feat(controls): B2 — grounded surface checks for absence-based CRA controls

Second slice of B (hybrid coverage): the controls violated by an *absence*
(no rate limiting, no security logging, no update-signature check) have no
syntactic pattern for semgrep, so we retrieve the code surface each governs and
let the grounded judge decide whether the control holds.

- controls/surface.rs: deterministic, bounded surface retrieval (keyword +
  window, capped per control) for cra-ai-6,11,24,27,28,29,30.
- grounded_surface_findings(): retrieve surfaces -> GroundedControlChecker ->
  net-new findings, each already tagged with its control and grounded to a real
  snippet (ground() drops anything not quoting verbatim code).
- orchestrator Stage 5d, gated on breakpilot.grounded_control_checks
  (BREAKPILOT_GROUNDED_CHECKS, default off) — absence detection is the least
  deterministic path, kept off until tuned against live scans.
- LUT: the 7 controls' notes now point to the gated grounded mechanism (kept
  needs_tooling; coverage stays honest until live-validated).

Local validation (real Qwen, temp 0), correct positive+negative discrimination:
  cra-ai-11 unprotected login  -> violates, CWE-307, grounded; protected -> false
  cra-ai-24 unlogged admin del -> violates, CWE-778, grounded; logged   -> false

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitea/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -206,11 +206,13 @@ jobs:
           apk add --no-cache git curl openssl
           git init && git remote add origin "${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
           git fetch --depth=1 origin "${GITHUB_SHA}" && git checkout FETCH_HEAD
-          IMAGE=registry.meghsakha.com/compliance-agent
+          IMAGE=repo.meghsakha.com/certifai/compliance-agent
-          echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}" | docker login registry.meghsakha.com -u "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
+          echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}" | docker login repo.meghsakha.com -u "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
           DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --secret id=tramiton_token,env=TRAMITON_FETCH_TOKEN \
             -f Dockerfile.agent -t "$IMAGE:latest" -t "$IMAGE:${GITHUB_SHA}" .
           docker push "$IMAGE:latest" && docker push "$IMAGE:${GITHUB_SHA}"
+          command -v cosign >/dev/null 2>&1 || { curl -sSfLo /usr/local/bin/cosign https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/releases/download/v2.4.3/cosign-linux-amd64 && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cosign; }
+          cosign sign --yes --key env://COSIGN_KEY "$IMAGE:latest" || echo "::warning::cosign failed"
           PAYLOAD=$(printf '{"ref":"refs/heads/main","repository":{"full_name":"sharang/compliance-scanner-agent"},"head_commit":{"id":"%s","message":"deploy agent"}}' "${GITHUB_SHA}")
           SIG=$(printf '%s' "$PAYLOAD" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "${{ secrets.ORCA_WEBHOOK_SECRET }}" | awk '{print $2}')
           RESP=$(curl -fsS -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}" -X POST "http://46.225.100.82:6880/api/v1/webhooks/github" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Hub-Signature-256: sha256=$SIG" -d "$PAYLOAD"); echo "$RESP"
@@ -230,11 +232,13 @@ jobs:
           apk add --no-cache git curl openssl
           git init && git remote add origin "${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
           git fetch --depth=1 origin "${GITHUB_SHA}" && git checkout FETCH_HEAD
-          IMAGE=registry.meghsakha.com/compliance-dashboard
+          IMAGE=repo.meghsakha.com/certifai/compliance-dashboard
-          echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}" | docker login registry.meghsakha.com -u "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
+          echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}" | docker login repo.meghsakha.com -u "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
           DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --secret id=tramiton_token,env=TRAMITON_FETCH_TOKEN \
             -f Dockerfile.dashboard -t "$IMAGE:latest" -t "$IMAGE:${GITHUB_SHA}" .
           docker push "$IMAGE:latest" && docker push "$IMAGE:${GITHUB_SHA}"
+          command -v cosign >/dev/null 2>&1 || { curl -sSfLo /usr/local/bin/cosign https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/releases/download/v2.4.3/cosign-linux-amd64 && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cosign; }
+          cosign sign --yes --key env://COSIGN_KEY "$IMAGE:latest" || echo "::warning::cosign failed"
           PAYLOAD=$(printf '{"ref":"refs/heads/main","repository":{"full_name":"sharang/compliance-scanner-agent"},"head_commit":{"id":"%s","message":"deploy dashboard"}}' "${GITHUB_SHA}")
           SIG=$(printf '%s' "$PAYLOAD" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "${{ secrets.ORCA_WEBHOOK_SECRET }}" | awk '{print $2}')
           RESP=$(curl -fsS -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}" -X POST "http://46.225.100.82:6880/api/v1/webhooks/github" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Hub-Signature-256: sha256=$SIG" -d "$PAYLOAD"); echo "$RESP"
@@ -252,10 +256,12 @@ jobs:
           apk add --no-cache git curl openssl
           git init && git remote add origin "${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
           git fetch --depth=1 origin "${GITHUB_SHA}" && git checkout FETCH_HEAD
-          IMAGE=registry.meghsakha.com/compliance-docs
+          IMAGE=repo.meghsakha.com/certifai/compliance-docs
-          echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}" | docker login registry.meghsakha.com -u "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
+          echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}" | docker login repo.meghsakha.com -u "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
           docker build -f Dockerfile.docs -t "$IMAGE:latest" -t "$IMAGE:${GITHUB_SHA}" .
           docker push "$IMAGE:latest" && docker push "$IMAGE:${GITHUB_SHA}"
+          command -v cosign >/dev/null 2>&1 || { curl -sSfLo /usr/local/bin/cosign https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/releases/download/v2.4.3/cosign-linux-amd64 && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cosign; }
+          cosign sign --yes --key env://COSIGN_KEY "$IMAGE:latest" || echo "::warning::cosign failed"
           PAYLOAD=$(printf '{"ref":"refs/heads/main","repository":{"full_name":"sharang/compliance-scanner-agent"},"head_commit":{"id":"%s","message":"deploy docs"}}' "${GITHUB_SHA}")
           SIG=$(printf '%s' "$PAYLOAD" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "${{ secrets.ORCA_WEBHOOK_SECRET }}" | awk '{print $2}')
           RESP=$(curl -fsS -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}" -X POST "http://46.225.100.82:6880/api/v1/webhooks/github" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Hub-Signature-256: sha256=$SIG" -d "$PAYLOAD"); echo "$RESP"
@@ -275,11 +281,13 @@ jobs:
           apk add --no-cache git curl openssl
           git init && git remote add origin "${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
           git fetch --depth=1 origin "${GITHUB_SHA}" && git checkout FETCH_HEAD
-          IMAGE=registry.meghsakha.com/compliance-mcp
+          IMAGE=repo.meghsakha.com/certifai/compliance-mcp
-          echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}" | docker login registry.meghsakha.com -u "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
+          echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}" | docker login repo.meghsakha.com -u "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
           DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --secret id=tramiton_token,env=TRAMITON_FETCH_TOKEN \
             -f Dockerfile.mcp -t "$IMAGE:latest" -t "$IMAGE:${GITHUB_SHA}" .
           docker push "$IMAGE:latest" && docker push "$IMAGE:${GITHUB_SHA}"
+          command -v cosign >/dev/null 2>&1 || { curl -sSfLo /usr/local/bin/cosign https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/releases/download/v2.4.3/cosign-linux-amd64 && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cosign; }
+          cosign sign --yes --key env://COSIGN_KEY "$IMAGE:latest" || echo "::warning::cosign failed"
           PAYLOAD=$(printf '{"ref":"refs/heads/main","repository":{"full_name":"sharang/compliance-scanner-agent"},"head_commit":{"id":"%s","message":"deploy mcp"}}' "${GITHUB_SHA}")
           SIG=$(printf '%s' "$PAYLOAD" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "${{ secrets.ORCA_WEBHOOK_SECRET }}" | awk '{print $2}')
           RESP=$(curl -fsS -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}" -X POST "http://46.225.100.82:6880/api/v1/webhooks/github" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Hub-Signature-256: sha256=$SIG" -d "$PAYLOAD"); echo "$RESP"

