Usage of default session cookie configuration

• Rule ID: javascript_express_default_session_config
• Languages: javascript
• Source: default_session_config.yml

Description

To make sure session cookies don't open your application up to exploits or unauthorized access, don't use default cookie values.

Remediations

✅ Instead of the default session name, use generic names.

Resources

• Express Security Best Practices

Associated CWE

• CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure

Configuration

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

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

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

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