test(spdx): validate SPDX documents against official SPDX 2.3 JSON schema by Nachiket-Roy · Pull Request #1474 · OWASP/cve-lite-cli

Nachiket-Roy · 2026-11-01T20:46:20Z

What changed and why

Replaced manual field-name checks with official schema validation: Replaced the stopgap REQUIRED_*_FIELDS property existence checks in tests/spdx.test.ts with strict validation using the official SPDX 2.3.1 JSON schema.
Added ajv as a dev dependency: Installed ajv and ajv-formats under devDependencies (zero runtime dependencies or bundle impact for CLI users).
Vendored official SPDX 2.3 schema: Added tests/fixtures/schemas/spdx-2.3.schema.json directly from the official spdx/spdx-spec repository.
Expanded test coverage: Validates standard scans with findings, inventory-only mode, scans without a root project, and resolved dependency graphs against the specification.

Part of #1473

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Tests
- Generated SPDX documents are now validated against the SPDX 2.3 schema for standard output, inventory-only output, output without a root project, and output with resolved dependency relationships. JSON serialization checks remain.
Documentation
- Added documentation describing the SPDX 2.3 schema used for validation, including its version, source, and license.

Generated SPDX documents are now checked against the SPDX 2.3.1 JSON Schema in four test scenarios. The change adds Ajv as a development dependency and replaces selected manual assertions with schema validation.

Changes: SPDX schema validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Schema and validator setup `tests/fixtures/schemas/spdx-2.3.schema.json`, `package.json`, `tests/fixtures/schemas/README.md`, `tests/spdx.test.ts`	Adds the SPDX schema fixture, the Ajv development dependency, fixture documentation, and test setup for schema validation.
Generated document checks `tests/spdx.test.ts`	Validates standard output, inventory-only output, output without a root project, and output with resolved dependency edges. The inventory-only and no-root tests retain checks for expected contents.

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OWASP/cve-lite-cli#1473: The issue proposes in-repository SPDX schema validation, which this change implements with the schema fixture, Ajv dependency, and generated-document tests.

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- Around line 307-309: Update the inventory-only schema test around
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Assert the resolved dependency relationship in this schema test.

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Assert the resolved dependency relationship in this schema test.

This test only checks schema validity. The schema does not check that the DEPENDENCY_OF relationship exists or that child maps to spdxElementId and parent maps to relatedSpdxElement. A regression in the resolved-edge path can therefore pass this test.

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     });
     assertValidSpdxDocument(graphDoc);
+    const lodash = graphDoc.packages.find(p => p.name === "lodash")!;
+    const express = graphDoc.packages.find(p => p.name === "express")!;
+    expect(graphDoc.relationships).toContainEqual({
+      spdxElementId: lodash.SPDXID,
+      relatedSpdxElement: express.SPDXID,
+      relationshipType: "DEPENDENCY_OF",
+    });
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Assert the no-root semantics, not only schema validity

When projectMeta is null, this test should fail if the document gains a root package or a DESCRIBES relationship. The current implementation skips both, but schema validation does not protect that behavior.

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     const noRootDoc = buildSpdxDocument(allPackages, [], null, "1.0.0");
     assertValidSpdxDocument(noRootDoc);
+    expect(noRootDoc.packages.map(p => p.name).sort()).toEqual(allPackages.map(p => p.name).sort());
+    expect(noRootDoc.relationships.some(r => r.relationshipType === "DESCRIBES")).toBe(false);

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This is a good change, and the schema matches upstream spdx-spec v2.3.1 byte for byte. Two small things. Could you drop ajv-formats? The 2.3.1 schema has no format keywords, so it's a dependency that does nothing, and the as any call goes with it. And could you add a short README in tests/fixtures/schemas/ with the source URL, the tag, and the licence? spdx-spec is CC-BY-3.0, which needs attribution. Optional: the schema compiles with strict: true, so strict: false isn't needed.

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Thanks @Nachiket-Roy, both points are sorted: ajv-formats is gone, and the README gives the source, tag and licence for the schema. The vendored file is byte-identical to the v2.3.1 upstream schema, ajv stays a dev dependency, and it doesn't reach the published package. Breaking the writer's field names, annotation type, reference category or SPDXID characters each fails the new tests, which the old field checks would have missed. Real --sbom spdx output for analog and nest validates against it too. Approved.

Two small optional things: validateSpdx.errors is already typed, so the (e: any) in assertValidSpdxDocument can just be dropped, and the description still mentions installing ajv-formats.

sonukapoor · 2026-11-03T12:41:02Z

Merged - thank you @Nachiket-Roy!

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