Carsten Jentsch

29 papers C 2Journal 22Unranked 5
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Comput. Stat.
Daniel Horn, Tobias Markus Krabel, Thi Ngoc Tien Tran, Andreas Groll, Carsten Jentsch
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Imene Kolli, Kai-Robin Lange, Jonas Rieger, Carsten Jentsch
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Tobias Schmidt, Kai-Robin Lange, Matthias Reccius, Henrik Müller, Michael Roos, Carsten Jentsch
2025 conf
Text2Story@ECIR
Kai-Robin Lange, Tobias Schmidt, Matthias Reccius, Henrik Müller, Michael Roos, Carsten Jentsch
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Kai-Robin Lange, Tobias Schmidt, Matthias Reccius, Henrik Müller, Michael Roos, Carsten Jentsch
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Kai-Robin Lange, Niklas Benner, Lars Grönberg, Aymane Hachcham, Imene Kolli, Jonas Rieger, Carsten Jentsch
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Cabrel Teguemne Fokam, Carsten Jentsch, Michel Lang, Markus Pauly
2024 J jnl
PeerJ Comput. Sci.
Jonas Rieger, Carsten Jentsch, Jörg Rahnenführer
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Kai-Robin Lange, Carsten Jentsch
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Kai-Robin Lange, Jonas Rieger, Niklas Benner, Carsten Jentsch
2024 J jnl
J. Open Source Softw.
Maxime Faymonville, Javiera Riffo, Jonas Rieger, Carsten Jentsch
2023 C conf
LDK
Jonas Rieger, Nico Hornig, Jonathan Flossdorf, Henrik Müller, Stephan Mündges, Carsten Jentsch, Jörg Rahnenführer, Christina Elmer
2023 J jnl
Soc. Netw. Anal. Min.
Jonathan Flossdorf, Roland Fried, Carsten Jentsch
2023 J jnl
Entropy
Christian H. Weiß, Boris Aleksandrov, Maxime Faymonville, Carsten Jentsch
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Bin Li, Carsten Jentsch, Emmanuel Müller
2023 conf
VMV
Cedric Krause, Jonas Rieger, Jonathan Flossdorf, Carsten Jentsch, Fabian Beck
2022 conf
Text2Story@ECIR
Jonas Rieger, Kai-Robin Lange, Jonathan Flossdorf, Carsten Jentsch
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Kai-Robin Lange, Jonas Rieger, Carsten Jentsch
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Signal Inf. Process. over Networks
Jonathan Flossdorf, Carsten Jentsch
2021 conf
EMNLP (Findings)
Jonas Rieger, Carsten Jentsch, Jörg Rahnenführer
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Jonathan Flossdorf, Anne Meyer, Dmitri Artjuch, Jaques Schneider, Carsten Jentsch
2020 conf
PKDD/ECML Workshops
Jonas Rieger, Carsten Jentsch, Jörg Rahnenführer
2020 C conf
NLDB
Jonas Rieger, Jörg Rahnenführer, Carsten Jentsch
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Jonas Rieger, Lars Koppers, Carsten Jentsch, Jörg Rahnenführer
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Tobias Markus Krabel, Thi Ngoc Tien Tran, Andreas Groll, Daniel Horn, Carsten Jentsch
2020 J jnl
Comput. Stat. Data Anal.
Carsten Jentsch, Eun Ryung Lee, Enno Mammen
2018 J jnl
Comput. Stat. Data Anal.
Christian H. Weiß, Detlef Steuer, Carsten Jentsch, Murat Caner Testik
2012 J jnl
Comput. Stat.
Carsten Jentsch, Jens-Peter Kreiss, Panagiotis Mantalos, Efstathios Paparoditis
2010 J jnl
J. Multivar. Anal.
Carsten Jentsch, Jens-Peter Kreiss
redb/extractors/malcontent.py
← Index redb/extractors/malcontent.py python
import inspect
import json
import subprocess
from typing import Any
from datetime import datetime, timezone

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.models.dataclasses import Malcontent
from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv(override=True)


class MalcontentExtractor(Extractor):
    """
    Extractor for malcontent tool from chainguard-dev/malcontent.

