Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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

Description

A New York Times API access token appears to be hard-coded in the source code. Storing credentials directly in code makes them easy to accidentally share or expose, putting sensitive information at risk.

Impact

If an attacker gains access to this token, they could use it to interact with the New York Times API as your application, potentially accessing, modifying, or abusing your account and its data. This can lead to unauthorized actions, service misuse, or billing issues, and could compromise your organization's reputation and security.