Usage of hard-coded secret

• Rule ID: java_lang_hardcoded_secret
• Languages: java
• Source: hardcoded_secret.yml

Description

Applications should store secret values securely and not as literal values in the source code.

Remediations

✅ Retrieve secrets from a secure location at runtime

Resources

• OWASP hardcoded passwords
• OWASP secrets management cheat sheet

Associated CWE

• CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

OWASP Top 10

• A07:2021 - Identification and Authentication Failures

Configuration

To skip this rule during a scan, use the following flag

bearer scan /path/to/your-project/ --skip-rule=java_lang_hardcoded_secret

To run only this rule during a scan, use the following flag

bearer scan /path/to/your-project/ --only-rule=java_lang_hardcoded_secret