Scanning for Common Vulnerabilities | Dataford Interview Questions

Write a function to scan a list for common security vulnerabilities.

The input is a list of source-code lines. Return one finding for each line containing a recognized pattern, preserving line order. Report the zero-based line index and vulnerability type. Recognize eval( or exec( as code_execution, assignments to password, api_key, or secret as hardcoded_secret, and innerHTML as cross_site_scripting. Matching is case-insensitive. If a line matches multiple categories, report only the first category in the order listed above.

Signature: def scan_vulnerabilities(lines):

Return a list of dictionaries with keys line and issue.

Constraints

1 <= len(lines) <= 10^4
Each element of lines is a string
Matching is case-insensitive
Return findings in ascending line-index order
Report at most one finding per line

Function Signature

def scan_vulnerabilities(lines):

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