feat(misconf): Add support for configurable Rego error limit (#9657)

simar7 · nikpivkin · web-flow · commit 445cd2b6b4fa · 2025-10-31T09:49:52.000Z
Signed-off-by: nikpivkin &lt;nikita.pivkin@smartforce.io&gt;
Co-authored-by: nikpivkin &lt;nikita.pivkin@smartforce.io&gt;
diff --git a/docs/docs/advanced/telemetry-flags.md b/docs/docs/advanced/telemetry-flags.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 --pkg-types
 --quiet
 --redis-tls
+--rego-error-limit
 --removed-pkgs
 --report
 --scanners
diff --git a/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_config.md b/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_config.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ trivy config [flags] DIR
       --redis-key string                  redis key file location, if using redis as cache backend
       --redis-tls                         enable redis TLS with public certificates, if using redis as cache backend
       --registry-token string             registry token
+      --rego-error-limit int              maximum number of compile errors allowed during Rego policy evaluation (default 10)
       --render-cause strings              specify configuration types for which the rendered causes will be shown in the table report (allowed values: terraform)
       --report string                     specify a compliance report format for the output (allowed values: all,summary) (default "all")
   -s, --severity strings                  severities of security issues to be displayed
diff --git a/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_filesystem.md b/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_filesystem.md
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ trivy filesystem [flags] PATH
       --redis-key string                  redis key file location, if using redis as cache backend
       --redis-tls                         enable redis TLS with public certificates, if using redis as cache backend
       --registry-token string             registry token
+      --rego-error-limit int              maximum number of compile errors allowed during Rego policy evaluation (default 10)
       --rekor-url string                  [EXPERIMENTAL] address of rekor STL server (default "https://rekor.sigstore.dev")
       --render-cause strings              specify configuration types for which the rendered causes will be shown in the table report (allowed values: terraform)
       --report string                     specify a compliance report format for the output (allowed values: all,summary) (default "all")
diff --git a/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_image.md b/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_image.md
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ trivy image [flags] IMAGE_NAME
       --redis-key string                  redis key file location, if using redis as cache backend
       --redis-tls                         enable redis TLS with public certificates, if using redis as cache backend
       --registry-token string             registry token
+      --rego-error-limit int              maximum number of compile errors allowed during Rego policy evaluation (default 10)
       --rekor-url string                  [EXPERIMENTAL] address of rekor STL server (default "https://rekor.sigstore.dev")
       --removed-pkgs                      detect vulnerabilities of removed packages (only for Alpine)
       --render-cause strings              specify configuration types for which the rendered causes will be shown in the table report (allowed values: terraform)
diff --git a/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_kubernetes.md b/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_kubernetes.md
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ trivy kubernetes [flags] [CONTEXT]
       --redis-key string                  redis key file location, if using redis as cache backend
       --redis-tls                         enable redis TLS with public certificates, if using redis as cache backend
       --registry-token string             registry token
+      --rego-error-limit int              maximum number of compile errors allowed during Rego policy evaluation (default 10)
       --rekor-url string                  [EXPERIMENTAL] address of rekor STL server (default "https://rekor.sigstore.dev")
       --render-cause strings              specify configuration types for which the rendered causes will be shown in the table report (allowed values: terraform)
       --report string                     specify a report format for the output (allowed values: all,summary) (default "all")
diff --git a/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_repository.md b/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_repository.md
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ trivy repository [flags] (REPO_PATH | REPO_URL)
       --redis-key string                  redis key file location, if using redis as cache backend
       --redis-tls                         enable redis TLS with public certificates, if using redis as cache backend
       --registry-token string             registry token
