High severityRubyHardcoded SecretsHIGH confidence
Basic Auth In URL
HTTP Basic-Auth credentials are embedded in a URL (https://user:pass@host), exposing them in source, logs, and proxies (CWE-522).
Standards mapping
- OWASP ASVS
- V6.4.1 (L2)
Vulnerable vs. safe
Flagged by this check
service_url = "https://svcuser:[email protected]/v1"Passes - the safe pattern
service_url = ENV["SERVICE_URL"]Why it matters & how to fix it
HTTP Basic-Auth credentials are embedded in a URL (https://user:pass@host), exposing them in source, logs, and proxies (CWE-522). Pass credentials via an Authorization header or client config sourced from ENV, not in the URL.
References
Rule ID integsec-ruby-basic-auth-in-url - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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