compliance-agent/rules/cra_semgrep.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# Custom semgrep rules for CRA controls that no off-the-shelf ruleset digs out.
+# Each rule id is `cra-ai-<n>-<slug>` and is keyed back to its control via the
+# `control-map` LUT (by rule-id suffix, so semgrep's path prefix on check_id does
+# not matter). Detection here is deterministic; the grounded LLM judge downstream
+# only confirms/refutes — it never detects. Keep patterns tight: a false positive
+# that the judge refutes marks the whole finding a false positive.
+rules:
+  # --- cra-ai-1: Secure-by-Default-Konfiguration -------------------------------
+  - id: cra-ai-1-flask-debug-enabled
+    languages: [python]
+    severity: WARNING
+    message: Flask app started with debug=True — ships an interactive debugger / code execution in production (secure-by-default violation).
+    metadata:
+      cwe: ["CWE-489: Active Debug Code"]
+      control: cra-ai-1
+    patterns:
+      - pattern: '$APP.run(..., debug=True, ...)'
+
+  - id: cra-ai-1-django-debug-true
+    languages: [python]
+    severity: WARNING
+    message: Django DEBUG = True — leaks stack traces / settings in production (secure-by-default violation).
+    metadata:
+      cwe: ["CWE-489: Active Debug Code"]
+      control: cra-ai-1
+    patterns:
+      - pattern: 'DEBUG = True'
+
+  - id: cra-ai-1-tls-verify-disabled
+    languages: [python]
+    severity: ERROR
+    message: TLS certificate verification disabled (verify=False) — defeats transport security by default.
+    metadata:
+      cwe: ["CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation"]
+      control: cra-ai-1
+    patterns:
+      - pattern: 'requests.$M(..., verify=False, ...)'
+
+  - id: cra-ai-1-cors-wildcard
+    languages: [javascript, typescript]
+    severity: WARNING
+    message: CORS Access-Control-Allow-Origin set to "*" — opens the API to any origin by default.
+    metadata:
+      cwe: ["CWE-942: Permissive Cross-domain Policy with Untrusted Domains"]
+      control: cra-ai-1
+    patterns:
+      - pattern-either:
+          - pattern: '$RES.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")'
+          - pattern: '$RES.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")'
+
+  # --- cra-ai-7: Starke Authentifizierung (weak password hashing) --------------
+  - id: cra-ai-7-weak-password-hash
+    languages: [python]
+    severity: ERROR
+    message: Password/secret hashed with a fast, broken digest (md5/sha1) — use a password KDF (bcrypt/scrypt/argon2).
+    metadata:
+      cwe: ["CWE-916: Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort"]
+      control: cra-ai-7
+    patterns:
+      - pattern-either:
+          - pattern: 'hashlib.md5($PW)'
+          - pattern: 'hashlib.sha1($PW)'
+      - metavariable-regex:
+          metavariable: $PW
+          regex: '(?i).*(pass|pwd|secret|cred|token).*'
+
+  # --- cra-ai-10: Sitzungsmanagement (insecure session cookies) ----------------
+  - id: cra-ai-10-session-cookie-insecure
+    languages: [python]
+    severity: ERROR
+    message: Session cookie hardened flag explicitly disabled (Secure/HttpOnly = False) — session token exposed to theft.
+    metadata:
+      cwe: ["CWE-614: Sensitive Cookie in HTTPS Session Without 'Secure' Attribute"]
+      control: cra-ai-10
+    patterns:
+      - pattern-either:
+          - pattern: 'SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = False'
+          - pattern: 'SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = False'
+
+  - id: cra-ai-10-express-cookie-insecure
+    languages: [javascript, typescript]
+    severity: ERROR
+    message: Express cookie set with secure/httpOnly = false — session token exposed to interception / XSS theft.
+    metadata:
+      cwe: ["CWE-614: Sensitive Cookie in HTTPS Session Without 'Secure' Attribute"]
+      control: cra-ai-10
+    patterns:
+      - pattern-either:
+          - pattern: '$RES.cookie($NAME, $VAL, {..., secure: false, ...})'
+          - pattern: '$RES.cookie($NAME, $VAL, {..., httpOnly: false, ...})'
+
+  # --- cra-ai-14: Speicher-Schutz / Data at Rest (weak cipher) -----------------
+  - id: cra-ai-14-python-weak-cipher
+    languages: [python]
+    severity: ERROR
+    message: Data-at-rest encrypted with a broken cipher/mode (ECB, DES, 3DES) — provides no real confidentiality.
+    metadata:
+      cwe: ["CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm"]
+      control: cra-ai-14
+    patterns:
+      - pattern-either:
+          - pattern: 'AES.new($K, AES.MODE_ECB, ...)'
+          - pattern: 'DES.new(...)'
+          - pattern: 'DES3.new(...)'
+
+  - id: cra-ai-14-node-weak-cipher
+    languages: [javascript, typescript]
+    severity: ERROR
+    message: Data-at-rest encrypted with a broken cipher (DES / deprecated createCipher) — provides no real confidentiality.
+    metadata:
+      cwe: ["CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm"]
+      control: cra-ai-14
+    patterns:
+      - pattern-either:
+          - pattern: 'crypto.createCipheriv("des-ecb", ...)'
+          - pattern: 'crypto.createCipheriv("des", ...)'
+          - pattern: 'crypto.createCipher(...)'

