Low severityMulti-languagePII / PHI ExposureMEDIUM confidence
US NPI
A National Provider Identifier (NPI) assignment appears in source.
Standards mapping
- OWASP Top 10
- A02:2021 - Cryptographic Failures
- OWASP ASVS
- V8.3.4 (L2)
Vulnerable vs. safe
Flagged by this check
----------npi = "0000000000"Passes - the safe pattern
----------npi = "provider-unknown"Why it matters & how to fix it
A National Provider Identifier (NPI) assignment appears in source. Triage: NPI is HIPAA-associated provider data; confirm it is not real PHI and store such identifiers only in a protected data store.
References
Rule ID integsec.generic.pii-phi.us-npi - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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