+      --rego-error-limit int              maximum number of compile errors allowed during Rego policy evaluation (default 10)
       --rekor-url string                  [EXPERIMENTAL] address of rekor STL server (default "https://rekor.sigstore.dev")
       --render-cause strings              specify configuration types for which the rendered causes will be shown in the table report (allowed values: terraform)
       --sbom-sources strings              [EXPERIMENTAL] try to retrieve SBOM from the specified sources (allowed values: oci,rekor)
diff --git a/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_rootfs.md b/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_rootfs.md
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ trivy rootfs [flags] ROOTDIR
       --redis-key string                  redis key file location, if using redis as cache backend
       --redis-tls                         enable redis TLS with public certificates, if using redis as cache backend
       --registry-token string             registry token
+      --rego-error-limit int              maximum number of compile errors allowed during Rego policy evaluation (default 10)
       --rekor-url string                  [EXPERIMENTAL] address of rekor STL server (default "https://rekor.sigstore.dev")
       --render-cause strings              specify configuration types for which the rendered causes will be shown in the table report (allowed values: terraform)
       --sbom-sources strings              [EXPERIMENTAL] try to retrieve SBOM from the specified sources (allowed values: oci,rekor)
diff --git a/docs/docs/references/configuration/config-file.md b/docs/docs/references/configuration/config-file.md
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ rego:
   # Same as '--config-data'
   data: []
 
+  # Same as '--rego-error-limit'
+  error-limit: 10
+
   # Same as '--include-deprecated-checks'
   include-deprecated-checks: false
 
diff --git a/docs/docs/scanner/misconfiguration/config/config.md b/docs/docs/scanner/misconfiguration/config/config.md
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@ This can be repeated for specifying multiple packages.
 trivy config --config-check ./my-check --namespaces main --namespaces user ./configs
 ```
 
+### Limiting Rego compile errors
+
+By default, Trivy limits the number of compile errors allowed during Rego policy compilation.
+You can configure this limit using the `--rego-error-limit` flag.
+
+```bash
+trivy config --rego-error-limit 20 ./configs
+```
+
+This flag controls the maximum number of compile errors Trivy will tolerate before stopping the compilation.
+
+If the number of compile errors exceeds this limit, Trivy will terminate the scan.
+You can set `--rego-error-limit 0` to enforce strict checking and disallow any compile errors.
+
+The default value is defined internally via [CompileErrorLimit](https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/tree/{{ git.commit }}pkg/iac/rego/scanner.go).
+
 ### Private Terraform registries
 Trivy can download Terraform code from private registries.
 To pass credentials you must use the `TF_TOKEN_` environment variables.
diff --git a/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go b/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go
@@ -750,6 +750,7 @@ func initMisconfScannerOption(ctx context.Context, opts flag.Options) (misconf.S
 		DisableEmbeddedPolicies:  disableEmbedded,
 		DisableEmbeddedLibraries: disableEmbedded,
 		IncludeDeprecatedChecks:  opts.IncludeDeprecatedChecks,
+		RegoErrorLimit:           opts.RegoOptions.ErrorLimit,
 		TfExcludeDownloaded:      opts.TfExcludeDownloaded,
 		RawConfigScanners:        opts.RawConfigScanners,
 		FilePatterns:             opts.FilePatterns,
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/artifact/local/fs_test.go b/pkg/fanal/artifact/local/fs_test.go
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ func TestTerraformMisconfigurationScan(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
+
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			// Set fake UUID for consistent test results
@@ -2347,6 +2348,7 @@ func TestYAMLConfigScan(t *testing.T) {
 		artifactOpt artifact.Option
 		wantBlobs   []cachetest.WantBlob
 		want        artifact.Reference
+		wantErr     string
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "happy path without custom schema",
@@ -2467,6 +2469,40 @@ func TestYAMLConfigScan(t *testing.T) {
 				Type: types.TypeFilesystem,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "with rego error limit",
+			fields: fields{
+				dir: "./testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/src",
+			},
+			artifactOpt: artifact.Option{
+				MisconfScannerOption: misconf.ScannerOption{
+					Namespaces: []string{"user"},
+					PolicyPaths: []string{
+						"./testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/checks/test_2_errors.rego",
+						"./testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/checks/test.json",
+					},
+					RegoErrorLimit: 1,
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr: "ego_type_error: undefined ref: input.wrong_ref",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "with Rego error limit 0",
