High severityRubyHardcoded SecretsMEDIUM confidence
Hardcoded Secret Literal
A secret/credential identifier 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 = "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE"Passes - the safe pattern
api_key = ENV["API_KEY"]Why it matters & how to fix it
A secret/credential identifier is assigned a hard-coded string literal (CWE-798). Read secrets from ENV or Rails encrypted credentials at runtime, keep them out of source control, and rotate any value already committed.
References
Rule ID integsec-ruby-hardcoded-secret-literal - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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