CSHARP.INSEC.CERT.RS : Certificate Added to Root Store (C#)

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CSHARP.INSEC.CERT.RS : Certificate Added to Root Store (C#)

Detected possible certificate added to root storage.

It should be avoided a mismatch of security annotations between code elements of larger scope to elements of smaller scope. The security annotations of the element with the larger scope always wins.

Certifications should not be added to the operating system's trusted root, as it can lead to accept untrusted certification authority.

It should be never acceptable to disable security protocols or not to use a strong cryptography. Anyway, this can be done by calling the method AppContext.SetSwitch() and setting Switch.System.Net.DontEnableSchUseStrongCrypto to true or by setting Switch.System.ServiceModel.DisableUsingServicePointManagerSecurityProtocols to true.

Class Name

Certificate Added to Root Store (C#)

Significance

security

Mnemonic

CSHARP.INSEC.CERT.RS

Categories

CWE	CWE:922	Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information
OWASP-2017	OWASP-2017:A2	Broken authentication
	OWASP-2017:A5	Broken access control
OWASP-2021	OWASP-2021:A1	Broken access control
	OWASP-2021:A7	Identification and authorization failures
OWASP-2025	OWASP-2025:A01	Broken Access Control

Availability

Available for C# only.

Enabling

Checks for this warning class are disabled by default. To enable them, add the following WARNING_FILTER rule to the project configuration file.

WARNING_FILTER += allow class="Certificate Added to Root Store (C#)"

Parameterize it in a configuration file.

Use safer protocols.

The following configuration file parameters affect checks for this warning class.

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CSHARP.INSEC.CERT.RS : Certificate Added to Root Store (C#)

Summary

Properties

Resolution

Relevant Configuration File Parameters