+			fields: fields{
+				dir: "./testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/src",
+			},
+			artifactOpt: artifact.Option{
+				MisconfScannerOption: misconf.ScannerOption{
+					Namespaces: []string{"user"},
+					PolicyPaths: []string{
+						"./testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/checks/test_1_error.rego",
+						"./testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/checks/test.json",
+					},
+					RegoErrorLimit: 0,
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr: "ego_type_error: undefined ref: input.wrong_ref",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -2487,6 +2523,10 @@ func TestYAMLConfigScan(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			got, err := a.Inspect(t.Context())
+			if tt.wantErr != "" {
+				assert.ErrorContains(t, err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.NotNil(t, got)
 
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/artifact/local/testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/checks/test.json b/pkg/fanal/artifact/local/testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/checks/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "$id": "https://example.com/test.schema.json",
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "service": { "type": "string" }
+  },
+  "required": ["service"]
+}
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/artifact/local/testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/checks/test_1_error.rego b/pkg/fanal/artifact/local/testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/checks/test_1_error.rego
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# METADATA
+# title: Test check
+# schemas:
+# - input: schema.test
+# custom:
+#   id: TEST001
+#   severity: LOW
+package user.test_yaml_check
+
+deny[res] {
+    input.wrong_ref == "foo"
+    res := result.new(`Service "foo" should not be used`, input.service)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/artifact/local/testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/checks/test_2_errors.rego b/pkg/fanal/artifact/local/testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/checks/test_2_errors.rego
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# METADATA
+# title: Test check
+# schemas:
+# - input: schema.test
+# custom:
+#   id: TEST001
+#   severity: LOW
+package user.test_yaml_check
+
+deny[res] {
+    input.wrong_ref == "foo"
+    res := result.new(`Service "foo" should not be used`, input.service)
+}
+
+deny[res] {
+    input.wrong_ref == "bar"
+    res := result.new(`Provider "bar" should not be used`, input.provider)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/artifact/local/testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/src/test1.yaml b/pkg/fanal/artifact/local/testdata/misconfig/yaml/with-rego-error-limit/src/test1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+service: foo
diff --git a/pkg/flag/rego_flags.go b/pkg/flag/rego_flags.go
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package flag
 
+import (
+	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/iac/rego"
+)
+
 // e.g. config yaml:
 //
 //	rego:
@@ -74,6 +78,13 @@ var (
 			},
 		},
 	}
+	RegoErrorLimitFlag = Flag[int]{
+		Name:          "rego-error-limit",
+		ConfigName:    "rego.error-limit",
+		Usage:         "maximum number of compile errors allowed during Rego policy evaluation",
+		TelemetrySafe: true,
+		Default:       rego.CompileErrorLimit,
+	}
 )
 
 // RegoFlagGroup composes common printer flag structs used for commands providing misconfinguration scanning.
@@ -84,6 +95,7 @@ type RegoFlagGroup struct {
 	CheckPaths              *Flag[[]string]
 	DataPaths               *Flag[[]string]
 	CheckNamespaces         *Flag[[]string]
+	ErrorLimit              *Flag[int]
 }
 
 type RegoOptions struct {
@@ -93,6 +105,7 @@ type RegoOptions struct {
 	CheckPaths              []string
 	DataPaths               []string
 	CheckNamespaces         []string
+	ErrorLimit              int
 }
 
 func NewRegoFlagGroup() *RegoFlagGroup {
@@ -103,6 +116,7 @@ func NewRegoFlagGroup() *RegoFlagGroup {
 		CheckPaths:              ConfigCheckFlag.Clone(),
 		DataPaths:               ConfigDataFlag.Clone(),
 		CheckNamespaces:         CheckNamespaceFlag.Clone(),
+		ErrorLimit:              RegoErrorLimitFlag.Clone(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -118,6 +132,7 @@ func (f *RegoFlagGroup) Flags() []Flagger {
 		f.CheckPaths,
 		f.DataPaths,
 		f.CheckNamespaces,
+		f.ErrorLimit,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -129,6 +144,7 @@ func (f *RegoFlagGroup) ToOptions(opts *Options) error {
 		CheckPaths:              f.CheckPaths.Value(),
 		DataPaths:               f.DataPaths.Value(),
 		CheckNamespaces:         f.CheckNamespaces.Value(),
+		ErrorLimit:              f.ErrorLimit.Value(),
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/iac/rego/embed.go b/pkg/iac/rego/embed.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func RegisterRegoRules(modules map[string]*ast.Module) {
 		WithCapabilities(nil).