compliance-agent/src/config.rs

@@ -100,5 +100,11 @@ fn load_breakpilot_config() -> BreakpilotConfig {
         base_url: env_var_opt("BREAKPILOT_BASE_URL"),
         token: env_secret_opt("BREAKPILOT_TOKEN"),
         snapshot_dir: env_var_opt("BREAKPILOT_SNAPSHOT_DIR").unwrap_or(d.snapshot_dir),
+        semantic_mapping: env_var_opt("BREAKPILOT_SEMANTIC_MAPPING")
+            .map(|v| v == "1" || v.eq_ignore_ascii_case("true"))
+            .unwrap_or(d.semantic_mapping),
+        grounded_control_checks: env_var_opt("BREAKPILOT_GROUNDED_CHECKS")
+            .map(|v| v == "1" || v.eq_ignore_ascii_case("true"))
+            .unwrap_or(d.grounded_control_checks),
     }
 }

compliance-agent/src/controls/index.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 //! requirement text once, then for a code region pull the top-K nearest controls
 //! to hand to the grounded judge. This is the retrieval half of the semantic path.
 
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+
 use compliance_core::control_check::ControlCheckSpec;
 use compliance_core::error::CoreError;
 
@@ -16,6 +21,34 @@ pub struct ControlIndex {
     entries: Vec<(ControlCheckSpec, Vec<f64>)>,
 }
 
+/// On-disk form of the index: the corpus identity hash plus every spec+embedding.
+/// The hash lets a later scan reuse the embeddings only if the corpus is unchanged.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+struct PersistedIndex {
+    corpus_hash: String,
+    entries: Vec<PersistedEntry>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+struct PersistedEntry {
+    spec: ControlCheckSpec,
+    embedding: Vec<f64>,
+}
+
+/// Stable hash of the corpus identity (each control's id + requirement text, in
+/// order). Same catalog → same hash → the cached embeddings are reused instead of
+/// re-embedding the whole corpus.
+fn corpus_hash(specs: &[ControlCheckSpec]) -> String {
+    let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+    for s in specs {
+        hasher.update(s.control_id.as_bytes());
+        hasher.update([0u8]);
+        hasher.update(s.requirement.as_bytes());
+        hasher.update([0u8]);
+    }
+    format!("{:x}", hasher.finalize())
+}
+
 impl ControlIndex {
     /// Build directly from precomputed embeddings (used by tests + callers that
     /// already embedded the corpus).
@@ -23,6 +56,70 @@ impl ControlIndex {
         Self { entries }
     }
 
+    /// Load the index from `cache_path` if it still matches the current corpus,
+    /// otherwise embed the corpus and persist it there. This turns the per-scan
+    /// re-embed of the whole (~13.6k) master-control corpus into a one-time cost
+    /// that survives across scans; the cache self-invalidates when the catalog
+    /// changes (its [`corpus_hash`] no longer matches).
+    pub async fn load_or_build(
+        llm: &LlmClient,
+        specs: Vec<ControlCheckSpec>,
+        cache_path: &Path,
+    ) -> Result<Self, CoreError> {
+        let hash = corpus_hash(&specs);
+        if let Some(index) = Self::load_cache(cache_path, &hash).await {
+            tracing::debug!(
+                controls = index.len(),
+                "reusing cached control embedding index"
+            );
+            return Ok(index);
+        }
+        let index = Self::build(llm, specs).await?;
+        if let Err(e) = index.write_cache(cache_path, &hash).await {
+            tracing::warn!(error = %e, "failed to persist control embedding index");
+        }
+        Ok(index)
+    }
+
+    /// Read a persisted index, returning it only if its corpus hash matches.
+    async fn load_cache(path: &Path, hash: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        let raw = tokio::fs::read(path).await.ok()?;
+        let persisted: PersistedIndex = serde_json::from_slice(&raw).ok()?;
+        if persisted.corpus_hash != hash {
+            return None;
+        }
+        Some(Self {
+            entries: persisted
+                .entries
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|e| (e.spec, e.embedding))
+                .collect(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Persist the index atomically (temp file + rename) keyed by corpus hash.
+    async fn write_cache(&self, path: &Path, hash: &str) -> Result<(), CoreError> {
+        if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
+            tokio::fs::create_dir_all(parent).await?;
+        }
+        let persisted = PersistedIndex {
+            corpus_hash: hash.to_string(),
+            entries: self
+                .entries
+                .iter()
+                .map(|(spec, emb)| PersistedEntry {
+                    spec: spec.clone(),
+                    embedding: emb.clone(),
+                })
+                .collect(),
+        };
+        let raw = serde_json::to_vec(&persisted)?;
+        let tmp = path.with_extension("json.tmp");
+        tokio::fs::write(&tmp, &raw).await?;
+        tokio::fs::rename(&tmp, path).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Build by embedding each control's requirement text.
     pub async fn build(llm: &LlmClient, specs: Vec<ControlCheckSpec>) -> Result<Self, CoreError> {
         if specs.is_empty() {
@@ -107,4 +204,42 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(cosine(&[0.0, 0.0], &[1.0, 1.0]), 0.0); // zero vector
         assert!((cosine(&[1.0, 0.0], &[1.0, 0.0]) - 1.0).abs() < 1e-9); // identical
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn corpus_hash_is_stable_and_identity_sensitive() {
+        let a = corpus_hash(&[spec("x"), spec("y")]);
+        assert_eq!(a, corpus_hash(&[spec("x"), spec("y")])); // same corpus → same hash
+        assert_ne!(a, corpus_hash(&[spec("y"), spec("x")])); // reorder → different
+        assert_ne!(a, corpus_hash(&[spec("x")])); // fewer controls → different
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+    async fn cache_round_trips_and_misses_on_corpus_change() {
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("cidx-{}", uuid::Uuid::new_v4()));
+        let path = dir.join("control-index.json");
+        let specs = [spec("a"), spec("b")];
+        let hash = corpus_hash(&specs);
+        let index = ControlIndex::from_embeddings(vec![
+            (spec("a"), vec![1.0, 0.0]),
+            (spec("b"), vec![0.0, 1.0]),
+        ]);
+        index.write_cache(&path, &hash).await.unwrap();
+
+        // matching corpus hash → hit
+        let loaded = ControlIndex::load_cache(&path, &hash).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(loaded.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(loaded.nearest(&[0.9, 0.1], 1)[0].control_id, "a");
+        // corpus changed → miss (forces a rebuild)
+        assert!(ControlIndex::load_cache(&path, "differenthash")
+            .await
+            .is_none());
+        // absent file → miss, not an error
+        assert!(
+            ControlIndex::load_cache(dir.join("nope.json").as_path(), &hash)
+                .await
+                .is_none()
+        );
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+    }
 }

