High severityPythonHardcoded SecretsMEDIUM confidence
Basic Auth Credentials In URL
HTTP Basic-Auth credentials are embedded in a URL literal (CWE-798).
Standards mapping
- OWASP ASVS
- V6.4.1 (L2)V2.10.4 (L2)
Vulnerable vs. safe
Flagged by this check
api_url = "https://admin:[email protected]/v1"Passes - the safe pattern
api_url = "https://api.example.com/v1"Why it matters & how to fix it
HTTP Basic-Auth credentials are embedded in a URL literal (CWE-798). The password is exposed in source, logs, and proxy history. Pass credentials via the request library's auth= parameter sourced from a secrets store, and rotate the exposed credential.
References
Rule ID integsec-python-basic-auth-credentials-in-url - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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