Usage of hard-coded secret

• Rule ID: javascript_express_hardcoded_secret
• Languages: javascript
• Source: hardcoded_secret.yml

Description

Code is not a safe place to store secrets. Use environment variables or a secret management system instead.

Remediations

❌ Do not store plaintext secrets in your code

 app.use(
  session({
    secret: "shh-my-secret",
    name: "my-custom-session-name",
  })
)

✅ Use environment variables

 app.use(
  session({
    secret: process.env.secret,
    name: "my-custom-session-name",
  })
)

✅ Use a secret management system or even better, a key management service (KMS) with encryption

Resources

• OWASP hardcoded passwords
• Google Cloud Key Management Service
• AWS Key Management Service

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=javascript_express_hardcoded_secret

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

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