""" Parse data/CTI/raw/cwe_latest.xml into per-CWE Python dicts ready for chunking. """ import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET from pathlib import Path from typing import List, Dict, Any import sys project_root = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent sys.path.insert(0, str(project_root)) from config import Config _NS = "{http://cwe.mitre.org/cwe-7}" def _text(el, tag: str) -> str: child = el.find(_NS + tag) if child is None: return "" parts = [] if child.text: parts.append(child.text.strip()) # Some extended-description fields have nested

or for sub in child: t = (sub.text or "").strip() + (sub.tail or "").strip() if t: parts.append(t) return " ".join(parts).strip() def _list_text(el, container_tag: str, item_tag: str, attrib: str = "Nature") -> List[str]: container = el.find(_NS + container_tag) if container is None: return [] return [ item.get(attrib, "") for item in container.findall(_NS + item_tag) if item.get(attrib) ] def parse_cwe_xml(xml_path: Path | None = None) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]: """Return a list of CWE dicts from the MITRE CWE XML catalogue.""" if xml_path is None: config = Config() xml_path = config.cti_data_dir / "cwe_latest.xml" tree = ET.parse(xml_path) root = tree.getroot() entries: List[Dict[str, Any]] = [] for weakness in root.findall(".//" + _NS + "Weakness"): cwe_id = "CWE-" + weakness.get("ID", "") name = weakness.get("Name", "") abstract = weakness.get("Abstraction", "") status = weakness.get("Status", "") description = _text(weakness, "Description") extended = _text(weakness, "Extended_Description") # Common_Consequences → list of Impact strings consequences: List[str] = [] cc = weakness.find(_NS + "Common_Consequences") if cc is not None: for cons in cc.findall(_NS + "Consequence"): for imp in cons.findall(_NS + "Impact"): if imp.text: consequences.append(imp.text.strip()) # Related_Attack_Patterns → CAPEC IDs capec_refs: List[str] = [] rap = weakness.find(_NS + "Related_Attack_Patterns") if rap is not None: for ref in rap.findall(_NS + "Related_Attack_Pattern"): cid = ref.get("CAPEC_ID") if cid: capec_refs.append(f"CAPEC-{cid}") entries.append({ "id": cwe_id, "name": name, "abstraction": abstract, "status": status, "description": description, "extended_description": extended, "consequences": consequences, "capec_refs": capec_refs, }) return entries if __name__ == "__main__": entries = parse_cwe_xml() print(f"Parsed {len(entries)} CWE entries") print("Sample:", entries[0])