Description

Sensitive information such as usernames, service credentials or access tokens can be found in the git history.

Impact

Obtain sensitive information to compromise more resources or services.

Recommendation

- Remove the sensitive information from the Git history.
- Change the compromised access credentials.

Threat

Authenticated user from Internet with access to the source code.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 120 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

• Attack vector: N
• Attack complexity: L
• Privileges required: L
• User interaction: N
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: L
• Integrity: N
• Availability: N

Temporal

• Exploit code maturity: P
• Remediation level: U
• Report confidence: C

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
• Score:
• Base: 4.3
• Temporal: 4.1
• Severity:
• Base: Medium
• Temporal: Medium

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

• Attack vector: N
• Attack complexity: L
• Attack Requirements: N
• Privileges required: L
• User interaction: N
• Confidentiality (VC): N
• Integrity (VI): N
• Availability (VA): N
• Confidentiality (SC): L
• Integrity (SI): N
• Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

• Exploit maturity: P

Result 4.0

• Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
• Score:
• CVSS-BT: 2.1
• Severity:
• CVSS-BT: Low

Requirements

• 145.Protect system cryptographic keys
• 156.Source code without sensitive information
• 266.Disable insecure functionalities

Fixes

• Python

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