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

Sensitive credentials, such as vault service tokens, have been found hard-coded directly in the source code. Storing secrets in code makes them easily accessible to anyone with code access, increasing the risk of credential leaks.

Impact

If these hard-coded tokens are exposed, attackers could gain unauthorized access to protected services or data. This could lead to data breaches, service disruption, or further compromise of systems, potentially affecting the entire organization.