009 – Sensitive information in source code
Description
The source code repository contains sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, email addresses and IP addresses, among others. Alternatively, while values may be password=123 o aws.secret_key=test, they reveal the bad practice of storing sensitive information in the repository with no encryption, and sooner or later they can be replaced for real sensitive values.
Impact
Get sensitive information or private secrets.
Recommendation
- Delete all hardcoded sensitive information. - Change all affected access credentials. - Remove sensitive information from git logs. - Load sensitive data from safe sources such as, key vault services, configuration files properly encrypted or administrative environment variables.
Threat
Anonymous attacker with access to the source-code from the Internet.
Expected Remediation Time
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: L
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): N
- Integrity (VI): N
- Availability (VA): N
- Confidentiality (SC): L
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: U