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…lizer blocks or field initializers

SecureASTCustomizer visited the script statement block and method bodies
only, so code outside a method body escaped every configured restriction:
disallowedReceivers, the statement and expression allow/deny lists, and any
registered StatementChecker or ExpressionChecker. With
disallowedReceivers = ['java.lang.System'], a call in a constructor, a static
or instance initializer block, or a field initializer all compiled and ran,
while the same call in the script body was correctly rejected.

The existing filters could not reach these. A static initializer ends up in
<clinit>, which is synthetic and so excluded by filterMethods; instance
initializers live in a separate getObjectInitializerStatements() list; and
field initializers hang off FieldNode, whose property backing fields are
themselves synthetic.

Add visitConstructorsAndInitializers(), applying the securing visitor to
declared constructors, object initializer statements, the statements inside
<clinit>, and field initial expressions.

Only nodes carrying a source position are visited. Constructors and
initializers are not written solely by the author of the secured source: every
script class has generated constructors, and AST transformations add their own.
Visiting those rejects valid programs -- a first cut broke four existing tests
on the script class's generated super(Binding) call, which is not marked
synthetic and so cannot be excluded by any flag.

A generated member may nonetheless contain authored code, because a
transformation can move it there: @TupleConstructor(pre=...) and
@MapConstructor(pre=...) relocate the supplied closure body into the
constructor they generate, and @asttest aside, this relocation is the usual
fate of a closure supplied as an annotation member. Such statements keep the
source position they had in the original source, so the body of a member with
no source position of its own is filtered statement by statement rather than
skipped outright. The <clinit> body is treated the same way, since that method
is always generated while its statements need not be.

Tests cover each closed gap, the two relocation cases, the script-body control,
and pin the exemption for generated constructors so a later simplification
cannot drop the source-position check unnoticed. Both Limitations sections, in
the user guide and the javadoc, are updated to match.

Constructors still do not count towards methodDefinitionAllowed, and annotation
members remain unvisited; both are separable changes.
…ted into a synthetic method

SecureASTCustomizer skips synthetic methods when visiting method bodies,
which is right for the many members the compiler generates but wrong when a
transformation has relocated code the author wrote into one.
ConditionalInterruptibleASTTransformation does exactly that: it lifts the
closure supplied to @ConditionalInterrupt into a private synthetic method and
calls it at every method start and every loop. With
disallowedReceivers = ['java.lang.System'] configured, that closure was
permitted, while the same call written in a method body was rejected.

This is about consistency rather than catching more code. After GROOVY-12238
the restrictions reach method bodies, constructor bodies, static and instance
initializers, field initializers, closures relocated into a generated
constructor by @TupleConstructor(pre=...), and groovy-contracts conditions
inlined into loop bodies. @ConditionalInterrupt was the sole exception, and
nothing visible to whoever configured the customizer explained why: the
difference is that one transformation relocates into a synthetic method while
its neighbours relocate into constructors, ordinary methods or generated
classes.

Add visitSyntheticMethods(), applying the securing visitor to the statements
of a synthetic method which carry a source position. Generated statements
carry none and are skipped, so accessors, delegate forwarders, record
components, enum machinery and trait bridges remain exempt -- a scan of those
constructs found no synthetic method holding source-positioned code except the
one @ConditionalInterrupt creates. <clinit> continues to be handled by
visitConstructorsAndInitializers.

Measured across every .groovy file under src/test (1632 files, those using
@grab excluded) with a customizer restricting System, Thread, Runtime and
ProcessBuilder: verdicts identical to before the change, with 78 rejections
occurring throughout, so the new traversal was exercised and produced no false
positive. No file was newly caught, since none combines @ConditionalInterrupt
with a restriction -- the case for the change rests on uniform treatment, not
on catching more code.

Tests cover the relocated condition and pin the exemption for ordinary
generated synthetic methods, so a later simplification cannot drop the
source-position filter unnoticed. Both Limitations sections are updated.
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✅ All tests passed ✅

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@paulk-asert paulk-asert changed the title Groovy12244 GROOVY-12244: SecureASTCustomizer does not check authored code relocated into a synthetic method (includes PR#2771) Aug 10, 2026
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Pull request overview

Updates SecureASTCustomizer coverage to ensure authored code remains subject to restrictions even when it appears outside normal method bodies (constructors/initializers/field initializers) or is relocated by AST transforms into synthetic members, addressing GROOVY-12244.

Changes:

  • Extend SecureASTCustomizer visitation to constructors, initializer blocks, field initializers, and authored statements relocated into synthetic methods.
  • Add regression tests covering disallowed receivers in script/constructor/initializer/field initializer contexts, plus transform-relocation scenarios.
  • Update user documentation and Javadoc to reflect the new/clarified coverage model and the “source position” rule for generated members.

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File Description
src/main/java/org/codehaus/groovy/control/customizers/SecureASTCustomizer.java Expands visitation logic to cover constructors/initializers/field initializers and authored statements within synthetic methods while filtering generated code via source positions.
src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/control/customizers/SecureASTCustomizerTest.groovy Adds new regression tests for authored code in constructors/initializers/fields and for authored code relocated into generated members by AST transforms.
src/spec/doc/core-domain-specific-languages.adoc Updates SecureASTCustomizer limitation/coverage documentation to match the new behavior and clarify the “source position” distinction.

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@Test
void testGeneratedSyntheticMethodsAreNotChecked() {
// the compiler emits a great many synthetic methods -- property accessors, delegate
// forwarders, record components, enum machinery, trait bridges. Their contents carry no
// source position and must stay exempt, otherwise the filter is doing nothing
disallowSystemReceiver()
def shell = new GroovyShell(configuration)
shell.evaluate '''
trait T { def hi() { 1 } }
class A implements T { String p; int q }
class B { @Delegate List l = [] }
record R(String a, int b) {}
enum E { X, Y }
new A(); new B(); new R('s', 1); E.X
'''
// no error means success
}
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