Leakage of sensitive data to Algolia

• Rule ID: javascript_third_parties_algolia
• Languages: javascript
• Source: algolia.yml

Description

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

Remediations

• Do ensure all sensitive data is removed when sending data to third-party services like Algolia.
• Do use unique identifiers from the database if you really need to identify users.

    const algoliaSearch = require('algoliasearch')
    const myAlgolia = algoliaSearch("123", "123")
    const index = myAlgolia.initIndex(user.uuid)

References

• Algolia 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_algolia

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

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