# Missing Support for Integrity Check

## Overview

* **Rule ID**: `java_lang_missing_integrity_check`
* **Applicable Languages**: Java
* **Weakness ID**: CWE-353

## Description

Without integrity checks ("checksums"), a protocol lacks the means to detect if transmitted data has been tampered with or altered by unauthorized parties, such as in a Man-in-the-Middle attack. This complicates the ability to verify the integrity of transmitted data.

## Remediation Guidelines

* **Employ** encryption schemes that incorporate integrity checks to verify that data has not been altered during transmission.

  ```java
  Cipher c = Cipher.getInstance("AES/GCM/PKCS5Padding");
  ```

## References

* [**Java Cipher class**](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/20/docs/api/java.base/javax/crypto/Cipher.html)
* [**CWE-353: Missing Support for Integrity Check**](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/353.html)
* [**OWASP Top 10: A08:2021 - Software and Data Integrity Failures**](https://owasp.org/Top10/A08_2021-Software_and_Data_Integrity_Failures/)

## Configuration

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