Security misconfiguration detected (Helmet missing).

• Rule ID: javascript_express_helmet_missing
• Languages: javascript
• Source: helmet_missing.yml

Description

Helmet can help protect your app from some well-known web vulnerabilities by setting HTTP headers appropriately.

Remediations

✅ Use Helmet middleware

const helmet = require("helmet")
app.use(helmet())

Resources

• Express Security Best Practices: Use Helmet

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_helmet_missing

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

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