Fix translate_sid's empty target field handling (#18991) (#19083)

The translate_sid processor only requires one of the three target fields to be configured. It should work properly when some of the targets are not set, but it doesn't check if the are empty strings. So it ends up adding target fields that are empty strings to the event (e.g. "": "Group").

Closes #18990

(cherry picked from commit baccaad)

CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc

@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ field. You can revert this change by configuring tags for the module and omittin
 - Fix `keystore add` hanging under Windows. {issue}18649[18649] {pull}18654[18654]
 - Fix regression in `add_kubernetes_metadata`, so configured `indexers` and `matchers` are used if defaults are not disabled. {issue}18481[18481] {pull}18818[18818]
 - Fix potential race condition in fingerprint processor. {pull}18738[18738]
+- Fix the `translate_sid` processor's handling of unconfigured target fields. {issue}18990[18990] {pull}18991[18991]
 - Fixed a service restart failure under Windows. {issue}18914[18914] {pull}18916[18916]
 - The `monitoring.elasticsearch.api_key` value is correctly base64-encoded before being sent to the monitoring Elasticsearch cluster. {issue}18939[18939] {pull}18945[18945]
 

libbeat/processors/translate_sid/translatesid.go

@@ -111,14 +111,20 @@ func (p *processor) translateSID(event *beat.Event) error {
 
 	// Do all operations even if one fails.
 	var errs []error
-	if _, err = event.PutValue(p.AccountNameTarget, account); err != nil {
-		errs = append(errs, err)
+	if p.AccountNameTarget != "" {
+		if _, err = event.PutValue(p.AccountNameTarget, account); err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
 	}
-	if _, err = event.PutValue(p.AccountTypeTarget, sys.SIDType(accountType).String()); err != nil {
-		errs = append(errs, err)
+	if p.AccountTypeTarget != "" {
+		if _, err = event.PutValue(p.AccountTypeTarget, sys.SIDType(accountType).String()); err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
 	}
-	if _, err = event.PutValue(p.DomainTarget, domain); err != nil {
-		errs = append(errs, err)
+	if p.DomainTarget != "" {
+		if _, err = event.PutValue(p.DomainTarget, domain); err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
 	}
 	return multierr.Combine(errs...)
 }

libbeat/processors/translate_sid/translatesid_test.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/beat"
@@ -83,6 +84,41 @@ func TestTranslateSID(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTranslateSIDEmptyTarget(t *testing.T) {
+	c := defaultConfig()
+	c.Field = "sid"
+
+	evt := &beat.Event{Fields: map[string]interface{}{
+		"sid": "S-1-5-32-544",
+	}}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		Name   string
+		Config config
+	}{
+		{"account_name", config{Field: "sid", AccountNameTarget: "account_name"}},
+		{"account_type", config{Field: "sid", AccountTypeTarget: "account_type"}},
+		{"domain", config{Field: "sid", DomainTarget: "domain"}},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		tc := tc
+		t.Run(tc.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			p, err := newFromConfig(tc.Config)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			evt, err := p.Run(&beat.Event{Fields: evt.Fields.Clone()})
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			// Verify that only the configured target field is set.
+			// And ensure that no empty string keys are used.
+			assert.Len(t, evt.Fields, 2)
+			assert.Contains(t, evt.Fields, tc.Name)
+			assert.NotContains(t, evt.Fields, "")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkProcessor_Run(b *testing.B) {
 	p, err := newFromConfig(config{
 		Field:             "sid",