 		WithUseTypeCheckAnnotations(true)
 
+	compiler.SetErrorLimit(CompileErrorLimit)
 	compiler.Compile(modules)
 	if compiler.Failed() {
 		// we should panic as the embedded rego policies are syntactically incorrect...
diff --git a/pkg/iac/rego/load.go b/pkg/iac/rego/load.go
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) compilePolicies(srcFS fs.FS, paths []string) error {
 		WithCapabilities(ast.CapabilitiesForThisVersion()).
 		WithSchemas(schemaSet)
 
+	compiler.SetErrorLimit(s.regoErrorLimit)
 	compiler.Compile(s.policies)
 	if compiler.Failed() {
 		s.fallbackChecks(compiler)
diff --git a/pkg/iac/rego/load_test.go b/pkg/iac/rego/load_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"testing/fstest"
 
-	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/v1/ast"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ func Test_FallbackErrorWithoutLocation(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	for i := range ast.CompileErrorLimitDefault + 1 {
+	for i := range rego.CompileErrorLimit + 1 {
 		src := `# METADATA
 # schemas:
 # - input: schema["fooschema"]
diff --git a/pkg/iac/rego/scanner.go b/pkg/iac/rego/scanner.go
@@ -25,9 +25,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/set"
 )
 
-var checkTypesWithSubtype = set.New(types.SourceCloud, types.SourceDefsec, types.SourceKubernetes)
+// CompileErrorLimit defines the default compile error limit.
+// We set this value explicitly instead of relying on OPA's ast.CompileErrorLimitDefault
+// to avoid dependency on potential upstream changes.
+const CompileErrorLimit = 10
 
-var supportedProviders = makeSupportedProviders()
+var (
+	checkTypesWithSubtype = set.New(types.SourceCloud, types.SourceDefsec, types.SourceKubernetes)
+
+	supportedProviders = makeSupportedProviders()
+)
 
 func makeSupportedProviders() set.Set[string] {
 	m := set.New[string]()
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ func NewScanner(opts ...options.ScannerOption) *Scanner {
 	LoadAndRegister()
 
 	s := &Scanner{
-		regoErrorLimit: ast.CompileErrorLimitDefault,
+		regoErrorLimit: CompileErrorLimit,
 		ruleNamespaces: builtinNamespaces.Clone(),
 		runtimeValues:  addRuntimeValues(),
 		logger:         log.WithPrefix("rego"),
diff --git a/pkg/misconf/scanner.go b/pkg/misconf/scanner.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type ScannerOption struct {
 	DisableEmbeddedPolicies  bool
 	DisableEmbeddedLibraries bool
 	IncludeDeprecatedChecks  bool
+	RegoErrorLimit           int
 
 	HelmValues              []string
 	HelmValueFiles          []string
@@ -236,6 +237,10 @@ func initRegoOptions(opt ScannerOption) ([]options.ScannerOption, error) {
 		rego.WithTrivyVersion(app.Version()),
 	}
 
+	if opt.RegoErrorLimit >= 0 {
+		opts = append(opts, rego.WithRegoErrorLimits(opt.RegoErrorLimit))
+	}
+
 	policyFS, policyPaths, err := CreatePolicyFS(opt.PolicyPaths)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
