Custom Secret Regex (invalid regex) throwing a panic message

[cxlucas]

Expected Behavior

If the custom secret regex is invalid or bad formatted, the Kics should avoid running it and must display a default error message.

Actual Behavior

Kics is throwing a panic message in the CLI.

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

(Command line arguments and flags used)

1. Download the custom regex rules and sample attached to this bug report.
2. Open terminal.
3. Go to the Kics folder.
4. Scan a valid sample with "--secrets-regexes-path path-to-custom-regex-file.json", for example: kics scan -p samples\terraform-secret.tf --secrets-regexes-path samples/regex_rules_48_invalid_regex.json
5. Kics will throw a panic message in the CLI.

Specifications

• Version: 1.4.3
• Platform: N/A
• Subsystem: N/A

Attachments

samples.zip