Medium severityPythonSensitive Data ExposureMEDIUM confidence
Sensitive Data Cleartext File
Sensitive data (a secret or PII/PHI) is written to a file in cleartext (CWE-312).
Standards mapping
- OWASP Top 10
- A02:2021 - Cryptographic Failures
- OWASP ASVS
- V8.3.4 (L2)V8.1.1 (L2)
Vulnerable vs. safe
Flagged by this check
f.write(api_key)Passes - the safe pattern
f.write(report_body)Why it matters & how to fix it
Sensitive data (a secret or PII/PHI) is written to a file in cleartext (CWE-312). Files on disk are backed up and readable by other processes. Store secrets in a secrets manager and encrypt PII/PHI at rest.
References
Rule ID integsec-python-sensitive-data-cleartext-file - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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