Leakage of sensitive data to Elasticsearch

• Rule ID: ruby_third_parties_elasticsearch
• Languages: ruby
• Source: elasticsearch.yml

Description

Leaking sensitive data to third-party data tools 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 ElasticSearch

References

• Elasticsearch 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=ruby_third_parties_elasticsearch

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

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