Hardcoded secret detected

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

Description

Code is not a safe place to store secrets, use environment variables instead.

Remediations

  passport.use(new OAuth2Strategy({
      authorizationURL: 'https://www.example.com/oauth2/authorize',
      tokenURL: 'https://www.example.com/oauth2/token',
      clientID:  process.env.CLIENT_ID,
      clientSecret: process.env.CLIENT_SECRET,
      callbackURL: "http://localhost:3000/auth/example/callback"
    },
    function(accessToken, refreshToken, profile, cb) {
      User.findOrCreate({ exampleId: profile.id }, function (err, user) {
        return cb(err, user);
      });
    }
  ));

Resources

• OWASP hardcoded passwords

Associated CWE

• CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

OWASP Top 10

• A07:2021 - Identification and Authentication Failures