compliance-agent/src/controls/mod.rs

@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ mod judge;
 mod oscal_provider;
 mod scan_triage;
 mod semantic;
+mod surface;
 mod triage;
 
 pub use checker::GroundedControlChecker;
 pub use index::ControlIndex;
 pub use judge::{ControlJudge, LlmControlJudge, PROMPT_VERSION};
 pub use oscal_provider::OscalControlsProvider;
-pub use scan_triage::{semantic_stamp_findings, triage_repo_findings};
+pub use scan_triage::{grounded_surface_findings, semantic_stamp_findings, triage_repo_findings};
 pub use semantic::SemanticControlChecker;
 pub use triage::{ControlTriage, TriageOutcome};

compliance-agent/src/controls/scan_triage.rs

@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ use compliance_core::models::onboarding::ComplianceFramework;
 use compliance_core::AgentConfig;
 use control_map::ControlMap;
 
+use super::surface;
 use super::{
-    ControlIndex, ControlTriage, LlmControlJudge, OscalControlsProvider, SemanticControlChecker,
+    ControlIndex, ControlTriage, GroundedControlChecker, LlmControlJudge, OscalControlsProvider,
-    TriageOutcome,
+    SemanticControlChecker, TriageOutcome,
 };
 use crate::llm::LlmClient;
 
@@ -105,6 +106,50 @@ async fn build_specs(provider: &OscalControlsProvider) -> HashMap<String, Contro
     specs
 }
 
+/// Absence-based control pass (the grounded half of the hybrid coverage): for each
+/// control with a [`surface`] definition, deterministically retrieve the code
+/// surfaces it governs (login routes, logging setup, update/download code) and have
+/// the grounded judge decide whether the control holds there. Returns net-new
+/// findings, each already tagged with its control and grounded to a real snippet.
+///
+/// Gated: the orchestrator runs this only when `breakpilot.grounded_control_checks`
+/// is set. Absence detection is the least deterministic path (the judge decides
+/// presence/absence, not a syntactic pattern), so it stays off until tuned live.
+pub async fn grounded_surface_findings(
+    config: &AgentConfig,
+    llm: Arc<LlmClient>,
+    repo_path: &Path,
+    repo_id: &str,
+) -> Vec<Finding> {
+    let Some(base_url) = config.breakpilot.base_url.clone() else {
+        return Vec::new();
+    };
+    let provider = OscalControlsProvider::new(
+        reqwest::Client::new(),
+        base_url,
+        config.breakpilot.token.clone(),
+        &config.breakpilot.snapshot_dir,
+    );
+    let specs = build_specs(&provider).await;
+    if specs.is_empty() {
+        return Vec::new();
+    }
+    let checker = GroundedControlChecker::new(LlmControlJudge::new(llm));
+
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    for surf in surface::SURFACES {
+        let Some(spec) = specs.get(surf.control_id) else {
+            continue; // catalog doesn't carry this control
+        };
+        let regions = surface::retrieve(repo_path, surf.terms);
+        if regions.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        out.extend(checker.check(spec, &regions, repo_id).await);
+    }
+    out
+}
+
 /// Read a window of lines around `line` (1-based) from `repo_path/file`.
 fn fetch_region(repo_path: &Path, file: &str, line: u32) -> Option<CandidateRegion> {
     let content = std::fs::read_to_string(repo_path.join(file)).ok()?;
@@ -128,9 +173,11 @@ fn fetch_region(repo_path: &Path, file: &str, line: u32) -> Option<CandidateRegi
 /// ~13.6k master-control corpus (which has no CWE to LUT on). Returns the number
 /// of findings that gained a master-control ref.
 ///
-/// Opt-in: the orchestrator does not run this yet. It builds the control embedding
+/// Gated: the orchestrator runs this only when `breakpilot.semantic_mapping` is
-/// index per call (embeds the whole corpus) — production should cache/persist that
+/// set (default off, flipped on once the master-controls catalog is live). The
-/// index rather than rebuild it each scan.
+/// control embedding index is built once and cached to `snapshot_dir` keyed by
+/// corpus hash ([`ControlIndex::load_or_build`]), so only the first scan after a
+/// catalog change pays the embedding cost.
 pub async fn semantic_stamp_findings(
     config: &AgentConfig,
     llm: Arc<LlmClient>,
@@ -164,7 +211,9 @@ pub async fn semantic_stamp_findings(
             severity: Severity::Medium,
         })
         .collect();
-    let index = match ControlIndex::build(&llm, specs).await {
+    let cache_path =
+        Path::new(&config.breakpilot.snapshot_dir).join("control-index-master-controls.json");
+    let index = match ControlIndex::load_or_build(&llm, specs, &cache_path).await {
         Ok(i) if !i.is_empty() => i,
         Ok(_) => return 0,
         Err(e) => {

