Devin Review Example PR

[iancmoritz]

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Devin Review found 2 potential issues.

View issues and 5 additional flags in Devin Review.

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🔴 SQL Injection vulnerability via string concatenation

The vulnerableMethod constructs a SQL query by directly concatenating user input into the query string:

String query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = '" + userInput + "'";
stmt.executeQuery(query);

This is a classic SQL injection vulnerability. An attacker can pass malicious input like ' OR '1'='1 or '; DROP TABLE users; -- to bypass authentication, extract sensitive data, or destroy the database.

Actual behavior: User input is directly interpolated into the SQL string without any sanitization or parameterization.

Expected behavior: Use PreparedStatement with parameterized queries to prevent SQL injection:

PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = ?");
pstmt.setString(1, userInput);
pstmt.executeQuery();

Impact: Critical security vulnerability that could lead to data breach, data loss, or unauthorized access.

Recommendation: Replace Statement with PreparedStatement and use parameterized queries: PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = ?"); pstmt.setString(1, userInput);

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🔴 Comparing two different random values will almost never be equal

The buggyMethod compares two separate calls to secureRandom.nextInt():

if (secureRandom.nextInt() == secureRandom.nextInt()) {
    return 1;
}

Each call to nextInt() generates a new random integer. The probability of two random integers being equal is approximately 1 in 2^32 (about 1 in 4.3 billion). This means the method will almost always return 0, making the return 1 branch effectively dead code.

Actual behavior: The condition is almost never true because each nextInt() call returns a different random value.

Expected behavior: If the intent was to compare a random value against something, the value should be stored first:

int randomValue = secureRandom.nextInt();
if (randomValue == someExpectedValue) {
    return 1;
}

Impact: Logic error that makes the code behave unexpectedly - the method will almost always return 0 regardless of intent.

Recommendation: Store the random value in a variable before comparison, or clarify the intended logic of this comparison.

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