Medium severityRubySensitive Data ExposureMEDIUM confidence
Log Secret
A secret/credential field is written to logs or stdout (CWE-532).
Standards mapping
- OWASP ASVS
- V7.1.1 (L2)
Vulnerable vs. safe
Flagged by this check
Rails.logger.info(user.password)Passes - the safe pattern
Rails.logger.info(user.id)Why it matters & how to fix it
A secret/credential field is written to logs or stdout (CWE-532). Never log passwords, tokens, or keys; use Rails filter_parameters to redact them and log non-sensitive identifiers only.
References
Rule ID integsec-ruby-log-secret - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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