compliance-agent/src/controls/surface.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+//! Surface retrieval for absence-based controls.
+//!
+//! Some CRA controls are violated by an *absence* — no rate limiting on login, no
+//! security logging, no signature check on an update — so there's no offending
+//! pattern for semgrep to match. Instead we deterministically locate the code
+//! *surface* the control governs (a login route, a logging setup, update/download
+//! code) by identifier/route terms, then hand each surface region to the grounded
+//! judge, which decides whether the control is satisfied there. The resulting
+//! finding grounds to the surface snippet, so nothing fabricated survives.
+//!
+//! Retrieval is intentionally cheap and bounded: keyword match + a fixed window,
+//! capped per control to keep the downstream LLM cost predictable.
+
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use compliance_core::control_check::CandidateRegion;
+
+/// An absence-based control and the case-insensitive terms that mark the code
+/// surface it governs.
+pub struct Surface {
+    pub control_id: &'static str,
+    pub terms: &'static [&'static str],
+}
+
+/// The absence-based CRA controls we retrieve surfaces for — the grounded half of
+/// the hybrid coverage (the pattern-expressible half is custom semgrep rules).
+pub const SURFACES: &[Surface] = &[
+    Surface {
+        control_id: "cra-ai-6", // Integritaetspruefung
+        terms: &[
+            "checksum",
+            "sha256",
+            "signature",
+            "hmac",
+            "integrity",
+            "verify",
+        ],
+    },
+    Surface {
+        control_id: "cra-ai-11", // Brute-Force-Schutz
+        terms: &[
+            "login",
+            "signin",
+            "authenticate",
+            "/auth",
+            "password",
+            "ratelimit",
+        ],
+    },
+    Surface {
+        control_id: "cra-ai-24", // Security-Logging
+        terms: &["login", "authorize", "permission", "role", "admin", "audit"],
+    },
+    Surface {
+        control_id: "cra-ai-27", // Log-Integritaet und -Aufbewahrung
+        terms: &["logging", "logger", "getlogger", "audit_log"],
+    },
+    Surface {
+        control_id: "cra-ai-28", // Sichere Update-Mechanismen
+        terms: &["update", "upgrade", "download", "firmware"],
+    },
+    Surface {
+        control_id: "cra-ai-29", // Update-Authentizitaet
+        terms: &["update", "signature", "verify", "pubkey", "certificate"],
+    },
+    Surface {
+        control_id: "cra-ai-30", // Update-Integritaet
+        terms: &["update", "checksum", "digest", "integrity", "verify"],
+    },
+];
+
+/// Source file extensions worth reading (skip binaries/assets/lockfiles).
+const CODE_EXTS: &[&str] = &[
+    "py", "js", "ts", "tsx", "jsx", "go", "java", "rb", "php", "rs", "cs", "kt",
+];
+/// Directories never worth walking.
+const SKIP_DIRS: &[&str] = &[
+    ".git",
+    "node_modules",
+    "target",
+    "vendor",
+    ".venv",
+    "__pycache__",
+    "dist",
+    "build",
+];
+/// Lines of context on each side of a hit.
+const WINDOW: usize = 6;
+/// Cap on regions per control, to bound downstream LLM calls.
+const MAX_REGIONS_PER_CONTROL: usize = 8;
+/// Skip files larger than this (generated/minified).
+const MAX_FILE_BYTES: u64 = 512 * 1024;
+
+/// Deterministically retrieve up to [`MAX_REGIONS_PER_CONTROL`] code regions in
+/// `repo_path` whose lines mention any of `terms`. Hits close together within a
+/// file are merged into one region; results are capped to bound LLM cost.
+pub fn retrieve(repo_path: &Path, terms: &[&str]) -> Vec<CandidateRegion> {
+    let lowered: Vec<String> = terms.iter().map(|t| t.to_lowercase()).collect();
+    let mut regions = Vec::new();
+    for entry in walk(repo_path) {
+        if regions.len() >= MAX_REGIONS_PER_CONTROL {
+            break;
+        }
+        let path = entry.path();
+        if !has_code_ext(path) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let Ok(meta) = entry.metadata() else { continue };
+        if !meta.is_file() || meta.len() > MAX_FILE_BYTES {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let Ok(content) = std::fs::read_to_string(path) else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        let rel = path
+            .strip_prefix(repo_path)
+            .unwrap_or(path)
+            .to_string_lossy()
+            .to_string();
+        let lines: Vec<&str> = content.lines().collect();
+        let hits: Vec<usize> = lines
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter(|(_, line)| {
+                let ll = line.to_lowercase();
+                lowered.iter().any(|t| ll.contains(t.as_str()))
+            })
+            .map(|(i, _)| i)
+            .collect();
+        for center in merge_centers(&hits) {
+            if regions.len() >= MAX_REGIONS_PER_CONTROL {
+                break;
+            }
+            let start = center.saturating_sub(WINDOW);
+            let end = (center + WINDOW + 1).min(lines.len());
+            regions.push(CandidateRegion {
+                file: rel.clone(),
+                start_line: (start as u32) + 1,
+                content: lines[start..end].join("\n"),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    regions
+}
+
+/// Collapse ascending hit indices that fall within one window into a single
+/// representative center, so overlapping regions aren't judged repeatedly.
+fn merge_centers(hits: &[usize]) -> Vec<usize> {
+    let mut out: Vec<usize> = Vec::new();
+    for &h in hits {
+        match out.last() {
+            Some(&last) if h.saturating_sub(last) <= WINDOW => {}
+            _ => out.push(h),
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+fn has_code_ext(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    path.extension()
+        .and_then(|e| e.to_str())
+        .is_some_and(|e| CODE_EXTS.contains(&e))
+}
+
+fn walk(root: &Path) -> Vec<walkdir::DirEntry> {
+    walkdir::WalkDir::new(root)
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_entry(|e| {
+            let name = e.file_name().to_string_lossy();
+            !SKIP_DIRS.contains(&name.as_ref())
+        })
+        .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
+        .collect()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn write(dir: &Path, rel: &str, body: &str) {
+        let p = dir.join(rel);
+        if let Some(parent) = p.parent() {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(parent).unwrap();
+        }
+        std::fs::write(p, body).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    fn terms_for(control_id: &str) -> &'static [&'static str] {
+        SURFACES
+            .iter()
+            .find(|s| s.control_id == control_id)
+            .unwrap()
+            .terms
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn surfaces_cover_the_absence_based_controls() {
+        assert_eq!(SURFACES.len(), 7);
+        for id in [
+            "cra-ai-6",
+            "cra-ai-11",
+            "cra-ai-24",
+            "cra-ai-27",
+            "cra-ai-28",
+            "cra-ai-29",
+            "cra-ai-30",
+        ] {
+            assert!(SURFACES.iter().any(|s| s.control_id == id), "{id} missing");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn retrieves_matching_region_with_context() {
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("surface-{}", uuid::Uuid::new_v4()));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+        write(
+            &dir,
+            "app/auth.py",
+            "import x\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndef login(u, p):\n    return check(u, p)\n",
+        );
+        let regions = retrieve(&dir, terms_for("cra-ai-11"));
+        assert_eq!(regions.len(), 1);
+        assert!(regions[0].content.contains("def login"));
+        assert_eq!(regions[0].file, "app/auth.py");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn skips_non_code_and_vendored() {
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("surface-{}", uuid::Uuid::new_v4()));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+        write(&dir, "README.md", "login and password and audit\n"); // not code ext
+        write(&dir, "node_modules/pkg/index.js", "function login() {}\n"); // vendored
+        assert!(retrieve(&dir, terms_for("cra-ai-11")).is_empty());
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn merges_adjacent_hits_into_one_region() {
+        // Two hits one line apart collapse to a single center/region.
+        assert_eq!(merge_centers(&[10, 11, 30]), vec![10, 30]);
+        assert_eq!(merge_centers(&[]), Vec::<usize>::new());
+        assert_eq!(merge_centers(&[5]), vec![5]);
+    }
+}

