Hardcoded JWT secret detected

• Rule ID: javascript_lang_jwt_hardcoded_secret
• Languages: javascript
• Source: jwt_hardcoded_secret.yml

Description

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

Remediations

Use environment variables

  var jwt = require("jsonwebtoken");

  var token = jwt.sign({ foo: "bar" }, process.env.JWT_SECRET);

Resources

• OWASP hardcoded passwords

Associated CWE

• CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

OWASP Top 10

• A07:2021 - Identification and Authentication Failures