Sensitive information in source code - Credentials
Description
The repository stores sensitive information such as users, passwords, emails, API credentials, among others.
Impact
Obtain sensitive information to compromise other resources or services
Recommendation
- Remove the hardcoded sensitive information and purge git logs
- Change login credentials that were compromised.
- Load sensitive data from secure sources such as key vault, encrypted configuration files or environment variables.
Threat
External attacker with access to source code.
Expected Remediation Time
⌚ minutes.
Score
Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Privileges required: L
- User interaction: N
- Scope: U
- Confidentiality: L
- Integrity: N
- Availability: N
Temporal
- Exploit code madurity: P
- Remediation level: U
- Report confidence: C
Result
- Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
- Score:
- Base: 4.3
- Temporal: 4.1
- Severity:
- Base: Medium
- Temporal: Medium
Requirements
- 145.Protect system cryptographic keys
- 156.Source code without sensitive information
- 266.Disable insecure functionalities
Fixes
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