compliance-agent/src/controls/triage.rs

@@ -44,10 +44,14 @@ impl<J: ControlJudge> ControlTriage<J> {
     /// Triage one tool finding. `region` is the code around the finding, used as
     /// the grounding evidence for the judge.
     pub async fn triage(&self, finding: &Finding, region: &CandidateRegion) -> TriageOutcome {
-        let Some(cwe) = finding.cwe.as_deref() else {
+        // Match by CWE (off-the-shelf findings) and/or rule id (our custom
-            return TriageOutcome::Unmapped;
+        // detectors, which carry no LUT-bound CWE). A finding with neither is
-        };
+        // simply unmapped.
-        let mapped = self.map.controls_for(&finding.scanner, cwe);
+        let mapped = self.map.controls_for_finding(
+            &finding.scanner,
+            finding.cwe.as_deref(),
+            finding.rule_id.as_deref(),
+        );
         if mapped.is_empty() {
             return TriageOutcome::Unmapped;
         }
@@ -162,6 +166,52 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(out, TriageOutcome::FalsePositive);
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn custom_rule_finding_without_cwe_is_confirmed() {
+        // A custom detector finding carries a rule id but no LUT-bound CWE; it must
+        // still map (by rule id) and confirm.
+        let mut specs = specs();
+        specs.insert(
+            "cra-ai-1".to_string(),
+            ControlCheckSpec {
+                control_id: "cra-ai-1".into(),
+                title: "Secure-by-Default".into(),
+                requirement: "Ship secure defaults".into(),
+                default_cwe: None,
+                severity: Severity::Medium,
+            },
+        );
+        let triage = ControlTriage::new(
+            StubJudge {
+                verdict: LlmVerdict {
+                    violates: true,
+                    snippet: "app.run(debug=True)".into(),
+                    cwe: None,
+                    confidence: 0.9,
+                },
+            },
+            ControlMap::cra().unwrap(),
+            specs,
+        );
+        let mut f = Finding::new(
+            "repo".into(),
+            "fp".into(),
+            "semgrep".into(),
+            ScanType::Sast,
+            "flask debug".into(),
+            "desc".into(),
+            Severity::Medium,
+        );
+        f.rule_id = Some("tmp.x.cra-ai-1-flask-debug-enabled".into()); // no cwe
+        let region = CandidateRegion {
+            file: "app.py".into(),
+            start_line: 1,
+            content: "app.run(debug=True)\n".into(),
+        };
+        let out = triage.triage(&f, &region).await;
+        assert_eq!(out, TriageOutcome::Confirmed(vec!["cra-ai-1".to_string()]));
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn unmapped_cwe_is_left_untagged() {
         let triage = ControlTriage::new(

compliance-agent/src/pipeline/orchestrator.rs

@@ -230,6 +230,53 @@ impl PipelineOrchestrator {
             tracing::info!("[{repo_id}] Control triage tagged {tagged} findings with control refs");
         }
 
+        // Stage 5c: semantic control mapping — scale path for the master-controls
+        // corpus (no CWE to LUT on): embed each finding's region, retrieve the
+        // nearest master controls, grounded-judge, and stamp confirmed refs. Gated
+        // (default off) as the corpus embedding + per-finding judging is the heavy
+        // path; enabled once verified live against a deployed master-controls catalog.
+        if self.config.breakpilot.semantic_mapping {
+            self.update_phase(scan_run_id, "semantic_control_mapping")
+                .await;
+            let sem = crate::controls::semantic_stamp_findings(
+                &self.config,
+                self.llm.clone(),
+                &repo_path,
+                &mut all_findings,
+            )
+            .await;
+            if sem > 0 {
+                tracing::info!(
+                    "[{repo_id}] Semantic mapping tagged {sem} findings with master-control refs"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Stage 5d: grounded surface checks — the absence-based controls (no
+        // rate limiting, no security logging, no update-signature check) have no
+        // syntactic pattern to match, so we retrieve the code surface each governs
+        // and let the grounded judge decide whether it holds, producing net-new
+        // findings already tagged + grounded. Gated (default off): absence
+        // detection is the least deterministic path, kept off until tuned live.
+        if self.config.breakpilot.grounded_control_checks {
+            self.update_phase(scan_run_id, "grounded_control_checks")
+                .await;
+            let grounded = crate::controls::grounded_surface_findings(
+                &self.config,
+                self.llm.clone(),
+                &repo_path,
+                &repo_id,
+            )
+            .await;
+            if !grounded.is_empty() {
+                tracing::info!(
+                    "[{repo_id}] Grounded surface checks raised {} control findings",
+                    grounded.len()
+                );
+                all_findings.extend(grounded);
+            }
+        }
+
         // Dedup against existing findings and insert new ones
         let mut new_count = 0u32;
         let mut new_findings: Vec<Finding> = Vec::new();

compliance-agent/src/pipeline/semgrep.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use compliance_core::models::{Finding, ScanType, Severity};
 use compliance_core::traits::{ScanOutput, Scanner};
@@ -6,6 +6,30 @@ use compliance_core::CoreError;
 
 use crate::pipeline::dedup;
 
+/// Custom CRA-control detectors bundled into the binary and staged to a temp file
+/// at scan time so semgrep can `--config` them alongside the auto ruleset. These
+/// cover controls no off-the-shelf rule digs out (secure defaults, weak password
+/// hashing, insecure session cookies, weak data-at-rest ciphers); each rule id is
+/// keyed back to its control by the `control-map` LUT.
+const CRA_RULES: &str = include_str!("../../rules/cra_semgrep.yaml");
+
+/// Write the bundled CRA rules to a stable temp path (atomic: unique tmp +
+/// rename). Returns `None` on failure — the scan then runs with auto rules only.
+async fn stage_cra_rules() -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    let dir = std::env::temp_dir();
+    let path = dir.join("compliance-cra-semgrep.yaml");
+    let tmp = dir.join(format!("compliance-cra-semgrep.{}.tmp", std::process::id()));
+    if let Err(e) = tokio::fs::write(&tmp, CRA_RULES).await {
+        tracing::warn!(error = %e, "failed to stage custom CRA semgrep rules; using auto rules only");
+        return None;
+    }
+    if let Err(e) = tokio::fs::rename(&tmp, &path).await {
+        tracing::warn!(error = %e, "failed to stage custom CRA semgrep rules; using auto rules only");
+        return None;
+    }
+    Some(path)
+}
+
 pub struct SemgrepScanner;
 
 impl Scanner for SemgrepScanner {
@@ -19,30 +43,26 @@ impl Scanner for SemgrepScanner {
 
