Leakage of sensitive data to RollBar

• Rule ID: javascript_third_parties_rollbar
• Languages: javascript
• Source: rollbar.yml

Description

Leaking sensitive data to third-party loggers like Rollbar 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 loggers like Rollbar.
• Do use unique identifiers from the database if you really need to identify users.

    Rollbar.critical("Connection error from remote Payments API", user.uuid);

References

• Rollbar 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_rollbar

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

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