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Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Property Value
Language regex
Severity medium
CWE CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
OWASP A07:2021 - Identification and Authentication Failures
Confidence Level Low
Impact Level High
Likelihood Level Low

Description

An AWS session token has been found directly in the codebase. Storing sensitive credentials like AWS tokens in code exposes them to anyone with code access, making the application insecure.

Impact

If attackers gain access to the exposed AWS session token, they could use it to authenticate as your application, potentially accessing, modifying, or deleting AWS resources. This could lead to data breaches, service disruption, and significant financial or reputational damage.