SYM_CONF_0303 - SymbioticSec/Symbiotic-Vulnerability-Database GitHub Wiki

Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code

Property Value
Language yaml
Severity low
CWE CWE-540: Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code
OWASP A01:2021 - Broken Access Control
Confidence Level Low
Impact Level Medium
Likelihood Level Low

Description

$VALUE Found a string literal assignment to a production Rails session secret in secrets.yaml. Do not commit secret values to source control! Any user in possession of this value may falsify arbitrary session data in your application. Read this value from an environment variable, KMS, or file on disk outside of source control.