Leakage of sensitive data to Airbrake

• Rule ID: javascript_third_parties_airbrake
• Languages: javascript
• Source: airbrake.yml

Description

Leaking sensitive data to third-party loggers like Airbrake is a common cause of data leaks and can lead to data breaches.

Remediations

• Do ensure all sensitive data is removed when logging errors or events to Airbrake
• Do use unique identifiers from the database if you really need to identify users.

  airbrake.notify({
    error: err,
    params: { user: user.uuid },
  });

References

• Airbrake Docs
• OWASP logging cheat sheet

Associated CWE

• CWE-201: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

OWASP Top 10

• A01:2021 - Broken Access Control

Configuration

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

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

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

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