Leakage of sensitive data to AppSignal

• Rule ID: ruby_third_parties_appsignal
• Languages: ruby
• Source: appsignal.yml

Description

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

  Appsignal.tag_request(user_id: current_user.uuid)

References

• AppSignal Documentation
• Filtering Application Data in AppSignal

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=ruby_third_parties_appsignal

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

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