Medium severityMulti-languagePII / PHI ExposureMEDIUM confidence
US SSN
A value matching a US Social Security Number (NNN-NN-NNNN) 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
ssn = "000-00-0000"Passes - the safe pattern
ssn = "not-a-real-value"Why it matters & how to fix it
A value matching a US Social Security Number (NNN-NN-NNNN) appears in source. Triage: if this is real PII, remove it, do not store/log it in the clear, and load such data only from an encrypted store at runtime.
References
Rule ID integsec.generic.pii-phi.us-ssn - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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