have no embedded pom.properties, so without the known
// package list the group ID falls back to the artifact name itself, producing a
// purl that doesn't match the vulnerability database's namespace (e.g. the correct
// group for jackson-mapper-asl is org.codehaus.jackson, not jackson-mapper-asl).
name: "known package list jackson-mapper-asl",
pkgName: "jackson-mapper-asl",
metadata: pkg.JavaArchive{},
expect: "org.codehaus.jackson",
},
{
name: "known package list jackson-core-asl",
pkgName: "jackson-core-asl",
metadata: pkg.JavaArchive{},
expect: "org.codehaus.jackson",
},
{
name: "java manifest",
metadata: pkg.JavaArchive{
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