     #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     async fn scan(&self, repo_path: &Path, repo_id: &str) -> Result<ScanOutput, CoreError> {
-        let output = tokio::time::timeout(
+        let cra_rules = stage_cra_rules().await;
-            std::time::Duration::from_secs(600),
+        let mut command = tokio::process::Command::new("semgrep");
-            tokio::process::Command::new("semgrep")
+        command.arg("--config=auto");
-                .args([
+        if let Some(path) = &cra_rules {
-                    "--config=auto",
+            command.arg(format!("--config={}", path.display()));
-                    "--json",
+        }
-                    "--quiet",
+        command
-                    "--max-memory",
+            .args(["--json", "--quiet", "--max-memory", "500", "--jobs", "1"])
-                    "500",
+            .arg(repo_path);
-                    "--jobs",
+
-                    "1",
+        let output = tokio::time::timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(600), command.output())
-                ])
+            .await
-                .arg(repo_path)
+            .map_err(|_| CoreError::Scanner {
-                .output(),
+                scanner: "semgrep".to_string(),
-        )
+                source: "timed out after 10 minutes".into(),
-        .await
+            })?
-        .map_err(|_| CoreError::Scanner {
+            .map_err(|e| CoreError::Scanner {
-            scanner: "semgrep".to_string(),
+                scanner: "semgrep".to_string(),
-            source: "timed out after 10 minutes".into(),
+                source: Box::new(e),
-        })?
+            })?;
-        .map_err(|e| CoreError::Scanner {
-            scanner: "semgrep".to_string(),
-            source: Box::new(e),
-        })?;
 
         if !output.status.success() && output.stdout.is_empty() {
             let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);

compliance-core/src/config.rs

@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@ pub struct BreakpilotConfig {
     pub token: Option<SecretString>,
     /// Directory for catalog snapshots.
     pub snapshot_dir: String,
+    /// Enable the master-controls **semantic** mapping pass (embed regions,
+    /// retrieve nearest controls, grounded-judge). Off by default: it is the
+    /// scale path and stays gated until verified live against a deployed
+    /// master-controls catalog.
+    pub semantic_mapping: bool,
+    /// Enable the **grounded surface** pass for absence-based controls (retrieve
+    /// the code surface a control governs, judge whether it holds). Off by
+    /// default: absence detection is the least deterministic path and stays gated
+    /// until tuned against live scans.
+    pub grounded_control_checks: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for BreakpilotConfig {
@@ -83,6 +93,8 @@ impl Default for BreakpilotConfig {
             base_url: None,
             token: None,
             snapshot_dir: "/data/compliance-scanner/oscal".to_string(),
+            semantic_mapping: false,
+            grounded_control_checks: false,
         }
     }
 }

compliance-core/src/control_check.rs

@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@
 //! The LLM supplies cross-language / cross-stack pattern recognition; this module
 //! supplies the determinism.
 
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 
 use crate::models::finding::{Finding, Severity};
 use crate::models::scan::ScanType;
 
 /// A control rendered as a check the LLM judges code against.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ControlCheckSpec {
     /// Stable control id, e.g. `"cra-ai-8"`.
     pub control_id: String,

control-map/data/cra_control_map.json

@@ -5,9 +5,21 @@
     {
       "control": "cra-ai-1",
       "title": "Secure-by-Default-Konfiguration",
-      "scans": [],
+      "scans": [
-      "note": "code-checkable but no off-the-shelf tool digs it out — author a detector (custom semgrep rule / check)",
+        {
-      "status": "needs_tooling"
+          "tool": "semgrep",
+          "scan_type": "sast",
+          "cwe": [],
+          "rules": [
+            "cra-ai-1-flask-debug-enabled",
+            "cra-ai-1-django-debug-true",
+            "cra-ai-1-tls-verify-disabled",
+            "cra-ai-1-cors-wildcard"
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "note": null,
+      "status": "covered"
     },
     {
       "control": "cra-ai-2",
@@ -41,15 +53,24 @@
       "control": "cra-ai-6",
       "title": "Integritaetspruefung",
       "scans": [],
-      "note": "code-checkable but no off-the-shelf tool digs it out — author a detector (custom semgrep rule / check)",
+      "note": "absence-based — no syntactic pattern; covered by the grounded surface check (retrieve surface + LLM judge), gated (BREAKPILOT_GROUNDED_CHECKS) pending live tuning",
       "status": "needs_tooling"
     },
     {
       "control": "cra-ai-7",
       "title": "Starke Authentifizierung",
-      "scans": [],
+      "scans": [
-      "note": "code-checkable but no off-the-shelf tool digs it out — author a detector (custom semgrep rule / check)",
+        {
-      "status": "needs_tooling"
+          "tool": "semgrep",
+          "scan_type": "sast",
+          "cwe": [],
+          "rules": [
+            "cra-ai-7-weak-password-hash"
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "note": null,
+      "status": "covered"
     },
     {
       "control": "cra-ai-8",
@@ -100,15 +121,25 @@
     {
       "control": "cra-ai-10",
       "title": "Sitzungsmanagement",
-      "scans": [],
+      "scans": [
-      "note": "code-checkable but no off-the-shelf tool digs it out — author a detector (custom semgrep rule / check)",
+        {
-      "status": "needs_tooling"
+          "tool": "semgrep",
+          "scan_type": "sast",
+          "cwe": [],
+          "rules": [
+            "cra-ai-10-session-cookie-insecure",
+            "cra-ai-10-express-cookie-insecure"
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "note": null,
+      "status": "covered"
     },
     {
       "control": "cra-ai-11",
       "title": "Brute-Force-Schutz",
       "scans": [],
-      "note": "code-checkable but no off-the-shelf tool digs it out — author a detector (custom semgrep rule / check)",
+      "note": "absence-based — no syntactic pattern; covered by the grounded surface check (retrieve surface + LLM judge), gated (BREAKPILOT_GROUNDED_CHECKS) pending live tuning",
       "status": "needs_tooling"
     },
     {
@@ -138,9 +169,19 @@
     {
       "control": "cra-ai-14",
       "title": "Speicher-Schutz (Data at Rest)",
-      "scans": [],
+      "scans": [
-      "note": "code-checkable but no off-the-shelf tool digs it out — author a detector (custom semgrep rule / check)",
+        {
-      "status": "needs_tooling"
+          "tool": "semgrep",
+          "scan_type": "sast",
+          "cwe": [],
+          "rules": [
+            "cra-ai-14-python-weak-cipher",
+            "cra-ai-14-node-weak-cipher"
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "note": null,
+      "status": "covered"
     },
     {
       "control": "cra-ai-15",
@@ -267,7 +308,7 @@
       "control": "cra-ai-24",
       "title": "Security-Logging",
       "scans": [],
-      "note": "code-checkable but no off-the-shelf tool digs it out — author a detector (custom semgrep rule / check)",
+      "note": "absence-based — no syntactic pattern; covered by the grounded surface check (retrieve surface + LLM judge), gated (BREAKPILOT_GROUNDED_CHECKS) pending live tuning",
       "status": "needs_tooling"
     },
     {
@@ -288,28 +329,28 @@
       "control": "cra-ai-27",
       "title": "Log-Integritaet und -Aufbewahrung",
       "scans": [],
-      "note": "code-checkable but no off-the-shelf tool digs it out — author a detector (custom semgrep rule / check)",
+      "note": "absence-based — no syntactic pattern; covered by the grounded surface check (retrieve surface + LLM judge), gated (BREAKPILOT_GROUNDED_CHECKS) pending live tuning",
       "status": "needs_tooling"
     },
     {
       "control": "cra-ai-28",
       "title": "Sichere Update-Mechanismen",
       "scans": [],
-      "note": "code-checkable but no off-the-shelf tool digs it out — author a detector (custom semgrep rule / check)",
+      "note": "absence-based — no syntactic pattern; covered by the grounded surface check (retrieve surface + LLM judge), gated (BREAKPILOT_GROUNDED_CHECKS) pending live tuning",
       "status": "needs_tooling"
     },
     {
       "control": "cra-ai-29",
       "title": "Update-Authentizitaet",
       "scans": [],
-      "note": "code-checkable but no off-the-shelf tool digs it out — author a detector (custom semgrep rule / check)",
+      "note": "absence-based — no syntactic pattern; covered by the grounded surface check (retrieve surface + LLM judge), gated (BREAKPILOT_GROUNDED_CHECKS) pending live tuning",
       "status": "needs_tooling"
     },
     {
       "control": "cra-ai-30",
       "title": "Update-Integritaet",
       "scans": [],
-      "note": "code-checkable but no off-the-shelf tool digs it out — author a detector (custom semgrep rule / check)",
+      "note": "absence-based — no syntactic pattern; covered by the grounded surface check (retrieve surface + LLM judge), gated (BREAKPILOT_GROUNDED_CHECKS) pending live tuning",
       "status": "needs_tooling"
     },
     {

