High severityRubyAuthentication & SecretsMEDIUM confidence
Hardcoded Credential Assignment
A credential/secret is assigned a hard-coded string literal (CWE-798).
Standards mapping
- OWASP ASVS
- V6.4.1 (L2)V2.10.4 (L2)
Vulnerable vs. safe
Flagged by this check
api_key = "abcdef123456"Passes - the safe pattern
api_key = Rails.application.credentials.api_keyWhy it matters & how to fix it
A credential/secret is assigned a hard-coded string literal (CWE-798). Load secrets from environment variables or Rails encrypted credentials, never commit them to source, and rotate any value that has been checked in.
References
Rule ID integsec-ruby-hardcoded-credential-assignment - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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