Overview

  

  

  

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Description

This plugin provides Security rules for the Sequelize ORM (SQL injection prevention in raw queries).

Why Sequelize-specific?

An ORM is not a defence against SQL injection — it narrows the surface to the raw escapes, and those are still string-built. Sequelize has two: sequelize.query() and Sequelize.literal(). OWASP Juice Shop's two flagship injections are both the former, and neither was reported by any recommended preset in this ecosystem until this plugin existed — the only implementation of the detection shipped inside eslint-plugin-pg, which no Sequelize user installs.

Being Sequelize-specific is what makes the rule precise. It knows the safe conventions to stay quiet on (replacements, bind), and it knows literal() is a SQL sink rather than an ordinary helper — so it catches ORDER BY injection that a generic string-concatenation linter has no reason to flag. It also tracks variable taint across statements, so const sql = "SELECT..." + id; sequelize.query(sql) reports even with the concatenation on a separate line.

Philosophy

Interlace fosters strength through integration. Instead of stacking isolated rules, we interlace security directly into your workflow to create a resilient fabric of code. We believe tools should guide rather than gatekeep, providing educational feedback that strengthens the developer with every interaction.

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npm install eslint-plugin-sequelize-security --save-dev

⚙️ Configuration Presets

📚 Supported Libraries

Library	npm	Downloads	Detection
sequelize			SQL Injection

Sequelize runs on Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MSSQL and Snowflake — this plugin fires on the raw-SQL escapes regardless of which dialect is configured.

Custom Configuration

import sequelize from 'eslint-plugin-sequelize-security';

export default [
  {
    plugins: { 'sequelize-security': sequelizeSecurity },
    rules: {
      'sequelize-security/no-unsafe-query': 'error',
    },
  },
];

💡 What You Get

• Covers the escapes your ORM leaves open: sequelize.query() and Sequelize.literal(), the two places raw SQL still gets built by hand
• Sequelize's own remediation: every finding names replacements / bind, not a generic "use parameterized queries"
• Cross-statement taint tracking: catches queries assembled over several lines, including with +=
• Quiet on safe code: parameterized queries, static SQL and builder calls do not report
• LLM-optimized messages: structured 2-line errors with CWE + fixes that AI assistants can apply

Every rule produces a structured error message:

routes/search.ts
  23:24  error  🔒 CWE-89 OWASP:A03-Injection CVSS:9.8 | Unsafe SQL query construction detected (template literal) | CRITICAL
                    Fix: Pass values via `replacements` or `bind` instead of interpolating them into the SQL string.

📦 Compatibility

See the ESLint Version Support Policy — current ecosystem share data, the 20% gate, and the forward-looking exception that covers v10.

Rules

Legend

🔗 Related ESLint Plugins

Part of the Interlace ESLint Ecosystem — AI-native security plugins with LLM-optimized error messages:

Plugin	Downloads	Description
eslint-plugin-secure-coding		General security rules & OWASP guidelines.
eslint-plugin-pg		PostgreSQL security & best practices.
eslint-plugin-node-security		Node.js core-module security (fs, child_process, vm, crypto, Buffer).
eslint-plugin-jwt		JWT security & best practices.
eslint-plugin-browser-security		Browser-specific security & XSS prevention.
eslint-plugin-express-security		Express.js security hardening rules.
eslint-plugin-lambda-security		AWS Lambda security best practices.
eslint-plugin-nestjs-security		NestJS security rules & patterns.
eslint-plugin-mongodb-security		MongoDB security best practices.
eslint-plugin-vercel-ai-security		Vercel AI SDK security hardening.
eslint-plugin-import-next		Next-gen import sorting & architecture.

⭐ Support & follow

If this plugin caught a real bug for you, star the repo — stars are the signal that keeps the Interlace ESLint ecosystem maintained — and follow the writeups on Dev.to for the benchmarks and security research behind these rules.

📄 License

MIT © Ofri Peretz