High severityC#Hardcoded SecretsHIGH confidence
Connection String Embedded Creds
A URI with embedded 'user:password@host' credentials appears hard-coded (CWE-798).
Standards mapping
- OWASP ASVS
- V6.4.1 (L2)V2.10.4 (L2)
Vulnerable vs. safe
Flagged by this check
var uri = "mongodb://admin:[email protected]:27017/app";Passes - the safe pattern
var uri = "https://api.example.com/v1/data";Why it matters & how to fix it
A URI with embedded 'user:password@host' credentials appears hard-coded (CWE-798). The password is exposed in source, logs, and process listings. Store the URI (or its password component) in a secrets manager/environment and inject it at runtime; prefer managed-identity or token auth where available.
References
Rule ID integsec.csharp.secrets.connection-string-embedded-creds - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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