Leakage of sensitive data to OpenTelemetry

• Rule ID: php_third_parties_open_telemetry
• Languages: php
• Source: open_telemetry.yml

Description

Leaking sensitive data to third parties like OpenTelemetry 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 parties like OpenTelemetry.

References

• OpenTelemetry Docs

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=php_third_parties_open_telemetry

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

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