    Malcontent discovers supply-chain compromises through context, differential
    analysis, and 14,000+ YARA rules. It analyzes binaries and code to detect
    malicious content and suspicious behavioral patterns.

    Binary can be extracted from Docker image:
        docker cp $(docker create cgr.dev/chainguard/malcontent:latest):/usr/bin/mal /usr/local/bin/mal

    Stores full JSON output for materialized view extraction.
    """

    # Cache version at class level to avoid repeated subprocess calls
    _cached_version = None

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious
        )
        self.malcontent = None

    @classmethod
    def _get_malcontent_version(cls, log) -> str:
        """Get malcontent version, cached at class level."""
        if cls._cached_version is not None:
            return cls._cached_version

        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")
        try:
            result = subprocess.run(
                [malcontent_path, "--version"],
                capture_output=True,
                text=True,
                timeout=10
            )
            version_output = result.stdout.strip()
            if result.returncode == 0 and version_output:
                # Parse "malcontent version v1.21.5" -> "1.21.5"
                if version_output.startswith("malcontent version v"):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version v"):]
                elif version_output.startswith("malcontent version "):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version "):]
                cls._cached_version = version_output
            else:
                cls._cached_version = "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            log.warning(f"Could not get malcontent version: {e}")
            cls._cached_version = "unknown"

        return cls._cached_version

    def _extract_malcontent(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("MALCONTENT_TIMEOUT", "300"))
        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")

        malcontent_command = [malcontent_path, "analyze", "--format=json", self.filepath]

        import signal

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                malcontent_command,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                text=True,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid
            )

            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=TIMEOUT)
                if process.returncode != 0:
                    self.log.error(f"Error running malcontent, return code: {process.returncode}, stderr: {stderr}")
                    return {}
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                self.log.warning(f"The malcontent command timed out after {TIMEOUT} seconds, terminating process group")
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
                    try:
                        process.wait(timeout=3)
                    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                        self.log.warning("Process didn't terminate with SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL")
                        os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except (ProcessLookupError, OSError) as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error while killing process: {e}")
                return {}

            try:
                malcontent_output = json.loads(stdout)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error parsing malcontent output: {e}")
                return {}

            # Unwrap the Files/<path> structure to get the inner content
            # Structure is: {"Files": {"/path/to/file": {<actual content>}}}
            files_dict = malcontent_output.get("Files", {})
            if not files_dict:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has no 'Files' key")
                return {}

            # Get the first (and only) file's content
            file_content = next(iter(files_dict.values()), {})
            if not file_content:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has empty file content")
                return {}

            # Extract risk score and level from the unwrapped content
            risk_score = file_content.get("RiskScore", 0)
            risk_level = file_content.get("RiskLevel", "")

            version = self._get_malcontent_version(self.log)

            self.malcontent = Malcontent(
                malcontent_dump=json.dumps(file_content),
                version=version,
                risk_score=risk_score,
                risk_level=risk_level
            )
            self.log.debug(f"Malcontent analysis complete, version={version}, risk={risk_level}({risk_score})")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Unexpected error in malcontent extraction: {str(e)}")
            if 'process' in locals() and process.poll() is None:
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except:
                    pass
            return {}

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                current_time,
                self.malcontent.version,
                self.malcontent.risk_score,
                self.malcontent.risk_level,
                self.malcontent.malcontent_dump
            ]]

            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'analysis_date',
                'malcontent_version', 'malcontent_risk_score', 'malcontent_risk_level',
                'malcontent_json'
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                'LowCardinality(String)', 'UInt8', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                'JSON'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        return "redb_malcontent"

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            self._extract_malcontent()
            return self.malcontent
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting malcontent: {e}")
            return None

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.MALCONTENT.value