control-map/src/lib.rs

@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ pub struct ControlMap {
 
 const CRA_MAP_JSON: &str = include_str!("../data/cra_control_map.json");
 
+/// Whether an authored rule id `bound` matches a scanner's emitted rule id
+/// `actual`. semgrep prefixes local-rule check_ids with a path
+/// (`tmp.compliance-cra-semgrep.cra-ai-1-flask-debug-enabled`), so match the final
+/// id segment rather than requiring exact equality.
+fn rule_id_matches(bound: &str, actual: &str) -> bool {
+    actual == bound || actual.ends_with(&format!(".{bound}"))
+}
+
 impl ControlMap {
     /// Load the built-in CRA control map (the embedded, authored LUT).
     pub fn cra() -> Result<Self, MapError> {
@@ -80,12 +88,28 @@ impl ControlMap {
     /// Controls whose bindings include the given `tool` + `cwe` — used to attach a
     /// raw tool finding back to the control(s) it's evidence for.
     pub fn controls_for(&self, tool: &str, cwe: &str) -> Vec<&ControlEntry> {
+        self.controls_for_finding(tool, Some(cwe), None)
+    }
+
+    /// Controls a tool finding is evidence for, matched by CWE and/or the specific
+    /// rule id that fired. Off-the-shelf findings bind by CWE; our custom detectors
+    /// bind by rule id (precise — a broad CWE would over-attribute and then the
+    /// grounded judge could drop a genuine finding as a control false positive).
+    pub fn controls_for_finding(
+        &self,
+        tool: &str,
+        cwe: Option<&str>,
+        rule_id: Option<&str>,
+    ) -> Vec<&ControlEntry> {
         self.controls
             .iter()
             .filter(|c| {
-                c.scans
+                c.scans.iter().any(|s| {
-                    .iter()
+                    s.tool == tool
-                    .any(|s| s.tool == tool && s.cwe.iter().any(|w| w == cwe))
+                        && (cwe.is_some_and(|w| s.cwe.iter().any(|x| x == w))
+                            || rule_id
+                                .is_some_and(|r| s.rules.iter().any(|b| rule_id_matches(b, r))))
+                })
             })
             .collect()
     }
@@ -160,4 +184,46 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(s.needs_tooling > 0);
         assert!(s.not_code_checkable > 0);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rule_id_matching_handles_semgrep_path_prefix() {
+        let bound = "cra-ai-1-flask-debug-enabled";
+        assert!(rule_id_matches(bound, bound)); // exact
+        assert!(rule_id_matches(
+            bound,
+            "tmp.compliance-cra-semgrep.cra-ai-1-flask-debug-enabled"
+        )); // semgrep path prefix
+        assert!(!rule_id_matches(
+            bound,
+            "cra-ai-1-flask-debug-enabled-extra"
+        )); // not a suffix segment
+        assert!(!rule_id_matches(
+            bound,
+            "python.lang.security.exec-detected"
+        )); // unrelated
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn custom_rule_finding_attaches_to_control_by_rule_id() {
+        let map = ControlMap::cra().unwrap();
+        // cra-ai-1 is now tool-covered by custom rules.
+        assert_eq!(map.coverage("cra-ai-1").unwrap().status, Coverage::Covered);
+        // A prefixed check_id still maps back to cra-ai-1 by rule id.
+        let hits =
+            map.controls_for_finding("semgrep", None, Some("tmp.x.cra-ai-1-tls-verify-disabled"));
+        assert!(hits.iter().any(|c| c.control == "cra-ai-1"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn custom_rule_controls_do_not_bind_by_broad_cwe() {
+        let map = ControlMap::cra().unwrap();
+        // cra-ai-1 rules emit CWE-489 in metadata, but the LUT binds by rule id
+        // only (cwe: []) — so a stray CWE-489 finding must NOT attach to it.
+        assert!(map.controls_for("semgrep", "CWE-489").is_empty());
+        // The CWE path for off-the-shelf findings is unchanged.
+        assert!(map
+            .controls_for("semgrep", "CWE-798")
+            .iter()
+            .any(|c| c.control == "cra-ai-8"));
+    }
 }