High severityPHPHardcoded SecretsMEDIUM confidence
Pdo Dsn Literal Password
A PDO DSN string contains an embedded literal password (CWE-798), for example "mysql:host=...;password=Secret1".
Standards mapping
- OWASP ASVS
- V6.4.1 (L2)V2.10.4 (L2)
Vulnerable vs. safe
Flagged by this check
return new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname=app;password=Secret123");Passes - the safe pattern
return new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname=app", "root", getenv("DB_PASS"));Why it matters & how to fix it
A PDO DSN string contains an embedded literal password (CWE-798), for example "mysql:host=...;password=Secret1". Supply the password as the separate PDO password argument sourced from an environment variable, and keep credentials out of the DSN literal.
References
Rule ID integsec-php-pdo-dsn-literal-password - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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