Medium severityRubySensitive Data ExposureMEDIUM confidence
PII PHI Exposure
PII/PHI (e.g. SSN, credit card, medical record, diagnosis) is logged or stored in a cookie (CWE-359).
Standards mapping
- OWASP Top 10
- A02:2021 - Cryptographic Failures
- OWASP ASVS
- V8.3.4 (L2)V7.1.1 (L2)
Vulnerable vs. safe
Flagged by this check
Rails.logger.info(patient.ssn)Passes - the safe pattern
Rails.logger.info(patient.id)Why it matters & how to fix it
PII/PHI (e.g. SSN, credit card, medical record, diagnosis) is logged or stored in a cookie (CWE-359). This risks HIPAA/PCI exposure; do not log or client-store protected data — redact it, and store it encrypted server-side with strict access control.
References
Rule ID integsec-ruby-pii-phi-exposure - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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