Missing secure options for cookie detected.

• Rule ID: javascript_express_insecure_cookie
• Languages: javascript
• Source: insecure_cookie.yml

Description

To make sure cookies don't open your application up to exploits or unauthorized access, make sure to set security options appropriately.

Remediations

✅ Set cookie security values to use HTTP(S) instead of client-side javascript.

✅ Set secure values to true to force cookies to only send over HTTPS.

Resources

• Express Security Best Practices

Associated CWE

• CWE-1004: Sensitive Cookie Without 'HttpOnly' Flag
• CWE-614: Sensitive Cookie in HTTPS Session Without 'Secure' Attribute

OWASP Top 10

• A05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration

Configuration

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

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

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

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